Bitcoin continued its downward trend last week, falling below $64K for the first time since mid-May. In other news, the SEC dropped its investigation into Ethereum 2.0 and Consensys, Tether launched a new synthetic dollar backed by gold, and the layer 2 blockchain ZKSync airdropped its ZK token.

US inflation data buoyed markets last week before the Fed’s latest dot plot gave traders a reality check. Elsewhere, ZKsync is set to airdrop 3.6 million tokens this week and ProShares joined the ETH ETF race after sitting out of the BTC launch. This week we will explore:

Bitcoin flirted with $72K before losing most of its gains after strong US jobs numbers cast doubt over rate cuts. In other news, the ECB made history, cutting rates before the US Fed, Robinhood acquired Bitstamp in a $200mn cash deal and Paxos launched a yield bearing stablecoin. This week we explore:

Although we’re still waiting for a spot ETH ETF launch date, a leveraged ETH ETF is set to debut on Tuesday. Elsewhere, US President Joe Biden vetoed the resolution to overturn the SAB 121 over the weekend, as expected. This week we explore:

In a surprising turnaround, the SEC approved the first spot ETH ETFs last week, triggering more than 25% in gains for the second largest crypto asset. The positive regulatory news came in abundance: the US House passedits first comprehensive crypto bill and the UK approved crypto exchange-traded products.

Crypto and equity markets are surging following a reassuring inflation report. In other news, CME is reportedly planning to launch crypto trading, the Senate voted to kill a controversial crypto accounting policy, and 400+ financial institutions have invested in Blackrock’s BTC ETF.

Both BTC and ETH closed the week down despite a rally in European equities amid rate cuts hopes. In other industry news, Robinhood  disclosed it received a wells notice from the SEC, Revolut launched a crypto exchange for experienced traders in the UK and BitMEX launched options trading to challenge Deribit.

Bitcoin had a volatile week, dipping at one point below $57k before rebounding over the weekend as concerns eased over interest rates. In other news, restaking service Eigenlayer announced an airdrop, the former Binance CEO got a 4-month prison sentence, and Coinbase posted strong Q1 revenues.