Mt. Gox Transfers Over 107,000 BTC From Its Cold Wallet for the First Time in 5 Years | Cryptocurrency Trends

1. Mainstream Exchange Trends:

• Bitget upgrades its futures elite trading feature to provide users with a more efficient trading experience.
• Binance France replaces Changpeng Zhao with two new shareholders.
• Binance lists the BTC/MXN, XRP/MXN, ENS/USDC, and LDO/USDC trading pairs.
• KuCoin CEO states that KuCoin has held several rounds of constructive communication with the DOJ and CFTC.

2. Cryptocurrency Trends:

• ETF Store president expects the U.S. SEC to release a statement approving spot Ethereum ETFs in the coming weeks.
• CoinList announces that the average FDV for DYM, STRK, ARB, and W at the time of listing was 13.3 times higher than the private market valuation.
• Uniswap Foundation announces that Uniswap v4 will be launched later this year, with audits to begin this week.
• Animoca Brands launches the Realm Network, an interoperable infrastructure layer for accounts, identities, reputation, and points.
• Whales Market launches zkSync token (ZK) on its pre-market.
• Mt. Gox transfers over 107,000 BTC, approximately $7 billion, from its cold wallet for the first time in 5 years. Mt. Gox states that the Bitcoin has not yet been sold, and the transfer is made in preparation for the October 31 repayment deadline for creditors.
• Layerzero Labs announces that Sybil bounty submissions are now open.
• Solana validators approve SIMD-0096, which proposes sending all transaction priority fees to validators.

3. Financing Trends:

• NodeOps, an edge computing platform, raises $5 million in a funding round led by L1D.
• OpenSocial, a SocialFi infrastructure project, raises $5 million in a funding round led by Portal and SNZ.
• Semler Scientific purchases $40 million worth of Bitcoin and will adopt Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve.
• GaiaNet, a decentralized AI project, raises $10 million in a funding round with participation from EVM Capital and others.

4. Regulatory Trends:

• Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission announces that the grace period for virtual asset trading platforms operating in Hong Kong will end on June 1.