Canadas federal government has moved to ban cryptocurrency donations to political campaigns, shutting down a fundraising channel that appears to have seen little to no real-world use in the country's… [+2949 chars]

Bill C-25 follows years of warnings from Canada's Chief Electoral Officer about the risk that crypto donations could pose to electoral integrity.

CoinDesk

Canada moves to ban crypto donations for election campaigns following UK

Why Arthur Hayes is bullish: In an interview with CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie on MArkets Outlook, Hayes said Hyperliquid has separated itself from competing perpetual futures exchanges with real usag… [+2818 chars]

Hayes said Hyperliquid’s strong revenue, real trading activity and disciplined token supply could push the token to new highs.

Arthur Hayes: Strong Revenue and Real Trading Could Send HYPE to $150

Foundry Digital, one of largest Bitcoin mining pools by hashrate, said it plans to introduce a zcash (ZEC) mining pool by next month, expanding beyond BTC and bringing a large institutional operator … [+6061 chars]

The pool is designed for institutional and public company miners, focusing on compliance and regulated infrastructure.

Mining giant Foundry to introduce institutional zcash mining pool

The crypto market was little changed on Thursday, with bitcoin BTC
$72,786.79 and ether (ETH) posting gains of less than 1% as investors consolidated following Wednesday's breakout.
While bitcoin c… [+3040 chars]

BTC and ETH edge higher during Asia and Europe hours as traders assess macro risks, derivatives positioning and whether bitcoin can sustain a push toward $80,000.

Bitcoin holds above $72,000 as crypto market pauses after breakout

Monero

We're excited to announce that XMR has been added to dYdX synthetic perpetuals! 

According to CoinMarketCap, dYdX has more trading volume than all other DEXs combined! 

https://dydx.exchange/blog/markets-19 

Monero Space Organizer

This is a huge milestone in Monero development.

COMIT Network just released Bitcoin &lt;&gt; Monero atomic swaps to mainnet. Today, users can swap Bitcoin and Monero without having to trust an intermediary or the counterparty.

COMIT's atomic swaps are a critical tool for private trading of Monero outside of exchanges.

Oh, and as a bonus it works with Tor. Because of course it does.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/nmtdpr/let_there_be_swap_on_mainnet/

Monero's price isn't the only metric on the rise. Checkout the other key ways Monero has been growing over the past year! 

https://www.getmonero.org/2021/04/24/this-year-in-monero.html

Monero Talk sits down with COMIT to discuss their work on Monero &lt;&gt; Bitcoin atomic swaps. This technology allows for trustless trading of both assets without requiring an exchange. 

"COMIT: Bitcoin-Monero Atomic Swaps are Near" 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuZrtHNTixo 

COMIT is one of about 5 different groups working on implementing XMR &lt;&gt; BTC atomic swaps.

Dr. Daniel Kim's new keynote lecture "Behavioral Finance, Cryptocurrency Markets" premieres in about 45 minutes! 

https://youtu.be/REC5V7d3pqM 

In this TCV Summit keynote lecture from February 2021, Dr. Daniel Kim weaves together award-winning research from academic finance with case studies from both the legacy financial and cryptocurrency markets to examine the degree to which cryptocurrency markets achieve efficient price discovery.

The Monero community is calling on Elon Musk to add Monero payments for Tesla!

Monero is the cypherpunk currency defending your freedom. We will not stop on our mission to give people the money that they deserve.

If Monero is added, we will donate a new Model 3 to EACH of 3 charities selected by the community! #Tesla4XMR

We need the ENTIRE Monero community to help us share the word! Help us support a worthy project and worthy nonprofits!

https://monerotesla.com

Cake Wallet, a popular non-custodial wallet for Monero, now additionally supports Bitcoin! 

Only you hold your Monero and Bitcoin keys. Still open source. Easily exchange BTC/XMR (and others) in the app. Available for free in the iOS and Google Play stores. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/cakewallet/comments/lb2mpj/update_cake_wallet_version_410_now_with_bitcoin/