HODL15Capital has monitored that the US Bitcoin ETF has added a total of 29,592 BTC in May, worth approximately $2.004 billion.

According to Coinglass data, the nominal value of open positions for BTC options across the entire network is $18.87 billion, while the nominal value of open positions for ETH options is $9.62 billion.

The Block data shows that the number of on-chain Bitcoin transactions in May reached a monthly record high of 18.19 million transactions. The previous monthly high was 17.54 million transactions in December last year.

In early 2024, the total transaction fees for Bitcoin soared. After the halving event in April, fees rose sharply and reached a historical high. On April 20th, the transaction fee reached a peak of 1,257.71 BTC, accounting for over 75% of the miner's income that day. Although fees have recently fallen to similar levels as mid-2023, there has been a recent upward trend. The increase in transaction fees indicates the feasibility of a shift in miner income structure, which is crucial for the sustainability of Bitcoin in the future. Once all Bitcoin is mined, it will inevitably require a transition in income structure.

According to data from The Block Pro, Bitcoin miner revenue decreased by 46% to $963 million in May due to the impact of the Bitcoin block reward halving in April. In addition, Ethereum staking revenue increased by 4.1% to $267 million. Furthermore, the Ethereum network burned 26,747 ETH in May, worth approximately $91.7 million. Data shows that since the implementation of EIP-1559 in early August 2021, Ethereum has burned approximately 4.3 million ETH, worth about $12.1 billion.

According to data, on April 1st, Coinbase's Bitcoin holdings were close to 1 million, at 928,743 BTC. As of today, according to Arkham data, their holdings have decreased to 888,337 BTC. This means that in the past 60 days, Coinbase's Bitcoin holdings have decreased by 40,406 BTC, worth 2.7 billion USD.

US Senator Ted Cruz stated that he purchased three Bitcoin mining machines and has started mining in Texas.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin was hacked, with a loss of 4,502.89 US dollars worth of BTC, valued at 305 million US dollars. Currently, the hacker has transferred the 4,502.89 US dollars worth of BTC to 10 addresses.

Coinglass data shows that the total open position of BTC futures contracts on the entire network is 508,000 BTC, equivalent to approximately 34.426 billion US dollars. Among them, the open position of CMEBTC contracts is 153,700 BTC (approximately 10.391 billion US dollars), ranking first; the open position of Binance BTC contracts is 114,600 BTC (approximately 7.77 billion US dollars), ranking second.

According to the latest data, 334.14 BTC have flowed into the exchange wallet in the past 24 hours, 10,421.38 BTC have flowed into the exchange wallet in the past 7 days, and 599.78 BTC have flowed into the exchange wallet in the past 30 days. As of the time of publication, the total balance of the exchange wallet is 1,734,943.98 BTC.

According to mempool.space data, Bitcoin network transaction fees have decreased, with high priority fees dropping to 9 Sat/byte.

Former United States President Donald Trump claims he is "very open minded" to "all things related to this new and burgeoning industry."

According to HODL15Capital monitoring, only 450 BTC are mined every day, while the US spot Bitcoin ETF buys at least 1000 coins per day. In the end, short-term traders will exhaust the tokens.

OKX-BTC/USDT is currently trading at $68984.00 with a 24-hour increase of 0.49%.

Paraguayan authorities have seized nearly 400 Bitcoin mining machines in Sapucai. The operation was carried out jointly by the police and the National Electricity Administration (ADE) as part of an investigation into alleged electricity theft. (Bitcoin News) Earlier, the Paraguayan government urged legislators to pass a bill that would impose up to 10 years in prison for illegal Bitcoin miners, in response to the large-scale electricity theft that threatens the National Electricity Administration (ANDE). The bill provides that Paraguayan police and prosecutors have the power to seize and sell illegal mining machines to protect ANDE from the huge economic losses caused by energy theft. In this crackdown, more than 5,000 ASIC mining machines have been seized this year, and the legislative process could also lead to a temporary ban on Bitcoin mining in the country.

A court in London, UK, sentenced a British Chinese woman named Jian Wen to 6 years and 8 months in prison for assisting her employer in money laundering related to Bitcoin. The Financial Times reported that the UK's Crown Prosecution Service has initiated civil recovery proceedings in the High Court for the confiscated assets. If no one else claims ownership of the criminal assets, half will go to the UK police and half to the UK Home Office. Huang Feng, a professor at the G20 Anti-Corruption and Asset Recovery Research Center at Beijing Normal University, said that according to UK law, if a victim of the crime asserts a claim to the property, the UK court will suspend the civil recovery application made by UK law enforcement agencies to determine the ownership of the relevant property.

Non-custodial Bitcoin exchange Hodl Hodl has changed its service agreement to explicitly exclude residents of the United States (including its states and the District of Columbia), the US Virgin Islands, Cuba, North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Puerto Rico, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, and any country or region subject to United Nations sanctions from accessing its lending platform. This change is part of Hodl Hodl's stricter policy to address regulatory uncertainty and ensure platform security and integrity.

Heyapollo data shows that on May 23, BTC ETF held a total of 1,598 BTC. This number is more than 3.5 times the daily mining reward of about 450 BTC. BlackRock IBIT now holds 284,518 BTC, while Grayscale's GBTC holds 289,079 BTC, with only a difference of 4,561 BTC between the two.

Pizza Hut now accepts Bitcoin payments in El Salvador.

According to Farside Investors data, the net inflow of the US spot Bitcoin ETF reached 948.3 million US dollars this week. Among them:Net inflow of 66 million US dollars on Monday, May 13; net inflow of 100.5 million US dollars on Tuesday, May 14; net inflow of 303 million US dollars on Wednesday, May 15; net inflow of 257.3 million US dollars on Thursday, May 16; net inflow of 221.5 million US dollars on Friday, May 17.