One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, reported a burglary, as a result of which hackers were able to obtain some user data and withdraw 7,000 BTC from the hot wallet of the exchange.

The official report says that the attackers managed to get hold of a significant number of API-keys of users, as well as codes of two-factor authentication. Perhaps they were able to obtain other user data.

The analytical company Delphi Digital has conducted a study, according to which the bottom of the cryptocurrency market has already been passed and a new cycle of Bitcoin exchange rate growth has arrived.

The researchers analyzed the blockchain first cryptocurrency, macroeconomic trends and several options for technical analysis. Judging by the analysis of the bitcoin blockchain, especially by the distribution of unspent transactions by age (UTXO), the bottom of the current cycle has already been passed.

A few days ago, Bitcoin updated the annual maximum, rising above $ 5,800. Some analysts have already stated that Bitcoin is preparing for the campaign to the level of $ 400,000.

Today, "digital gold" on most exchanges is trading at about $ 5,700. Market capitalization exceeded $ 100 billion, and daily trading volume is more than $ 14 billion.

Stablecoin, which is allegedly developing the social network Facebook, will serve as the foundation for the creation of a new payment system.

Project Libra - the internal name of the new blockchain-initiative Facebook - will use a stable cryptoasset, secured by fiat currency. Various sources report that the company is already working on attracting financial companies that will support the project.

According to a study conducted by the Value Walk news website, 46.7% of users prefer to invest in Bitcoin, rather than other cryptocurrencies.

As part of the survey, respondents were asked a few questions. When answering the question "What is your favorite coin?" 46.7% chose Bitcoin, 31.4% - Ethereum, and 21% - Ripple.

Mati Greenspan, a senior analyst at eToro, expressed the opinion that for Bitcoin growth, it is not necessary that the Bitcoin ETF is approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

"The idea of the SEC approving a Bitcoin ETF is basically saying that the government is going to approve something that the banks made. I don't think Bitcoin cares very much about that," Greenspan said.

Amber Baldet, former CEO of JP Morgan, said that decentralized applications should be easy to use, and users do not need to know about the underlying technology.

According to Amber Baldet, users do not need to know exactly how the application works. For them, the ease of use and the functions provided by the application are important, not the blockchain on which it was created.

Binance Exchange announced the possibility of buying multiple cryptocurrencies with credit cards through a mobile application on Android. The function is available after updating the application to version 1.5.8.0.

The possibility of buying cryptocurrency using plastic cards in a mobile application has become a continuation of the cryptocurrency exchange's cooperation with the payment startup Simplex. According to company representatives, currently BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC and BCHABC are available for purchase.

Japan Minister of Finances and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso called on journalists to stop using the term "virtual currencies" and opt for "crypto assets".

Taro Aso gave a speech at a press conference after the government meeting. The full transcript of questions and answers dated March 26 was published by the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) on April 25th, along with an English translation.

South Korean giant Samsung is developing its own blockchain based on Ethereum and plans to release a coin in the future.

According to CoinDesk Korea, citing a person "familiar with the internal state of affairs at Samsung," the company's target group for the blockchain creates a network based on Ethereum. The work, however, is still at the "inner experimental" stage.