$2B worth of Ethereum ($ETH) set to be withdrawn from network following Shapella hard fork. Validators can now withdraw staked Ether due to Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 4895. Short-term price fluctuations expected as some staked ETH is withdrawn.

CME to Add Daily Expiries on Bitcoin and Ether Futures Options Contracts; USDC Issuer Circle Exec to Testify at US Congressional Hearing on Stablecoins; BoE Considers Limits on Stablecoin Payments as Parliament Debates New Crypto Rules

On Apr. 17, derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, announced it will broaden its range of cryptocurrency options by adding new options to its standard and micro-sized Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) contracts. Pending regulatory review, these new contracts will be available from May 22, and expiries will be available every day of the business week from Monday to Friday. 

Derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is adding to its cryptocurrency offerings with daily expirations soon to be available on bitcoin and either futures options contracts, the company said in a press release on Monday.

Bitcoin led the way as digital asset investment products saw inflows for a fourth week in a row last week, according to Coinshares.

Institutional traders are prioritizing bitcoin over ether exposure so far in 2023, according to a report from digital asset analysis firm Arcane Research.

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ConsenSys will test its zkEVM private beta testnet internally starting next week. Onboarding of external users to the Layer 2 zk-rollup will begin in January 2023.

The question for you: What are the risk factors that make you stay away from a crypto investment? Is it an anonymous founder? A sketchy business model? Forked code?

Bitcoin was marginally lower on Nov. 25, as markets returned to action following the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Overall, cryptocurrency markets were mostly in consolidation in today’s session, with the global market cap up 0.12% as of writing. Ethereum was also largely unchanged, with the token hovering below $1,200.