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As well as the comments that Bitcoin will exceed the level of 100 thousand dollars by the end of the year, important predictions continue to be made about the second largest cryptocurrency Ethereum. Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of the BitMEX exchange, joined those who expected a serious price movement, especially after the "2.0 update" or, as the project team said, "Merger". Hayes also targeted the end of the year for ETH and claimed that the price level of 10 thousand dollars will be exceeded. The former CEO also said, "MicroStrategy should buy Ethereum instead of Bitcoin."

The Nasdaq exchange, known for listing the stocks of tech companies, conducted a survey on the spot cryptocurrency ETF with 500 financial investors. 72% of participating advisors indicated that they would most likely invest client funds in the asset if a spot ETF were accepted in the US.

IMF Deputy Director Gita Gopinath spoke about the sanctions imposed on Russia and their consequences. The adoption and use of cryptocurrencies, which gained a different perspective after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, continues to increase.

As it will be remembered, Terra had 27,784 Bitcoins by purchasing Bitcoin in the past days. Terra continues the purchases. Terra, who bought another $ 139 million worth of Bitcoin, holds 31,000 Bitcoins. Bitcoins are worth about $1.5 billion.

Globally, crypto regulation efforts have reached the peak. When this is the case, many people in the administration turn to industry experts to better understand cryptos. Finally, Block's CEO, Jack Dorsey, was invited by Congressional Democrats to talk about Bitcoin.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced yesterday that crypto assets will also be subject to audits by market participants, such as investment advisors and brokerage service providers, in 2022. The institution has also included ESG (Environmental, social and corporate governance), one of the biggest discussion topics of the last period, into this group.

Carl Runelelt, one of the most recognizable names in the cryptocurrency community with the nickname The Moon, claimed that the Bitcoin price will never fall below $ 10,000 again and commented on the price movements in the future.

This time, a negative decision came from the European Parliament, where the rule of banning cryptocurrencies working with Proof of Work was rejected in the past weeks. In the vote held today, the decision that will hit the transactions sent from exchanges to anonymous wallets was passed with 58 to 52 votes in favor. According to the decision, exchanges will have to provide the anonymous wallet information from which the transfer was made. There is a long process ahead for the rule to pass completely.

The Lawsuit Against Binance in the USA Has Been Rejected. The lawsuit was filed for violating US securities law by selling unregistered tokens to cryptocurrency exchange Binance and failing to register as an exchange or broker-dealer. But a federal judge on Thursday dismissed the case.

In the past, Reddit, which wanted to launch a production platform to serve the NFT industry, took action to create an NFT marketplace.