● The number of active Bitcoin addresses has risen to 960,000 for the first time since May 3, reaching a 3-week high

Blockchain intelligence firm Santiment noted that the number of active Bitcoin addresses climbed to 960,000 for the first time since May 3, 2023. The recovery of this on-chain metric marks a 3-week high as Bitcoin's utility shows signs of recovery. (Coin Edition)

● The total holdings of “shrimp” groups holding less than 1 BTC reached 1.31 million, a record high

According to the latest data released by blockchain analysis company Glassnode, the "Shrimp Entities" group holding less than 1 BTC is continuously expanding its holdings at a rate of about 24,600 BTC per month. This happened only 224 trading days out of 5,226 trading days, and 160 of them happened in the past year. The current supply of Bitcoin owned by the "Shrimp Entities" group has reached 1.31 million, a record high. (Planet Daily)

● Year-to-date transfer volume by long-term Bitcoin holders with unrealized gains increased by nearly 2,000% to $489 million

Glassnode data shows that the transfer volume of profitable long-term Bitcoin holders has increased sharply this year, up nearly 2,000%. The transfer amount of these holders who are currently in a state of floating profit has increased sharply from US$25 million at the beginning of the year to the current US$489 million. (U.Today)

● 21Shares: The settlement amount on the Ethereum chain in Q1 reached 3.01 trillion US dollars, which is close to the payment giant Visa

21Shares, a digital asset and crypto ETP provider, recently tweeted that Ethereum is still the leader in Layer 1 blockchain, currently accounting for 70% of the DeFi market share and 54% of the NFT market share. In the first quarter of 2023, the transaction volume processed on the Ethereum chain was close to that of payment giant Visa. Data showed that the settlement amount of Ethereum reached US$3.01 trillion last quarter, while the settlement amount of Visa was US$3.08 trillion. (Planet Daily)

● Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission: Application for virtual asset trading platform operating licenses will start from June 1

According to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, the "Guidelines for Virtual Asset Trading Platform Operators" came into effect on June 1. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission said it welcomes virtual asset trading platform operators who are ready to comply with the Securities and Futures Commission's standards to apply for licenses. Operators who do not intend to apply for licenses should proceed to wind down their operations in Hong Kong in an orderly manner. (China Fund News)

● Binance will allow Japanese users to migrate to the new platform in August

Binance announced that it is creating a new platform for Japanese residents to fully comply with local regulations. The global platform will stop providing services to Japanese residents on November 30, and users of the global platform will be able to migrate to the new local platform through a new identity verification process (KYC), which will be open from August 1 to November 30, 2023.

● Grand Theft Auto 6 may introduce cryptocurrency rewards

The well-known action-adventure game series Grand Theft Auto (GTA) may introduce cryptocurrency rewards in its upcoming game upgrade version Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6). The game, which is expected to be released in 2023 or 2024, plans to integrate blockchain technology to implement a cryptocurrency-based reward system, and is expected to use Bitcoin as a payment method and one of the reward tokens. (Forbes India)