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Hong Kong asset managers are planning to add staking to spot ETH ETFs. The goal is to get the staking feature approved this year. Hashkey and Blocdaemon are working on proposals to introduce ether staking. Industry participants believe that staking is the biggest missing piece for ETFs.

Medical device maker Semler Scientific has purchased an additional 247 BTC, worth $17 million. This brings the company's total Bitcoin holdings to 828 BTC, acquired for a total of $57 million. Murphy-Chutorian stated that the company's focus remains on its healthcare business and holding Bitcoin.

Australia needs to increase its renewable energy investments to meet the government's clean energy target by 2030. Investment in renewable in the first quarter of 2024. Energy storage projects received over US$667 million in financial investment commitments in Q1 2024.

The Norwegian government has frozen and returned $5.7 million in funds connected to the Ronin hack. The hack on the Ethereum sidechain Ronin resulted in the loss of over $600 million. Ronin was created by Sky Mavis, the developer of the popular web3 game Axie Infinity.

Hulk Hogan warns followers about a crypto token called $HULK. Hogan implies that he was hacked and the posts promoting the token were not from him. Just because a celebrity promotes a crypto token doesn't mean it will make you money or that it's really them.

Global Li-Ion Graphite Corp. is exploring Uranium potential in Madagascar. They have signed a memorandum of understanding to assess Uranium prospects. This move aims to diversify the company's portfolio and align with global green energy efforts. Prior exploration indicated significant deposits.

Patria Investments expands its presence in Colombia's real estate market with the acquisition of Nexus Capital. Nexus Capital is a local asset manager with approximately $800m in assets under management. The deal will increase Patria's real estate assets under management in Colombia to over $2.2bn.