Apple will get a seat on OpenAI's board of directors as part of a deal with the startup that the company announced in June 2024 - Microsoft has a similar board position. Such a role allows you to attend board meetings and watch decisions being made, but does not give you voting rights.

Mining giant Marathon has launched a 2 megawatt pilot project in Finland - the heat generated during mining is used to heat the homes of 11,000 residents in a local town.

🤩 ETH ETF approved and now what happens? We got carted back and forth tonight, first rumors of a postponement, then eventually an acceptance. 👌 But it's worth noting that the SEC approved the Form 19b-4, and it's the S-1 documents that need to be approved before trading can begin. Which could take a few weeks or more. Given the work and the SEC's lack of desire to somehow approve or promote crypto - this could all really drag on 🤨

⚖️ A Dutch court found Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev guilty of laundering $1.2 billion - he was involved in 36 illegal transactions, one of which was related to the hacking of the Ronin blockchain bridge game Axie Infinity in 2022. Pertsev was sentenced to five years and four months in prison. Defense attorneys have two weeks to file an appeal.

🪙 Tether, the USDT issuer, made a record profit (\ of $4.52 billion in the first quarter of 2024.