# Bitcoin's Big Dilemma

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Apr 25, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/bitcoins-biggest-dilemma*

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Bitcoin's Big Dilemma

  

  
  Published on Apr 25, 2024

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Consensys Sues SEC
  

  

 

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- 🧑‍⚖️** Samourai arrests.** The U.S. Department of Justice [arrested the CEO and CTO of Samourai Wallet](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-and-ceo-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-arrested-and-charged-money-laundering), a privacy-centric Bitcoin wallet, on charges of money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitter.
- 🪙** L2s embrace Avail.** Data availability (DA) solution Avail [just announced](https://twitter.com/AvailProject/status/1783489851360264347) that its network can now be integrated by developers building on Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Starknet and zkSync.

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      TODAY IN MARKETS
    
    
  
  
    
  Fed's Faltering Grip
  
  

  

 
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/04/image---2024-04-25T110215.726.png)](https://www.bankless.com/the-feds-faltering-grip)🙅 **Outmatched.** Troubling US economic data released this morning is suggesting that the Fed has lost control. *What are the numbers saying, and how have markets reacted?*

[Read More Analysis on Bankless.com](https://www.bankless.com/the-feds-faltering-grip)

Prices as of 5pm ET
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  **Crypto**
   
          $2.39T
       

  
    
    ↗ 1.0%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 3.5%
    
  

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  **BTC**
   
          $65,062
       

  
    
    ↗ 1.4%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 2.4%
    
  

       ![](https://banklesspublic.b-cdn.net/eth.png)
    

  **ETH**
   
          $3,179
       

  
    
    ↗ 1.5%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 3.7%
    
  

  

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    ANALYSIS

  
  
    
   
The Halving's Warning
  
  
   
     
     Bankless Author: 
     
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       Jack Inabinet](https://twitter.com/JackInabinet)
     
    
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/04/image---2024-04-25T112956.816.png)](https://www.bankless.com/btc-halving-warning)As Bitcoin's fourth Halving slashed rewards again, the network faces a pivotal moment. 

Amid fears of reduced security, the Runes phenomenon has sparked a surge in transaction fees, shifting the economic landscape for miners. Is this shift sustainable or just a flash in the pan? 

*Let's dig into Bitcoin's security and economic future* 👇

[Read the Full Rundown](https://www.bankless.com/btc-halving-warning)
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