Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney made fun of a recent Business Insider article suggesting the Metaverse had run its course. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/epic-ceo-mocks-metaverse-is-dead-notion-600m-coming-to-the-wake

The mining firm expects the two facilities to be online by 2024 and produce a combined hash rate of roughly 7 EH/s. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/marathon-digital-announces-immersion-crypto-mining-operations-in-abu-dhabi

Canadians are being asked what features they wish to see in a digital Canadian dollar even though there are no plans yet to issue one. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/canada-s-central-bank-asks-citizens-what-they-want-in-a-digital-dollar

A user spent an additional 76% of their total purchase price in gas fees on a single memecoin trade. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/worth-it-trader-spends-120k-on-gas-buying-155k-worth-of-a-memecoin

A new “speedrun” video shows how anyone can create a brand new cryptocurrency in less than 30 seconds. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/you-can-now-create-a-shitcoin-in-less-than-23-seconds

Bitcoin and Ethereum’s ETH are finding buyers at lower levels, which may be a bullish sign for XMR, OKB and RPL. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/5-cryptocurrencies-with-the-best-upside-potential-in-the-week-ahead

Memecoin hype fuels Bitcoin transaction costs, BTC miners block rewards surpass $50 billion and AI’s “Godfather” warns of technology dangers. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/memecoin-sends-btc-fees-to-the-moon-miner-profits-top-50b-and-more-hodlers-digest-april-30-may-6/

Certain Celsius users, largely those who only ever held funds in custody accounts, had previously been limited to withdrawing up to 94% of their funds. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/eligible-celsius-users-can-withdraw-all-distributable-custody-assets-following-court-approval

A bill introduced in Kenya could see a tax added to cryptocurrency and NFT transfers and has been met with a mixed reaction online. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/kenya-considers-tax-on-crypto-nft-transfers-and-online-influencers

The bankrupt crypto brokerage has entered the final stages of liquidation procedures after Binance abandoned its acquisition deal last week. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/voyager-creditors-funds-return-next-few-weeks