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KelpDAO Exploiter Moves 75,701 ETH to Mainnet, Begins Routing $175M to Bitcoin

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Hours after the Arbitrum Security Council froze 30,766 ether tied to the KelpDAO exploit, the attacker moved all 75,701 ETH, roughly $175 million, to the Ethereum mainnet and began bridging the funds to bitcoin. Key Takeaways: After Arbitrum froze 30,766 ETH ($71M), the KelpDAO exploiter moved 75,701 ETH ($175M) to the Ethereum mainnet. Peckshield confirmed […]

0G Foundation and Alibaba Cloud Partner to Bring Qwen LLMs Onchain

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The collaboration between 0G Foundation and Alibaba Cloud marks a significant shift in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, enabling autonomous AI agents to access the Qwen large language model family directly onchain. Key Takeaways: 0G Foundation and Alibaba Cloud launched onchain access to Qwen LLMs for AI agents on April 21, 2026. The move shifts AI […]

Arbitrum Security Council Freezes 30,766 ETH From KelpDAO Exploiter in Emergency Onchain Action

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The Arbitrum Security Council froze 30,766 ether held by the KelpDAO exploiter on Arbitrum One, moving the funds to a protocol-controlled address before they could be bridged back to the Ethereum mainnet. Key Takeaways: Arbitrum’s Security Council froze 30,766 ETH worth roughly 70 million from the KelpDAO exploiter on April 21. Peckshield flagged the exploiter […]

Altcoin Carnage Ahead? 99% Could Be Wiped Out, Analyst Says

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Bitcoin’s dominance hovering around 57% has become a quiet alarm bell for traders watching the broader crypto and altcoin market in general — and for good reason. Bears And Bulls Divided Over Altcoin Timing Crypto analyst Michael van de Poppe believes a brutal clearing out is coming for the altcoin market, but he does not see it as a collapse. He sees it as cleanup. According to van de Poppe, roughly 99% of all altcoins are headed to zero — and he thinks that outcome is fair. He draws a parallel to the early internet era, when hundreds of companies launched, burned through investor money, and vanished. What remained built the modern web. Despite that stark forecast, van de Poppe says he has rarely been more optimistic about where crypto is heading. Reports indicate he described this as one of the most bullish periods he has seen for the asset class overall, even as most individual tokens face extinction. I think that it’s fully deserved that 99% of the #Altcoins are going to zero. It’s not like all of the internet companies from the https://t.co/GoodB359DI bubble survived. However, during that bubble phase, there’s a lot of money made and coming out of the bubble phase, there’s… — Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) April 19, 2026 His focus has narrowed to a handful of projects he believes can survive the shakeout — Bitcoin, Ethereum, and select decentralized finance platforms like Aave. Short-term pain in DeFi, he says, stems from the KelpDAO hack. But he views that as temporary turbulence, not a structural break. Arbitrum Flagged As A Buy-The-Dip Opportunity Van de Poppe is equally tracking Arbitrum. According to accounts of his latest analysis, there could be a possibility of buying the token when it falls to the $0.16 mark. Currently, the analyst sees a similarity in the market with what happened during the early months of 2020. The characteristics include increased trading volumes, reclamation of critical price marks, and technical indications before a breakout. His assessment on Bitcoin is that more upside remains. He is eyeing new highs near $77,000. Ethereum, he says, is still in a bull trend and worth buying on dips, provided it holds above certain key support levels. Not Everyone Is Buying The Optimism Analyst group Our Crypto Talk says the market has not yet earned a bullish call. Their framework requires price to move above the 20-day simple moving average, and for that average to cross above the 50-day. Neither condition has been met. With Bitcoin still trading below those averages and dominance sitting at 57%, they call this a red zone — a period where markets are more likely to bleed than rally. Is it the right time to buy Altcoins? The simple answer is “NO” Because there is no Altseason right now You just need 2 conditions on this chart to confirm Price > 20 SMA 20 SMA > 50 SMA 2021: Altseason printed generational wealth. 2024: Rotations worked in 2-3… pic.twitter.com/NfYYqDMgNP — Our Crypto Talk (@ourcryptotalk) April 17, 2026 Bitcoin’s Basing Phase Could Signal What Comes Next Other analysts flagged rising Bitcoin dominance as a warning sign for altcoins. When Bitcoin’s share of the total market climbs, it typically means money is flowing into Bitcoin and out of smaller tokens — a pattern that has historically preceded extended weakness across the altcoin space. Van de Poppe, for his part, acknowledges the market is still building a base following the Q4 2025 selloff. That basing phase, he estimates, typically runs two to four months before a breakout takes hold. Bitcoin has been consolidating for roughly two and a half months, which he says puts the market close to a potential turning point. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView

Onchain Analysts Flag Justin Sun-Linked Wallet’s 274 Million USDT Exit From Aave Minutes After rsETH Freeze

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A wallet linked to Justin Sun by onchain analysts withdrew 274 million USDT from Aave just 21 minutes after the protocol froze its rsETH markets on April 18, following the KelpDAO exploit. Key Takeaways: A wallet linked to Justin Sun pulled 274 million USDT from Aave 21 minutes after the rsETH market was frozen. The […]

Strategy Acquires 34,164 BTC In Largest Bitcoin Buy Since November 2024

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Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has added $2.54 billion worth of the asset to its reserves in its biggest acquisition since November 2024. Strategy Has Just Completed A Mega Bitcoin Buy In a new post on X, Strategy co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor has shared the details related to the company’s latest Monday Bitcoin acquisition. In total, this buy has added 34,164 BTC to the firm’s reserves, bought for a whopping $2.54 billion. Not only is the buy the largest for the year, it’s in fact the biggest purchase made by Strategy since November 2024. According to the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the mega purchase was fueled using sales of the company’s STRC and MSTR at-the-market (ATM) stock offerings. Overall, this acquisition is the third-largest that the company has ever made, in both BTC and USD terms. The two bigger purchases both occurred back-to-back in November 2024 and involved 51,780 and 55,500 tokens. The latest large buy has come a week after Strategy made another billion-dollar purchase. Saylor hinted at this week’s buy being larger in his usual Sunday foreshadowing post, this time sharing the company’s Bitcoin portfolio tracker with the caption, “Think Even ₿igger.” Strategy’s holdings have now grown to 815,061 BTC, equivalent to 4.07% of the cryptocurrency’s entire supply in circulation. The treasury company spent a total of $61.56 billion to assemble this stack, putting the average cost basis per token at $75,527. Earlier, the firm went into a state of net unrealized loss due to the bearish price action, but the latest recovery has meant that its holdings are now at about break-even. The bearish market shift has meant that most of the treasury companies have stopped buying or started distributing. But as Strategy has continued its aggressive accumulation, it has only solidified its standing as the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin. In the wider sector, another digital asset treasury company has also maintained a regular buying schedule regardless of the recent market conditions: Bitmine. Originally a Bitcoin-mining focused firm, Bitmine is a relatively new player in the space, pivoting to an Ethereum treasury strategy just in mid-2025. Despite its age, though, the firm’s treasury has already established itself as the second-largest in the cryptocurrency sector behind Strategy. In the past week, Bitmine has furthered its ETH accumulation, according to a Monday press release. In total, the firm added 101,627 ETH inside this window, making it the largest weekly acquisition for the company since December 2025. “Bitmine has maintained the increased pace of ETH buys in each of the past four weeks, as our base case ETH is in the final stages of the ‘mini-crypto winter,'” noted Thomas “Tom” Lee, the firm’s chairman. After this purchase, Bitmine’s Ethereum holdings have grown to 4.976 million, equal to a supply share of 4.12%. BTC Price At the time of writing, Bitcoin is floating around $75,000, up more than 5% in the last seven days.

Why the Wealthy Are Doubling Down on Bitcoin-Backed Debt

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The Xapo Digital Wealth Report for Q1 2026 highlights a major shift in how high-net-worth individuals manage their bitcoin, moving away from active trading and toward long-term capital preservation. Key Takeaways: Xapo members increased active bitcoin-backed loans by 8.9% in Q1 2026 to avoid selling during volatility. Institutional use of bitcoin as collateral grew as […]

Bitcoin reclaims $75,000 as Iran ceasefire talks advance, equities rally resumes - Cryptonews.net

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Bitcoin reclaims $75,000 as US-Iran ceasefire talks progress - Crypto Briefing

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Bitcoin reclaims $75,000 as US-Iran ceasefire talks progress& & Crypto Briefing

Altcoins Have Recovered $90B Since February – Analyst Explains Market Dynamics

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Altcoins have been one of crypto’s most painful stories of the past few years. The 2022 bear market broke valuations across the sector, and the recovery that followed never fully delivered on its promise. The altseason that traders had been anticipating through 2024 and into 2025 arrived in fragmented, selective bursts rather than the broad-based surge the cycle was supposed to produce. For holders of most altcoins, the wait has been long — and expensive. The most recent chapter made things worse before they got better. According to analyst Darkfost, the October 2025 cycle top triggered another significant leg down for the altcoin sector. Total 3 — the combined market capitalization of altcoins excluding Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins — lost nearly $460 billion from that peak, a decline of roughly 38%. That is not a routine pullback. It is a wipeout that, for many tokens, extended losses that had never been recovered from 2022 in the first place. Since February, however, the picture has started shifting. Total 3 has recovered approximately $90 billion — a meaningful rebound accomplished against a backdrop of ongoing geopolitical tension and a macroeconomic environment that continues to restrict the liquidity flows that altcoins depend on to move. The recovery is real. Whether it is the beginning of something larger or another false start is the question the data is now building toward. The Numbers Are Improving, But The Landscape Has Never Been More Crowded The technical picture adds a layer of context to the $90 billion recovery. Darkfost points to the percentage of altcoins on Binance trading below their weekly 50-period moving average — a level that functions as a meaningful dividing line between assets in technical distress and those beginning to show genuine strength. In early February, 89% of altcoins on Binance sat below that threshold. Today, that figure has dropped to 67%. The direction is encouraging. A 22-percentage-point improvement in the share of altcoins recovering above a key technical level reflects something real happening beneath the surface — not a broad market explosion, but a gradual return of selective interest after a period of widespread capitulation. The caution, however, is structural and significant. Liquidity conditions remain constrained, which means the capital available to drive altcoin recoveries is not abundant. And the number of assets competing for that limited capital has reached a scale that is difficult to fully absorb. There are now approximately 49 million cryptocurrencies in existence — more than 22 million on Solana alone, 19 million on Base, and nearly 5 million on BNB Smart Chain. That number reframes the recovery entirely. When $90 billion must be spread across 49 million assets, the average token receives almost nothing. The improvement in the moving average data is real, but it is concentrated. In a market this fragmented, the difference between the tokens that recover and the ones that do not will come down to selection — and the margin for error has never been smaller. Altcoins Attempt Recovery Within a Fragile Structure The total crypto market cap, excluding the top 10 assets, is attempting to stabilize near the $180 billion level after a prolonged period of weakness that followed the 2025 peak. The broader structure remains mixed. While the sharp decline from the $300B–$320B region has slowed, price has not yet established a convincing uptrend. From a structural perspective, the market is still operating below the 200-week moving average, which continues to slope downward and act as a macro resistance level. This is a critical detail. Historically, sustained altcoin expansions tend to occur only after reclaiming and holding above this level, which has not yet happened. The recent bounce from the sub-$150B region shows early signs of demand returning, but the recovery remains modest relative to the prior drawdown. The current range between roughly $170B and $220B reflects a consolidation phase rather than a confirmed reversal. Volume trends reinforce the cautious outlook. While there was a notable spike during the sell-off phase, recent activity has declined, indicating reduced participation and limited conviction behind the rebound. For a more constructive outlook, the market would need to break above the $220B–$240B zone and sustain momentum. Until then, the current recovery appears fragile, with the structure still vulnerable to renewed downside pressure. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com

Bitcoin Rally May Be A Trap As Whales Sell Into Strength - TradingView

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Bitcoin Rally May Be A Trap As Whales Sell Into Strength& & TradingView

Bitcoin Reclaims $75,000 as Iran Ceasefire Talks Advance, Equities Rally Resumes - Moomoo

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Bitcoin Reclaims $75,000 as Iran Ceasefire Talks Advance, Equities Rally Resumes& & Moomoo

Revolut Weighs Future IPO, Flexes India’s Beta Launch

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The UK-based neobank could go public in the next two years, according to statements of its co-founder and CEO, Nik Storonsky. During its latest funding round conducted in October, the firm reached a valuation of $75 billion, up from $45 billion before. Key Takeaways: Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky ends market rumors, delaying the bank’s IPO […]

Bitcoin price news: What next as BTC reclaims $75,000 - CoinDesk

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Bitcoin price news: What next as BTC reclaims $75,000& & CoinDesk

Iran Charging Bitcoin Tolls at Strait of Hormuz | $600M/Month in Crypto 2026 - Phemex

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Iran Charging Bitcoin Tolls at Strait of Hormuz | $600M/Month in Crypto 2026& & Phemex

ETFs, treasuries hold 12% of Bitcoin, shifting ownership from retail - Crypto Briefing

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ETFs, treasuries hold 12% of Bitcoin, shifting ownership from retail& & Crypto Briefing

Bitcoin holds firm near $76K, rebounds from dip as buying interest stays strong - The Economic Times

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Bitcoin holds firm near $76K, rebounds from dip as buying interest stays strong& & The Economic Times

Bet365 Launches in Michigan as 17th US State, Eyes Massachusetts Next

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UK-based bet365 launched its sportsbook and online casino in Michigan on April 17, becoming the 17th U.S. state where the operator offers sports betting. This cements its position as the most geographically aggressive European entrant into the post-PASPA American market. Key Takeaways: Bet365 went live in Michigan on April 17 as the 17th U.S. state […]

'Mission Accomplished'—BlackRock Suddenly Bets $871M On Bitcoin Dip - Forbes

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'Mission Accomplished'—BlackRock Suddenly Bets $871M On Bitcoin Dip& & Forbes

Bitmine Loads Up On 101,627 Ether In Record Post-December Buy

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Buried in Bitmine Immersion Technologies’ latest disclosure is a number that speaks to just how deep the company has gone on Ethereum. Of the nearly 5 million ETH it now holds, 3.33 million is actively staked through its validator platform, generating more than $200 million in annualized staking revenue. For a company built around accumulating a single digital asset, that income stream turns what might look like a speculative bet into something closer to an operating business. The purchase that pushed those numbers higher came during the week of April 13 to April 19. Bitmine acquired 101,627 ETH in that period, its largest single-week buy since December 2025. The transaction was disclosed Monday through a press release and a Form 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Closing In On Target Following the purchase, Bitmine held 4,976,485 ETH — valued at roughly $11.5 billion based on a reference price of $2,301 per toke`n. That puts the company’s ownership at about 4.12% of total Ether in circulation. Its stated target is 5%, a goal the company refers to internally as the “alchemy of 5%.” At the current pace, it is around 80% of the way there. Chairman Tom Lee said the company has kept up an increased buying pace for four straight weeks. “Our base case ETH is in the final stages of the mini-crypto winter,” he said. Lee made similar remarks at Paris Blockchain Week 2026, where he predicted Ether could eventually top $60,000. Beyond its ETH position, Bitmine also holds 199 Bitcoin, a $200 million stake in Beast Industries, a $107 million stake in Eightco Holdings, and $1.12 billion in cash. Total crypto and cash holdings stand at close to $13 billion. NYSE Uplisting Came Before The Push The buying acceleration follows a significant corporate move. Bitmine recently uplisted from the NYSE American to the New York Stock Exchange and expanded its share buyback program. The NYSE listing gives the company broader visibility among institutional investors at a time when crypto balance sheet strategies are spreading across public markets. No other public company comes close to Bitmine’s total ETH exposure, according to data from CoinGecko, which tracks corporate Ethereum treasuries. The gap between Bitmine and the next-largest holders has continued to grow with each successive purchase. Featured image from Consensys, chart from TradingView

As Taxes Fade Away, Stablecoin Adoption Continues to Rise in Brazil

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The adoption of stablecoins in Brazil continues to grow, now reaching beyond the cryptocurrency sector. The main point behind this rise in adoption across several industries is that stablecoin payments are tax-free, while fiat exchanges are taxed. Key Takeaways: After hitting $6B in December, Bloquo notes stablecoins expedite B2B settlements to benefit from tax exemptions. […]

Ethereum Buyers Regain Derivatives Control For The First Time Since 2022: A Rare Market Shift

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Ethereum is trying to hold above $2,300 as the market navigates another stretch of volatility and uncertainty. The price action remains hesitant, caught between buyers looking for a reason to commit and sellers who have defined this cycle’s derivatives landscape more aggressively than almost any previous period. But according to top analyst Darkfost, something in that landscape just changed — and the shift is significant enough to deserve attention. Throughout this entire cycle, Ethereum’s derivatives markets have been unusually hostile to bulls. Net taker volume — the measure of how aggressively buyers versus sellers are hitting the market — remained almost consistently negative. The clearest example came in December 2024, when ETH was pushing toward a new all-time high above $4,000. Rather than buyers chasing the breakout, net taker volume collapsed to -$511 million. It got worse from there. When Ethereum printed its cycle high just below $5,000, the sell-side dominance reached -$568 million. Sellers were not just present at the top — they were overwhelming it. That pattern defined the entire rally and made every move higher feel contested, expensive, and ultimately unsustainable. Today, Darkfost notes, the dynamic looks very different. For the first time in this cycle, the picture on derivatives markets appears to be shifting — and what is replacing that persistent sell pressure is worth understanding. The Sellers Who Defined This Cycle Just Lost the Upper Hand Since March, the dynamic that defined Ethereum’s entire derivatives market has quietly reversed. Buy-side volumes have taken control, with net taker volume reaching +$102 million today. After months of sellers dominating at every key price level — including the all-time high — buyers are now the ones hitting the market aggressively. The historical context Darkfost provides is what gives this shift its real weight. The last time Ethereum’s derivatives market showed buying pressure of this magnitude was in 2022 — when ETH was trading around $1,000, near the depths of the previous bear market. That was the last time buyers stepped in with this kind of conviction. What followed from that period is not lost on anyone who has watched Ethereum across multiple cycles. The implications, if the trend holds, are material. This cycle was defined by a specific and unusual pattern: sellers dominated not just during weakness, but at every attempt at strength. Every rally was met with aggressive supply. That pressure is what made each Ethereum recovery feel fragile and short-lived. If buyers are now consistently absorbing that supply rather than stepping aside, the structural backdrop for Ethereum is changing. It is early — one data point does not confirm a new regime. But the shift from -$568 million at the peak to +$102 million today is not a small move. It is the kind of reversal that, if sustained, tends to precede something more meaningful than a temporary bounce. Ethereum Tests Resistance as Recovery Structure Builds Ethereum is attempting to stabilize above the $2,300 level after recovering from the sharp February capitulation that briefly pushed price below $1,800. The rebound has been constructive in the short term, with price forming a sequence of higher lows since early March. However, the broader structure remains unresolved. The key technical feature in the current chart is the interaction with the 200-day moving average, which is trending downward and now sits just above price. This level has acted as dynamic resistance, rejecting multiple recovery attempts. The recent move into the $2,350–$2,400 zone was again met with selling pressure, reinforcing that sellers are still defending higher levels. Volume dynamics add nuance to the picture. The capitulation event in February was accompanied by a clear spike in volume, signaling forced selling and potential exhaustion. Since then, volume has normalized during the recovery, suggesting a more controlled, organic bid rather than aggressive momentum chasing. Short-term momentum is improving, but Ethereum has yet to confirm a structural shift. A clean break and hold above the 200-day moving average would be required to transition from recovery to trend reversal. Until that happens, the current move appears to be a developing range with resistance overhead and cautious buyers stepping in on dips. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com

Bitcoin Recovery Still Looks Like A Bear Market Rally, Analyst Says - TradingView

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Bitcoin Recovery Still Looks Like A Bear Market Rally, Analyst Says& & TradingView

Amazon Invests $5 Billion More in Anthropic, Secures 10-Year AWS Deal Worth $100 Billion

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Amazon injected $5 billion into Anthropic on Monday and secured a pledge from the artificial intelligence (AI) company to spend more than $100 billion on Amazon Web Services infrastructure over the next ten years. Key Takeaways: Amazon invested $5 billion in Anthropic on April 20, 2026, pushing total committed capital to $13 billion since 2023. […]

Bitcoin's Price Without Michael Saylor? Grok Thinks Strategy Responsible For 'Real Upward Pressure And Se - Benzinga

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Bitcoin's Price Without Michael Saylor? Grok Thinks Strategy Responsible For 'Real Upward Pressure And Se& & Benzinga

William Hill Parent Evoke in £225M Bally’s Intralot Sale Discussions

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William Hill and 888 parent Evoke confirmed Monday it is in takeover discussions with Bally’s Intralot at 50 pence per share, valuing the FTSE 250-listed betting group at £225.3 million ($303.9 million). Key Takeaways: Evoke confirmed 50p-per-share Bally’s Intralot offer valuing group at £225.3M. Bally’s Intralot has until May 18 to make a firm offer […]

Stablecoin Hype Overblown? Moody’s Says Banks Aren’t In Danger

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A bill meant to bring order to the US crypto market is stuck in Congress, caught between two powerful groups that cannot agree on one key question: should stablecoins be allowed to pay interest? Banks And Crypto In A Legislative Standoff The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 — known as the CLARITY Act — was drafted to establish rules for how crypto assets are classified and overseen in the US. But the bill hit a wall after Coinbase and other crypto companies publicly opposed earlier versions of it. Among their objections: the bill would ban yield-bearing stablecoins. Banks, for their part, have pushed hard to keep that ban in place. Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina has been working on a revised draft aimed at satisfying both sides, but reports say it has already drawn pushback and has yet to be released publicly. The standoff reflects a deeper anxiety in the banking industry — one that a senior Moody’s analyst says may be premature, at least for now. Analyst from Moody’s agency states that stablecoins do not pose a threat to banks in the near future. #stablecoin#crypto pic.twitter.com/jP8aB5uN1r — CryptOpus (@ImCryptOpus) April 20, 2026 Near-Term Risk Remains Low, Analyst Says Abhi Srivastava, associate vice president at Moody’s Investors Service Digital Economy Group, said that the threat stablecoins pose to traditional banks is limited at this point in the adoption cycle. The US already has payment systems that are fast, low-cost, and trusted, he said, which reduces the appeal of stablecoin-based alternatives for everyday transactions. According to Srivastava, the current legal prohibition on stablecoins paying yield is a key reason they are unlikely to pull deposits away from banks at any meaningful scale in the near term. Still, stablecoin use is not standing still. Data shows the total market cap for stablecoins crossed $300 billion by the end of last year — a figure that reflects growing use in payments, cross-border commerce, and onchain finance. Tokenized real-world assets, which represent physical or traditional financial assets on a blockchain, are also expanding alongside them. A Longer-Term Pressure Building Srivastava acknowledged that the picture could shift over time. As both stablecoins and tokenized assets grow in size and use, banks could begin to feel the pressure — through deposit outflows and reduced capacity to lend. That is not happening today, but it is the scenario the banking lobby appears to be preparing for. Some voices in the crypto industry are warning that failure to pass the CLARITY Act could leave the sector exposed to crackdowns from less-friendly regulators down the road. That adds urgency to negotiations that have so far produced little progress. Both sides say they want a deal. Getting there is another matter. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView

Why Big Investors Are Rushing Back to Bitcoin in 2026 - Phemex

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Why Big Investors Are Rushing Back to Bitcoin in 2026& & Phemex

SEC sues crypto founder, alleging $16M token fraud built on phantom insurance - InvestmentNews

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SEC sues crypto founder, alleging $16M token fraud built on phantom insurance& & InvestmentNews

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Recover Amid Iran War Uncertainty: Analyst Hopeful Of BTC Hitting $85,00 - Benzinga

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Recover Amid Iran War Uncertainty: Analyst Hopeful Of BTC Hitting $85,00& & Benzinga

Ripple-Linked SBI Remit Adds 26th Bank In Japan With Tottori Launch

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SBI Remit and Tottori Bank are launching international money transfer services on April 20, extending what XRP-focused observers describe as Ripple’s bank-linked remittance footprint in Japan. The partnership marks the 26th collaboration between SBI Remit and a financial institution, with Ripple’s distributed ledger technology again referenced as part of the service stack. The Ripple angle was pushed into focus by XRP community commentator Eri, who wrote on X: “XRP Scoop: Tottori Bank & SBI Remit start international money transfer services, April 20. This marks the 26th Bank|FI SBI Remit partner, which actively uses Ripple’s DLT for low-cost, 24/7 remittances. Where XRP liquidity is ample, XRP can serve as an optional bridge.” XRP ScoopTottori Bank & @SBIRemit start international money transfer services, April 20. This marks the 26th Bank|FI SBI Remit partner, which actively uses @Ripple’s DLT for low-cost, 24/7 remittances. Where $XRP liquidity is ample, XRP can serve as an optional bridge.… pic.twitter.com/Qp7I77nHo6 — Eri ~ Carpe Diem (@sentosumosaba) April 19, 2026 Ripple Remittance Network In Japan Expands To 26 Banks That framing goes somewhat further than SBI Remit’s own press release, which highlights Ripple’s technology directly but does not explicitly say XRP will be used in this rollout. Still, the company did state that, since its founding in 2010, it has “actively incorporates the latest financial technologies, such as Ripple’s distributed ledger technology” as part of its effort to offer secure, low-cost and fast international remittances. In practical terms, the new partnership is aimed at a growing foreign workforce in Tottori Prefecture and the financial institutions serving it. SBI Remit said both the number of foreign workers and the number of businesses employing them have risen to record highs in the prefecture, making access to reliable cross-border payments more important for workers sending money home and for local employers trying to support them. The company described a market that increasingly demands speed, convenience and always-on access. “Foreign customers now require services that are fast, low-cost, available 24/7, and can be initiated via apps, as well as services that support diversified receiving methods, such as the expansion of e-wallets in the recipient country,” SBI Remit said. “Meanwhile, with the increase in foreign workers, regional financial institutions are facing increased requests from companies to open salary deposit accounts. Furthermore, after providing accounts, they are required to handle new customer management tasks, including residence permit expiration dates and return information.” That helps explain why Ripple-linked infrastructure keeps appearing through SBI-affiliated channels in Japan: the pitch is less about crypto branding than about solving remittance and compliance bottlenecks for banks and end users. SBI Remit said it now offers an integrated service combining “remittances to hometown” and “salary deposit accounts” for foreign residents, backed by multilingual support in 12 languages. Eri also suggested the Tottori deal fits a broader regional-bank strategy inside Japan. Replying to another X user, she wrote in full: “No doubt. Japan has 200+ banks, which include foreign banks, trusts, and various tiers of regional banks. The 3 mega banks and Japan Post dominate. Mr. Kitao has been focused on bringing the regional banks into the fold. I also think you’ll see expansion into S. Korea with the same technology via SBI initiatives.” At press time, XRP traded at $1.42.

Hilbert Group warns liquidity tightening could pressure Bitcoin near-term - Crypto Briefing

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Hilbert Group warns liquidity tightening could pressure Bitcoin near-term& & Crypto Briefing

Bitcoin ticks higher despite renewed U.S.-Iran tensions - Investing.com

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Bitcoin ticks higher despite renewed U.S.-Iran tensions& & Investing.com

Crypto News: AlphaPepe Presale Nears Binance Listing While Bitcoin Price Prediction Targets $150,000 Amid Market Volatility - WFXG

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Crypto News: AlphaPepe Presale Nears Binance Listing While Bitcoin Price Prediction Targets $150,000 Amid Market Volatility& & WFXG

Bitcoin's Price Outlook: Bitcoin Shrugs Off Sluggishness And Targets Recent Highs. Is $80000 A Possibility? - Seeking Alpha

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Bitcoin's Price Outlook: Bitcoin Shrugs Off Sluggishness And Targets Recent Highs. Is $80000 A Possibility?& & Seeking Alpha

US Lawmakers Urged to Advance CLARITY Act as Digital Chamber Pushes Senate Markup

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U.S. crypto legislation faces rising pressure as Senate leaders are urged to move market structure rules forward. The Digital Chamber argued further delay could stall momentum and weaken Washington’s push for clearer digital asset oversight. Key Takeaways: The Digital Chamber increased pressure on Senate leaders to move the bill to markup. Senate Banking faces mounting […]

Key facts: MicroStrategy +34k BTC; ETFs $996M; SEC: Bitcoin Not Security - TradingView

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Key facts: MicroStrategy +34k BTC; ETFs $996M; SEC: Bitcoin Not Security& & TradingView

Coinbase Deploys AI Agents Inside Workplace Tools In Bold Experiment

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Two digital workers named after real people are now showing up in Coinbase employees’ inboxes and chat channels — and the company’s CEO thinks they’re just the beginning. Agents With Personality Coinbase has rolled out a pair of AI agents built to assist staff with everyday work tasks, accessible directly through Slack and email. One is called Fred, named after company co-founder Fred Ehrsam. Fred operates as a “strategic executive agent,” helping workers think through priorities and get feedback on decisions. The other is Balaji — a nod to former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan — whose role is to push back on ideas and help employees think differently. Both agents are live and being tested across the organization. CEO Brian Armstrong announced the move on X over the weekend, describing the deployments as an early step in a much larger shift. According to Armstrong, the goal is to eventually make it easy for any employee to spin up their own agent — or build one for their team. Coinbase is testing AI agents that show up in slack/email at work, just like any human teammate. To start we’re shipping two which are modeled after legendary former Coinbase employees, @FEhrsam and @balajis. (Who brutally frame mogged who in this matchup?) Soon, it will be easy… pic.twitter.com/1bxfh8Dg9q — Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) April 18, 2026 More Agents Than Employees Armstrong went further than most executives typically do when talking about AI in the workplace. Reports indicate he believes Coinbase could one day have more AI agents on its roster than human workers. That prediction lands at a time when tech companies across the industry have been cutting staff while leaning harder on AI tools to fill the gaps. Coinbase has been moving in this direction for a while. Based on earlier reports, Armstrong set a target for AI to write more than 50% of the company’s code. Separately, the company announced a push to turn its workforce of over 4,000 people into what it called “AI-Natives.” The two new agents are the most visible sign yet of that internal push playing out in practice. Crypto’s Bet On AI Transactions The workplace rollout connects to a bigger story unfolding across the crypto industry. Armstrong has publicly predicted that AI agents will be transacting online more often than humans in the near future. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire made a similar call earlier this year, saying billions of AI agents could be moving money onchain within three to five years. Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has described crypto as the natural currency for AI-driven transactions — the kind that happen without a credit card or a human in the loop. Coinbase has already built infrastructure to support that vision. The company launched a protocol called x402 last year, designed to handle payments made by AI agents across both crypto and traditional financial rails. With Fred and Balaji now live inside the company’s own tools, Coinbase is testing the concept where it can watch it most closely — from the inside. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView

Incident Report: Llamarisk, Aave Service Providers Detail Kelp rsETH Hack Across Ethereum and Arbitrum Markets

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An incident report published by Llamarisk to the Aave forum explains that a bridge exploit targeting KelpDAO’s Layerzero V2 rsETH route on Saturday allowed an attacker to extract 116,500 rsETH from Ethereum’s OFT adapter without burning any tokens on the source chain. Llamarisk’s report notes that this incident exposed Aave V3 markets to potential bad […]

Ripple’s Schwartz Flags DeFi Bridge Trade-Offs After KelpDAO Incident

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Security trade-offs in cross-chain infrastructure are drawing sharper scrutiny as operational shortcuts threaten to undercut protections built into bridge designs. Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz’s latest remarks tied those risks to RLUSD-related evaluations and broader collateral concerns. Key Takeaways: David Schwartz warned bridge security can weaken during real-world deployment. KelpDAO and rsETH scrutiny adds bearish […]

Why has Bitcoin’s social engagement hit lowest in last 365 days – Details - AMBCrypto

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Major bank identifies surprising trend for American crypto investors - thestreet.com

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Chainalysis Flags Critical Blind Spot in DeFi Security as $292M Exploit Bypasses Burn Verification

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A $292M DeFi exploit is intensifying concerns over hidden vulnerabilities in cross-chain systems. The incident underscores how flawed trust assumptions can allow manipulated inputs to bypass safeguards and trigger undetected, large-scale asset issuance. Key Takeaways: Chainalysis flags a KelpDAO exploit exposing a critical failure in cross-chain trust assumptions. Analysis showed Layerzero design flaws can let […]

Stablecoins Don’t Meet Core Requirements Of Money, BIS Says

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The BIS General Manager has said that existing stablecoins fall short of the requirements for a widely accepted and used payment instrument. Stablecoins Remain A “Niche” Payment Instrument Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), spoke on the topic of stablecoins at a Bank of Japan seminar in Tokyo on Monday. The BIS is an international financial institution that serves as a bank for central banks. It’s owned by constituent central banks, of which there are 63 in total at the moment. The institution has been vocal about its concerns regarding stablecoins in the past. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that have their price tied to a fiat currency. In recent years, these tokens have gained popularity, inviting regulation from major economic hubs. Since stables run on blockchain technology, they naturally offer relatively cheap 24/7 transactions. This has made their main use, besides being a store of value, as a mode of payments. Stablecoins try to mimic fiat currencies, but do they count as “money”? de Cos has discussed the two features that decide the “moneyness” of an instrument: singleness and interoperability. First, singleness is the idea that different forms of money should be perfectly substitutable at par across financial intermediaries and platforms. In fiat economics, this is facilitated by central banks. For the decentralized stablecoins, there is no such central settlement so deviations can emerge. Though, these differences tend to be relatively modest. “Yet confidence shocks can widen discounts abruptly and, when they do, users may refuse to accept certain stablecoins, as seen on several occasions in the past,” said de Cos. The other property, interoperability, means that users can send and receive funds seamlessly across platforms and networks. Today, stablecoins are distributed across a wide range of blockchains, so even versions of the same token that run on different blockchains aren’t interoperable by default. The BIS General Manager explained: Together, these features undermine the network effects that are key to money – the use of money begets its acceptance, and acceptance begets wider use. It is therefore conceivable that under current designs stablecoins remain a “niche” instrument. While current stablecoin systems may fall short of the requirements of a widely accepted payment instrument, de Cos noted that they have the potential to significantly enhance cross-border payments. But the opportunities provided by fiat-tied cryptocurrencies don’t come without challenges; the BIS head cautioned that these assets can affect credit supply, financial stability, and monetary and fiscal policy. The wider digital asset sector has faced bearish winds since Q4 2025, but the stablecoin market has managed to hold up relatively well as its market cap has seen a slight uptrend in this period, according to data from DefiLlama. Currently, the fiat-pegged coins have a combined valuation of over $320 billion, which is a new all-time high. Bitcoin Price At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $75,000, up more than 6% over the past week.

Bitcoin’s Next Big Move? Expert Says The Setup Heading Into May Is The Strongest All Year

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Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent rebound has already made headlines, but the latest swings are making one question impossible to ignore: Is the April rally running out of steam, or is it simply taking a breather before the next push higher? After clearing the $78,000 level for the first time in more than two months last Friday, BTC has since traded with noticeable turbulence, slipping back to just above $76,000 by Monday amid renewed geopolitical uncertainty. Why BTC’s Direction Hinges On Wednesday In his latest analysis, market expert Sam Daodu points to a rapidly shifting situation in the Middle East—one that has been driving risk sentiment in short bursts and amplifying volatility in crypto markets. According to the report, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again, less than 24 hours after reopening it, then walked away from the second round of peace talks in Islamabad, as one of the main reasons behind Sunday’s drop to around $73,000. The timing now centers on Wednesday. The ceasefire expires on April 22, and at the moment, there’s no replacement deal in sight. In Daodu’s view, that makes Wednesday essentially the decisive day for Bitcoin’s direction for the rest of April. He lays out two main pathways. If the ceasefire is extended or new talks are announced, he expects oil prices to fall toward $90. In that scenario, Daodu argues Bitcoin could work its way back toward $78,000. He also adds that if the CLARITY Act markup gets scheduled before the end of the month, a move toward $80,000 would be realistic by April’s close. On the other hand, if fighting resumes and oil prices push above $100 again, the whole market could absorb renewed pressure. May Looks Stronger For Bitcoin While Bitcoin has held the $70,000 level through previous escalations, Daodu warns that this time could be different because traders would be facing both a broken ceasefire and collapsed talks at the same time. In that case, he says Bitcoin could drop to around $65,000. Even with the uncertainty in the near term, Daodu’s analysis also includes a longer-term counterpoint. He argues the $78,000 rally is losing momentum and that BTC is unlikely to reclaim those highs before April ends unless the ceasefire is extended. Still, he emphasizes that zooming out, Bitcoin’s broader position looks quietly bullish. The biggest Bitcoin wallets reportedly accumulated about 270,000 BTC over the past 30 days—the largest monthly buying spree since 2013. At the same time, exchange reserves have reportedly fallen to a seven-year low. Together, those signals suggest retail may be reacting with panic to every ceasefire update, while larger holders use that volatility to add more BTC. In short, Daodu concludes that April’s upside looks more like a squeeze that is now cooling off, but the underlying setup heading into May may be stronger than at many other points this year. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com

Bitcoin bounces above $76,000 as DeFi suffers $14 billion exodus after KelpDAO hack - CoinDesk

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Bitcoin bounces above $76,000 as DeFi suffers $14 billion exodus after KelpDAO hack& & CoinDesk

$14B Vanishes From DeFi Ecosystem After KelpDAO Exploit Rocks Lending Markets

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Following the KelpDAO exploit that resulted in the loss of nearly $300 million, the decentralized finance ( DeFi) ecosystem has experienced a cascading wave of withdrawals, affecting not only Aave but a wide range of other major DeFi protocols. Key Takeaways: KelpDAO exploit drained $300M+ on Apr. 18, hitting Aave with bad debt and freezes. […]

Bitcoin ‘driven by its own rules,’ BlackRock US head of equity ETFs says - Fox Business

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Bitcoin ‘driven by its own rules,’ BlackRock US head of equity ETFs says& & Fox Business

UK Gas Firm Faces Pushback Over Plans to Mine Bitcoin - Yahoo Finance

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UK Gas Firm Faces Pushback Over Plans to Mine Bitcoin& & Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin Price Retakes $76,500 As Iran Tensions And Oil Volatility Drive Market Uncertainty - Bitcoin Magazine

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Bitcoin Price Retakes $76,500 As Iran Tensions And Oil Volatility Drive Market Uncertainty& & Bitcoin Magazine

Tether Takes 8.2% Stake in Antalpha as Bitcoin Mining Finance Draws Bigger Backers - Yahoo Finance

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Tether Takes 8.2% Stake in Antalpha as Bitcoin Mining Finance Draws Bigger Backers& & Yahoo Finance

Strategy Keeps Buying Bitcoin—And It Wants to Make Its 'Stretch' Preferred Stock More Appealing - Investopedia

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Strategy Keeps Buying Bitcoin—And It Wants to Make Its 'Stretch' Preferred Stock More Appealing& & Investopedia

KAIO Secures $8M From Tether and Systemic Ventures to Build Onchain Asset Distribution in UAE

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Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, led an $8 million strategic institutional funding round for KAIO, an Abu Dhabi-regulated tokenization firm building onchain infrastructure for real-world assets. Key Takeaways: Tether led an $8M round for KAIO on April 20, 2026, bringing the Abu Dhabi tokenization firm’s total raised to $19M. KAIO has […]

Cardano Leadership Structure Comes Under Scrutiny, Clouding Its Future – See Why

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In the dynamic blockchain sector, the Cardano network is being flagged as the most decentralized blockchain by several crypto analysts, with security being a major part of this assertion. However, the highly decentralized network has been called out for its lack of clear leadership. Unclear Cardano Leadership Raises Concerns In The Ecosystem Recently, a fresh debate has been raised around the Cardano network, particularly involving its leadership state. A crypto pundit and ADA enthusiast, Cardano Yoda, argues that the leading network is lacking clear leadership. Once again, the focus is on how Cardano strikes a compromise between decentralization and the requirement for unified leadership. The pundit stated that in the past, the network was centered around the IOGs, the Cardano Foundation, and EMURGO, and its founder, Charles Hoskinson, was considered the leader. However, after the introduction of on-chain governance, the model evolved, breaking into two parts. These include DReps (governance decision-making) and Pentad (leadership and execution), which go hand-in-hand to produce a unified platform. While DReps decide on Treasury spending, they also grant legitimacy to the strategy that Pentad offers because DReps are not coordinated. Since they cannot define the strategy and prioritize, on-chain governance is still dependent on the founding entities, indicating that the network remains strongly centralized in leadership and execution. These entities can offer their experience, knowledge, and expertise, but DReps will set the path from the ground up. A strong player is intersect as it plays the role of coordinator, particularly preparing the budget framework process. Meanwhile, intersect is required to balance the role of facilitator and leader because it may not want to be a leader. However, being a leader means taking on responsibilities. According to Yoda, on-chain governance is not the same as leadership, and Cardano does not have one. The issue is that it is difficult, if not impossible, to decentralize leadership and execution. A leader bears responsibility, which is diluted somewhere between Pentad and DReps, causing a fragmented network. Despite this, Yoda still believes that leadership should not be dismissed because of decentralization. In the meantime, there may be a struggle for leadership, as new leaders may be born, or it might remain the same. An Ideal Direction For Leadership After carefully analyzing the Cardano network, Yoda claims that the logical direction for leadership is toward DReps because they have a stronger position and must be coordinated. With the emergence of a DReps board, they are expected to take responsibility for treasury spending, defining strategy, and prioritizing. By using DAOs, DReps can be involved in the process of an effective execution. This is because they are responsible for supporting builders, ecosystem growth, innovation, marketing, and open-source activities, among others. To have clear leadership, a more robust layer of cooperation between DReps, founding entities, and Intersect is required. However, this can only be built by a clearly defined coordination layer between DReps and sub-DAOs. Meanwhile, to create a dialogue between DReps and founding entities, the governance system must evolve. Currently, communication is carried out through on-chain proposals, and may result in a rejected proposal regarding Summit and TOKEN2049 due to the diverse views of DReps and founding entities. Although it may not be easy, the goal remains finding a consensus on the future functioning because governance needs to be more effective.

NVIDIA Mirrors Bitcoin Setup as Trump’s Tariff Refunds Hit - Yahoo Finance

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NVIDIA Mirrors Bitcoin Setup as Trump’s Tariff Refunds Hit& & Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin Comes Back to Life – Temporary Blip or Start of a New Rally? - FOREX.com

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Bitcoin Comes Back to Life – Temporary Blip or Start of a New Rally?& & FOREX.com

Strategy Interest Costs Jump On Biggest Bitcoin Buy Since 2024 - Investor's Business Daily

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Strategy Interest Costs Jump On Biggest Bitcoin Buy Since 2024& & Investor's Business Daily

Alcoa Nears Sale Of Idle New York Smelter To NYDIG For Bitcoin Mining Use - Bitcoin Magazine

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Alcoa Nears Sale Of Idle New York Smelter To NYDIG For Bitcoin Mining Use& & Bitcoin Magazine

Polymarket in Talks to Raise $400 Million at $15 Billion Valuation: Report

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Polymarket is in advanced talks to raise approximately $400 million in new funding at a post-money valuation of roughly $15 billion, according to a report published by The Information. Key Takeaways: Polymarket is reportedly in advanced talks to raise $400 million at a $15 billion valuation, per The Information. ICE has already invested over $1.6 […]

US Crypto Adoption Recovers With Bitcoin Still in Top Spot - PYMNTS.com

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US Crypto Adoption Recovers With Bitcoin Still in Top Spot& & PYMNTS.com

Bitcoin ETF Inflows Near $1B as Institutional Demand Builds Again - Investing.com

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Bitcoin ETF Inflows Near $1B as Institutional Demand Builds Again& & Investing.com

Strategy Dividend Shift Tests Sustainability of Bitcoin-Backed Yield Model - Investing.com

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Strategy Dividend Shift Tests Sustainability of Bitcoin-Backed Yield Model& & Investing.com

Crypto SWOT: Morgan Stanley’s entry into spot bitcoin ETFs is accelerating institutional adoption - KITCO

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Crypto SWOT: Morgan Stanley’s entry into spot bitcoin ETFs is accelerating institutional adoption& & KITCO

What The Kelp DAO’s $292 Million Hack Means For XRP Holders Earning Yield

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A market expert has outlined a major security incident that occurred last weekend, explaining its implications for XRP holders earning yield. On Saturday, April 18, an attacker exploited the LayerZero-powered bridge of Kelp DAO, draining a staggering $292 million in tokens from the liquid staking protocol. So far, the incident marks the largest DeFi hack of 2026, triggering emergency responses across multiple lending platforms. Kelp DAO Hack Linked To Broader Cross-Chain Risks Market expert Iso Ledger has shared updates on the recent Kelp DAO hack, describing it as a major security breach that exposed risks across multiple DeFi platforms. In his post on X, he stated that Kelp DAO lost $292 million in just 46 minutes. He said the attacker funded a Tornado Cash wallet around 10 hours before the exploit began. Then he called IzRecieve, a core function in LayerZero’s EndpointV2 contract. Iso Ledger reported that the single call triggered Kelp DAO’s bridge to release 116,500 rsETH, worth $292 million, directly to the attacker’s wallet. He added that the amount represented 18% of the token’s circulating supply. The expert also stated that the attacker had immediately used the stolen rsETH as collateral on Aave V3 to borrow ETH, creating bad debt that the DeFi protocol would now need to absorb. Notably, Iso Ledger stated that Aave has responded immediately by freezing the rsETH markets on both V3 and V4. He also noted that the price of Aave had fallen by a staggering 10%, adding that one bridge exploit had impacted three protocols simultaneously. Following the devastating hack, Kelp DAO and Kernel DAO, a multi-chain restaking ecosystem, made no public statements for 46 minutes as the incident unfolded. The delay had raised major concerns about protocol response times during live exploits. Expert Warns XRP Holders About FXRP And Bridge Dependency In his post, Iso Ledger said that the recent Kelp DAO hack is relevant to XRP holders seeking yield opportunities through wrapped asset products. He pointed to FXRP, the wrapped XRP launched on the Flare Network. He stated that the token is deployed as a LayerZero Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) according to Flare developer documentation. This means that FXRP has the same bridge standard, cross-chain architecture, and IzRecieve call that were exploited by Kelp DAO attackers and led to the $292 million drain. The analyst compares XRP to Kelp DAO, presenting his remarks as a warning about external bridge dependency. Iso Ledger also explained that the latest attack shows why the ecosystem is waiting for XLS-66D, a native lending protocol built directly into the XRP Ledger. He stated that this protocol would allow the altcoin to remain on-chain without needing an external contract. He also said the attack vector seen in the Kelp DAO exploit would never exist if the token never leaves the chain it was created on.

Bitcoin Holds $75K as US-Iran Maritime Clashes Spark Geopolitical Whiplash

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Bitcoin remained relatively stable around $75,500 despite a volatile geopolitical backdrop. While the digital asset faced minor fluctuations and a $50 billion decline in market capitalization from its Friday peak, it maintained a 0.7% gain over a 24-hour period. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin held at $75,400 on April 20 as U.S.-Iran maritime clashes cooled hopes for […]

This $49.97 gadget lets you solo-mine Bitcoin tickets from your desk - Popular Science

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Hut 8 shares rise as bitcoin firms and AI-infrastructure narrative stays in focus - Quiver Quantitative

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Bitcoin Just Got A Seat At The Highest Levels Of U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy — Meet The Man Making It Happen - Bitcoin Magazine

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‘Massive’ U.S. Dollar Fed Warning Fuels Huge Bitcoin Price Predictions - Forbes

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‘Massive’ U.S. Dollar Fed Warning Fuels Huge Bitcoin Price Predictions& & Forbes

Understanding Bitcoin Price USD and Daily Market Signals - The Detroit News

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Bitcoin mining data center slated for deployment at gas field in East Yorkshire, UK - report - Data Center Dynamics

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Bitcoin mining data center slated for deployment at gas field in East Yorkshire, UK - report& & Data Center Dynamics

Crypto liquidations hit $412M as US-Iran tensions impact Bitcoin market - Crypto Briefing

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Crypto liquidations hit $412M as US-Iran tensions impact Bitcoin market& & Crypto Briefing

Crypto funds add $1.4B as Bitcoin nears $78K, highest since February - Crypto Briefing

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Crypto funds add $1.4B as Bitcoin nears $78K, highest since February& & Crypto Briefing

Coinbase Expands USDC Loans to UK After Strong US Demand

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Crypto-backed borrowing is gaining traction as Coinbase extends a proven U.S. lending model into the U.K. The move broadens access to on-chain liquidity and signals wider international growth for Coinbase’s credit strategy. Key Takeaways: Coinbase expanded U.K. access to USDC loans backed by BTC, ETH, and cbETH. Morpho strengthens Coinbase’s on-chain lending push as borrower […]

Justin Sun of TRON DAO Presents Proposals to President Japarov to Advance Kyrgyzstan’s Vision as a Web3, AI Innovation Hub

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This sponsored press release was provided by TRON DAO and was not written by Bitcoin.com News. Bitcoin.com News does not necessarily endorse the statements made within this announcement. PRESS RELEASE. Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic – April 20, 2026 – TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and […]

Michael Saylor has engineered 'an incredible machine' with bitcoin - Yahoo Finance

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Michael Saylor has engineered 'an incredible machine' with bitcoin& & Yahoo Finance

Strategy’s $1B Bitcoin Buy: Big Gains or Bigger Risks? - MarketWise

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Strategy’s $1B Bitcoin Buy: Big Gains or Bigger Risks?& & MarketWise

Strategy: $2.54 Billion Bitcoin Purchase Lifts Holdings To 815,061 BTC - Pulse 2.0

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Strategy: $2.54 Billion Bitcoin Purchase Lifts Holdings To 815,061 BTC& & Pulse 2.0

Crypto Funds Add $1.4B as Bitcoin Clears Two-Month Range - Yahoo Finance

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Crypto Funds Add $1.4B as Bitcoin Clears Two-Month Range& & Yahoo Finance

Could AI Agents Play a Role in Governing Decentralized Systems Like Bitcoin — And Should They? - CCN.com

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Could AI Agents Play a Role in Governing Decentralized Systems Like Bitcoin — And Should They?& & CCN.com

Bitcoin Must Do This To Continue The Rally, Or It Will Be Over

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A crypto analyst has mapped out over a dozen price levels where Bitcoin (BTC) could find support if selling pressure picks up. The analysis covers a wide range of potential landing spots, from above $70,000 to deep into the $30,000 range. According to the analyst, the cryptocurrency’s overall outlook remains bullish, with every dip treated as a potential trigger for a fresh rally unless BTC reaches a level where its structure could completely break down. Analyst Identifies Key Bitcoin Rebound Zones A crypto analyst identified as “Swarmik” on X has presented a detailed Bitcoin forecast, identifying 17 price levels where upward reactions could occur. He described BTC’s outlook as strongly bullish, suggesting that any successful bounce from these lower levels is expected to drive Bitcoin back to its all-time high at minimum, with the potential for further upside. Sharing a chart, Swarmik pointed to $70,931 as the first level of interest, describing it as a “Breaker Block” where buyers may step in to defend further breakdowns. If this level fails to hold, he identifies $68,931 as the next corrective area for BTC. He labeled this level as an “Imbalance Zone,” where price could find support and attempt a round. If downside pressure continues, the next level is $66,638, referred to as a “Reversal Line,” where a potential price bounce could occur. Below that, the $64,491 price point is highlighted as a “Psychological Level,” suggesting an emotionally significant area where traders tend to react more strongly. As the price moves lower in the projection, the levels outlined by Swarmist become a mix of standard trading tools and zones, such as Fibonacci Retracements, based on past price behavior. The analyst points to $62,345 as the next level of decline if Bitcoin fails to hold the psychological level. He described this point as a “Fibonacci Level,” where price could still react. If this zone breaks down, he highlights $60,198 as an “Etheric Break Zone,” followed by $58,052 as a “Point of Interest,” where buyers may return. A stronger move to the downside brings attention to the $55,905 level, which Swarmist described as a “Fair Value Gap,” where price gaps or inefficiencies are expected to be filled. Below that, $53,739 is marked as an “Order Block,” indicating a level where previous trading activity could influence future price reactions. BTC’s Roadmap To Final Breakdown Zone Following the order block zone, Swarmist’s analysis highlights a continued downtrend for BTC, with each level expected to fuel a rally if the price can hold above it. The analyst highlights $51,612 as a “Demand Zone” where buying pressure may reemerge. If this level fails, $49,466 is identified as a “Supply Zone,” an area where selling pressure becomes stronger. Swarmist is implying that even if the price drops to these extremely low levels, there is still potential for a bounce. Notably, a drop to $47,319 is expected to follow if the supply zone fails to hold. The analyst labeled this area as a “Liquidity Pool,” where many clustered orders may be found, making it an attractive target for price movement. Below that, $45,173 is described as a “Gravity Point,” while $43,026 is a “Kill Zone,” where another sharp price reaction could occur. The analysis continues with a downward spiral to $40,880, a deeper support area described as a “Meta Vibration Level.” Further below that is $38,733, representing the final major level standing between Bitcoin and its lowest price. Swarmist calls this zone the “Last Bastion of Support.” Once the price falls below it, Swarmist noted that a decline below $34,732 would mean it was “all over” for Bitcoin, suggesting that it could completely invalidate the cryptocurrency’s bullish structure.

Michael Saylor's bitcoin strategy, explained by Scott Melker - Yahoo Finance

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Michael Saylor's bitcoin strategy, explained by Scott Melker& & Yahoo Finance

Strategy Interest Costs Jump On Biggest Bitcoin Buy Since 2024; What's Next? - Investor's Business Daily

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Strategy Interest Costs Jump On Biggest Bitcoin Buy Since 2024; What's Next?& & Investor's Business Daily

US jet-maker, undersea robotics and Bitcoin mining innovators appoint legal heads - The Global Legal Post

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Altcoins May Be Beneficiaries of Bitcoin Resurgence - ETF Database

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Altcoins May Be Beneficiaries of Bitcoin Resurgence& & ETF Database

Bitcoin ETFs Enter ‘Big Boy’ Category While $1 Billion Inflows Push Toward Record Highs - Stocktwits

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Bitcoin ETFs Enter ‘Big Boy’ Category While $1 Billion Inflows Push Toward Record Highs& & Stocktwits

Bitcoin jumps, crashes within minutes of Trump moves, and here is why it might happen again this week - CoinDesk

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Bitcoin jumps, crashes within minutes of Trump moves, and here is why it might happen again this week& & CoinDesk

Bitcoin Gained More Than 5% in the Past Month. Is Crypto Recovering? - Yahoo Finance

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Bitcoin Gained More Than 5% in the Past Month. Is Crypto Recovering?& & Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin treasury companies survived the drawdown. Now they head to Vegas - thestreet.com

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Bitcoin treasury companies survived the drawdown. Now they head to Vegas& & thestreet.com

Capital B Buys 12 Bitcoin, Expands Treasury To 2,937 BTC - Bitcoin Magazine

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Capital B Buys 12 Bitcoin, Expands Treasury To 2,937 BTC& & Bitcoin Magazine

Bitcoin faces near-term pressure as liquidity tightens, Hilbert Group CIO says - CoinDesk

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Bitcoin faces near-term pressure as liquidity tightens, Hilbert Group CIO says& & CoinDesk

1,182 Bitcoin worth $89.3M transferred to Coinbase, signaling potential sell-off - Crypto Briefing

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1,182 Bitcoin worth $89.3M transferred to Coinbase, signaling potential sell-off& & Crypto Briefing

The Quantum Threat Is Coming for Bitcoin and Crypto—Here's How XRP Ledger Is Preparing - Decrypt

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The Quantum Threat Is Coming for Bitcoin and Crypto—Here's How XRP Ledger Is Preparing - Yahoo Finance

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Bitcoin Price: Bitcoin Dropped 5% Over the Weekend — Is the April Rally Over? - Yahoo Finance

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Bitcoin Price: Bitcoin Dropped 5% Over the Weekend — Is the April Rally Over?& & Yahoo Finance

DXY, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, Gold, Bitcoin, Equities Weekly Technical Outlook - FOREX.com

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Strategy overtakes BlackRock in bitcoin holdings as digital treasury landscape weakens - Sherwood News

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Strategy overtakes BlackRock in bitcoin holdings as digital treasury landscape weakens& & Sherwood News

Coinbase Now Lets UK Users Borrow Against Their Bitcoin and Ethereum - Yahoo Finance

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Coinbase Now Lets UK Users Borrow Against Their Bitcoin and Ethereum& & Yahoo Finance

UK-based Reabold draws criticism for weighing gas-powered bitcoin mining operation - CoinDesk

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UK-based Reabold draws criticism for weighing gas-powered bitcoin mining operation& & CoinDesk

Bitcoin daily gains near 3% as stocks ignore US-Iran war threat, oil drops - TradingView

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Bitcoin daily gains near 3% as stocks ignore US-Iran war threat, oil drops& & TradingView

Crypto adoption in the U.S. is increasing with bitcoin (BTC) still dominating: Deutsche Bank - CoinDesk

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Crypto adoption in the U.S. is increasing with bitcoin (BTC) still dominating: Deutsche Bank& & CoinDesk

Why Strategy Stock Is Falling When Bitcoin Isn’t - Barron's

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Why Strategy Stock Is Falling When Bitcoin Isn’t& & Barron's

Why strategy stock is falling when Bitcoin isn’t - MSN

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Why strategy stock is falling when Bitcoin isn’t& & MSN

Bitcoin – Why 2024 BTC cycle is ‘dramatically’ failing halving test - AMBCrypto

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Bitcoin – Why 2024 BTC cycle is ‘dramatically’ failing halving test& & AMBCrypto

Ethereum Gains Institutional Spotlight – Here’s What The CEO Of Etherealize Has To Say

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While the cryptocurrency sector expands and evolves, Ethereum continues to see a growing wave of institutional interest, underscoring its role beyond just a digital asset. Amid this heightened institutional interest, a new narrative regarding Ethereum is now being pushed across the sector by a prominent crypto figure, capturing the attention of market players and investors alike. Another Key Asset For Institutions Is Ethereum Vivek Raman, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Etherealize, has placed Ethereum on the same level as Bitcoin, the largest crypto asset, on the institutional stage. Raman argues that ETH is on track to become a core holding in institutional portfolios, positioning it as a foundational layer for the next generation of financial infrastructure. According to the CEO, institutional allocations to ETH are inevitable as the asset grows, drawing attention to the University of Harvard’s shift from Bitcoin Spot ETFs to Ethereum Spot ETFs. ETH is being backed by its proof of stake, which is capable of generating massive yields. As Raman believes, these factors, which allow ETH to become the next store of value, are key drivers for price appreciation for the asset. In the interview, the CEO also talked about the substantial growth of tokenized assets and stablecoins on the Ethereum network. He argues that most highly valued tokenized assets and stablecoins are going to be launched on the network. Typically, both these assets are rooted in real-world trust assumptions with off-chain records, and ETH is the leading network to build on because it is not linked to off-chain operations. “You need a neutral asset where the United States can trade with anyone, and ETH is that asset,” Raman stated. This makes Ethereum more valuable as tokenized assets on the blockchain grow. Raman highlighted that if everything is going to be tokenized, ETH is the primary blockchain for this shift. Ethereum is still early, and as tokenization grows, the network reprices into a multi-trillion dollar asset because it is trustless collateral that no one can censor. In the broader financial sector, this is considered a valuable move. ETH’s Long-Term Projections Ethereum may be bearish, but its long-term outlook remains significantly bullish. Julien CryptoBoost, an ETH holder since $80, shared that key model points to price targets between $12,000 and $38,000 for ETH by 2033. The projection aligns with Bitmine Immersion chairman Tom Lee’s forecast of $60,000 by 2030. However, none of these predictions is priced in yet. Currently, ETH’s price is trading around $2,300, which represents roughly its fair short-term value, and the near-term growth is already in the price as per the models. While these predictions may seem too ambitious, the expert has drawn investors’ attention to the doubling of stablecoins on ETH to $240 billion, the Glamsterdam upgrade in S1 2026, and rising institutional adoption each quarter as key drivers. “People selling ETH today are selling tomorrow’s finance infrastructure at a bargain price,” he added. Furthermore, Julien noted that the Ethereum ecosystem generates $3.82 billion in fees every year, with layer 1 capturing $332 million and layer 2 networks handling the rest since the EIP-4844 launch. Given the accelerated growth, Julien believes that ETH is undervalued compared to what it’s going to become in the future.

How crypto is moving after Strategy's latest bitcoin buy - Yahoo Finance

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How crypto is moving after Strategy's latest bitcoin buy& & Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin Breakout Ignites $1.4 Billion Crypto Fund Inflows: Strongest Week Since January - Yahoo Finance

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Bitcoin Breakout Ignites $1.4 Billion Crypto Fund Inflows: Strongest Week Since January& & Yahoo Finance

Goldman Sachs files to launch Bitcoin ETF as institutional demand surges - The Business Journals

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Goldman Sachs files to launch Bitcoin ETF as institutional demand surges& & The Business Journals

MicroStrategy Makes Biggest Bitcoin Buy Since 2024, Will It Move BTC Price? - Yahoo Finance

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MicroStrategy Makes Biggest Bitcoin Buy Since 2024, Will It Move BTC Price?& & Yahoo Finance

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Cross $1B Last Week in Inflows as Cumulative Flows Approach Record High - Bitcoin Magazine

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Cross $1B Last Week in Inflows as Cumulative Flows Approach Record High& & Bitcoin Magazine

50M Americans now hold Bitcoin, surpassing gold ownership in US - Crypto Briefing

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50M Americans now hold Bitcoin, surpassing gold ownership in US& & Crypto Briefing

Strategy Buys $2.54 Billion of Bitcoin, Most Since November 2024 - Bloomberg

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Strategy Buys $2.54 Billion of Bitcoin, Most Since November 2024& & Bloomberg

Strategy Buys $2.54 Billion of Bitcoin, Most Since Late 2024 - Yahoo Finance

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Strategy Buys $2.54 Billion of Bitcoin, Most Since Late 2024& & Yahoo Finance

Strategy Buys $2.54 Billion of Bitcoin, Most Since Late 2024 - Bloomberg.com

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Strategy Buys $2.54 Billion of Bitcoin, Most Since Late 2024& & Bloomberg.com

Bitcoin at risk? Why a $53M ‘insider’ short targets BTC’s $80K level - AMBCrypto

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Bitcoin at risk? Why a $53M ‘insider’ short targets BTC’s $80K level& & AMBCrypto

Bitcoin price today: slips to $75k as traders watch Iran tensions, ceasefire talks - Investing.com

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Bitcoin price today: slips to $75k as traders watch Iran tensions, ceasefire talks& & Investing.com

Majority of consumers think 2026 won't be the year of bitcoin's comeback: Deutsche Bank - Yahoo Finance

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Majority of consumers think 2026 won't be the year of bitcoin's comeback: Deutsche Bank& & Yahoo Finance

Majority of consumers think 2026 won't be the year of bitcoin's comeback: Deutsche Bank - Yahoo Finance UK

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Majority of consumers think 2026 won't be the year of bitcoin's comeback: Deutsche Bank& & Yahoo Finance UK

Bitcoin's comeback won't happen in 2026: Deutsche Bank survey of consumers - Yahoo Finance

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Bitcoin's comeback won't happen in 2026: Deutsche Bank survey of consumers& & Yahoo Finance

BLOK: Still Diversified, But Bitcoin Now Matters - And That's A Risk (NYSEARCA:BLOK) - Seeking Alpha

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BLOK: Still Diversified, But Bitcoin Now Matters - And That's A Risk (NYSEARCA:BLOK)& & Seeking Alpha

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin (BTC) price drops 2.5% as all assets decline - CoinDesk

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CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin (BTC) price drops 2.5% as all assets decline& & CoinDesk

Cardano Founder Warns XRP Investors, Is Ripple Doing Something Wrong?

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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has warned XRP investors about Ripple, stating that the company is dumping XRP to fund its business operations. He also noted that Ripple’s business doesn’t in any way benefit these XRP holders but only the company’s shareholders. Cardano Founder Warns XRP Investors About Ripple In an interview, the Cardano founder stated that there is nothing in the Ripple network that creates buy demand for the XRP token. He further remarked that the company sells its XRP holdings to fund more acquisitions. This came as Hoskinson had alleged that the company allocated up to 80% of the XRP supply to itself. The Cardano founder also alleged that Ripple’s goal is to inflate the XRP price and then sell their holdings to buy more assets. He noted that Ripple uses the XRP Ledger (XRPL) to run its operations, but there isn’t much demand for XRP, especially since there is no native staking or other DeFi mechanisms on the network. As such, he believes that Ripple is the only one gaining from holding XRP, describing it as a huge value transfer to just one company while XRP investors do not benefit. The Cardano founder further explained that Ripple is strategically using its XRP holdings to build Web 2.5 companies and that none of the value from these companies has to accrue to XRP. It is worth noting that Ripple acquired Hidden Road and GTreasury, which have now become Ripple Prime and Ripple Treasury. At the start of the year, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse had assured XRP investors that XRP remains central to their vision of being the internet of value. He has also, on several occasions this year, described XRP as the ‘North Star’ of their operations. No Commitment On Ripple’s End To The XRP Ecosystem The Cardano founder indicated that there was no commitment on Ripple’s part to XRP investors, despite its large holdings and its use of the token to fund acquisitions. He noted that the company doesn’t conduct any XRP buybacks, even when it generates revenue or profits. Instead, they only continue to sell more XRP. Hoskinson also mentioned that XRP investors do not have any rights in Ripple or any access to stock options simply by being XRP holders. Interestingly, he likened Ripple to Tether, noting how these companies accrue all the value without their users or XRP investors, in this case, getting anything. However, it is worth noting that Ripple has continued to integrate XRP into its platforms, most recently with the launch of native XRP capabilities on Ripple Treasury. At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $1.40, down almost 2% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

Strategy Adds $2.5 Billion in Bitcoin as STRC Dividend Traders Drive Largest Buy Since 2024 - Yahoo Finance

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Strategy Adds $2.5 Billion in Bitcoin as STRC Dividend Traders Drive Largest Buy Since 2024& & Yahoo Finance

Adam Back says current demand is ‘almost’ enough to send Bitcoin to $1M - TradingView

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Adam Back says current demand is ‘almost’ enough to send Bitcoin to $1M& & TradingView

Michael Saylor’s Strategy raises $2.5B, buys 34,164 Bitcoin - Yahoo Finance

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Michael Saylor’s Strategy raises $2.5B, buys 34,164 Bitcoin& & Yahoo Finance

Strategy Buys $2.5 Billion Of Bitcoin, Its Third-Largest Purchase Ever - Yahoo Finance

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Strategy Buys $2.5 Billion Of Bitcoin, Its Third-Largest Purchase Ever& & Yahoo Finance

Current price of Bitcoin for April 20, 2026 - Fortune

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Current price of Bitcoin for April 20, 2026& & Fortune

Strategy buys 34,164 bitcoin for $2.54 billion, third-largest purchase on record - CoinDesk

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Strategy buys 34,164 bitcoin for $2.54 billion, third-largest purchase on record& & CoinDesk

Neptune Digital Assets Reaches 420 Bitcoin Milestone on 4/20 - TradingView

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Neptune Digital Assets Reaches 420 Bitcoin Milestone on 4/20& & TradingView

Bitcoin April 20 daily chart alert - Bulls working on price uptrend - KITCO

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Bitcoin April 20 daily chart alert - Bulls working on price uptrend& & KITCO

Strategy (MSTR) Makes $2.5B Bitcoin Buy, 3rd Largest To Date - Bitcoin Magazine

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Strategy (MSTR) Makes $2.5B Bitcoin Buy, 3rd Largest To Date& & Bitcoin Magazine

Bitcoin holds 'fragile equilibrium' near $75K as ETF demand cushions crypto market despite Hormuz tensions: analysts - The Block

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Bitcoin holds 'fragile equilibrium' near $75K as ETF demand cushions crypto market despite Hormuz tensions: analysts& & The Block

Strategy Inc reports bitcoin purchases and ATM stock sale updates - Investing.com

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Strategy Inc reports bitcoin purchases and ATM stock sale updates& & Investing.com

Bitcoin Technical Outlook: Indicators Show Buy Bias as BTC Nears Decision Zone

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Bitcoin traded at $75,213 on April 20, 2026, at 8 a.m. ET, holding within a defined consolidation range as a broader bullish structure remains intact. Technical signals across multiple timeframes suggest a market in transition, balancing short-term indecision against a still-favorable macro trend. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin holds $75,213 on April 20, 2026; consolidation signals neutral […]

Alcoa nears sale of idled smelter in New York to bitcoin mining firm – Bloomberg - S&P Global

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Alcoa nears sale of idled smelter in New York to bitcoin mining firm – Bloomberg& & S&P Global

Bitcoin Is Trading Like Equities — Not Like Digital Gold - Investing.com

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Bitcoin Is Trading Like Equities — Not Like Digital Gold& & Investing.com

Bitcoin metrics line up bull signals with $78K the BTC price level to beat - TradingView

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Bitcoin metrics line up bull signals with $78K the BTC price level to beat& & TradingView

Strategy Reveals Massive 34,164 Bitcoin Buy, Sending Total Holdings to 815,061 BTC

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Strategy Inc. deepened its bitcoin exposure with a multibillion-dollar purchase, reinforcing corporate treasury demand for the asset. The move signals sustained institutional conviction as Strategy expands holdings through capital markets activity. Key Takeaways: Strategy expanded its bitcoin holdings with a major purchase backed by fresh capital. Corporate demand strengthens as Strategy keeps scaling treasury exposure […]

'Think even bigger': Michael Saylor's Strategy buys 34,164 bitcoin for $2.5 billion as total holdings top 800,000 BTC - The Block

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'Think even bigger': Michael Saylor's Strategy buys 34,164 bitcoin for $2.5 billion as total holdings top 800,000 BTC& & The Block

Shiba Inu Crosses 20,000 Burn Transactions Milestone, Dogecoin Eyes X Money, But Why Are Prices Down?

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Momentum is quietly building within the meme coin space as Shiba Inu surpasses a significant burn milestone and Dogecoin draws fresh attention through emerging payment ambitions tied to X. Yet, despite these developments, prices continue to trend downward, leaving both assets well below expectations and exposing a clear gap between growing ecosystem progress and actual price performance. Shiba Inu’s Burn Progress Clashes With Weak Price Structure Shiba Inu’s network has now surpassed 20,000 burn transactions, marking a sustained push to reduce its enormous circulating supply of over 589 trillion tokens. This development reflects ongoing ecosystem activity and a long-term strategy aimed at tightening supply. Under normal conditions, such a milestone would support upward price movement. However, current price data shows the opposite trend. Shiba Inu is trading around $0.0000058 to $0.000006, with recent sessions fluctuating narrowly within that band. The token has also recorded short-term declines, including a drop of about 2.83% on April 14, 2026, highlighting persistent selling pressure. Over a broader window, it remains near multi-year lows, reinforcing the lack of sustained demand. This stagnation reveals a key issue: burn activity alone is not enough to drive price in a weak market. Trading volumes remain modest relative to past hype cycles, and price movements are confined to tight ranges. Even as supply is gradually reduced, the absence of strong inflows means the impact of these burns is diluted. In essence, structural improvements are being overshadowed by cautious sentiment across the wider crypto market. Dogecoin’s X Money Narrative Meets Market Reality Dogecoin is facing a similar contradiction. On April 14, 2026, Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, hinted at the idea of introducing a crypto-focused initiative following a difficult year for the industry. That statement immediately sparked speculation that Dogecoin could play a role in X’s developing payment ecosystem, often described as X Money. The speculation is not baseless. Dogecoin has long been associated with X, and analysts believe a payment feature on the platform could create a new wave of utility-driven demand. Some projections even suggest that such integration could be a key factor if DOGE were to attempt a significant rally Cs in 2026. Yet, the current price tells a more restrained story. Dogecoin is trading around $0.09, far from the levels implied by bullish projections and still reflecting a market lacking conviction. The gap between speculation and execution remains wide, with no confirmed timeline or product details to support the narrative. This explains why prices remain under pressure. Both Shiba Inu and Dogecoin are showing signs of ecosystem growth and future potential, but markets are demanding more than milestones and hints. Until tangible implementation and stronger capital inflows emerge, price action is likely to remain subdued despite the headlines.

Bitcoin and ethereum price today, Monday, April 20, 2026: Prices rising this morning despite U.S.-Iranian tensions - Yahoo Finance

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Bitcoin and ethereum price today, Monday, April 20, 2026: Prices rising this morning despite U.S.-Iranian tensions& & Yahoo Finance

Nearly $1 billion in bitcoin ETF inflows power bull case as Kelp hack fuels DeFi jitters - CoinDesk

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Nearly $1 billion in bitcoin ETF inflows power bull case as Kelp hack fuels DeFi jitters& & CoinDesk

What's the Best Bitcoin ETF to Buy in 2026? - The Motley Fool

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What's the Best Bitcoin ETF to Buy in 2026?& & The Motley Fool

Global crypto funds see $1.4 billion in weekly inflows as bitcoin rebound boosts risk appetite: CoinShares - The Block

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Global crypto funds see $1.4 billion in weekly inflows as bitcoin rebound boosts risk appetite: CoinShares& & The Block

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Near $1 Billion in Weekly Inflows, Best Stretch Since Mid-January - Yahoo Finance

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Near $1 Billion in Weekly Inflows, Best Stretch Since Mid-January& & Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin Pulls Back But Aims For $76,000 Resistance Amid Volatile Trading Week - ig.com

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Bitcoin Pulls Back But Aims For $76,000 Resistance Amid Volatile Trading Week& & ig.com

How Bitcoin Markets Are Reshaping Volume At Kalshi - Event Horizon | Dustin Gouker

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How Bitcoin Markets Are Reshaping Volume At Kalshi& & Event Horizon | Dustin Gouker

‘Mining Grid’ Celebrates First Anniversary of Mining COREs with a Major Upgrade

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This sponsored press release was provided by Mining Grid and was not written by Bitcoin.com News. Bitcoin.com News does not necessarily endorse the statements made within this announcement. PRESS RELEASE. Mining Grid, the company behind the Mining Race platform, is marking the first anniversary of Mining COREs with COREs Evolution, a major upgrade to its […]

Bitcoin (BTC) price drops from recent highs as traders watch CME gap, Kelp fallout: Crypto Markets Today - CoinDesk

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Bitcoin (BTC) price drops from recent highs as traders watch CME gap, Kelp fallout: Crypto Markets Today& & CoinDesk

What's the Best Bitcoin ETF to Buy in 2026? - Yahoo Finance

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What's the Best Bitcoin ETF to Buy in 2026?& & Yahoo Finance

Michael Saylor Hints at Bigger Bitcoin Buys After Floating Semi-Monthly Dividends - Yahoo Finance

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Michael Saylor Hints at Bigger Bitcoin Buys After Floating Semi-Monthly Dividends& & Yahoo Finance

LayerZero Breaks Silence On $290 Million KelpDAO Crypto Exploit

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KelpDAO’s $290 million rsETH exploit has moved into a new phase, with LayerZero and Aave now publicly outlining how the incident unfolded, why the damage appears contained, and what it could mean for crypto cross-chain security standards going forward. The central claim from LayerZero is that the exploit was not a failure of the protocol itself, but the result of KelpDAO’s decision to run rsETH with a single-DVN configuration. That matters because the latest statements shift the market narrative away from generalized contagion risk across LayerZero-integrated assets and toward a narrower question: how much risk was concentrated in one application’s security design. LayerZero Links KelpDAO Crypto Exploit To RPC Attack In an incident statement from April 20, LayerZero said the April 18 attack targeted KelpDAO’s rsETH setup and was “isolated entirely to KelpDAO’s rsETH configuration as a direct consequence of their single-DVN setup.” The company added that it had conducted “a comprehensive review of active integrations” and could confirm “with confidence that there is zero contagion to any other asset or application.” LayerZero framed the episode as a state-linked crypto infrastructure attack rather than a protocol exploit. According to the statement, “preliminary indicators suggest attribution to a highly-sophisticated state actor, likely DPRK’s Lazarus Group, more specifically TraderTraitor.” It said the attack did not compromise the protocol, key management, or the DVN instances directly. Instead, the attacker allegedly poisoned downstream RPC infrastructure used by the LayerZero Labs DVN, swapped binaries on compromised op-geth nodes, and then used DDoS pressure on uncompromised RPCs to force failover toward the poisoned infrastructure. That sequence is central to LayerZero’s argument. “Because of our least-privilege principles, they were unable to compromise the actual DVN instances,” the company wrote. “However, they used this pivot point to execute an RPC-spoofing attack. Their malicious node used a custom payload designed explicitly to forge a message to the DVN with minimal warnings.” LayerZero said the manipulated node presented false data only to the DVN while returning truthful responses to other IPs, including its own monitoring infrastructure, in what it described as a deliberately stealthy effort to avoid detection. Even so, LayerZero argues the exploit should have been stopped at the application layer had rsETH not relied on a 1-of-1 verifier setup. “The affected application was rsETH, issued by KelpDAO,” the statement said. “Their OApp configuration at the time of this incident relied on a 1-of-1 DVN setup, with LayerZero Labs as the sole verifier — a configuration that directly contradicts the multi-DVN redundancy model that LayerZero has consistently recommended to all integration partners.” It added that “a properly hardened configuration would have required consensus across multiple independent DVNs, rendering this attack ineffective even in the event of any single DVN being compromised.” The company said its DVN is live again, that affected RPC nodes have been deprecated and replaced, and that it will no longer sign or attest messages for applications using a 1/1 configuration. It also said it is working with law enforcement and industry partners, including Seal911, to track funds. Aave said in an X update on late The protocol said its analysis shows “rsETH on Ethereum mainnet is fully backed,” but added that “out of an abundance of caution, rsETH remains frozen across Aave V3 and V4 and exposure to the incident is capped.” WETH reserves also remain frozen across the affected markets on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Mantle, and Linea while the team continues to validate information and assess possible resolutions. At press time, the total crypto market cap stood at $2.5 trillion.

Bitcoin conference 2026: BTC price faces sell-the-news risk after rebound - CoinDesk

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Bitcoin conference 2026: BTC price faces sell-the-news risk after rebound& & CoinDesk

BTC price due new highs: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week - TradingView

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BTC price due new highs: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week& & TradingView

Coinbase expands USDC borrowing to UK, allowing loans against bitcoin, ether - The Block

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Coinbase expands USDC borrowing to UK, allowing loans against bitcoin, ether& & The Block

Bitcoin Hodlers Add 10% as BTC Lines Up a Run to $90,000 - Yahoo Finance

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Bitcoin Hodlers Add 10% as BTC Lines Up a Run to $90,000& & Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin heads into a $7.9 billion options expiry with heavy positioning at $75,000 - CoinDesk

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Bitcoin heads into a $7.9 billion options expiry with heavy positioning at $75,000& & CoinDesk

Better Store of Value: Bitcoin vs. Zcash - The Motley Fool

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Better Store of Value: Bitcoin vs. Zcash& & The Motley Fool

Why Some Investors Are Buying Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency Instead of Bitcoin - The Motley Fool

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Why Some Investors Are Buying Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency Instead of Bitcoin& & The Motley Fool

OKX Launches Simplified ‘Event Contracts’ for Bitcoin and Ether Price Predictions - Bitcoin News

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OKX Launches Simplified ‘Event Contracts’ for Bitcoin and Ether Price Predictions& & Bitcoin News

OKX Launches Simplified ‘Event Contracts’ for Bitcoin and Ether Price Predictions

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OKX has launched a simplified trading product that allows eligible users in Asia, Latin America, and the Commonwealth of Independent States region to predict the price movements of bitcoin and ethereum. Key Takeaways: OKX launched Event Contracts on April 20, 2026, for users to predict BTC and ETH price movements. The tool simplifies trading by […]

Bitcoin ETFs Pull in $996M, Best Week Since January - Bitbo

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Bitcoin ETFs Pull in $996M, Best Week Since January& & Bitbo

Crypto news: A bearish impulse on Bitcoin? ???? ETFs are flowing back into BTC - XTB.com

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Crypto news: A bearish impulse on Bitcoin? ???? ETFs are flowing back into BTC& & XTB.com

Saylor Teases Bigger BTC Buy After $1B Purchase - Bitbo

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Saylor Teases Bigger BTC Buy After $1B Purchase& & Bitbo

Bitcoin Price Forecast: Why BTC’s price action looks promising? - FXStreet

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Bitcoin Price Forecast: Why BTC’s price action looks promising?& & FXStreet

Crypto Weekly Digest | Bitcoin Breaks $74K; Kelp Suffers $292M Cross-chain Exploit; Strategy Returns to Profit - Moomoo

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Crypto Weekly Digest | Bitcoin Breaks $74K; Kelp Suffers $292M Cross-chain Exploit; Strategy Returns to Profit& & Moomoo

How Strategy’s STRC could propel the Michael Saylor's firm Bitcoin holdings past BlackRock’s IBIT this week - CryptoSlate

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How Strategy’s STRC could propel the Michael Saylor's firm Bitcoin holdings past BlackRock’s IBIT this week& & CryptoSlate

Bitcoin Price, XRP Fall. Why Peace Talks Are Cryptos’ Next Big Signal. - Barron's

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Bitcoin Price, XRP Fall. Why Peace Talks Are Cryptos’ Next Big Signal.& & Barron's

'Basis traders' are done dragging down Bitcoin price, says investment adviser - dlnews.com

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'Basis traders' are done dragging down Bitcoin price, says investment adviser& & dlnews.com

Bitcoin eyes $85K in Q2 – Why BTC traders must watch THIS divergence - AMBCrypto

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Bitcoin eyes $85K in Q2 – Why BTC traders must watch THIS divergence& & AMBCrypto

Bitcoin reserves on Binance hit lowest point since October 2025 - crypto.news

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Bitcoin reserves on Binance hit lowest point since October 2025& & crypto.news

Bitcoin Weekly Outlook: BTC Eyes $68K Amid Renewed US–Iran Tensions - FXEmpire

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Bitcoin Weekly Outlook: BTC Eyes $68K Amid Renewed US–Iran Tensions& & FXEmpire

Bitcoin price outlook as Iran casts doubt on peace talks after U.S. ship seizure - crypto.news

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Bitcoin price outlook as Iran casts doubt on peace talks after U.S. ship seizure& & crypto.news

O'Leary and Scaramucci Double Down on Bitcoin Bull Case - Gotrade

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O'Leary and Scaramucci Double Down on Bitcoin Bull Case& & Gotrade

Startale Group Anchors in Abu Dhabi Following Selection for Hub71+ Digital Assets Program

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Blockchain infrastructure firm Startale Group is expanding into Abu Dhabi after being selected for the Hub71+ Digital Assets cohort. Key Takeaways: Startale Group joins Hub71’s 18th cohort to anchor operations within the Abu Dhabi Global Market. The move and a $63 million Series A round bolster infrastructure for coins like JPYSC and USDSC. Startale will […]

Bitcoin adoption rebounds in U.S., but consumers still favor gold and stocks - Investing.com

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Bitcoin adoption rebounds in U.S., but consumers still favor gold and stocks& & Investing.com

Crypto Market News: Bitcoin Enters a New Phase, Banks Push Forward, DeFi Breaks Again - YouHodler

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Crypto Market News: Bitcoin Enters a New Phase, Banks Push Forward, DeFi Breaks Again& & YouHodler

Bitcoin Price Falls. Why Peace Talks Are Cryptos’ Next Big Signal. - Barron's

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Bitcoin Price Falls. Why Peace Talks Are Cryptos’ Next Big Signal.& & Barron's

Bitcoin at 1 million dollars? Anthony Scaramucci's scenario - Cointribune

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Bitcoin at 1 million dollars? Anthony Scaramucci's scenario& & Cointribune

Spot bitcoin ETFs log nearly $1 billion in weekly inflows, highest since mid-January - The Block

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Spot bitcoin ETFs log nearly $1 billion in weekly inflows, highest since mid-January& & The Block

BlackRock Bitcoin ETF sees $906M inflows amid market repricing - Crypto Briefing

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BlackRock Bitcoin ETF sees $906M inflows amid market repricing& & Crypto Briefing

France-Listed Capital B Buys 12 More Bitcoin, Raising Holdings to 2,937 - bloomingbit

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France-Listed Capital B Buys 12 More Bitcoin, Raising Holdings to 2,937& & bloomingbit

Bitcoin to $1M This Cycle, Say Scaramucci and Adam Back - Coinpedia

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Bitcoin to $1M This Cycle, Say Scaramucci and Adam Back& & Coinpedia

Stopping Short of $80,000. U.S.-Iran Tensions Rise, Is Bitcoin a "Halftime Break" or "Official End"? - TradingKey

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Stopping Short of $80,000. U.S.-Iran Tensions Rise, Is Bitcoin a "Halftime Break" or "Official End"?& & TradingKey

Oil Prices Bounce as Middle East Conflict Reignites

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Markets reacted swiftly to the reactivation of the hostilities in the Middle East: oil futures for both WTI and Brent benchmarks rose as President Trump announced that an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA had been attacked, with the Iranian regime allegedly retaliating by attacking U.S. ships with drones. Key Takeaways: The U.S. Navy attacked the […]

Ripple CTO Emeritus Warns RLUSD Review Exposed A DeFi Security Red Flag

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Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz, said his review of DeFi bridge designs for Ripple’s RLUSD surfaced a recurring problem that may now be at the center of the KelpDAO/rsETH incident: critical security controls exist, but teams are often nudged toward lighter configurations because they are easier to operate and faster to scale. In a series of posts on X, Schwartz said he evaluated “a lot of DeFi bridging systems” for potential RLUSD use and focused “almost exclusively” on security and risk. What stood out, he wrote, was not a lack of tooling. In his telling, many systems already offered strong protections against the kind of failure now being discussed around KelpDAO. The problem was that those protections often came with friction. Ex-Ripple CTO Warns Bridge Failures Could Repeat “One thing I noticed is that most schemes were very well designed and had really strong mechanisms available to protect against exactly the type of attack the the KelpDAO/rsETH situation seems to have been caused by,” Schwartz wrote. “However, one thing I noticed was that they generally in effect recommended not bothering to use the most important security mechanisms because they have convenience and operational complexity costs.” The former Ripple-CTO is not saying bridge teams lack security features on paper. He is saying some business models are built around making those features optional, even when the assets secured can eventually grow large enough to make the tradeoff untenable. “Their sales pitch was that they have the best security features but they’re easy to use and scale assuming you don’t use the security features,” he wrote. “I have a funny feeling part of the problem is going to be something like KelpDAO choosing not to use key LayerZero security features out of convenience. I hope I’m wrong.” The broader concern, in Schwartz’s framing, is incentive design. If applications are allowed to choose their own trust assumptions, competition can drift toward lower-friction setups rather than higher-assurance ones. That point was raised explicitly by XRP community figure Vet, who argued that letting applications define their own security inevitably “races to the bottom.” Schwartz partly pushed back, saying simpler setups can make sense when value is still small, or where assets are already backed by a trusted issuer and can be frozen. But he also suggested that in open crypto markets, temporary shortcuts have a way of becoming permanent. “That gets insanely complicated. I’d say probably not,” the former Ripple CTO wrote when asked whether projects could face liability for losses. “But the whole DeFi bridging industry is infected with people using moderate security because ‘we just need to get it working, we’ll improve it later’ that grows to protecting huge amounts of money and the later improvements never come.” He was similarly blunt on the industry’s habit of relearning the same lesson after each blowup. “We could wait until we have a perfect solution, but that’s not the choice everyone has made,” Schwartz said. “So every once in a while, we’re going to have a big failure and then everyone will be careful for a month or two and the cycle will repeat.” Overall, Schwartz frames the issue as structural: DeFi keeps trying to scale cross-chain liquidity before it has solved how to govern bridge risk at the level other people’s money demands. Even Schwartz, while defending some narrower uses of simpler bridge setups, conceded that decentralized governance remains ill-suited to hard security decisions around custodial risk. The backdrop is the April 18 rsETH incident involving KelpDAO. An attacker exploited KelpDAO’s LayerZero-powered rsETH bridge and drained 116,500 rsETH, valued at roughly $290 million. Aave’s Guardian then froze rsETH and wrsETH markets across the deployments where the asset was listed, stressing that Aave itself had not been hacked and that the issue was scoped to the asset rather than the lending protocol. Aave later said all pools remained operational, but the freeze halted new deposits and new borrows against rsETH collateral while the situation was assessed. The episode quickly turned into a broader DeFi risk event because rsETH had been integrated into lending markets, raising fresh questions about collateral standards, bridge configuration choices and whether convenience-first interoperability is still being underpriced across the stack. At press time, XRP traded at $1.40.

Bitcoin Rises Slightly as Investors Weigh Latest Iran War Developments -- Market Talk - Moomoo

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Bitcoin Rises Slightly as Investors Weigh Latest Iran War Developments -- Market Talk& & Moomoo

Bitcoin price today: dips below $75k traders watch Iran tensions, ceasefire talks - Investing.com

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Bitcoin price today: dips below $75k traders watch Iran tensions, ceasefire talks& & Investing.com

Annualized 11.5%, Wall Street Buzzing: Is MicroStrategy's STRC Bitcoin's Savior or Destroyer? - Moomoo

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Annualized 11.5%, Wall Street Buzzing: Is MicroStrategy's STRC Bitcoin's Savior or Destroyer?& & Moomoo

Survey: 65% of Japanese Institutions Use Bitcoin for Portfolio Diversification - ForkLog

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Survey: 65% of Japanese Institutions Use Bitcoin for Portfolio Diversification& & ForkLog

Coinbase Starts Rolling out AI Agents Modeled After ‘Legendary’ Employees

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According to Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, the company is currently testing a rollout of AI agents that can be present in virtual environments, including Slack and email. The first two agents are modeled after two former employees, co-founder Fred Ehrsam and Balaji Srinivasan. Key Takeaways: Coinbase tests AI Slack agents mimicking ex-employees, setting […]

Cryptocurrencies Price Prediction: Pi Network, Cardano & Bitcoin – Asian Wrap 20 April - FXStreet

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Cryptocurrencies Price Prediction: Pi Network, Cardano & Bitcoin – Asian Wrap 20 April& & FXStreet

‘7 out of 7 times’ – Why Bitcoin beats Gold and S&P 500 in every crisis - AMBCrypto

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‘7 out of 7 times’ – Why Bitcoin beats Gold and S&P 500 in every crisis& & AMBCrypto

Bitcoin Price Could See Another Crash, But What Is The Long-Term Prognosis?

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With the Bitcoin price clearing $78,000 last week, it has triggered bullish sentiment in the crypto market once again. This move has also led to forecasts that the Bitcoin price is headed back for the 6-figure mark. However, not everyone is following this school of thought and believes that the rally will continue. Crypto analyst Behdark has debunked the bullish predictions, forecasting that the cryptocurrency’s price is actually headed lower before recovering. How Low Will The Bitcoin Price Go? Despite the increase in price, the crypto analyst has predicted that it is likely that the Bitcoin price crashes first from here. The bullish sentiment in the market, Behdark believes could be misleading for investors, as this could be a deliberate ploy by market makers to actually get the most people involved before crashing the price again. As the analyst explains, the underlying Bitcoin structure is still very bearish, especially given the fact that the digital asset looks to be forming a triangle or diamagnetic pattern. The latter is a complex corrective pattern, meaning that it can often be clouded in recoveries before crashing down further again. In either case, both of these patterns point to a high possibility that the Bitcoin price would go down first before up. Thus, it is likely that there would be opportunities to buy the cryptocurrency lower before eventually waiting for the run-up. With this, the crypto analyst has identified the major levels that investors should watch out for that could be the best time to actually short the cryptocurrency. Mainly, two levels are of the most interest as these are where the bears could make their stand in terms of establishing resistance. The first of these is just above $77,000 as the price continues to struggle with declining momentum. Next is the $80,552 level, where there is likely the most resistance to the current rally, thus making them the points that could trigger a downward corrective move. Once the decline begins, then the first stop would be just above $72,800 for the first support level. Next is the $67,885 level for better support, but a break of this would eventually lead to another 10% crash. The last major level is $67,677, which still lies above the established cycle support of $60,000.

Bitcoin, Oil, and US Stock Futures React as US-Iran Resume Strikes - CryptoPotato

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Bitcoin, Oil, and US Stock Futures React as US-Iran Resume Strikes& & CryptoPotato

Bitcoin, Ether, Solana Slide, Oil Jumps on Renewed U.S.-Iran War Risks - Moomoo

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Bitcoin, Ether, Solana Slide, Oil Jumps on Renewed U.S.-Iran War Risks& & Moomoo

Bitcoin slips below $74K as US-Iran clash derails weekend rally - TradingView

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Bitcoin slips below $74K as US-Iran clash derails weekend rally& & TradingView

Bitcoin Golden Cross Pattern: Bull Market Signal & Historical Performance - News and Statistics - IndexBox

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Bitcoin Golden Cross Pattern: Bull Market Signal & Historical Performance - News and Statistics& & IndexBox

Bitcoin, ether, solana slide, oil jumps on renewed U.S.-Iran war risks - CoinDesk

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Bitcoin, ether, solana slide, oil jumps on renewed U.S.-Iran war risks& & CoinDesk

Tokyo Offers Subsidies to Companies Promoting Digital Yen Usage

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With this initiative, the Metropolitan Government of Tokyo seeks to establish a healthy market for stablecoins, which are expected to serve as a new payment infrastructure and promote the establishment of a digital yen-based economy. Key Takeaways: Tokyo launched 40M yen subsidies for stablecoins, aiming to build a future digital economic zone. After a 1st […]

Kevin O'Leary Says Bitcoin, Ethereum Give Him Almost All Of Crypto Exposure: 'I Cut The Garbage And Kept - Benzinga

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Kevin O'Leary Says Bitcoin, Ethereum Give Him Almost All Of Crypto Exposure: 'I Cut The Garbage And Kept& & Benzinga

Report: NYDIG Close to Buying Alcoa’s Massena New York Smelter Site for Bitcoin Mining Operations

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Alcoa Corp. is in advanced talks to sell its idled Massena East aluminum smelter site in upstate New York to NYDIG, the bitcoin mining and digital asset infrastructure firm, according to Bloomberg. Key Takeaways: According to a recent report, Alcoa is in advanced talks to sell its Massena East smelter site to NYDIG, with a […]

Bitcoin erases weekend gains as US-Iran ceasefire faces pressure - TradingView

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Bitcoin erases weekend gains as US-Iran ceasefire faces pressure& & TradingView

Bitcoin Holds Near US$75,000 As Ethereum Stabilises In Volatile Trade - Moomoo

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Bitcoin Holds Near US$75,000 As Ethereum Stabilises In Volatile Trade& & Moomoo

U.S. Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Post Biggest Weekly Inflows Since Mid-January - bloomingbit

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U.S. Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Post Biggest Weekly Inflows Since Mid-January& & bloomingbit

Why Bitcoin’s $75K rebound is a double-edged sword – 3 reasons why! - AMBCrypto

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Why Bitcoin’s $75K rebound is a double-edged sword – 3 reasons why!& & AMBCrypto

Bitcoin Spot ETFs Saw Net Inflows of $996 Million Last Week, Marking Three Consecutive Weeks of Net Inflows - Binance

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Bitcoin Spot ETFs Saw Net Inflows of $996 Million Last Week, Marking Three Consecutive Weeks of Net Inflows& & Binance

Bitcoin Plunges Below $75K as Hormuz Strait Closes - Gotrade

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Bitcoin Plunges Below $75K as Hormuz Strait Closes& & Gotrade

Top 3 Price Prediction: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple – BTC holds steady, ETH tests support, XRP weakens amid renewed US–Iran Strait of Hormuz tensions - FXStreet

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Top 3 Price Prediction: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple – BTC holds steady, ETH tests support, XRP weakens amid renewed US–Iran Strait of Hormuz tensions& & FXStreet

Nvidia Releases Nemotron 3 Super, a 120B Open AI Model Built for Agentic Workloads

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Nvidia has released Nemotron 3 Super, a 120 billion total parameter open hybrid model designed to cut the compute cost of running artificial intelligence (AI) agents at scale. Key Takeaways: Nvidia released Nemotron 3 Super, a 120B-parameter open MoE model activating only 12.7B parameters per forward pass. Nemotron 3 Super delivers up to 7.5x more […]

Anthony Scaramucci Says Bitcoin 'Checks Every Single Box' Of What Defines 'Money' And That's Why He's 'Bullish' - Benzinga

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Anthony Scaramucci Says Bitcoin 'Checks Every Single Box' Of What Defines 'Money' And That's Why He's 'Bullish'& & Benzinga

Upcoming 'Bitcoin' Movie With Casey Affleck, Gal Gadot Probes Satoshi’s Identity - Bitcoin News

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Upcoming 'Bitcoin' Movie With Casey Affleck, Gal Gadot Probes Satoshi’s Identity& & Bitcoin News

Bitcoin Price Gives Back Gains, But Structure Remains Bullish - TradingView

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Bitcoin Price Gives Back Gains, But Structure Remains Bullish& & TradingView

Upcoming ‘Bitcoin’ Movie With Casey Affleck, Gal Gadot Probes Satoshi’s Identity

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A film exploring Bitcoin’s origins is moving toward global release while spotlighting the mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto. Starring Gal Gadot and Casey Affleck, it revisits Craig Wright’s contested claims and their impact on Bitcoin’s identity. Key Takeaways: New Bitcoin film stars Casey Affleck and Gal Gadot, probing Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity. Craig Wright’s disputed role deepens […]

Fresh Manipulation Warnings Hit Other Crypto Projects After RAVE’s 95% Collapse - Bitcoin News

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Fresh Manipulation Warnings Hit Other Crypto Projects After RAVE’s 95% Collapse& & Bitcoin News

Bitcoin Slips Below $74K as US Navy Strikes on Iranian Ship - Mitrade

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Bitcoin Slips Below $74K as US Navy Strikes on Iranian Ship& & Mitrade

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Slide As Iran Claims 'Ceasefire Violations' Amid Middle-East Tensions: A - Benzinga

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Slide As Iran Claims 'Ceasefire Violations' Amid Middle-East Tensions: A& & Benzinga

Bitcoin Drops Below $74,000 After Iran Rejects Second Round of US Peace Talks - Bitcoin News

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Bitcoin Drops Below $74,000 After Iran Rejects Second Round of US Peace Talks& & Bitcoin News

Bitcoin Drops Below $74,000 After Iran Rejects Second Round of US Peace Talks

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Bitcoin dropped below $74,000 Saturday evening after Iran rejected a second round of in-person peace talks with the United States, triggering a risk-off selloff across crypto markets. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin fell to approximately $73,753 on April 19, 2026, after Iran rejected a second round of U.S. peace talks. Iran’s refusal to negotiate stalled Strait of […]

Michael Saylor's Hint of Major Bitcoin Purchase Sparks Market Speculation - Intellectia AI

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Michael Saylor's Hint of Major Bitcoin Purchase Sparks Market Speculation& & Intellectia AI

Bitcoin miners hit record, sell 32,000 BTC since start of 2026 - IDNFinancials

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Bitcoin miners hit record, sell 32,000 BTC since start of 2026& & IDNFinancials

Bitcoin Price Plummets: BTC Falls Below Critical $74,000 Support Level - MEXC

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Bitcoin Price Plummets: BTC Falls Below Critical $74,000 Support Level& & MEXC

Crypto Is ‘Really Top on Our List’ — SEC Debuts Podcast Outlining Priorities

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The SEC is sharpening its crypto policy focus as digital asset regulation rises to the top of its 2026 agenda. Leadership commentary signals a more structured approach to oversight while aiming to position the United States as a global hub for crypto innovation. Key Takeaways: Atkins confirmed SEC will prioritize digital asset regulation policy. Peirce […]

This Cryptocurrency Has Quietly Outperformed Bitcoin Over the Last Year - The Motley Fool

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This Cryptocurrency Has Quietly Outperformed Bitcoin Over the Last Year& & The Motley Fool

Bitcoin difficulty falls to 135.59T – But THESE 3 miner signals warn of stress - AMBCrypto

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Bitcoin difficulty falls to 135.59T – But THESE 3 miner signals warn of stress& & AMBCrypto

XRP SuperTrend Flips Bullish For First Time Since January – Is A Rally To $1.90 Next?

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XRP has spent the better part of three months locked in a persistent downtrend, falling from a January peak above $2.40 to lows near $1.28 in early April as sell pressure mounted across the broader crypto market, trading in a range between $1.33 and $1.45. The SuperTrend indicator is printing a signal that has not appeared since XRP was trading at its 2026 peak, and analyst Ali Martinez says it could be the beginning of a meaningful trend reversal. SuperTrend Signals A Break From Months Of Selling Pressure XRP is starting to show early signs of a shift in momentum, with the SuperTrend now turning in favor of buyers after weeks of downward pressure. The move comes after the entire industry saw inflows last week, with Bitcoin pushing back above $78,000 and capital moving into large-cap altcoins. Crypto analyst Martinez highlighted a notable development on XRP’s daily chart, pointing to a bullish flip in the SuperTrend indicator for the first time since January 17. This indicator, which tracks trend direction and acts as a dynamic support or resistance band, had been mostly in sell mode for almost four months. XRP touched $1.50 on April 17 before closing the daily session at $1.4. That close, marginally above the SuperTrend line, was what led to the bullish flip. The bullish flip shows that bearish momentum has weakened enough to allow buyers to regain some sort of control. As shown in the chart below, the SuperTrend band is now sitting below price action. XRP Daily Chart. Source: @alicharts On X Path To $1.90 Opens If Breakout Holds Despite the improving setup, XRP is approaching what could be its most important level in the near term. The bullish SuperTrend signal is a necessary condition for a trend reversal, but not a sufficient one. Martinez identified $1.55 as the level that will determine whether the signal produces a sustained rally or fades into another failed attempt. About 60% of XRP’s circulating supply is held at an average cost basis near $1.44, meaning every push toward the $1.40 to $1.45 zone has run into a dense wall of underwater holders looking to exit. A clean daily close above $1.55 would clear that supply overhang and, according to Martinez, cause a relief rally. If XRP manages to clear $1.55 with a strong daily close, then the next phase of the move could play out very quickly. Martinez points to the $1.90 region as the primary upside objective of the projected move. At the time of writing, XRP is trading at $1.42. The SuperTrend now has a very important role. As long as the price is still above it, the indicator will continue to act as a trailing support with a buy signal. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView

This Cryptocurrency Has Quietly Outperformed Bitcoin Over the Last Year - Yahoo Finance

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This Cryptocurrency Has Quietly Outperformed Bitcoin Over the Last Year& & Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin falls below $74K as Iran-US peace talks stall, Hormuz closure impacts - Crypto Briefing

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Bitcoin falls below $74K as Iran-US peace talks stall, Hormuz closure impacts& & Crypto Briefing

Bitcoin Slips Below $74K as US Navy Strikes on Iranian Ship - BeInCrypto

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Bitcoin Slips Below $74K as US Navy Strikes on Iranian Ship& & BeInCrypto

Bitcoin’s 2024 halving cycle lags earlier cycles, analysts say - MEXC

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Bitcoin’s 2024 halving cycle lags earlier cycles, analysts say& & MEXC

NAB raises credit provisioning amid Middle East conflict, impacting Bitcoin sentiment - Crypto Briefing

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NAB raises credit provisioning amid Middle East conflict, impacting Bitcoin sentiment& & Crypto Briefing

Fresh Manipulation Warnings Hit Other Crypto Projects After RAVE’s 95% Collapse

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Warnings are intensifying across multiple crypto tokens as an on-chain investigator flags structural risks and questionable trading behavior. The growing list of red-flagged assets is heightening concern that retail investors remain exposed to engineered liquidity and sudden price shocks. Key Takeaways: Broader warnings point to structural weaknesses across parts of the crypto token market. Major […]

Crypto Prices Drop On The Weekend As Iran Shuts Strait Of Hormuz Again

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The crypto market suffered a slight dip on Saturday, April 18th, after the tensions in the Middle East took an interesting turn over the weekend. On Friday, United States President Donald Trump announced that Iran fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz (for the first time since March) for the free passage of oil vessels, with the global financial markets and crypto reacting positively to the news. However, Iran announced on Saturday that it has closed the Strait again, with digital asset prices dropping on the back of the fresh development. Bitcoin Falls Below $76k As Iran Closes Strait Again On Saturday, Iran’s military announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz again, with reports suggesting at least three attacks on commercial ships along the waterway. After President Trump’s several announcements going into the weekend, the Iranian Speaker of the Parliament, Mohammad Ghalibaf, said the US president made “seven claims in one hour, all seven of which were false.” What’s interesting is that the crypto and global financial markets have been seeing a return of bullish momentum after a ceasefire agreement was reached between the United States and Iran in recent weeks. However, with the ceasefire agreement set to expire in a couple of days and negotiations looking broken down, volatility and uncertainty seem set to return to the markets in the coming days. According to data from CoinGecko, the global cryptocurrency market capitalization is down by more than 2%, with the Bitcoin and Ethereum prices showing dips of 2% and 3%, respectively. Specifically, the premier cryptocurrency, which ran up to a 10-week high of around $77,500 on Friday, is now back below $76,000. Despite the crypto market gaining notoriety for slow price actions during the weekends, it’s interesting to see asset prices move in line with the latest developments in the Gulf. With no clear resolution in sight, the next few days could come with some degree of volatility. Crypto Market Back To Point Zero? Following these recent developments in the Middle East, conversations around the potential formation of a bottom in this current bear market now appear premature. Bitcoin, for instance, seems to have formed a local top around $77,500, with its current value at around $75,760. Meanwhile, Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, sits at around $2,350, as of this writing. Other large-cap cryptocurrencies that have faced significant declines over the weekend include XRP and Solana, each falling by at leaast 3% in the past 24 hours.

Best Bitcoin Casinos for 2026: Top Online Bitcoin Casino Sites For Instant Payout - Eye On Annapolis

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Best Bitcoin Casinos for 2026: Top Online Bitcoin Casino Sites For Instant Payout& & Eye On Annapolis

Polymarket Traders Give Bitcoin 31% Chance of Hitting $80,000 This Month - Bitcoin News

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Polymarket Traders Give Bitcoin 31% Chance of Hitting $80,000 This Month& & Bitcoin News

Polymarket Traders Give Bitcoin 31% Chance of Hitting $80,000 This Month

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Prediction market traders are putting real money on where bitcoin goes next, and right now, the crowd is split between a short-term bounce and a deeper correction. Key Takeaways: Polymarket shows a 31% chance bitcoin hits $80K in April 2026, making it the most active live bracket with $3.7M in volume. Kalshi traders give bitcoin […]

Solana Price Prediction: Can Solana Overtake Bitcoin? Here’s How Far SOL Has to Go - Yahoo Finance

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Solana Price Prediction: Can Solana Overtake Bitcoin? Here’s How Far SOL Has to Go& & Yahoo Finance

The President Who Pushed Bitcoin the Hardest Is Now the Most Popular Leader on Earth - Yahoo

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The President Who Pushed Bitcoin the Hardest Is Now the Most Popular Leader on Earth& & Yahoo

BTC/USD: Bitcoin Price Dips On Flight From Speculative Asset - MarketForces Africa

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BTC/USD: Bitcoin Price Dips On Flight From Speculative Asset& & MarketForces Africa

Why I withdrew everything from Aave this weekend - thestreet.com

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Why I withdrew everything from Aave this weekend& & thestreet.com

Ceasefire Drama Escalates—Trump Points Finger At Iran, Bitcoin In Focus

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry came out swinging on Sunday, accusing the United States of committing war crimes through what it described as an unlawful naval blockade — a charge that landed just hours after US President Donald Trump accused Tehran of firing in the Strait of Hormuz and breaking the terms of an active ceasefire. Both Sides Point Fingers Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei posted the accusation directly on X, arguing the US blockade of Iranian ports and coastline violated not just the ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, but international law. He cited Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and referenced a 1974 UN General Assembly resolution that explicitly defines a naval blockade as an act of aggression. The United States’ so-called “blockade” of Iran’s ports or coastline is not only a violation of Pakistani-mediated ceasefire but also both unlawful and criminal. It violates Article 2(4) of the UN Charter; it constitutes an act of aggression under Article 3(c) of the UN General… — Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) April 19, 2026 Baghaei went further, saying the blockade amounted to collective punishment of Iranian civilians — language that under international law falls under war crimes and crimes against humanity. Trump, for his part, told reporters that Iran fired shots in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a serious breach of the ceasefire set to expire Wednesday, April 22. President Trump tells me Iran has committed a “serious violation” of the ceasefire but he still thinks he can get a peace deal: “It will happen. One way or another. The nice way or the hard way. It’s going to happen. You can quote me.” — Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) April 19, 2026 He still expressed confidence a deal could be reached. “It will happen,” he said, as quoted by an ABC News correspondent. “One way or another. The nice way or the hard way.” The exchange set up a direct public contradiction between two governments, each claiming the other fired first — diplomatically speaking. Iran Vs. US: A Market Already On Edge Bitcoin felt the pressure almost immediately. The price slid from a session high of $76,250 to $75,400 Sunday as news of the flare-up spread. The drop was modest but telling, reflecting how tightly crypto markets have tracked this conflict in recent weeks. Earlier this month, Bitcoin climbed past $78,000 after Trump announced that Iran had agreed to suspend its nuclear program. That rally reversed sharply when Tehran denied the claim, triggering a fresh round of volatility across crypto markets. The pattern has repeated itself: optimism on a deal pushes prices up, and any sign of collapse pulls them back down. The Strait Of Hormuz Remains The Flashpoint The Strait of Hormuz sits at the center of this standoff. One of the world’s most critical shipping lanes, it has been opened and closed at various points during the conflict. Reports indicate Iran had previously reopened the strait following a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, only to close it again this week. Trump has threatened harder action if negotiations fall apart entirely. Whether that pressure holds or collapses the talks remains the question that global markets — and crypto traders — are watching most closely right now. Featured image from BESA, chart from TradingView

GenAI Bitcoin Thriller Has To Sell This Junk To Any Sucker It Can - Kotaku

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GenAI Bitcoin Thriller Has To Sell This Junk To Any Sucker It Can& & Kotaku

Gold Gains Fourth Straight Week Amid Fed Rate Cut Signals and Middle East Truce in Focus

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Gold jumped nearly a percentage point during its last trading session, trading at $4,829 per troy ounce as a softer U.S. dollar and geopolitical developments out of the Middle East kept buyers active through a thin weekend session. Key Takeaways: Gold spot prices reached $4,829 per troy ounce at the end of the week, marking […]

Crypto traders spend $9.7B on fees as the next Bitcoin drawdown will expose which on-chain costs are real - CryptoSlate

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Crypto traders spend $9.7B on fees as the next Bitcoin drawdown will expose which on-chain costs are real& & CryptoSlate

$700M Bitcoin Still Locked in Sanctioned Wallets - MEXC

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$700M Bitcoin Still Locked in Sanctioned Wallets& & MEXC

Bitcoin Dips Below $75,000 as Strait of Hormuz Sees Zero Oil Tankers for First Time in History - Yahoo Finance

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Bitcoin Dips Below $75,000 as Strait of Hormuz Sees Zero Oil Tankers for First Time in History& & Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin Falls Below $75K as Iran-US Tensions Escalate - BeInCrypto

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Bitcoin Falls Below $75K as Iran-US Tensions Escalate& & BeInCrypto

Time running out to protect Bitcoin from quantum computers, Google says - RNZ

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Time running out to protect Bitcoin from quantum computers, Google says& & RNZ

Strategy Raises $1.76B War Chest As Saylor Signals Bigger Bitcoin Buy - TradingView

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Strategy Raises $1.76B War Chest As Saylor Signals Bigger Bitcoin Buy& & TradingView

Liz Truss backs Bitcoin as a fix for what she calls the slow erosion of the British pound - Startup Fortune

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Liz Truss backs Bitcoin as a fix for what she calls the slow erosion of the British pound& & Startup Fortune

Bitcoin Holds Steady Above $74,000 as U.S. Inflation Climbs to 3.3% - ZyCrypto

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Bitcoin Holds Steady Above $74,000 as U.S. Inflation Climbs to 3.3%& & ZyCrypto

Boss of Farage bitcoin business left firm where strategy failed - The Times

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Boss of Farage bitcoin business left firm where strategy failed& & The Times

TIm Draper’s $250,000 BTC Call, New Whale Data, and More – Week In Review

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Bitcoin’s latest rebound is running into resistance as whale deposits to exchanges surge, while Tim Draper has revived his $250,000 BTC call on a longer timeline. Grayscale says Elon Musk’s X could become a deeper crypto-finance platform, and Kraken sees a Fed leadership shift as a possible macro catalyst for digital assets. At the same […]

Weekly ETF recap: How Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana & XRP funds stacked up? - AMBCrypto

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Weekly ETF recap: How Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana & XRP funds stacked up?& & AMBCrypto

US-Based Bitcoin ETFs Post Roughly $1B Inflows In Past Week: Report

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The price of Bitcoin saw a rise in bullish momentum over the past week, as the initially improving situation in the Middle East served as a significant catalyst. This optimism seems to have spread across the digital asset market, as fresh capital also flowed into the US-based spot Bitcoin ETFs (exchange-traded funds). According to the latest market data, the spot BTC exchange-traded products saw the addition of nearly $1 billion in value over the past trading week. This fresh capital influx reflects an uptick in investor sentiment and demand over the past few weeks. US Bitcoin ETFs Register $664M Net Inflows On Friday, April 17th, the US-based Bitcoin ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $663.9 million, reflecting a return of investor demand into the market in recent weeks. This single-day performance marked the fourth consecutive day of inflows for the crypto-linked investment products. Data from SoSoValue shows that BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) led the day’s activity, with a total net inflow of $283 million on Friday. This was followed by the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC), which posted a $163.42 million net inflow on the day. The Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) also registered a significant $117.9 million total net inflow on Friday. The other issuers with positive net inflows on the day included Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust (BTC), VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL), and Invesco Galaxy Bitcoin ETF (BTCO). Their performances brought the weekly record of spot Bitcoin ETFs to around $996.38 million in net inflows, with the other weekly gains coming on Tuesday ($411.5 million) and on Wednesday ($186 million). Meanwhile, the past week’s activity represents the second-straight week of capital inflows, with $786.31 million net influx in the previous week. This upturn in capital inflows is reflective of the easing tensions in the Middle East, with what seems like a return of positive sentiment into the market. According to data highlighted by on-chain analyst Darkfost, the BTC exchange-traded fund trading volumes are on the rise and currently stand at $4.7 billion, inching closer to spot market volumes, totaling at around $6.2 billion. However, Darkfost noted that the average cost basis of the BTC ETF is around $82,247, with holders still at a loss. “Since March, the trend has shifted notably in a positive direction for ETFs, with inflows largely dominating,” the crypto analyst added. Bitcoin Price At A Glance As of this writing, the price of BTC stands at around $75,664, reflecting an over 2% decline in the past 24 hours.

The 10 Public Companies With the Biggest Bitcoin Portfolios - Cryptonews.net

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The 10 Public Companies With the Biggest Bitcoin Portfolios& & Cryptonews.net

Bitcoin ETFs see $996M weekly inflows, highest since January - Crypto Briefing

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Bitcoin ETFs see $996M weekly inflows, highest since January& & Crypto Briefing

Michael Saylor’s Latest Post Has the Market Looking for Strategy’s Next Bitcoin Buy - Yahoo Finance

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Michael Saylor’s Latest Post Has the Market Looking for Strategy’s Next Bitcoin Buy& & Yahoo Finance

Top Bitcoin Stocks To Watch Today - April 19th - MarketBeat

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Top Bitcoin Stocks To Watch Today - April 19th& & MarketBeat

DeFi Lender Aave Battles Withdrawal Crisis After KelpDAO rsETH Exploit

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Aave, one of DeFi’s largest lending protocols, is managing a liquidity crisis and an estimated $177 million to $200 million in bad debt after attackers siphoned 116,500 rsETH from Kelp’s bridge on Saturday, deposited the tokens on Aave V3 as collateral, and borrowed wrapped ether (WETH) against them. Key Takeaways: Attackers obtained 116,500 rsETH from […]

Morgan Stanley’s $116M Bitcoin ETF debut is tiny next to $1.9T, and that’s why Wall Street will notice - CryptoSlate

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Morgan Stanley’s $116M Bitcoin ETF debut is tiny next to $1.9T, and that’s why Wall Street will notice& & CryptoSlate

Bitcoin Mining Giants Sold More BTC in Q1 Than Entire 2025 Combined - CryptoPotato

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Bitcoin Mining Giants Sold More BTC in Q1 Than Entire 2025 Combined& & CryptoPotato

Why Are Bitcoin, XRP, and Solana All Rallying? 3 Reasons the Crypto Market Is Up This Week - 24/7 Wall St.

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Why Are Bitcoin, XRP, and Solana All Rallying? 3 Reasons the Crypto Market Is Up This Week& & 24/7 Wall St.

Why Are Bitcoin, XRP, and Solana All Rallying? 3 Reasons the Crypto Market Is Up This Week - Yahoo Finance

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Why Are Bitcoin, XRP, and Solana All Rallying? 3 Reasons the Crypto Market Is Up This Week& & Yahoo Finance

$1M Bitcoin Is ‘Closer Than You Think’: Adam Back On The Next Demand Shock - Stocktwits

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$1M Bitcoin Is ‘Closer Than You Think’: Adam Back On The Next Demand Shock& & Stocktwits

Strategy’s $18B Volume Spike Sparks Expectations Of Massive Bitcoin Buying Wave - Stocktwits

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Strategy’s $18B Volume Spike Sparks Expectations Of Massive Bitcoin Buying Wave& & Stocktwits

Musk Brothers Reportedly Hold 23,400 Bitcoin - 조선일보

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Musk Brothers Reportedly Hold 23,400 Bitcoin& & 조선일보

Bitcoin Network Eases as Difficulty Slides 2.43% and Hashprice Rises 13.65% - Bitcoin News

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Bitcoin Network Eases as Difficulty Slides 2.43% and Hashprice Rises 13.65%& & Bitcoin News

Bitcoin Network Eases as Difficulty Slides 2.43% and Hashprice Rises 13.65%

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Bitcoin’s mining difficulty eased this week, declining 2.43% from the prior target and settling at 135.59 trillion. This adjustment comes on the heels of the previous epoch’s 3.87% increase and marks the fifth downward revision recorded this year. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin difficulty fell 2.43% to 135.59T on April 17, 2026, easing mining conditions. Hashrateindex.com shows […]

Weekend Round-Up: Binance Rivals Major Exchanges, Bitcoin's Million-Dollar Potential And More - Benzinga

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Weekend Round-Up: Binance Rivals Major Exchanges, Bitcoin's Million-Dollar Potential And More& & Benzinga

‘No More Mr. Nice Guy’ — Trump Warns Iran to Accept Deal or Lose Every Bridge and Power Plant

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President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to destroy every power plant and bridge in Iran after Iranian gunboats fired on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, pushing a fragile Pakistan-brokered ceasefire to the edge of collapse. Key Takeaways: Trump threatened to destroy every power plant and bridge in Iran if the country rejects a proposed […]

Bitcoin network activity just hit an 8-year low — has Wall Street replaced retail in the market? - CryptoSlate

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Bitcoin network activity just hit an 8-year low — has Wall Street replaced retail in the market?& & CryptoSlate

Kelp DAO Suffers $292 Million rsETH Exploit – Details

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Wu Blockchain reports that Kelp DAO has suffered a massive cross-chain exploit that drained approximately 116,500 rsETH, valued at nearly $292 million. The incident raises fresh concerns about the protocol’s security, coming less than a year after a previous disruption tied to a smart contract bug Kelp DAO Response Prevents Additional Exploit Attempts According to blockchain data, the attack on the Kelp DAO exploited a weakness in cross-chain communication, specifically targeting the bridge mechanism used to transfer assets across networks. The exploit was executed via a call to the “Iz Receive” function on LayerZero’s EndpointV2, which ultimately triggered the release of funds to an attacker-controlled wallet. On-chain sleuth ZachXBT was among the first to uncover the breach, estimating losses exceeding $280 million across Ethereum and Arbitrum. The blockchain investigator also noted that the attack addresses had been initially funded via Tornado Cash, indicating a deliberate effort to conceal the funding sources for the highly coordinated attack. Earlier today we identified suspicious cross-chain activity involving rsETH. We have paused rsETH contracts across mainnet and several L2s while we investigate. We are working with @LayerZero_Core, @unichain, our auditors and top security experts on RCA. We will keep you… — Kelp (@KelpDAO) April 18, 2026 In response to this attack, Kelp DAO implemented an immediate halt to all rsETH contracts across its mainnet and connected L2 networks. The protocol also froze activity across its core contracts and systems that cover deposits, withdrawals, and oracle functions. According to Kelp DAO, an ongoing investigation is underway with LayerZero and Unichain. Notably, the attacker attempted two additional transactions to drain another 40,000 rsETH, worth close to $100 million. However, Kelp DAO’s swift measures ensured both attempts failed, preventing losses from rising to $391 million. Aave Freezes rsETH Contracts In other news, the fallout has quickly spread beyond Kelp DAO, with lending protocols feeling immediate pressure. Aave, one of the largest DeFi lending platforms, responded by freezing rsETH markets across its V3 and V4 deployments. However, Aave has clarified that its own smart contracts were not exploited, and the measure is purely precautionary to limit further debt exposure to rsETH as they assess the situation. Aave management is also committed to evaluating potential mitigation strategies if any bad debt emerges from the exploits. The rsETH markets on Aave V3 and Aave V4 have been frozen. Aave's contracts have not been exploited and this is an exploit related to rsETH. The freeze follows an exploit of the Kelp DAO rsETH bridge. Freezing the rsETH markets prevents new deposits and borrowing against rsETH… — Aave (@aave) April 18, 2026 rsETH itself is a liquid restaking token designed to represent staked ETH while enabling users to earn additional yield through restaking strategies. It plays a key role in cross-chain DeFi, allowing capital to move seamlessly across multiple networks, including Arbitrum, Base, and Scroll. The scale of the exploit is particularly damaging as the stolen funds represent roughly 18% of rsETH’s total circulating supply, representing a significant hit to both liquidity and user confidence.

Bitcoin Price Prediction: Historical Buy Signal Points to 200%+ Returns Ahead for BTC - FXEmpire

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Bitcoin Price Prediction: Historical Buy Signal Points to 200%+ Returns Ahead for BTC& & FXEmpire

‘Think Even Bigger’: Michael Saylor’s New Signal Hints at Another Massive Strategy Bitcoin Buy

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Strategy’s bitcoin positioning drew heightened attention as Michael Saylor’s latest signal reinforced expectations of continued accumulation. The update underscored how investors interpret these cues as indicators of potential balance sheet expansion and sustained institutional demand. Key Takeaways: Strategy doubled down on bitcoin, signaling aggressive accumulation intent. Michael Saylor’s cue fueled expectations of a major treasury […]

John D'Agostino: Bitcoin's market position is stronger than ever, regulatory improvements boost liquidity, and exchanges are vital for price discovery | The Wolf Of All Streets - Crypto Briefing

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John D'Agostino: Bitcoin's market position is stronger than ever, regulatory improvements boost liquidity, and exchanges are vital for price discovery | The Wolf Of All Streets& & Crypto Briefing

Is Strategy’s (MSTR) Bitcoin-Fueled Preferred Stock Turning It Into a Pure Crypto Proxy? - simplywall.st

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Is Strategy’s (MSTR) Bitcoin-Fueled Preferred Stock Turning It Into a Pure Crypto Proxy?& & simplywall.st

Peter Schiff raises concerns over MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin funding strategy - crypto.news

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Peter Schiff raises concerns over MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin funding strategy& & crypto.news

RaveDAO Denies Manipulation Claims as RAVE Token Plummets 95% From Peak

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The RaveDAO team has dismissed claims of involvement in price manipulation of the RAVE token and insisted it remain focused on Web3 offline events and philanthropic efforts, such as funding surgeries in Nepal. Key Takeaways: RAVE collapsed 95% to $1.24 after RaveDAO denied claims of a manufactured 10,000% surge. Binance and Bitget CEOs launched probes […]

Inventor showcases 3D printer filament dryer that mines Bitcoins and dries filament with waste heat, capable of 6 TH/s at 140W — joins Bitcoin-mining 3D printer in hobbyist-focused miner lineup - Tom's Hardware

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Inventor showcases 3D printer filament dryer that mines Bitcoins and dries filament with waste heat, capable of 6 TH/s at 140W — joins Bitcoin-mining 3D printer in hobbyist-focused miner lineup& & Tom's Hardware

Bitcoin price drops to $75K as new Hormuz closure puts focus on oil - TradingView

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Bitcoin price drops to $75K as new Hormuz closure puts focus on oil& & TradingView

Bitcoin Rejected Again — Is BTC Setting Up for a Sharp Drop Below $70K? - Coinpedia

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Bitcoin Rejected Again — Is BTC Setting Up for a Sharp Drop Below $70K?& & Coinpedia

From Aluminum To Bitcoin: Alcoa To Sell Dormant Plant To NYDIG

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Bitcoin mining firm NYDIG already has skin in the game at the Massena, New York site — it holds a stake in Coinmint, which runs mining hardware there under a long-term lease. Now the company wants the land itself. A Deal Years In The Making Alcoa’s Massena East smelter went dark in 2014 after energy costs climbed and overseas competition cut into margins. The sprawling facility along the St. Lawrence River has sat idle ever since. Based on reports, Alcoa CEO Bill Oplinger told Bloomberg the two companies are deep in talks and expects a deal to close sometime in the middle of 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed. For NYDIG, the appeal goes beyond location. Industrial smelters are wired for round-the-clock heavy operations — they come with substations, transmission lines, and grid connections that can handle enormous power loads. Data center operators and crypto miners often wait years to build that kind of infrastructure from scratch. At Massena, it already exists. The site also draws power from the New York Power Authority’s hydroelectric supply, which cuts costs and reduces the carbon footprint of whatever runs there next. Old Industry, New Tenants Massena is not the only shuttered smelter drawing interest from the digital sector. Earlier this year, Century Aluminum sold its Hawesville, Kentucky facility to TeraWulf for $200 million. TeraWulf plans to turn the site into a high-performance computing and AI campus. Since that deal closed, TeraWulf shares have climbed 80% year-to-date, according to Yahoo Finance data. The pattern is clear: retired heavy industry sites, long considered liabilities, are being snapped up by firms that need power and space fast. These properties offer something new construction cannot — infrastructure that is already approved, already connected, and already built. NYDIG Bets Big On Bitcoin While many miners are shifting toward AI and cloud services to offset shrinking returns, NYDIG is doubling down on Bitcoin. Last year, the firm — owned by Stone Ridge — acquired Crusoe Energy’s Bitcoin mining operations, including its natural gas flare mitigation business. The Massena deal, if it closes, would mark another significant step in that direction. Other players in the space are taking a different road. MARA Holdings picked up a 64% stake in French infrastructure company Exaion to break into AI services. Hive, Hut 8, TeraWulf, and Iren are all converting mining facilities into data centers. NYDIG, for now, is charting its own course. Featured image Romain Costaseca/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images, chart from TradingView

SpaceX IPO: Which Cryptocurrencies Stand to Benefit From the Biggest IPO in History? - The Motley Fool

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SpaceX IPO: Which Cryptocurrencies Stand to Benefit From the Biggest IPO in History?& & The Motley Fool

Bitcoin slides $3K from peak as crypto market turns red - crypto.news

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Bitcoin slides $3K from peak as crypto market turns red& & crypto.news

BTC Price Prediction: Bitcoin Eyes $80K With Remittix and Pi Coin Set To Ride The Wave - StreetInsider

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BTC Price Prediction: Bitcoin Eyes $80K With Remittix and Pi Coin Set To Ride The Wave& & StreetInsider

Bitcoin Is the Ultimate AI-Era Scarcity Asset, Says Macro Veteran Wall Street Strategist Eyeing 3% To 5% Portfolio Allocations - Stocktwits

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Bitcoin Is The Ultimate AI-Era Scarcity Asset, Says Macro Veteran Wall Street Strategist Eyeing 3% To 5% Portfolio Allocations& & Stocktwits

Bitcoin Could Avoid a Full Quantum Freeze Under New ‘Canary’ Proposal - CryptoPotato

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Bitcoin Could Avoid a Full Quantum Freeze Under New ‘Canary’ Proposal& & CryptoPotato

Bitcoin Rebounds, But Crypto’s Security Crisis Intensifies – Week in Review

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This editorial is from last week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week with a comment on each story. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin rose 4% as BTC, ETH, and SOL gained, showing risk […]

Crypto thefts hit $3.4B in 2025, North Korea responsible for 60% - Crypto Briefing

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Crypto thefts hit $3.4B in 2025, North Korea responsible for 60%& & Crypto Briefing

Bitcoin Price Prediction: Pepeto Crosses $9.2M as BTC and SOL Build for a Breakout - openPR.com

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Bitcoin Price Prediction: Pepeto Crosses $9.2M as BTC and SOL Build for a Breakout& & openPR.com

Crypto News Today: Bitcoin Surges on Global Tensions Cooling, Why Remittix Is Gaining Momentum Fast - openPR.com

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Crypto News Today: Bitcoin Surges on Global Tensions Cooling, Why Remittix Is Gaining Momentum Fast& & openPR.com

USDT Dominates Iran Oil Deals Why - Cointribune

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USDT Dominates Iran Oil Deals Why& & Cointribune

Bitcoin dips as Iran conflict stokes broader crypto market volatility - Investing.com

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Bitcoin dips as Iran conflict stokes broader crypto market volatility& & Investing.com

Crypto Regulation: Polish Parliament Fails To Overturn Presidential Veto Again

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Once again, Poland’s Parliament has failed to override the presidential veto of a controversial piece of cryptocurrency legislation, deepening tensions between the country’s legislative branch and its head of state. Polish Lawmakers Face Consecutive Defeat Against Nawrocki Over Crypto Bill According to a local media outlet, TVP World, members of the lower house of the Polish Parliament, i.e., Sejm, failed to reach the required third-fifth majority to overturn a second presidential veto of the Crypto Asset Market Act. President Karol Narcowski initially vetoed the cryptocurrency regulation bill in December 2025, citing overregulation, ambiguity, and an increased regulatory burden on small businesses. The Polish lawmakers, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, failed to override this first veto, which would have aligned Poland’s digital asset regulations with the general European Union’s MICA regulations. In February, the same measure was passed again and vetoed by President Narcowski, citing the same reasons as before. In an attempt to bypass the President’s assent, the lawmakers held a vote on Friday, with 191 members of parliament voting in favor of the veto and 243 dissenting. Ultimately, this result fell short of the constitutionally required 263 votes to override the President’s veto in Poland. According to Narcowski in December, the proposed digital asset regulation “threatens the freedom of Poles, their property, and the stability of the state.” Polish Ministers React To Foiled Override Attempt Following Friday’s botched efforts to pass the Crypto Asset Market Act, several members of the Polish Parliament have responded in various ways. Finance Minister Andrzej Domański strongly criticized President Narcowski’s veto, stating that the absence of updated regulations compromised the integrity of the Polish digital asset market. Domanski described the present environment as an environment of fraudsters that threatens the protection of investors and entrepreneurs. Another interesting aspect of this regulation is Prime Minister Tusk’s recent allegations against Poland’s largest exchange, Zondacrypto, which has also lobbied against the Crypto Asset Market Act. Prime Minister Tusk claimed that Zondacrypto was established by Russia mafia, and resources linked to the Russian intelligence agencies. Considering these funding sources, Tusk questions the exchange’s involvement in Polish politics, citing reports from security agencies that the company’s CEO, Przemysław Kral, has donated to opposition candidates. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński linked the push for the Crypto Asset Market Act to this government concern, stating: The plan is to keep addressing this until we succeed, until the awareness of the threats and these strange interests connecting certain right-wing politicians with this [cryptocurrency] exchange finally reaches the president.

You’ll Regret Missing These Presales If Bitcoin Goes Parabolic: IPO Genie ($IPO) Leads the Pack - BlockchainReporter

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You’ll Regret Missing These Presales If Bitcoin Goes Parabolic: IPO Genie ($IPO) Leads the Pack& & BlockchainReporter

Bitcoin (BTC) Price: Surge to $78K Reversed After Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz Again - MEXC

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price: Surge to $78K Reversed After Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz Again& & MEXC

Dogecoin Price Breaks 10 Cents As Bitcoin Catapults Out Of 4 Month Range While Remittix Releases Major News - openPR.com

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Dogecoin Price Breaks 10 Cents As Bitcoin Catapults Out Of 4 Month Range While Remittix Releases Major News& & openPR.com

Bitcoin (BTC) Price Whipsawed by Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Reopening and Closure - MEXC

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Whipsawed by Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Reopening and Closure& & MEXC

Latam Insights: Brazil Seeks Online Gambling Ban, Venezuela’s National Stablecoin Proposal

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Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, a draft to repeal all online gambling has been introduced in Brazil, a proposal to include stablecoins to help curb currency restrictions rises in Venezuela, and Latam surges as an investment opportunity amidst […]

Charles Schwab is bringing Bitcoin to its 39 million clients – but without the protections they expect - CryptoRank

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Charles Schwab is bringing Bitcoin to its 39 million clients – but without the protections they expect& & CryptoRank

1 Cryptocurrency to Buy While It's Under $80,000 - The Motley Fool

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1 Cryptocurrency to Buy While It's Under $80,000& & The Motley Fool

Bitcoin Shows Classic ‘Wall Of Worry’ Rally As Retail Lags Behind - TradingView

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Bitcoin Shows Classic ‘Wall Of Worry’ Rally As Retail Lags Behind& & TradingView

Charles Schwab is bringing Bitcoin to its 39 million clients - but without the protections they expect - CryptoSlate

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Charles Schwab is bringing Bitcoin to its 39 million clients - but without the protections they expect& & CryptoSlate

Iran’s Digital Blockade Continues: Citizens Endure 50 Days Without Internet Connectivity

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The digital blockade that the Iranian regime imposed just hours after the U.S.-Israel coalition launched coordinated strikes persists, with most Iranians relying on alternative methods to reach the internet. Even so, connectivity still reaches just 2% of the country’s normal traffic. Key Takeaways: Netblocks reports Iran’s 50-day blockade slashed connectivity to 2%, spurring $1.8B in […]

This Signal in Bitcoin's Chart Has Never Been Wrong - Yahoo Finance

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This Signal in Bitcoin's Chart Has Never Been Wrong& & Yahoo Finance

This Signal in Bitcoin's Chart Has Never Been Wrong - The Motley Fool

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This Signal in Bitcoin's Chart Has Never Been Wrong& & The Motley Fool

Mining Crisis 20 Percent May Already Be Doomed - Cointribune

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Mining Crisis 20 Percent May Already Be Doomed& & Cointribune

Pi Network’s PI Token Tanks Hard, Bitcoin Drops $3K From Local Peak: Weekend Watch - CryptoPotato

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Pi Network’s PI Token Tanks Hard, Bitcoin Drops $3K From Local Peak: Weekend Watch& & CryptoPotato

Bitcoin Breaks $78,000 Amid U.S.-Iran Conflict, Can It Return to $100,000 in 2026? - TradingKey

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Bitcoin Breaks $78,000 Amid U.S.-Iran Conflict, Can It Return to $100,000 in 2026?& & TradingKey

This Week in Crypto Law (Apr. 12, 2026)

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Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. This Week in Crypto Law The opinion editorial below was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. This week in crypto law reflected a clear shift […]

???????????? Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a net inflow of $996.5M last week. BlackRock clients bought $906,100,00 worth of $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ - Moomoo

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???????????? Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a net inflow of $996.5M last week. BlackRock clients bought $906,100,00 worth of $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$& & Moomoo

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Dips, Set to Rise Next Adjustment - Bitbo

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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Dips, Set to Rise Next Adjustment& & Bitbo

Trump aims to make US world capital for crypto, Bitcoin above $60K April 19 - Crypto Briefing

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Trump aims to make US world capital for crypto, Bitcoin above $60K April 19& & Crypto Briefing

Morgan Stanley crosses $100mln in Bitcoin holdings – Why impact on BTC limited? - AMBCrypto

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Morgan Stanley crosses $100mln in Bitcoin holdings – Why impact on BTC limited?& & AMBCrypto

Iran Ceasefire Drives Bitcoin Above $75,000, But Can It Push BTC To $100,000?

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Bitcoin has climbed back above $75,000 as easing Middle East tensions helped reduce risk appetite and led to inflows into the crypto industry. A 10-day ceasefire linked to the Israel-Lebanon front and Iran’s declaration that the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial shipping all helped cool oil prices and improve sentiment across stocks and cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin is now trading around $76,778, after touching an intraday high of $78,240. However, the most important question is whether this move is the start of a real run to six digits at $100,000. Relief From Geopolitics Gave Bitcoin The Push It Needed The chain of events that lifted Bitcoin began in early April. Hours before the deadline set by US President Trump, the US and Iran reached a two-week temporary ceasefire agreement mediated by Pakistan, with formal peace talks scheduled in Islamabad. Interestingly, major exchanges and market makers also moved quickly. Binance purchased approximately 29,344 BTC, Coinbase bought 20,756 BTC, Kraken bought 8,600 BTC, and Wintermute and Bybit adding additional positions, transactions that together totaled close to $4.5 billion in Bitcoin. The latest Bitcoin price breakout above $75,000 in the past 48 hours is a result of traders reacting to signs that geopolitical pressure may be easing, at least temporarily. At the same time, Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded strong demand this week, including $663.91 million in inflows on Friday alone, pushing the weekly total to $996.38 million. That steady influx of capital helped Bitcoin recover levels it had struggled to hold earlier in April. Sentiment Data Shows Fear Still Dominating The Market Even as Bitcoin is trading its highest level in 11 weeks, on-chain sentiment data suggests the rally is not being backed by positive optimism. According to data from Santiment, bearish commentary is still dominating social discussions, with three negative comments for every two positive ones. The data shows that even during recent price pushes, skepticism is still outweighing excitement. It is important to note that that type of environment has often aligned with continuation moves. When price rises without a surge in crowd optimism, rallies tend to face less immediate selling pressure from overheated positioning. Bitcoin Sentiment Chart. Source: @santimentfeed On X The question now is whether these geopolitical tailwinds are sufficient to carry Bitcoin from the current $76,000 to $78,000 band all the way to six figures. The price advance crossed a descending trendline that had capped rallies since October 2025, when Bitcoin reached approximately $126,000, but the 50-day exponential moving average is still below the 200-day EMA. The path to $100,000 will likely depend on more than just geopolitical relief. Sentiment trends suggest that many traders expect Bitcoin to stall somewhere around the mid-$80,000 region. However, this is also a good sign that the rally could move past small traders’ expectations and rise above $90,000. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView

Iran accepts Bitcoin for oil tolls in Strait of Hormuz, stablecoins dominate - Crypto Briefing

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Iran accepts Bitcoin for oil tolls in Strait of Hormuz, stablecoins dominate& & Crypto Briefing

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz, Bitcoin drops from $78K amid tensions - Crypto Briefing

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Iran closes Strait of Hormuz, Bitcoin drops from $78K amid tensions& & Crypto Briefing

Musk Brothers' Father Claims $1.78 Billion Bitcoin Holdings - 조선일보

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Musk Brothers' Father Claims $1.78 Billion Bitcoin Holdings& & 조선일보

Largest Bank of Russia Prepared to Offer Cryptocurrency Trading Services

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Sberbank is awaiting approval to offer cryptocurrency custody and trading services to its over 110 million customers. The Central Bank of Russia proposed a regulatory draft to regularize crypto investments last December. Key Takeaways: Sberbank readies crypto trading for its 110M clients, awaiting upcoming Bank of Russia regulations next. Following a December loan to Intelion, […]

Can a $1,000 Investment in Bitcoin Turn Into $1 Million By 2045? - The Motley Fool

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Can a $1,000 Investment in Bitcoin Turn Into $1 Million By 2045?& & The Motley Fool

Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) Downgraded to "Strong Sell" Rating by Wall Street Zen - MarketBeat

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Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) Downgraded to "Strong Sell" Rating by Wall Street Zen& & MarketBeat

Hong Kong Crypto Scam Shock: Woman Loses Nearly $1 Million As AI Fraud Surges

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Her withdrawal requests kept getting denied. That was the moment a Hong Kong woman realized the crypto investment platform she had been using for weeks was fake — and that her money was gone. Scam Built On Fake Promises The woman had made 17 separate transfers of USDT and Ethereum to the fraudulent platform, losing nearly HK$7.7 million, roughly $982,000. It started on Telegram, where someone posing as an investment expert approached her and pitched a trading strategy powered by artificial intelligence. The promised returns were guaranteed. The platform looked convincing. She transferred the funds. When she tried to take her money out, nothing came through. Hong Kong Police have since confirmed the case as part of a wider surge in online investment fraud hitting the city. Based on reports from authorities, over 80 such cases were recorded in a single week, with combined losses topping HK$80 million — close to $10 million. Different Types Of Scam According to Vectra, AI scams now fall into seven distinct categories, with deepfake video, voice cloning, and AI-driven BEC among the biggest threats to enterprises. This framework spans both consumer- and enterprise-focused attacks. A Pattern Repeating Itself This is not the first case of its kind, and it is not the last. Just last month, a 66-year-old retiree lost HK$6.6 million to a multi-stage scheme that played out over six months. In that case, scammers first posed as investment advisors to win the victim’s trust, then came back later with a fake “recovery” offer — squeezing even more money out of someone who had already been burned. Officials say the playbook is getting more sophisticated. Fraudsters are now borrowing the language of technology to add credibility to their pitches. Terms like “AI trading” and “guaranteed profits” are being used to draw people in, according to the Hong Kong Police Force. The artificial intelligence angle makes the pitch harder to dismiss, especially for victims who may not be familiar with how such systems actually work. Authorities Push Public To Verify Before Transferring Police are urging residents to be cautious with unsolicited investment advice, whether it arrives through social media, messaging apps, or anywhere else. They are also encouraging people to use the official CyberDefender platform to check whether an investment site or service carries signs of fraud before sending any funds. One warning is worth repeating: no legitimate investment guarantees returns. Reports indicate that every recent case in this wave involved that exact promise. The woman who lost nearly $1 million, the retiree who lost HK$6.6 million — both were told their money was safe and the profits were certain. Neither turned out to be true. Investigations into the cases are ongoing. Featured image from The Verge, chart from TradingView

FATF Calls for Rapid Global Crypto Standards Rollout as Cross-Border Enforcement Gaps Raise Systemic Risks

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Crypto oversight is climbing the global policy agenda as regulators push faster enforcement across digital asset markets. The latest FATF declaration signals tighter scrutiny ahead, with cross-border compliance pressure set to rise for crypto firms and jurisdictions. Key Takeaways: FATF increased pressure on jurisdictions to enforce crypto standards faster. Stablecoins face sharper scrutiny as illicit […]

XRP Funding Rates Stay Negative On Binance Throughout 2026 — What This Means

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Since the start of 2026, one of the clearest signals shaping market sentiment around XRP hasn’t come from price alone but from the derivatives market. On Binance, XRP funding rates have remained predominantly negative, indicating a persistent bias toward short positioning. This persistent trend signals that short positions have dominated the market, with traders repeatedly paying to maintain bearish bets against the altcoin. What Sustained Negative Funding Says About Dominance In The Market The derivatives landscape around XRP has been sending a clear signal throughout 2026. Crypto analyst Darkfost, a verified author for CryptoQuant, revealed on X that on Binance, funding rates have spent the majority of the time in negative territory. This persistent negativity suggests that the XRP traders on Binance have gradually shifted toward a broadly bearish bias, which is now close to forming a market-wide consensus. Darkfost emphasized that what makes the current setup even more notable is the contrast with price action. When the majority of participants are aligned in the same direction, markets often become asymmetric, and consensus tends to arrive late in the cycle. However, this dynamic is even more notable considering the recent drawdown. With the price already correcting by roughly 60%, traders are still predominantly positioned for further downside rather than anticipating a rebound. Historically, this type of extreme sentiment imbalance has not always been a well-timed signal to follow the consensus. In fact, the last time a similar configuration emerged, the altcoin sharply triggered a strong upward impulse, rallying from around $1.6 to $3.6, representing a gain of nearly 127%. So far, the broader market environment remains challenging, particularly for altcoins, so caution is required in positioning strategies. What Extreme Price Events Reveal About Network Capability The narrative around XRP is being widely misunderstood. Crypto investor JackTheRippler has stated that the widely discussed $327,000 XRP spike wasn’t just a random glitch; it’s being interpreted as a network capacity check, a moment that shows how the XRP Ledger can handle extreme value conditions. At the same time, a broader shift is unfolding in the financial system, with 3,000 banks shutting down, while the conversation around the altcoin is quietly evolving. Momentum is also building on the utility side as a new initiative on the Ledger partnership was scheduled to begin yesterday, April 17th, with early reports already indicating over $1.2 million in value processed. At the center of this is a REAL Token built natively on the Ledger, designed to support value transfer across a trillion-dollar market opportunity. With XRP operating within a tight supply structure, some individuals believe that increasing real-world usage could eventually create a supply-demand imbalance.

Satoshi Nakamoto, the reclusive billionaire behind Bitcoin: ‘The best outcome is that no one ever finds out’ - EL PAÍS English

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Satoshi Nakamoto, the reclusive billionaire behind Bitcoin: ‘The best outcome is that no one ever finds out’& & EL PAÍS English

Was the OP_SUCCESSx reservation in BIP-342 designed with specific opcode families in mind, or as a generic forward-compatibility mechanism?

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Ark Invest Taps Kalshi Data, Says Prediction Markets Could Reshape Future of Investing

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The future of investing may hinge more on probability signals that flag market-moving events before traditional data catches up. Ark Invest’s Kalshi collaboration reflects a growing effort to build faster, forward-looking research tools. Key Takeaways: Ark Invest is using Kalshi data to sharpen event-driven research signals. Prediction markets could boost active stock picking across disruptive […]

Arthur Hayes Warns Bitcoin May Stall Until Liquidity Returns - Bitcoin News

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Arthur Hayes Warns Bitcoin May Stall Until Liquidity Returns& & Bitcoin News

Bitcoin Sentiment Remains At Extreme Low Despite Price Surge Above $77K

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The price of Bitcoin has been on a tear in the past week, drawing positive momentum from the improving conditions of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. On Friday, April 17, the premier cryptocurrency surged to around $77,500, reaching a new 10-week high on the day. Despite the heating price action, on-chain data suggests that there has not been a commensurate increase in investor sentiment. Bearish Investor Sentiment Could Mean Continued BTC Rally? In a recent post on the social media platform X, Santiment revealed that the Bitcoin market sentiment is still at an extreme low after the latest run-up toward the $77,500 level. Contrary to general expectations, the latest spurt of bullish price action did not trigger a wave of FOMO (fear of missing out) sentiment among investors. According to data from Santiment, there are currently two bearish comments for every two bullish remarks about the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The on-chain analytics firm mentioned that retail investors are showing signs of fatigue related to the ongoing geopolitical tensions and continued ceasefire developments. Related Reading: Stocks Are At All-Time Highs, Bitcoin Is Lagging: Is BTC Late To The Rally? Santiment wrote on X: So even though there is an end-of-week rally related to Trump’s latest announced ceasefire, retail appears to be taken any news with a grain of salt. What’s interesting is that this FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) and not-so-bullish investor sentiment seems to spell good news for the Bitcoin price. Typically, rallies tend to be short-lived whenever investor sentiment overheats, aligning with the market theory that prices move in the opposite direction of the crowd. As Santiment noted in its post on X, most traders are skeptical about the continued rally of the Bitcoin price, with many confidently expecting an $84,000 top (at the very best). However, the flagship cryptocurrency could surge past this expected top, as it has often done in the past. “This also is a good sign that a rally can shoot right past the small traders’ expected outcomes, and potentially surge to $90K+; Markets nearly always move opposite to the crowd’s expectations, so avoid following the herd,” the blockchain intelligence firm said. Santiment, however, warned that new developments can emerge, meaning that the Bitcoin price trajectory could change in a heartbeat. From fresh developments in the Middle East tensions to whether the Clarity Act proposal reaches US President Donald Trump’s desk, there are several factors to watch out for over the coming weeks. Bitcoin Price At A Glance As of this writing, the price of BTC stands at around $77,381, reflecting 3% increase in the past 24 hours.

Arthur Hayes Warns Bitcoin May Stall Until Liquidity Returns

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Bitcoin’s path higher may hinge more on fiat liquidity than interest rates as macro stress builds. Arthur Hayes argues near-term upside may remain limited until policymakers inject liquidity into banks and credit markets. Key Takeaways: Arthur Hayes ties bitcoin’s outlook to global liquidity, with upside dependent on policy-driven liquidity. Geopolitics create a bearish setup as […]

Changpeng Zhao’s memoir is key to understanding the future of crypto - New York Post

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Changpeng Zhao’s memoir is key to understanding the future of crypto& & New York Post

XRP’s Institutional Adoption Among Crypto’s Fastest in US Spot ETFs, Ripple Says

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XRP ETFs are accelerating institutional engagement by expanding regulated access points for traditional finance investors. Ripple highlights growing fund adoption, rising futures activity, and broader market integration as key forces positioning XRP in portfolio allocation decisions. Key Takeaways: Ripple says XRP ETFs are gaining ground alongside bitcoin and ethereum in institutional portfolios. JPMorgan forecasts $4 […]

'Fix The Money': Michael Saylor Shares Endgame For Strategy's Bitcoin-Backed Credit Instruments - Yahoo Finance

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'Fix The Money': Michael Saylor Shares Endgame For Strategy's Bitcoin-Backed Credit Instruments& & Yahoo Finance

Robert Kiyosaki Warns ‘Everything Bubble’ Collapse Could Trigger Greatest Depression as Global Economy Cracks

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Robert Kiyosaki is intensifying warnings that a global asset downturn could trigger deeper economic pain, including rising homelessness. His latest remarks tie systemic market stress to an “Everything Bubble” scenario spanning multiple major economies. Key Takeaways: Robert Kiyosaki warned that an “Everything Bubble” could trigger global economic decline. Bitcoin stands out as Kiyosaki’s hedge against […]

Morgan Stanley’s MSBT Bitcoin ETF Wallets Now Publicly Trackable via Arkham

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Blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence has located and publicly labeled the custodian wallets backing Morgan Stanley’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), giving any observer the ability to track the fund’s BTC holdings in near real-time. Key Takeaways: Arkham Intelligence labeled three onchain wallets backing Morgan Stanley’s MSBT ETF, which holds 1,348 BTC worth more than […]

Expert Predicts What Will Happen To Bitcoin Price Amid The Miner Shift To AI

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Charles Edward, founder of the digital asset hedge fund Capriole Investments, has warned that BTC miners are rapidly shifting to artificial intelligence (AI), raising concerns about the future of mining activity and its impact on the Bitcoin price. He described the trend as both unexpected and worrying based on statements from publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies about future revenue targets. Bitcoin Price At Risk As Miners Pivot to AI Edwards reported in an X post that every major public Bitcoin mining firm has announced plans to pivot toward AI services. According to the data he shared, these companies expect their Bitcoin revenue to fall sharply, from an average of about 90% to roughly 30% over the next two to three years. Notably, Edwards pointed to stock market performance as one of the main signals behind the recent shift. He explained that companies that set aggressive AI revenue targets above 80% reportedly saw their share prices rise by an average of more than 500%. Meanwhile, firms that targeted less than 60% of their revenue to AI saw significantly weaker performance, with many posting negative returns over two years. He also highlighted changes in mining hardware investment strategies among Bitcoin miners. Edwards stated that several companies are not planning to buy new Bitcoin mining equipment and instead intend to run their existing machines until the end of their lifespan while redirecting future spending into AI infrastructure. His warning further included concerns about the long-term security of the Bitcoin network. He emphasized that mining companies provide the computing power that secures the network. As a result, Edwards argued that reduced investment in mining hardware, such as Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), could weaken this security if fewer resources are committed to maintaining or expanding capacity. Separately, the recent pivot to AI could affect the Bitcoin price, which has already come under pressure as public BTC miners increasingly sell their holdings. Moreover, with fewer miners actively accumulating the cryptocurrency, the reduced buy-side demand could significantly weigh on price performance over time. Edwards also referenced the rise of quantum computing as an additional risk factor. He stated that advances in quantum computing could pose a serious challenge to Bitcoin’s cryptographic systems unless changes are made to the network’s code to address future technological threats. Overall, he emphasized that the current shift is significantly different from past downturns in the Bitcoin mining sector. He noted that previous mining capitulation events usually involve about 20% to 30% of miners exiting the market. However, he noted that mining companies collectively valued at more than $100 billion are signaling a major move away from cryptocurrencies. According to him, this widespread shift into AI suggests that industry leaders do not currently expect strong long-term growth in the BTC price. Public Bitcoin Miners Dump Thousands Of BTC In Q1 A recent report from TheEnergyMag, a research firm, revealed that public miners are increasingly selling off their BTC at a pace not seen since the final stages of the previous crypto bear market. The company noted that this selling activity has been fueled by a prolonged decline in mining revenue and economics, prompting operators to liquidate their holdings as many shift toward AI technology. Additionally, Hashprice previously dropped to near all-time lows around $33 per PH/s, making it increasingly difficult for miners to turn a profit. The 2024 halving event, which cut block rewards, has also further shrunk miners’ earnings, while network difficulty is dramatically higher than it was in 2021. According to the report, public miner companies such as MARA, Riot, Congo, CleanSpark, and Bitdeer have already collectively sold more than 32,000 BTC in the first quarter of 2026. The research firm noted that this figure surpasses total net Bitcoin sales across all four quarters of 2025, setting a new industry record.

Hex Trust Brings 1:1 Backed Wrapped XRP to Solana’s Ecosystem

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Wrapped XRP officially launched on Solana this week, letting XRP holders move into one of crypto’s most active decentralized finance networks without selling their native token position. Key Takeaways: Wrapped XRP launched on Solana this week, backed 1:1 by Hex Trust with roughly 834,498 wXRP in circulation. LayerZero’s OFT standard bridges wXRP across chains, giving […]

Tim Draper Bitcoin Loss: Venture Capitalist’s $2.57M Strategic Move Analyzed - Cryptonews.net

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Tim Draper Bitcoin Loss: Venture Capitalist’s $2.57M Strategic Move Analyzed& & Cryptonews.net

Bitcoin ETFs Add $664 Million as Assets Top $100 Billion Again - Bitcoin News

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Bitcoin ETFs Add $664 Million as Assets Top $100 Billion Again& & Bitcoin News

Russia Proposes Legislation To Criminalize Unlicensed Crypto Operations

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In a recent development, the Russian government has introduced a bill before its lower legislative house to criminalize the operation of unregistered crypto services in the country. Unlicensed Crypto Operators To Face Up To Four Years In Prison In a bill proposal to the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, the State Duma, Russian lawmakers proposed criminal liability for entities engaging in activities related to the organization and circulation of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets without regulatory approval from the country’s central bank. The draft law’s explanatory note read: In accordance with the proposed Article 1717, it is proposed to introduce criminal liability for carrying out activities related to the organization of digital currency circulation without registration 0037822-UCH-2026 (7.1) or without a special permit (license) in cases where such a permit (license) is mandatory. According to this proposed bill, individuals could incur as high as $4,000 in fines and get a prison sentence of up to four years (or more severe penalties if part of an organized group) for running an unlicensed digital asset operation. “The same act committed by an organized group, or involving the infliction of damage or the extraction of income on a particularly large scale, would be punishable by compulsory labor for up to five years or imprisonment for up to seven years,” the draft proposal said. If signed into law, the ensuing criminal cases will be investigated by investigators from the Investigative Committee and the Federal Security Service (FSB). It is worth noting that the Supreme Court (SC) did not accept the bill in its current form, stating the lack of a “reasoned justification” in the explanatory note for criminal penalties for illegal crypto circulation. Russia Continues Crypto Legislation Regime In 2026 This proposed legislation comes after a host of bills were presented in March, including criminal penalties for entities involved in illegal crypto mining and mining infrastructure operators. Notably, the Russian government approved signed new legislations, allowing retail access only through regulated intermediaries. As Bitcoinist reported, retail “non-qualified” investors are subjected to an annual purchase limit of about ₽300,000 (around $3,700) per broker or intermediary, while “qualified” investors are required to pass tests and transact only through authorized platforms. Meanwhile, banks were banned from process payments to unlicense foreign platforms. While these new Russian laws (passed and proposed) seems to put the matter of regulatory clarity to bed, their seemingly stringent approach has been called into question in the crypto crowd over the past few months.

Bitcoin ETFs Add $664 Million as Assets Top $100 Billion Again

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Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) capped the week with a powerful surge, led by bitcoin’s massive inflow that pushed assets back above $100 billion. Ether extended its streak, while XRP and solana continued their steady climb. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin ETFs drew $663.91 million, pushing net assets above $100 billion. Ether ETFs added $127.49 million for seven […]

Best Crypto Exchanges for Buying Bitcoin Safely - Euromaidan Press

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Best Crypto Exchanges for Buying Bitcoin Safely& & Euromaidan Press

Jenner Meme Coin Lawsuit Dismissed Under Howey Test by Los Angeles Federal Judge

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A federal judge in California has ruled that Caitlyn Jenner’s JENNER meme coin does not qualify as a security under federal law, dismissing all securities claims in a proposed class action lawsuit filed against the celebrity. Key Takeaways: A federal judge dismissed all securities claims against Caitlyn Jenner’s JENNER meme coin with prejudice on April […]

Why Michael Saylor's Strategy decided to make STRC's dividend bi-monthly - CoinDesk

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Why Michael Saylor's Strategy decided to make STRC's dividend bi-monthly& & CoinDesk

Crypto hacks hit record $450M in two weeks, Bitcoin market unfazed - Crypto Briefing

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Crypto hacks hit record $450M in two weeks, Bitcoin market unfazed& & Crypto Briefing

From smelters to servers: Alcoa to cash in on crypto’s thirst for energy - CoinDesk

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From smelters to servers: Alcoa to cash in on crypto’s thirst for energy& & CoinDesk

Coinbase Says MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Buying Tightens Supply More Than Market Expects - Yahoo Finance

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Coinbase Says MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Buying Tightens Supply More Than Market Expects& & Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin mining difficulty falls, but projected to rise in next adjustment - TradingView — Track All Markets

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Bitcoin mining difficulty falls, but projected to rise in next adjustment& & TradingView — Track All Markets

Over $100 billion flows into crypto in a day as Bitcoin targets $80,000 - Cryptonews.net

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Over $100 billion flows into crypto in a day as Bitcoin targets $80,000& & Cryptonews.net

BPI: Iran Sees Bitcoin as Strategic, But USDt Leads - Bitbo

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BPI: Iran Sees Bitcoin as Strategic, But USDt Leads& & Bitbo

ZachXBT Flags $280M+ KelpDAO Exploit Hitting Ethereum DeFi Lending Markets

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An attacker reportedly exploited a vulnerability in KelpDAO’s rsETH liquid restaking token on April 18, 2026, draining an estimated $280 million or more across Ethereum and Arbitrum. Key Takeaways: ZachXBT flagged a $280M+ theft across Ethereum and Arbitrum DeFi protocols on April 18, 2026. KelpDAO’s exploit created bad debt on Aave V3, with AAVE token […]

Better Buy: Bitcoin (BTC) or Bittensor (TAO)? - The Motley Fool

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Better Buy: Bitcoin (BTC) or Bittensor (TAO)?& & The Motley Fool

Arkham Unmasks Morgan Stanley's MSBT Wallets Behind $87M Bitcoin ETF - Yellow.com

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Arkham Unmasks Morgan Stanley's MSBT Wallets Behind $87M Bitcoin ETF& & Yellow.com

Is CleanSpark’s (CLSK) Bitcoin Output Reinforcing an Efficiency Narrative or Masking Scale Trade-offs? - Yahoo Finance

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Is CleanSpark’s (CLSK) Bitcoin Output Reinforcing an Efficiency Narrative or Masking Scale Trade-offs?& & Yahoo Finance

Better Buy: Bitcoin (BTC) or Bittensor (TAO)? - Yahoo Finance

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Better Buy: Bitcoin (BTC) or Bittensor (TAO)?& & Yahoo Finance

Bittensor Outperforms Bitcoin, Raises Concentration Risk - Let's Data Science

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Bittensor Outperforms Bitcoin, Raises Concentration Risk& & Let's Data Science

Can Bitcoin Buyers Join The Breakout Party? Analyst Says Not Yet - TradingView — Track All Markets

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Can Bitcoin Buyers Join The Breakout Party? Analyst Says Not Yet& & TradingView — Track All Markets

What Is The XLS-66 And What Does It Mean For XRP Holders?

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Crypto pundit James has highlighted what the XLS-66 amendment is about and what it would mean for XRP holders in terms of earning yields. This comes as the XRP Ledger validators prepare to vote on the amendment, which will introduce the institutional lending protocol. How XRP Holders Can Earn Yields Through XLS-66 Amendment In an X post, James noted that, contrary to what XRP holders may think, the XLS-66 amendment is not just about depositing one’s tokens and collecting interest. Instead, it is a structured, institutional lending protocol in which investors’ yields accrue within the single-asset vault and are realized only when they choose to redeem their deposits. As such, the XLS-66 amendment won’t give XRP holders automatic payments or dividends. Instead, they receive an MPT token, which represents the altcoin they deposited into the vault. These MPT shares grow in redemption value over time. James noted that the borrowers aren’t retail investors but banks, market makers, fintechs, and payment providers borrowing short-term working capital on neutral rails. As such, holders are not lending their capital to strangers. Instead, they are participating alongside institutions in the same transparent on-chain pools. He added that the redeem-and-deploy cycle across multiple vaults is how they manage risk and realize periodic income without locking everything up indefinitely. How The Vaults Operate Pundit Bodhi had also broken down how the XLS-66 amendment works and how holders can enjoy yields from these single asset vaults. He noted that as borrowers repay their loans, they repay both the principal and the interest. The interest remains in the vault and increases the pool’s total XRP holdings. This causes the redemption value of each MPT to rise over time. As to how the loans work, he explained that an associated LoanBroker pools the XRP in the vault and makes it available for lending. The LoanBroker originates fixed-term loans lasting between 30 and 180 days. The loans are uncollateralized, meaning borrowers do not post any collateral on-chain. Traditional underwriters are responsible for handling the credit decisions off-chain. Fig, the co-founder of Squid’s UNL validator, said they will vote yes on the XLS-66 amendment. He noted that a strong characteristic of the lending protocol is that it leaves the difficult aspects, such as credit assessment, off-chain. The XRPL validator added that this is a contemporary approach to DeFi protocol design that is gaining traction. Fig also mentioned that DeFi protocols have, in the past, tried to create autonomous systems that compute interest rates and handle credit details through smart contracts. However, this process can often be manipulated and is more vulnerable to attacks. At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $1.46, up over 2% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

Polymarket Strait of Hormuz Odds Crash After Iran Fires on Tankers

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Polymarket’s contract on Strait of Hormuz traffic returning to normal by April 30 collapsed to 28% Yes on Saturday after Iran reimposed shipping restrictions and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps gunboats reportedly fired on at least one tanker and turned back more than 20 vessels attempting transit. Key Takeaways: Iran reportedly fired on at least one […]

Bitcoin CME Options Open Interest Stays Put-Heavy as Price Stalls Around $76,000

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Bitcoin futures open interest across all exchanges slid 4.2% over the past 24 hours to $58.44 billion, while options positioning on the CME skewed heavily toward puts, a clear signal that institutional traders are hedging rather than pressing longs. At 10:30 a.m., with BTC sitting at $76,185 Saturday morning, the derivatives market is telling a […]

Stablecoins Adoption: French Finance Minister Pushes For More Euro-Backed Tokens

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France’s Finance Minister Roland Lescure has called for the development of more Euro-pegged stablecoins. This comes amid rising tensions between the European Union and the US, as the EU seeks to weaken US dominance over its payment systems. Euro-Stablecoins: Europe’s Push For Financial Independence Stablecoins represent a unique type of cryptocurrency with a fixed value pegged to a fiat currency. Although other fiat-backed stablecoins exist, US dollar–denominated stablecoins such as USDT and USDC overwhelmingly dominate the market, reflecting the greenback’s role as the world’s primary reserve currency. Notably, these US-dollar-pegged stablecoins are poised for long-term expansion following President Donald Trump’s signing of the GENIUS Act in July 2025, thereby providing the needed guardrails for institutional participation. According to a Reuters report on April 17, French Finance Minister Roland Lescure, in pre-recorded comments at a crypto conference in Paris, advocated that European banking institutions develop more euro-pegged stablecoins, noting that their volume compared to US-dollar counterparts was “not satisfactory.” Lescure commended the Qivalis initiative by certain European banks, including ING, UniCredit, and BNP Paribas, which are jointly developing a euro-based stablecoin to launch in H2 2026, aiming to combat the US dollar’s dominance. According to Reuters, the advocate for Euro-stablecoins represents part of the European authorities’ efforts to reduce reliance on non-European providers, especially given tense US relations, driven by disputes over security burden-sharing and a global conflict approach, among other issues. Alongside the Euro-stablecoins, the European Central Bank is also developing a digital euro, i.e., a central bank digital currency, to enable the apex bank to play its role effectively in the evolving digital economy. According to data from CoinMarketCap, the total Euro-stablecoins market is valued at $675.9 million, with EURC at $ 429.01 million, ranking as the undisputed market leader. In line with Lescure’s point about advocacy, these Euro-backed tokens account for only 0.207% of the global stablecoin market, valued at $325.72 billion. European Banks Should Accelerate Blockchain Adoption – Lescure In his pre-recorded speech, released in Paris, Lescure also encourages European banks to explore tokenized deposits. For context, tokenized deposits are digital representations of traditional bank deposits that are issued and recorded on a blockchain or distributed ledger. There is considerable interest in these blockchain products with major global banks, including JP Morgan, HSBC, and Citi, all of which offer one variation of tokenized deposits. Lescure is advising European banks to follow this trend and tap into the benefits of blockchain for the banking system. Featured image from Monerium, chart from Tradingview

SEC charges Bitcoin Latinum founder over alleged $16M investor fraud - Crypto Briefing

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SEC charges Bitcoin Latinum founder over alleged $16M investor fraud& & Crypto Briefing

Why Kevin Warsh should become Bitcoin’s most impactful Fed chair yet - CryptoSlate

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Why Kevin Warsh should become Bitcoin’s most impactful Fed chair yet& & CryptoSlate

Wall Street’s Biggest Wealth Manager Now Has a Public Bitcoin Wallet - Yahoo Finance

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Wall Street’s Biggest Wealth Manager Now Has a Public Bitcoin Wallet& & Yahoo Finance

Best Bitcoin Stocks To Keep An Eye On - April 18th - MarketBeat

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Best Bitcoin Stocks To Keep An Eye On - April 18th& & MarketBeat

Justin Sun Says Bitcoin 'Debates,' Ethereum Forms 'Research Committees,' While Tron 'Builds' As Blockchain Unveils Post-Quantum Initiative - Yahoo Finance

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Justin Sun Says Bitcoin 'Debates,' Ethereum Forms 'Research Committees,' While Tron 'Builds' As Blockchain Unveils Post-Quantum Initiative& & Yahoo Finance

RAVE Crashes 68% as Binance and Bitget Investigate Manipulation Claims

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RAVE’s collapse is intensifying fears of fragile price structures in low- liquidity tokens, with a rapid unwind exposing extreme volatility. The steep decline underscores how quickly momentum-driven rallies can reverse under concentrated selling pressure. Key Takeaways: RAVE crashed sharply, confirming a rapid and disorderly market unwind. Binance data shows a 68% peak-to-trough drop, exposing severe […]

Whale's Insight: The Rebound Is Spreading Across Bitcoin, Altcoins, And Stocks - Seeking Alpha

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Whale's Insight: The Rebound Is Spreading Across Bitcoin, Altcoins, And Stocks& & Seeking Alpha

Bold Call: Ripple Tipped To Become Payments Giant By 2040

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Between 30% and 50% of retail XRP holders with significant positions are expected to sell at least part of their holdings if the token hits $10 — a threshold that would represent life-changing money for many of them. A Vision Built On Acquisitions That projection comes from analyst Jake Claver, who has laid out a sweeping view of where Ripple is headed over the next 15 years. Claver believes Ripple is on track to become the dominant force in global payments and banking infrastructure by 2040, and possibly sooner. “I think they will be the Goliath, the Amazon of payments and banking infrastructure,” he said in a recent video. He pointed to Ripple’s recent acquisition spree as the foundation of that argument. The deals tell their own story. Ripple picked up GTreasury, a cash management platform. It acquired Hidden Road, a clearing and prime brokerage firm now operating under the name Ripple Prime. Rail, focused on stablecoin issuance and management, was added to the portfolio. So was Metaco, along with Standard Custody — a combined entity now called Ripple Custody, which holds a trust-chartered bank and a BitLicense in New York. Taken together, Claver describes the company as already functioning as a backend payments and settlement provider on a global scale. The Long Game The comparison to Amazon is deliberate. Amazon spent years building warehouses and supply chains before most people understood what it was constructing. Claver draws a direct line between that story and what Ripple is doing now — laying down settlement rails, custody systems, and liquidity tools before major financial institutions have openly admitted they will need them. Claver works directly with institutional XRP holders, and reports indicate those clients have a firmer grip on the long-term thesis. They are less likely to cash out early. He has also built financial products that allow holders to put up XRP as collateral and earn returns without selling — removing the pressure to choose between liquidity and holding for the long run. Who Holds XRP — And What They Might Do Data shows roughly 250,000 people worldwide hold more than 3,000 XRP. For a large portion of them, a price of $10 per token would represent a meaningful windfall. Claver acknowledges that selling in that scenario is a rational move, not a failure of conviction. His estimate puts potential early sellers at 30% to 50% of significant holders. Ripple’s story, in Claver’s framing, is not primarily about cryptocurrency. It is about infrastructure — the kind that quietly powers financial systems in the background. Whether that vision plays out by 2040 remains to be seen, but the company’s acquisition trail suggests the groundwork is being laid now. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView

US Bitcoin ETFs pull in $664M in largest daily inflow since January, because Iran reopened Hormuz for a few hours - CryptoSlate

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US Bitcoin ETFs pull in $664M in largest daily inflow since January, because Iran reopened Hormuz for a few hours& & CryptoSlate

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz, Bitcoin and Ethereum prices drop - Crypto Briefing

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Iran closes Strait of Hormuz, Bitcoin and Ethereum prices drop& & Crypto Briefing

Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Faces Major Resistance Zone After 5% Weekly Surge - CryptoPotato

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Faces Major Resistance Zone After 5% Weekly Surge& & CryptoPotato

Bitcoin and Ethereum slide after Iran says Strait of Hormuz is shut - dlnews.com

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Bitcoin and Ethereum slide after Iran says Strait of Hormuz is shut& & dlnews.com

Circle Launches USDC Bridge for Native Cross-Chain Transfers Across EVM Networks

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Circle launched the USDC Bridge this week, giving users a direct, Circle-operated interface to move native USDC across supported blockchains without wrapped tokens, liquidity pools, or manual route selection. Key Takeaways: Circle launched the USDC Bridge this week, enabling native 1:1 cross-chain USDC transfers via CCTP. The bridge processed over $600 million in a single […]

You Do Not Have to Pick the Next Bitcoin to Profit From Crypto. Here Is the Simpler Play. - The Motley Fool

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You Do Not Have to Pick the Next Bitcoin to Profit From Crypto. Here Is the Simpler Play.& & The Motley Fool

Analyst Reveals Why He Doesn’t See XRP Price Crashing Below $1

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XRP price had begun crashing after hitting a cycle peak of $3.6 back in July 2025. Since then, the digital asset’s price has crashed by more than 50%, naturally leading to a rapid decline in investor participation. However, this has not completely eradicated the bullish sentiment surrounding the coin. Despite losing support at $1.5 and the crash continuing to deepen, a crypto analyst, known as Crypto Luke on the X (formerly Twitter) platform, does not believe that the price will eventually move below $1. Why XRP Price Might Not Drop Below $1 In the post that was shared on X, Crypto Luke explained why they are still bullish on the XRP price and gave reasons why it is unlikely that the altcoin will crash below $1. The first of these is the fact that the XRP price had formed a broadening wedge pattern and continued to defend it. Usually, such a defense of the broadening wedge pattern means that there is a lot of demand in the market. Thus, the bulls are able to keep the price above major support levels, and this could help sustain whatever rally that the digital asset is staging. Another reason the crypto analyst gave is the fact that the XRP Stochastic is continuing to turn toward the bullish side. Also, the RSI remains “solid”, meaning that it is unlikely that the price would move downward. Rather, it’s likely to move upward. Instead of the price crashing, the crypto analyst says it feels like something is shifting. This could be explained by the recent price recovery, driven by the Bitcoin and Ethereum prices moving upward again. Given the recent strength, the analyst says that XRP doesn’t look like a chart that’s ready to fall apart. Pointing out some major bullish catalysts, the crypto analyst says liquidity is starting to move back into XRP. This could also explain its recent uptick, as liquidity is the lifeblood of any uptrend. As a result, the analyst believes it’s better to buy XRP instead of selling at these levels. On its part, the XRP optics are beginning to shift toward bullish, especially with the buying going on. The XRP ETFs have already seen more inflows than outflows this month, suggesting that institutions are now choosing to buy instead of sell. “I’m not saying it goes crazy tomorrow… but I’d rather be here stacking than chasing it later,” the crypto analyst said.

Strategy Stock Rallies as Bold Bitcoin Bet Pays Off - TipRanks

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Strategy Stock Rallies as Bold Bitcoin Bet Pays Off& & TipRanks

Bitcoin miners dump 32K BTC: Is the supply overhang finally clearing? - AMBCrypto

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Bitcoin miners dump 32K BTC: Is the supply overhang finally clearing?& & AMBCrypto

Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz Hours After Trump Said It Would ‘Never’ Close Again

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Iran’s military reasserted control over the Strait of Hormuz on April 18, 2026, directly contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims that the critical waterway was fully open and would “never” close again. Key Takeaways: Iran re-imposed Strait of Hormuz controls on April 18, 2026, blaming the U.S. blockade and accusing Trump of making 7 false claims. […]

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Decreases by 2.4% - ForkLog

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Bitcoin Miners Selling Nears Exhaustion – What Comes Next

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Recent on-chain data shows that Bitcoin miner selling pressure may be approaching exhaustion, potentially setting the stage for the market’s next upward phase. This development comes amid a resilient bullish performance by the leading cryptocurrency in April. Reduced Mining Selling Weakens Pressure On Bitcoin In a recent QuickTake post, analysts at XWIN Research Japan postulated that Bitcoin is now entering a phase of demand-led price expansion as the market structure begins to experience supply exhaustion. According to the market experts, data from WuBlockchain shows that publicly listed Bitcoin miners offloaded over 32,000 BTC in Q1 2026, in the largest quarterly outflow ever, in line with a structural market alignment. Contributing factors to such a selling spree can be traced to the Bitcoin halving in 2024, when block rewards were reduced from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC, significantly cutting down revenue. Meanwhile, network hash rate continued rising, further squeezing profitability. As the hash price fell below breakeven levels, many miners were forced to liquidate holdings to maintain cash flow. In addition, some miners are diverting resources toward AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, accelerating Bitcoin’s distribution. & Notably, XWIN Research experts note that On-chain metrics also reinforce this narrative, as miners’ reserves have gradually declined, while net position change has remained negative. This combination confirms there has been sustained distribution over time. However, the more critical signal lies in recent flow dynamics. While the Miner Position Index (MPI) remains negative, the Miner Selling Power has dropped sharply, indicating that although miners have consistently offloaded their holdings, the intensity of selling is now weakening, i.e., the market is no longer facing increasing forced supply. According to the analysts at XWIN Research Japan, this evolving structure creates a two-phase dynamic. On one hand, there has been a sustained period of structural selling driven by reduced rewards and rising costs. On the other hand, current data indicate that this phase may be nearing completion. Notably, Bitcoin cycles historically progress from supply expansion to supply exhaustion before transitioning to demand-driven growth. Therefore, as miner-driven supply constraints ease, future price direction is likely to depend more on demand-side catalysts, including ETF inflows, institutional participation, and broader macroeconomic conditions. Bitcoin Price Overview At press time, Bitcoin trades at $77,169, up 2.69% in the last 24 hours.

???? DATA: More Americans now hold $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ than gold, the reserve asset narrative keeps strengthening - Moomoo

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Why BitMine’s Tom Lee Sees Ethereum at $62,500 in 2030 - and What the Numbers Actually Show - 24/7 Wall St.

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Why BitMine’s Tom Lee Sees Ethereum at $62,500 in 2030 - and What the Numbers Actually Show& & 24/7 Wall St.

RAVE Token Enters Top 20 After Staggering 10,000% Monthly Surge

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RAVE has seen a meteoric 10,000% price surge since April 1, reaching an all-time high of $27.88 and entering the top 20 crypto rankings with a $6.6 billion market cap. Key Takeaways: RaveDAO’s RAVE token soared 10,000% since April 1, hitting a record $27.88 and a $6.6 billion market cap. Extreme volatility on Binance and […]

Liz Truss warns UK faces decline, backs bitcoin and starts CPAC UK - CoinDesk

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Inside Saylor’s latest move: Revamp STRC to improve demand and tighten Bitcoin supply - AMBCrypto

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Draw Nearly $1 Billion in Weekly Inflows as BTC Pulls Back Below $76K - Binance

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Draw Nearly $1 Billion in Weekly Inflows as BTC Pulls Back Below $76K& & Binance

Bitcoin News Today: Strategy Proposes Semi-Monthly Dividends for STRC Preferred Stock - Binance

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Bitcoin News: Bitcoin Slips Back Below $76K as Iran Tightens Control Over Hormuz - Binance

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Bitcoin News: Bitcoin Slips Back Below $76K as Iran Tightens Control Over Hormuz& & Binance

Bitcoin falls back to $76,000 as Iran shuts Hormuz again - CoinDesk

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Bitcoin falls back to $76,000 as Iran shuts Hormuz again& & CoinDesk

‘Buy Bitcoin’—Elon Musk’s ‘Massive’ U.S. Dollar Warning Fuels Wild Crypto Price Predictions - Forbes

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Bold Prediction: Bitcoin Will Hit $140,000 This Year, According to This Wall Street Investment Bank - The Motley Fool

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Reassessing MicroStrategy (MSTR) Valuation After Recent Share Price Volatility And Bitcoin Exposure Narrative - Yahoo Finance

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Bitcoin vs Gold: The 396-day bullish signal just fired again - FXStreet

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SEC’s New Podcast Outlines Crypto As Top Priority In Pro-Innovation Agenda

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman and two Commissioners have highlighted the crypto industry as one of the top priorities in the regulatory agency’s pivot toward clearer and pro-innovation oversight. Crypto Tops SEC’s Pro-Innovation Agenda On Thursday, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and Commissioner Hester Peirce discussed the regulatory agency’s shift towards pro-innovation regulation and their efforts to implement US President Donald Trump’s vow to make America the “crypto capital of the world.” In the first episode of the SEC’s official “Material Matters” podcast, Atkins outlined the crypto industry as “one area now that is really top on our list to try to get right with respect to regulation.” Peirce, who leads the Commission’s Crypto Task Force, affirmed that the shift toward a more welcoming environment for digital assets has made developing an “understandable” regulatory framework that is “fit for purpose” significantly easier. The commissioner considers that under the SEC’s new approach, the regulator can better address the problems the crypto industry may face and open opportunities for innovation in this sector. “We need to have financial regulations that are open to innovators because innovation is what makes the financial markets resilient. It’s what ensures that they serve people’s actual needs,” she stated. To make the US a country where people want to innovate, she suggested that regulators must demonstrate they are willing to work with innovators to resolve ambiguities about how the law applies to their circumstances. This approach, Peirce affirmed, will benefit US investors and markets. And there have been a lot of ambiguities in connection with crypto, which is a new technology that does things in new ways. Having a good regulatory structure in place is going to be helpful to us (…) to identify where the bad activity is and to go after that bad activity, and not to spend our enforcement resources where our regulatory resources could have done the job. Federal Regulation At A ‘Very Important Inflection Point’ When asked what a top priority should be to address potential risks related to crypto assets, Peirce noted that there hasn’t been a regulatory framework around spot trading. She also noted that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will address that in the future. Notably, the SEC has published detailed guidelines to provide regulatory clarity, including rules for broker-dealers and retail investors on the custody of crypto assets. A month ago, the Commission also issued joint guidelines with the CFTC that clarified how federal securities laws apply to many digital assets, confirming that most crypto assets are not securities. The Commissioner also noted that the recent cooperation between the two sister agencies has been helpful, as they want to ensure they are not spending unnecessary resources to address the same problem. As reported by Bitcoinist, the SEC and the CFTC partnered in January to bring “coordination, coherence, and a unified approach” to the federal regulation of the industry through their joint Project Crypto initiative. The agencies outlined their plan to clarify jurisdictional boundaries, remove redundant compliance requirements, and reduce regulatory fragmentation through their collaboration. “I think having the close cooperation with the CFTC ensures that we’re monitoring markets which are very interrelated with one another, and then thinking about where it makes sense for products to be regulated, who the primary regulators should be,” the Commissioner argued. During the podcast episode, Atkins and Peirce also noted that allocating the authority of the two agencies will help bring clearer regulation. This is expected to be addressed by Congress in the long-awaited crypto market structure bill, also known as the CLARITY Act. The SEC chairman affirmed that “this is a very important inflection point, I think, in the American markets,” concluding that there are “a lot of opportunities ahead of us. So, it really is a historic time.”

Morgan Stanley expands Bitcoin exposure: Can institutional demand push BTC to $80K? - AMBCrypto

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Morgan Stanley expands Bitcoin exposure: Can institutional demand push BTC to $80K?& & AMBCrypto

Bitcoin Slips Below $76.5K as Miner Selling Picks Up — More Downside Ahead? - Coinpedia

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Bitcoin Slips Below $76.5K as Miner Selling Picks Up — More Downside Ahead?& & Coinpedia

Bitcoin tops $76,000 as Iran opens Strait of Hormuz - Crypto Briefing

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Bitcoin tops $76,000 as Iran opens Strait of Hormuz& & Crypto Briefing

Bold Prediction: Bitcoin Will Hit $140,000 This Year, According to This Wall Street Investment Bank - Yahoo Finance

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Trump’s "7 Lies in One Hour" Could Derail Bitcoin Rally - BeInCrypto

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Dogecoin Gold Plans Revealed As DOGE Jumps Past $0.10—Here’s What To Know

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Nevada-based Dogecoin Cash Inc. has unveiled a new proposal for “Dogecoin Gold,” a blockchain-based project designed to link digital tokens to physical gold reserves. The announcement arrived on Friday as DOGE regained the $0.10 level, marking about a 15% recovery over the past two weeks. Dogecoin Gold Proposal In its statement, the company describes the idea as a system where each token would be tied to a precisely defined amount of physical gold, measured at the nanogram level. Under the plan, that gold would be held in custody by an independent, institutional-grade precious metals custodian. The company also laid out the intended token-to-gold relationship. The proposal calls for one billion tokens (1,000,000,000) to correspond to one gram of physical gold, with redemption structured around whole-gram units. Dogecoin Cash Inc. says token issuance would be linked directly to gold reserves, meaning new tokens would only be created when gold is deposited into custody, and tokens would be removed from circulation after verified redemption. Dogecoin Gold, according to the proposal, is meant to test a model that combines commodity-backed asset mechanics with blockchain-based transparency. The company says the goal is to bring precision accounting and easier digital access to an asset class traditionally associated with storage and logistical complexity. Management described the effort as an evaluation of a system that aims to merge verifiable ownership of physical gold with blockchain auditability and mathematically defined units. No Tokens Yet, No Custody Or Launch Decisions In the company’s words, Dogecoin Cash is still assessing whether such a framework can be structured within a “disciplined and verifiable environment,” and whether it can deliver a system where real-world assets (RWAs) and transparent digital infrastructure operate in a way that is both predictable and measurable. If implemented, the company expects the approach would use a widely adopted public blockchain and standard token architecture, with emphasis on traceability, reserve alignment, and third-party verifiability. Even with the details released, the initiative remains in the development and evaluation phase. Dogecoin Cash Inc. stressed that no tokens have been issued, and no final decisions have been made about the technical design, custodial arrangements, regulatory treatment, or the timing of any potential launch. In this niche, Dogecoin Cash Inc. would be stepping into a market where two existing products already set the tone: Paxos’ PAX Gold (PAXG) and Tether Gold (XAUT). In both cases, the issuers handle the storage of the underlying gold and provide ownership rights to token holders, including a unique serial number tied to the gold associated with each token. Given that background, it remains unclear how Dogecoin Cash Inc. will shape its own framework. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com

Bitcoin ETF News: Goldman Sachs Files for Bitcoin Premium Income ETF With SEC - crypto.news

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Bitcoin ETFs See $1B Inflows as BTC Falls Below $76K, Iran Tensions Return and Markets Focus on Fed Signals - Binance

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French Finance Minister: Euro-Based Stablecoins Vital to European Financial Sovereignty

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French Finance Minister Roland Lescure has called on European banks to aggressively develop euro-based stablecoins and tokenized deposits to challenge the overwhelming dominance of the U.S. dollar in digital payments. Key Takeaways: Roland Lescure urged EU banks to launch euro stablecoins by 2026 to counter U.S. financial dominance. Tether leads the market with $185 billion, […]

$20M Crypto Scam Lands Texas Man 23-Year Prison Sentence

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Robert Dunlap will spend the next two decades in federal prison after a judge handed down a 276-month sentence for his role in a massive crypto fraud. A federal court in Florida issued the ruling following Dunlap’s conviction on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. Beyond the prison time, the court ordered him to pay back more than $10 million to the people he cheated. A Fake Portfolio Of Masterpieces Investors believed they were buying into a digital currency backed by a literal fortune in fine art. Dunlap and his partners claimed the Meta 1 Coin was supported by a $1 billion collection containing works by Van Gogh and Picasso. Reports indicate the group never actually owned these pieces. Dunlap had signed a purchase agreement for the art but never provided the funds to complete the sale. Texas Man Who Orchestrated $20 Million Cryptocurrency Scam Sentenced to 23 Years in Federal Prison @FBIChicago @IRS_CI @EDVAnews @SECGovhttps://t.co/ESgAfSCcIZ — U.S. Attorney’s Office (NDIL) (@NDILnews) April 16, 2026 That did not stop him from telling potential buyers that the coins were safe and stable because of the high-value assets held in a private trust. The deception extended to the natural resources sector. Dunlap told investors that the coin was also backed by $2 billion in gold. According to court records, the “gold mine” he claimed to own was actually an unpatented mining claim on public land that held no real value. HOUSTON MAN SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR $20 MILLION CRYPTOCURRENCY FRAUD SCHEME Read More: https://t.co/U9PdsS4Reb Robert Dunlap, 55, was convicted of mail fraud for falsely claiming his Meta-1 Coin Trust was backed by $1 billion in art and $44 billion in gold.… pic.twitter.com/OgdSIxAztR — The Dallas Express News (@DallasExpress) April 17, 2026 He promised people they could see returns as high as 224,923% without any risk to their initial capital. These wild claims helped the group bring in money from nearly 1,000 different victims, with total losses reaching around $20 million. Luxury Cars And Legal Defiance While investors waited for their massive returns, Dunlap used the money to fund a lavish lifestyle. Data shows he spent $215,000 of the stolen funds on a Ferrari. Other money went toward additional luxury vehicles and personal expenses. Even as federal regulators moved in, Dunlap refused to stop the operation. After the Securities and Exchange Commission secured an order to freeze his assets, he continued to hold webinars and pitch the scam to new targets. This defiance led to a civil contempt charge before his criminal trial even began. Reports show that Dunlap tried to bypass the legal system by using “sovereign citizen” tactics. He argued that the court did not have the authority to try him and filed documents that officials described as nonsensical. He even attempted to put a “liens” on the government officials who were prosecuting the case. These tactics failed to slow down the legal process, and the jury eventually found him guilty of the fraud conspiracy. Featured image from AP Images/European Union-EP, chart from TradingView

More Americans Own Bitcoin Than Gold in 2026: Why That Matters - Coinpedia

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More Americans Own Bitcoin Than Gold in 2026: Why That Matters& & Coinpedia

‘Impossible To Blockade Bitcoin,’ Michael Saylor Defies Critics, Schiff Slams Strategy’s 11.5% Yield - Stocktwits

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‘Impossible To Blockade Bitcoin,’ Michael Saylor Defies Critics, Schiff Slams Strategy’s 11.5% Yield& & Stocktwits

Spot Bitcoin ETFs attract nearly $1B in weekly inflows as risk sentiment improves - TradingView — Track All Markets

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs attract nearly $1B in weekly inflows as risk sentiment improves& & TradingView — Track All Markets

Bitcoin Price Tops $77K As AI Agents Get Crypto Wallets - MarketForces Africa

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Bitcoin Price Tops $77K As AI Agents Get Crypto Wallets& & MarketForces Africa

New Scrutiny Wave Hits Binance: Fresh Letters Sent To DOJ And FinCEN Over Iran Links

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Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal is increasing his scrutiny of Binance as new questions emerge about the exchange’s handling of Iran-related transactions. The Connecticut senator has been pursuing the issue since February, when he first launched a formal inquiry into whether the cryptocurrency exchange violated US and international sanctions involving Iran. On Friday, April 17, Blumenthal took another step by sending two new letters—this time aimed at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Congress Intensifies Binance Probe The latest letters, which were reported by Fortune, focus on a specific aspect of Binance’s compliance oversight: the status of two monitors that were installed to supervise the company’s compliance operations. According to the report, Blumenthal asked for details about where the monitors stand and what they are doing to ensure Binance maintains appropriate measures to reform and strengthen its compliance program. Those monitorships began in 2024. Each monitor separately reports to the DOJ and to FinCEN, with the goal of ensuring Binance implements meaningful upgrades to its compliance framework. Blumenthal’s correspondence reflects what he described as growing concern over “mounting allegations of dangerously lax anti-money laundering prevention by Binance.” Silence Amid Document Requests This renewed investigation also arrives after multiple outlets reported that Binance fired internal investigators who had warned top executives that more than $1 billion had moved through the exchange to wallets linked to Iran. Binance has said those investigators were dismissed for reasons not connected to their findings about Iranian activity. The company maintains that it has a rigorous compliance program, and it has continued to reject the allegations being raised in Congress. In addition to pursuing the monitors, Blumenthal previously asked for exact dates for when companies and individuals involved opened Binance accounts, began sending funds to Iranian intermediaries, were reported to US law enforcement, and when those accounts or related activity were suspended or removed. Blumenthal also demanded explanations for any delays between notification and action, invoking Senate rules and setting a deadline of April 14 for Binance to provide the requested records. As of this reporting, it has not been disclosed whether those documents were supplied, nor has there been any further public statement from Binance or its executives addressing what the senator requested or whether they complied. Key Numbers Revealed By The Exchange Despite these ongoing inquiries, Binance has been consistent in rejecting the allegations even before Blumenthal’s most recent letter. In a February 22 statement, the exchange said it conducted an internal review and found “no evidence of violations of applicable sanctions laws.” The exchange further stated that since the 2023 settlement, which led to former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) resigning from his position, it had upgraded its compliance processes and supplied several statistics meant to demonstrate progress over time. Among the metrics Binance highlighted, the exchange said sanctions-related exposure—measured as a share of overall trading volume—fell from 0.284% in January 2024 to 0.009% by July 2025, which it described as a reduction of 96.8%. The exchange also reported that transaction volume involving four major Iranian crypto exchanges dropped from $4.19 million in January 2024 to $1.1 million by January 2026. At the time of writing, the exchange’s native token, BNB, was trading at $638, up 4% and 6% over the previous 24 hours and seven days, respectively. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com

Could Bitcoin Actually Hit $200,000 Before 2028? - The Motley Fool

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Could Bitcoin Actually Hit $200,000 Before 2028?& & The Motley Fool

Could Bitcoin Actually Hit $200,000 Before 2028? - Yahoo Finance

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EU’s Highest Court Backs German Player’s Right to Reclaim Gambling Losses From Malta-Licensed Operator

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The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Wednesday that EU member states can prohibit specific online gambling services even when operators hold licenses from other EU countries. More critically, the decision means that consumers can sue to reclaim their losses when gambling contracts violate these national bans. Key Takeaways: CJEU ruled in […]

Crypto Exec Joe McCann Draws Scrutiny After Fiancée’s Death In Zanzibar

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Crypto founder Joe McCann’s passport is sitting with Zanzibar police. He isn’t going anywhere until they get answers. Authorities Hold McCann Pending Autopsy Tanzanian police are questioning McCann, founder of the crypto hedge fund Asymmetric, after his fiancée, Ashly Robinson, 31, died on April 9 at a hospital in Zanzibar. Robinson had been rushed there after hotel staff found her unresponsive in her room the day before. Based on reports from NBC News and CBS News, police have ruled her death a suicide — but they are holding McCann’s passport while they await the results of a formal autopsy. The couple had been staying at the same hotel when a dispute arose between them. Officials said the two were separated and moved to different rooms following what police described as a “misunderstanding.” Staff later found Robinson in her room with a belt around her neck. McCann has not commented publicly. He could not be reached for comment. Family Pushes Back On Suicide Ruling Robinson’s relatives are not satisfied with the official account. Her sister, Alyssa Endres, told NBC News that “none of this makes sense.” According to the family, Robinson had recently celebrated her 31st birthday and her engagement to McCann — both of which had happened just days before her death. Endres described her sister as happy at the time. The family’s challenge to the police ruling adds another layer of uncertainty to a case that is already far from closed. Authorities have not said when the autopsy results are expected or whether additional charges could follow. A Turbulent Year For McCann’s Fund The scrutiny around McCann comes after a rough stretch for Asymmetric, his crypto hedge fund. Reports indicate the fund lost 80% of its value in 2025 amid a prolonged stretch of market turbulence. Investors pushed back on the fund’s performance, and McCann changed its trading strategy in July of that year after facing significant backlash. A separate deal that would have taken a Solana treasury company public — with McCann at the helm — was reportedly called off in August 2025, just weeks after the fund’s losses became public knowledge. No reason was given for why that deal fell apart. Whether those financial pressures have any bearing on the events in Zanzibar remains unknown. Police have not drawn any public connection between the two. For now, investigators are focused on a single question: how Ashly Robinson died. McCann remains in Zanzibar as they work to find out. Featured image from BollywoodShaadis, chart from TradingView

$Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ ready guys - Moomoo

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Connecting Excellence CEO on first Bitcoin recruitment payment - ICYMI - Yahoo! Finance Canada

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Connecting Excellence CEO on first Bitcoin recruitment payment - ICYMI& & Yahoo! Finance Canada

$606K Bitcoin from Bitfinex hack on the move: Is the U.S. preparing to sell? - AMBCrypto

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$606K Bitcoin from Bitfinex hack on the move: Is the U.S. preparing to sell?& & AMBCrypto

The $78K Bull Trap? Why Iran’s Latest Statement Could Send Bitcoin Tumbling - CryptoPotato

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The $78K Bull Trap? Why Iran’s Latest Statement Could Send Bitcoin Tumbling& & CryptoPotato

Ethereum Is Finally Rewarding Risk Again – But the Direction Has Changed

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Ethereum is pushing against the $2,400 level but has not been able to close above it, caught in a market that is heating up around it, while the price action remains tentative. The broader environment is increasingly constructive, but ETH is still navigating the lingering effects of the correction that defined the first quarter of 2026. And according to an Arab Chain analysis, the data beneath the price is starting to shift — quietly, gradually, but in a direction that matters. The Sharpe Ratio for Ethereum on Binance has moved into positive territory, registering approximately 0.07. That is a modest number, and the report does not oversell it. But the significance is less about where the ratio sits today and more about where it has been. For much of the past several months — particularly through the difficult stretch in February — the indicator was in negative territory, meaning ETH holders were absorbing risk without being adequately compensated by returns. That condition has changed. The 30-day average return now stands at approximately 0.0027, a small but positive figure that reflects a market beginning to recover its footing. Volatility remains elevated enough to cap how quickly the ratio can improve, but the direction has shifted. From Punishing to Recovering To appreciate where Ethereum’s risk-adjusted returns stand today, it helps to look at where they have been. Through much of the past several months — and particularly during February, when the market was at its most stressed — the Sharpe Ratio sat in deeply negative territory. That meant holders were taking on significant risk without being compensated for it. Every session of volatility was working against them, and the math of the indicator reflected that clearly. The gradual shift toward positive values since then is not dramatic, but it is meaningful. The Arab Chain analysis describes it as improving market efficiency — a phrase that captures something real. As Ethereum has stabilized around the $2,300 level, the relationship between risk and return has begun to normalize. Price is no longer swinging violently enough to overwhelm the modest gains that have started accumulating. That kind of equilibrium, where returns improve without being immediately erased by volatility, is typically the foundation for a sustainable trend rather than a short-lived bounce. The honest caveat is that 0.07 is nowhere near the elevated readings associated with strong bullish momentum. Ethereum has not entered an aggressive upward phase — the data does not support that conclusion yet. What it does support is the idea that the worst is behind the risk-adjusted picture, and that the conditions for genuine recovery are quietly assembling. If the Sharpe continues climbing in the weeks ahead, it would signal that investor confidence is returning in a durable way. For now, it is early — but the direction has changed, and in markets, direction tends to matter more than level. Ethereum Tests Resistance as Recovery Structure Builds Ethereum’s daily structure shows a market attempting to transition from a corrective phase into early recovery, but still facing overhead resistance. After the sharp selloff in early February—marked by a clear capitulation spike in volume that pushed price toward the $1,800 region—ETH established a base and began forming higher lows. This shift indicates that selling pressure has diminished and buyers are gradually stepping back in. Price is now trading around the $2,300–$2,400 zone, which is technically significant. This area aligns with the 100-day moving average, currently acting as dynamic resistance. ETH has tested this level multiple times but has not yet achieved a decisive breakout, suggesting that supply remains present at these levels. Meanwhile, the 50-day moving average has turned upward beneath price, supporting the short-term recovery trend, while the 200-day moving average remains above, reinforcing the broader bearish context. Volume has normalized following the February spike, indicating that the current move is not driven by panic but by more measured accumulation. The structure is constructive but incomplete. A confirmed break and hold above $2,400 would likely open the path toward higher levels, potentially targeting the $2,700 region. Failure to break this resistance would keep ETH range-bound, with support near $2,100 remaining critical. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com

Bitcoin spot ETFs saw net inflows of $664 million yesterday, marking the fourth consecutive day of net inflows. - PANews

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Bitcoin spot ETFs saw net inflows of $664 million yesterday, marking the fourth consecutive day of net inflows.& & PANews

Less Than 1% of Crypto Projects Disclose Market Maker Deals

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A new study finds that most crypto protocols generate revenue but fail to disclose key investor information. Critical gaps include market maker agreements and structured investor communication. Key Takeaways Novora found 91% of 150+ crypto protocols generate revenue, but disclosure remains limited.

Mastercard Weighs RLUSD Settlement On XRP Ledger, Exec Says

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Mastercard is exploring a path to settle card flows in Ripple USD (RLUSD) through its network in a move that could bring XRP Ledger-linked stablecoin infrastructure closer to one of the world’s largest payments systems. In an interview shared April 16 by XRPL Commons’ Odelia Torteman, Mastercard’s senior vice president for digital assets and blockchain, Christian Rau, said the company is working with Gemini on an RLUSD settlement use case and hopes to bring it live in the first half of the year. Mastercard Signals XRP Ledger Stablecoin Use Case Speaking at an XRPL and Global Digital Finance stablecoin roundtable in Paris, Rau framed the initiative as part of Mastercard’s broader push to integrate stablecoins into existing payment rails rather than treat them as a parallel system. He said the company continues to approach the sector from a “payments first” perspective, arguing that stablecoins have now entered the mainstream of financial services and can improve how money moves across borders and between institutions. “Over the last 50, 60 years we’ve been constantly innovating on how payments can be safe, simple, secure,” Rau said. “And if you then fast forward to five years back or two years back, you will realize that stablecoins arrived in the financial services mainstream. And we believe that the benefits that they bring in terms of settlement cycles, money moving globally freely, they can definitely add to further driving sustainable innovation in the financial services and payment ecosystem.” Rather than pitching stablecoins as a replacement for the card model, Rau described them as an additional settlement layer inside Mastercard’s existing network. He pointed to the scale of that network as the core advantage: roughly 150 million acceptance locations and 3.8 billion cards. In Mastercard’s view, plugging stablecoins into that infrastructure offers a more immediate path to adoption than waiting for wallet-to-wallet systems to replace incumbent rails. “We however believe that the power of the network that we bring in terms of 150 million acceptance location, 3.8 billion cards, plugging in stablecoins into this system is the best of both worlds in that sense,” Rau said. “So think about stablecoins just another settlement currency within our network. That again brings certain benefits that fiat currencies do not allow today.” Related Reading: Ripple Lands Major Korea Deal With Top Insurance Giant Kyobo The most concrete example he gave was Gemini. Rau said Mastercard is working with the exchange to explore settling Gemini card flows in RLUSD, describing the exchange as one of the firm’s most prominent US crypto partners. “The XRP example is we work with Gemini,” he said. “We explore with them to settle their card flows in RLUSD. So we look at bringing this to life still in the first half of this year and we are very excited about that.” A conversation about the future of payments. We sat down with Christian Rau, SVP Global Digital Commercialization at @Mastercard, as part of the Stablecoins Roundtable XRPL Commons and Global Digital Finance hosted last week. Watch the full interview https://t.co/ThFfqso20o… pic.twitter.com/yFkBGU1g0i — XRPL Commons (@xrpl_commons) April 16, 2026 At press time, XRP traded at $1.4766.

XRP to $10? Rally hopes build as token jumps 8% weekly, outpacing majors - CoinDesk

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XRP to $10? Rally hopes build as token jumps 8% weekly, outpacing majors& & CoinDesk

????JUST IN: ???????? Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a net inflow of $663.9M on April 17. BlackRock clients bought $284,000,000 worth of $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ - Moomoo

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BlackRock buys $1.3B in Bitcoin over 8 days amid geopolitical tensions - Crypto Briefing

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Stocks Are At All-Time Highs, Bitcoin Is Lagging: Is BTC Late To The Rally?

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Bitcoin is pushing higher after months of consolidation, with buyers gradually reasserting control and the market beginning to feel like it might have found its footing. The strength is real — but a report from XWIN Research Japan is adding important context to what that strength actually means in the broader picture. According to the analysis, global markets are not recovering evenly. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have returned to all-time highs, which on the surface reads as a healthy, risk-on environment. But a closer look at the data tells a more selective story. Bitcoin remains approximately 40% below its own all-time high. Ethereum is sitting about 52% off its peak. Gold is down 12% and silver 34%. The assets that are leading this rally are very specific — and crypto is not among them yet. What the divergence reveals is that this is not a broad wave of capital flooding back into risk assets. It is a targeted repricing in equities, driven by specific catalysts rather than a general improvement in financial conditions. Bitcoin and most crypto assets are sitting in the waiting room while that repricing plays out upstream. For Bitcoin holders watching the price strengthen, that context matters. The recovery is showing early signs of life. But the macro picture suggests the bigger move may still be ahead rather than already underway. Bitcoin Is Not Late — It Is Next in Line The XWIN Research Japan report makes a point worth understanding before drawing conclusions about Bitcoin’s relative weakness. The equity rally that has pushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to all-time highs is not the product of solved inflation or aggressive rate cuts. It is a repricing of tail risks — the market breathing out as geopolitical tensions ease and energy shock fears recede. That is a meaningful distinction, because it means liquidity conditions are still tight and the conditions for a broad, sustained risk-on move have not fully materialized. Capital flows through global markets in a fairly consistent sequence. Oil and commodities move first, followed by the dollar and interest rates, then equities absorb the shift, and finally the later-cycle assets — Bitcoin among them — receive what flows downstream. Right now, equities are at the front of that chain and crypto is still waiting its turn. That is not a failure. It is a position in a queue. What makes the current setup interesting is what is happening beneath Bitcoin’s price in the meantime. Exchange reserves continue declining, accumulation is ongoing, and the structural on-chain picture is quietly improving even as price remains below key resistance levels. The report describes this as a pre-breakout phase — the conditions are building without the confirmation yet arriving. Bitcoin’s lag behind equities, in this reading, is not a signal that something is wrong. It is a signal about timing. The structure is being built. The catalyst that sends capital down the chain is the variable still outstanding. Bitcoin Breaks Above Range Resistance Bitcoin’s price structure shows a clear transition from capitulation to controlled recovery, with the market now testing a critical resistance zone near $75,000. After the sharp breakdown in early February—marked by a high-volume selloff that pushed BTC toward the low $60,000s—the asset established a base through a period of sideways consolidation. This range, roughly between $72,500 and $75,000, is highlighted on the chart as a key demand zone that has been repeatedly defended. The recent breakout above the upper boundary of this range suggests that buyers are beginning to regain control, at least in the short term. Price is now pressing into the descending 100-day moving average, which has acted as dynamic resistance throughout the broader downtrend. The 50-day moving average has started to turn upward beneath price, indicating improving short-term momentum, while the 200-day moving average remains significantly higher, reinforcing the idea that the macro trend has not yet fully reversed. Volume has normalized following the February spike, implying that the current move is not driven by panic or forced positioning, but by more measured accumulation. The key question now is whether BTC can hold above the reclaimed range. Sustained acceptance above $75,000 would shift the structure bullish; rejection would likely return the price to consolidation. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com

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Tempo Launches Private Stablecoin Zones for Enterprise Payroll and Treasury Settlements

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Tempo has introduced Zones, a private execution environment that allows enterprises and financial institutions to process stablecoin transactions without exposing payment data to the public. Key Takeaways: Tempo launched Zones, a private stablecoin execution environment, giving enterprises transaction-level privacy on Tempo Mainnet. Payroll teams using Tempo Zones can process employee payments in 2025 without exposing […]

Analyst Reveals The Chances Of Bitcoin Price Crashing Again

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Bitcoin’s recent price behavior has kept traders split between those expecting another leg down and those calling that a bottom is already in. That tension is now feeding different technical analyses, with one analyst arguing that the probability of a deeper crash has dropped significantly based on long-term signals. Chance Of Bitcoin Making New Lows Is Very Small Bitcoin has spent months testing the patience of its holders since its all-time high of $126,000 in 2025. According to crypto analyst Sykodelic, there is a compelling case that the drawdown is done and that the probability of Bitcoin revisiting new lows at this point has dropped massively. Sykodelic’s rationale leans heavily on the behavior of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the weekly candlestick timeframe chart. According to his analysis posted on X, Bitcoin has just printed a powerful bullish break on the weekly RSI, and what makes this particular reading extraordinary is not just where it bounced from but how low it got before doing so. The weekly RSI has only fallen below 30 on three occasions in BTC’s history, with the most recent being Q1 2026. However, the RSI is now back into the normal zone, and it has broken above a descending trendline that touches lower highs. According to the analyst, this scenario means that the probabilities are now very slim for new lows of any kind. The Bottom Signals Have Stacked Up The RSI break did not arrive on its own. Sykodelic noted that multiple bottom indicators have converged simultaneously, a convergence he described as reaching a very high degree. According to him, about 12 important bottom indicators have fired, and Bitcoin is showing it here. The broader data support his reading. Bitcoin exchange reserves have fallen to seven-year lows while whale wallets are now accumulating more than $2 billion worth of Bitcoin, their highest in over two months. Spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded $954.05 million in net inflows so far in April, following a $1.32 billion inflow in March, which was the first positive month since October 2025. Looking at the chart Sykodelic shared, the weekly price structure shows BTC breaking out of a descending trendline above $70,000, a pattern visible across both the price candles and the RSI panel below. Previous breakouts in 2022, 2023, and early 2025 were characterized by a similar RSI breakout of a descending trendline. All of this contributes to a market environment where downside continuation becomes harder to sustain. Despite his conviction, Sykodelic stopped short of declaring an unconditional all-clear. The most important thing now is seeing how BTC closes the week. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $75,818, up by 1.4% in the past 24 hours.

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Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Approaches $79K Resistance - Coinpaper

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Kain Warwick: Quantum computing threatens Bitcoin's security, the community's resistance to innovation stifles growth, and financial tribalism shapes investment psychology | Unchained - Crypto Briefing

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Bitcoin Mining Network Collapsing Into AI At Record Pace, Analyst Warns

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The founder of Capriole Investments has warned that the Bitcoin miner AI pivot could result in mining revenue plunging to 30% in 2-3 years. Bitcoin Mining Companies Are Fast Pivoting To AI In a new post on X, Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards has talked about the transition that the Bitcoin mining industry has been going through. Many major public mining companies have announced an AI pivot to at least some degree. Below is a table that assembles the data related to the public miners in the process of shifting toward the AI compute business. As is visible, all of these Bitcoin mining companies have made statements announcing a push into AI. Though, while these companies have been expanding into the industry, most of them haven’t started generating a significant revenue from the business yet. On average, AI is making up for 13% of the revenue of the major miners, leaving BTC as still the majority source of income for these firms. This might not last too long, however, if the targets announced by the miners are anything to go by. From the table, it’s apparent that most of these companies are targeting AI revenue to cover the majority of their income by 2027-2028. “On average current Bitcoin revenue is expected to drop from 90% to just 30% in the next 2-3 years!” noted Edwards. The companies who are targeting a complete or near-complete transition also happen to be the ones that have seen their stock perform the best in the market. “Those with 80%+ AI share of revenue targets saw their stocks climb up over 500% on average,” explained the analyst. “Those targeting <60% AI revenue saw 1/10th the growth, with many having negative 2 year returns.” Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that’s secured by its mining network, but given the pivot that the major miners are making, it would appear that the energy allocation toward the network is weakening. In terms of real-world impact, it’s unclear whether the AI push has influenced the network’s trajectory so far. According to data from Blockchain.com, the Bitcoin Hashrate, a measure of the total amount of computing power connected to the blockchain, has gone down during the last few months. This could make it seem like the recent pivot toward the high-performance computing business is behind the downtrend, but it might very well just be a consequence of the Bitcoin price decline. Nonetheless, even if AI hasn’t directly impacted the Hashrate yet, the revenue projections suggest that a shift could soon be coming, and a notable one at that. “Bitcoin used to be famed for having the biggest computing network in the world,” said Edwards. “It’s now collapsing into AI at record pace.” BTC Price At the time of writing, Bitcoin is floating around $76,200, up 5.5% in the last seven days.

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Deutsche Börse invests in Kraken; Bitcoin faces miner, Bhutan sell-offs - Crypto Briefing

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Chainalysis Details ‘Shadow Crypto Economy’ Exposure as Grinex Suspends Operations

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Grinex’s shutdown is intensifying scrutiny of crypto laundering tactics, as fund movements suggest behavior inconsistent with typical enforcement actions. Chainalysis analysis highlights patterns that raise questions about whether the activity aligns with a conventional external hack or alternative explanations. Key Takeaways: Chainalysis flags Grinex swaps as inconsistent with typical law enforcement seizures. Tron-based conversions show […]

Ethereum Showcases Dominance, Claiming No.1 Spot In Global Validator Network Spread

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Amid the growing recognition of the blockchain sector, the Ethereum network continues to be at the forefront of the growth, securing more user activity than most networks. The most recent aspect being dominated by the leading network is validator distribution, which makes it a leader in decentralized applications (dApps) activity. Validator Distribution Strength Puts Ethereum On Top The Ethereum network has emerged with another reason why it is considered the leading blockchain across the entire cryptocurrency sector. After a wave of demand, a significant milestone has now been reached in the evolution of Ethereum, putting the network in the spotlight once again. In a report on the social media platform X, Everstake, a leader in global non-custodial staking infrastructure provider, revealed that the ETH network has emerged as the top blockchain in validator distribution. With validation authority distributed more fairly across participants rather than being concentrated among a few entities, this development highlights an increasing degree of decentralization. As seen in the chart shared by Everstake, the total number of validators on the network is approximately 921,500. The ETH network is exceptionally leading in this context, with Cardano, which comes in the second position, recording a total of just 2,900 validators. This level of validators enables the ETH network to operate at a scale that clearly sets it apart from the rest of the market. It is worth noting that this development also strengthens the network’s role as a fundamental layer for decentralized applications by bolstering its resilience and security. At this point, different networks are persistently evolving and optimizing for their own priorities. Ethereum, on the other hand, is showing that its strength mainly relies on the breadth of participation securing the network. Everstake stated that this degree of distribution supports long-term security and resilience in addition to decentralization. As the sector evolves, validator scale has become one of the clearest indicators of network maturity in numerous ways, but Ethereum continues to be the reference point. ETH’s Price Set For A Massive Move While Ethereum gains momentum, Crypto Patel has underlined that a key level will determine its next big move. In the analyst’s view, ETH’s bottom looks done for now after dropping hard from $4,800 to $1,765, wiping out almost every trader on the way down. However, the price has been slowly climbing inside a rising channel since then. Currently, ETH’s price is positioned just below a big unfilled gap between $2,474 and $2,634, which is where the price is expected to go next. Above that is the real resistance at $2,900 and $3,050. If ETH makes a daily break and closes below $3,050, it would change the price dynamics to a full trend reversal. On the downside, $1,800 is the key support, but losing $1,765 would mean trouble. Patel highlighted that ETH is still recovering, but has not shown serious strength yet. Thus, the expert claims it still needs to break $3,050 to confirm real strength, urging investors to be patient and wait for a clear price direction.

$Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ y stop now .. no resistance till 86k+ .. bulls been winning heavy [Onlooker][Onlooker][Cool Guy] - Moomoo

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Analyst Exposes Bitcoin Market Maker Buy Strategy, Shows What Happens When Accumulation Ends

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A crypto analyst has outlined a detailed market structure, suggesting that Bitcoin (BTC) may be entering a decisive stage after months of consolidation and price declines. His strategy maps recent price behavior into a sequence of institutionally driven phases, arguing that the end of accumulation often signals the start of a stronger upward expansion. The Bitcoin MarketMaker Buy Strategy Crypto market expert Merlijn The Trader has presented a market structure model on X, showing that Bitcoin’s recent price action is unfolding in line with an institutional trading cycle. The chart framework, known as the MarketMaker Buy Model, argues that large institutional players move markets in predictable stages designed to transfer Bitcoin from emotional retail traders into stronger, long-term holders before pushing prices significantly higher. According to the analyst, the first stage of the cycle, highlighted in the first green box on the chart, began with a “Distribution” phase that occurred between about $100,000 and $120,000 in mid-2024. During this period, Bitcoin traded in a choppy downward pattern. This type of movement indicated that large holders were selling their Bitcoin amid strong demand from retail traders buying aggressively near the market top. The second stage identified by Merlijn The Trader is the “Flush,” marked by the red box on the chart. This phase saw a sharp and aggressive price decline designed to force weaker traders out of the market. Here, Bitcoin reportedly fell from $100,000 to $62,000, a roughly 38% drop. Following this correction, the MarketMaker model transitions into the “Accumulation” phase, represented by the larger grey box on the chart. According to the model, this is the stage where the market is currently consolidating. Merlijn The Trader places this phase between roughly $60,000 and $77,000. Within this zone, Bitcoin is trading in a relatively tight and choppy range rather than trending strongly in one direction. The sideways movement during this period also suggests that Bitcoin is building a foundation near a potential price bottom, as institutional buyers gradually accumulate more coins. In the fourth stage, Merlijn The Trader identifies the two blue boxes on the chart as a “Re-accumulation.” This zone, between approximately $80,000 and $95,000, marks a secondary consolidation period that typically follows a price bottom. This phase provides another opportunity for large investors to strengthen their positions before BTC potentially begins its next upward movement. What’s Next For BTC After Accumulation Looking ahead, Merlijn The Trader projects a potential upside target above $142,000 once Bitcoin emerges from its accumulation and re-accumulation phases. In his chart model, the path to this level may involve another short consolidation period before a possible breakout into new all-time highs by January 2027. The analyst also highlights a key resistance level around $70,000. Holding above this resistance is critical to maintaining the integrity of the MarketMaker model. Meanwhile, falling below the level suggests the structure may not be following the expected path.

Watch New Documentary Traces the Origins of Bitcoin, Searches for Satoshi - Bloomberg

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Bitcoin, Ether Lead Sustained Gains for Crypto ETFs

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Crypto ETFs extended their recovery with another day of inflows across all major assets. Bitcoin and ether maintained their streaks, while XRP and Solana posted strong gains. Key Takeaways Bitcoin ETFs added $26.05 million, led by Blackrock’s IBIT, extending a 3-day inflow streak. Ether ETFs gained $18.02 million over 6 days, signaling steady recovery despite […]

XRP, Bitcoin, And Everything In Between: Pundit Predicts What’s To Come

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XRP and Bitcoin are back in focus as a crypto analyst lays out a bold timeline of events that could shape the market through 2026. The outlook connects developments in crypto, stocks, and global events into one clear direction, suggesting that a strong phase may be building across multiple markets. Early Signals That Could Set XRP And Bitcoin In Motion The projection made by @Bird_XRPL on X starts with a series of developments expected to build early momentum. A planned launch of a digital payments platform around April 20 is seen as a key moment that could draw fresh interest into blockchain-based systems. Around the same time, a proposed link between Solana and the XRP Ledger could open the door for liquidity to move between both networks. This would allow traders from each ecosystem to interact more freely, increasing activity on both sides. The outlook also depends on strength in traditional markets. Continued gains in the S&P 500, along with a breakout in the Russell 2000, are presented as signs of growing confidence in the broader economy. When stocks perform well, investors are often more willing to take risks, which can support demand for digital assets like XRP and Bitcoin. Attention from well-known figures is another part of the picture. Elon Musk’s influence in crypto remains strong, and renewed public comments could bring fresh visibility to the space. At the same time, the possible return of Roaring Kitty is expected to revive retail trading interest, especially in stocks like GameStop. This mix of stock market excitement and crypto participation could drive more capital into both markets. Strong Q4 Finish For XRP And Bitcoin After the initial phase, the outlook points to a steady rise in crypto prices heading into the middle of the year. This period is expected to reflect growing participation and improving sentiment across the market. A key moment in this timeline is the 2026 FIFA World Cup. With billions of viewers expected worldwide, the event could introduce crypto to a much larger audience. The possibility of Cristiano Ronaldo promoting Bitcoin during the tournament adds another layer of exposure, especially among mainstream audiences who may not yet be active in crypto. Within this setting, Bitcoin reaching a new all-time high during the World Cup is seen as a realistic outcome. The timing would match a period of peak global attention, which could increase demand and drive prices higher. After this run, the market is expected to slow down and move sideways for a period. This phase would allow prices to stabilize before another upward move. Toward the end of the year, momentum is expected to return, following a pattern often seen in the final quarter. At the center of the forecast is XRP, with a projected move toward $27 or higher. This target is linked to the combined effect of market strength, increased participation, and rising global attention, forming a clear and structured outlook for the months ahead.

All eyes on Bitcoin this weekend as Iran is already disputing the US narrative on the Hormuz deal - CryptoSlate

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Rep. Sheri Biggs Discloses $250,000 Bitcoin ETF Buy Amid Reserve Bill Push - Yahoo Finance

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XRP Gains Momentum As Buyers Return, But Here’s What The Sharpe Ratio Is Saying

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Following the broader market recovery, sentiment appears to be shifting in the XRP market as signs of renewed bullish momentum start to take hold. A growing bullish momentum implies that buyers are gradually stepping back in. However, a key metric suggests a lingering underlying weakness beneath the surface. The Real State Of The XRP Market After a period of uncertainty and subdued price action, XRP is gaining bullish traction, drawing closer to reclaiming the $1.50 mark. Even with the newfound strength of the altcoin, certain indicators show the broader market trend still appears to be weak and bearish, creating a layer of uncertainty. While it may seem bullish, Teddy, a crypto expert, has drawn attention to the XRP Sharpe Ratio, which is offering a sobering view of the XRP market. The key metric is trending in negative territory, indicating that conditions remain in a post-pain phase. What this means is investors are still recovering from earlier drawdowns despite a period of market stabilization. According to Teddy, the Sharpe Ratio is a crucial indicator that measures beyond price action. It also shows whether the market is delivering enough return for the volatility behind the move, making it important for a phase filter, not as a trigger. When the ratio travels deep into positive territory, the move is typically considered mature, and the reward is already getting stretched. However, those are often late-trend or overheated phases. In the opposite scenario, where the metric falls deep into negative territory, the market is moving through pain, and this is not an efficient trend. This is due to the fact that reset phases and better long-term entry conditions usually form here. Teddy highlighted that XRP went through that full cycle, with the deepest negative reading in this range appearing on September 5, 2022. At this stage, the Sharpe Ratio fell to roughly -1.097, with the altcoin near $0.332, marking a clear reset phase. However, the opposite extreme came much later in the cycle. During the late period, the metric expanded to about 2.072 on January 30, 2025, with XRP sitting near $3.14, marking an overhead phase, where reward had already been stretched. Meanwhile, the right is currently positioned far below that peak and still below zero (0). As observed in the chart, the Sharpe Ratio is around -0.230 following a rebound from a local low close to -0.525 on March 1, 2026. Although the market has cooled down, the metric still has not returned to a clean positive regime. “The overheated move is gone, but efficient expansion has not come back yet,” Teddy added. Momentum Indicators Show Compression XRP may have bounced back, but the altcoin seems to be compressing on all momentum indicators and with Price Action (PA) on the weekly time frame. At this point, Cryptoinsightuk outlines a minimum move to the 6.127% level as the current trend continues. If the altcoin breaks this level, the market expert predicts a lot of clear space, technically up to around 12%. With this, Cryptoinsightuk is confident that XRP’s next move will be aggressive, clearing the 6.127% level. After that, it’s critical to determine whether this is merely an expansion or a retracement.

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Elon Musk Pushes ‘Universal High Income’ Checks as Ultimate Solution for AI Unemployment

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The billionaire entrepreneur presented an optimistic vision of the future, highlighting that the advantages that AI will bring to the workplace and society will usher in a new era of prosperity. For him, the high availability of goods and services will solve inflation. Key Takeaways: Elon Musk pushes a Federal UHI to fix AI job […]

Michigan AG warns Michiganders about Bitcoin ATM scams - WJRT ABC12

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Bitcoin price surges amid epic strategy buying spree - MSN

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Bitcoin Cracks 7-Month Ceiling. Can Bulls Push It Higher? - Yahoo Finance

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Crypto And Financial Industry Giants Reveal What X Money Launch Means

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Crypto and financial industry leaders have raised concerns over Elon Musk’s proposed X Money. This includes Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, who warned that the move will threaten financial stability. Senator Elizabeth Warren Questions Elon Musk’s X Money Senator Warren wrote a letter to Elon Musk in which she raised concerns about the proposed April launch for the payments platform, X Money. She stated that developments around the launch of the payments platform raise significant consumer, financial stability, and national security concerns. As part of these concerns, the senator noted that X Money may partner with Cross River Bank, which was subject to a serious enforcement action by the FDIC in 2023 for unsafe and unsound practices. She also highlighted X Money’s preview materials, which suggest that users can earn up to 6% APY on deposit accounts. Warren said it is unclear what risky investments they plan to pursue to earn this yield when the Federal funds rate is at 3.75%. Senator Warren also raised concerns over X’s record of allowing sanctioned individuals like Hezbollah and the Houthis to purchase verified accounts and raise funds through the platform. She added that there have also been systemic failures to address child sexual abuse material, data privacy violations, and widespread fraud by verified users. Meanwhile, the senator warned about Musk’s potential role in shaping the regulatory environment for his own financial product, as X Money may include stablecoin issuance. She alluded to the GENIUS Act, which Warren noted includes a “suspicious carveout” that enables companies like X to issue a stablecoin without some of the required approvals and guardrails that apply to companies like X. Senator Warren requested a written response detailing Musk’s plans for the launch of X Money and the risks that the product may pose to consumers, financial stability, and national security. X has a deadline of April 21 to submit this written response. Threat To Other Competitors Crypto pundit Tat Thang noted in an X post that X Money and other financial offerings from the social media platform pose a huge threat to fintechs. The crypto pundit highlighted X’s financial stack, including Smart Cashtags, which went live earlier this week. With this feature, users will be able to search for any asset’s ticker and view real-time data about the asset without leaving the X app. Thang also noted that X has launched Brokerage routing via Wealthsimple, which is already live. At the same time, X Money is in beta, with Musk revealing that the payments platform could launch publicly as soon as this month. The pundit stated that fintechs like Robinhood cannot compete with X because the social media platform has 550 million monthly users. He added that X doesn’t need the best product, but simply a good-enough one within the app people already live in.

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Rep. Sheri Biggs Doubles Down on Bitcoin, Buys Up to $250K of BlackRock's ETF - Decrypt

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Digital Art NFT Marketplace Foundation Closes After Failed Acquisition in Early 2026

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Foundation, the Ethereum-based non-fungible token ( NFT) marketplace that processed roughly $230 million in primary digital art sales since its 2020 launch, has shut down for good after a planned acquisition by display technology company Blackdove fell apart less than three months after closing. Key Takeaways: Kayvon Tehranian confirmed Foundation’s permanent shutdown on April 15, […]

Ethereum Foundation Program Identifies 100 DPRK-Linked Crypto Workers

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An open-source detection tool and an industry-standard identification framework — those were among the outputs of a single researcher working on a six-month stipend. The findings, published by the Ethereum Foundation, came out of a program called ETH Rangers, which was set up in late 2024 to fund security work that benefits the broader crypto ecosystem. One Researcher, One Stipend, 100 Operatives One of the grant recipients used the funding to build the Ketman Project, an investigation focused on fake developer identities inside crypto companies. Over six months, the project tracked down 100 North Korean IT workers embedded in Web3 organizations. About 53 projects were contacted and warned that they may have hired active operatives linked to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Ethereum Foundation described the threat as “one of the most pressing operational security threats facing the Ethereum ecosystem today.” A project funded by the #Ethereum Foundation revealed 100 North Korean IT workers who sneaked into #Web3 companies using false identities. #cryptosona $ETH pic.twitter.com/aCDKUV4mGO — CryptOpus (@ImCryptOpus) April 17, 2026 The Ketman Project’s website lays out the tactics these workers use — behavioral patterns, technical habits, and identity tricks that allow them to pass as legitimate developers. Some of the red flags are surprisingly basic. Workers were caught reusing the same profile photos and metadata across different GitHub accounts. During screen-sharing sessions, unlinked email addresses were accidentally exposed. In some cases, device language settings — set to Russian — gave away identities that contradicted the nationalities being claimed. How Operatives Were Caught The Ketman Project did not just identify individuals. It built infrastructure. An open-source tool was developed to flag unusual GitHub activity tied to suspicious accounts. A separate framework for identifying DPRK-linked workers was co-authored with the Security Alliance, a nonprofit focused on blockchain security. Both resources are now available for other organizations to use. Reports indicate the Ethereum Foundation did not disclose the specific methods used to unmask the operatives beyond what the Ketman Project’s own publications describe. The project’s website, however, offers detailed write-ups on the operational patterns that gave workers away. A Threat Measured In Billions North Korea’s presence in crypto is not new. State-linked hacking groups, including the well-known Lazarus Group, have been tied to some of the largest thefts in the industry’s history. According to reports, billions of dollars in digital assets have been stolen by North Korean actors over the years. The ETH Rangers program was created specifically to address security gaps through stipend-funded individuals doing public-interest work. The Ketman Project represents one of its first publicly documented results. Whether other grant recipients have produced similar findings has not been disclosed. Featured image from Chief Learning Officer, chart from TradingView

TRX Listing Launches on Binance.US, Advancing U.S. Market Access to TRON

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This sponsored press release was provided by TRON DAO was not written by Bitcoin.com News. Bitcoin.com News does not necessarily endorse the statements made within this announcement. PRESS RELEASE. Geneva, Switzerland — April 17, 2026 — TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications […]

Bitcoin Price: Bitcoin (BTC) Breaks $78,000 as Iran Opens the Strait of Hormuz - Yahoo Finance

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Bitcoin Price: Bitcoin (BTC) Breaks $78,000 as Iran Opens the Strait of Hormuz - 24/7 Wall St.

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Ryan Kirkley: From Oil To Bitcoin, Markets Shift With Strait Of Hormuz News - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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When Quantum Computers Come for Your Bitcoin: What Classical Property Law Says Happens Next - Bitcoin Magazine

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Bitcoin Surges, Oil Slides as Trump Says Iran Has Announced Strait of Hormuz Reopening - Finance Magnates

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Goldman Sachs Enters Bitcoin ETFs With Income Focused Crypto Offering - simplywall.st

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Circle Faces Lawsuit After Drift Exploit Over Claims It Took No Action to Freeze the Funds

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Crypto infrastructure providers are under rising pressure as a new lawsuit tests whether technical control can bring legal responsibility after a major hack. The case against Circle could influence how courts treat stablecoin and bridge operators during active breaches. Key Takeaways: Circle faces claims it failed to freeze stolen USDC after the Drift Protocol exploit. […]

Strategy’s bitcoin bet back in profit after $11B drawdown - Protos | Informed crypto news

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Attorney General Dana Nessel warns of Bitcoin ATM scams - WNEM

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Bitcoin escapes $75K cage, taps $78K—here's what bulls see next - Seeking Alpha

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Strategy Shares Pop as Bitcoin Holdings Flip Green, Near $61 Billion - Yahoo Finance

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Bitcoin Hits $78,348 as Strait of Hormuz Reopening Ignites Global Relief Rally

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Bitcoin surged past $78,000, reaching an intraday high of $78,348. The rally pushed its 24-hour gains to 4.1% and its total market cap to $1.56 trillion. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin hit $78,348 as Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, marking its highest price since Feb. 4. Global markets surged as Brent crude fell below $89, wiping […]

Congresswoman Biggs discloses six-figure BlackRock bitcoin ETF buy as BTC rebounds - The Block

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Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy surges as Bitcoin breaks past $78K - thestreet.com

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Strategy’s Stock Jumps 12% As Bitcoin Hits $78,000 - Yahoo Finance

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Crypto Stocks Rally As Bitcoin Breaks Two-Month High After Iran Reopens Strait - Forbes

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U.S. government moving bitcoin tied to Bitfinex hack - Yahoo Finance Singapore

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Here's What History Says Happens Next With Bitcoin - The Motley Fool

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