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93 itemsApril 7, 2026
- CoinDesk
Argentine President Milei’s call logs link him to multimillion-dollar Libra rug pull: NYT
Court records show repeated contact with a key operator before and after the token’s launch as prosecutors examine his role
- CoinDesk
Bitcoin vaults past $72,000 as U.S. stock futures surge on a two‑week U.S.–Iran ceasefire
Risk assets rose late Tuesday as oil collapsed after Trump and Iran confirmed the two-week ceasefire.
- The Block
GSR partners with SC Ventures-backed tokenization firm supporting its web3 ‘investment bank’ strategy
By partnering with Libeara, GSR is positioning itself as a full-service, end-to-end, global digital asset and RWA capital markets partner.
- The Block
FDIC proposes ruleset for stablecoin issuers following GENIUS enactment
The FDIC proposed a rule to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoin issuers and is seeking public input.
- CoinDeskScore: 90
Bitcoin briefly touches $70,000 as ETF inflows signal institutional interest
Your day-ahead look for April 7, 2026
- CoinDeskScore: 85
SEC close to putting out 'reg crypto' for fundraising questions, Chair Atkins says
The Securities and Exchange Commission will address fundraising and startup exemptions in this proposal, Paul Atkins told a crowd Monday.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Crypto market safe harbor lands at White House for review
The proposal includes a startup exemption, a fundraising exemption and an investment contract safe harbor for issuers.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitcoin ETF inflows hit highest level since February
Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $471 million on April 6, the 6th-largest inflow of 2026, as prediction markets price little near-term Fed movement.
- The BlockScore: 85
Spot bitcoin ETFs report largest single-day inflow in six weeks, worth $471 million
The return in inflows reflects renewed confidence among institutional participants in the crypto market, analysts said.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Bitcoin ETF inflows hit $471M, highest since late February
Spot Bitcoin ETFs draw $471 million in their strongest daily inflow in weeks, while Ether funds return to gains despite cautious sentiment.
- DecryptScore: 85
Bitcoin ETFs Add $471M in Biggest One-Day Haul Since February
Bitcoin ETFs saw their biggest inflow in six weeks as crypto investors positioned ahead of Trump's Iran deadline.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
New crypto fight with the SEC could decide whether Wall Street keeps control when stocks move to blockchain
Citadel Securities' latest SEC filing and Blockchain Association's response expose something more consequential: an early public battle over the real prize in tokenized stocks. Wall Street's goal is to remain indispensable when equities become tokenized. The establishment's position on tokenization ...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
South Korea orders crypto exchanges to verify holdings every 5 minutes
An inspection found slow reconciliation cycles and weak trade-halting systems across major crypto exchanges.
- DecryptScore: 85
FDIC Reveals Proposed Rules for Stablecoin Issuers Under GENIUS Act
The FDIC’s proposal establishes federal oversight standards for stablecoin issuers while explicitly excluding tokens from deposit insurance protections.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Solana Foundation unveils security overhaul days after $270 million Drift exploit
The program includes 24/7 threat monitoring for protocols with more than $10 million in deposits and a dedicated incident response network of security firms.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
How North Korea's 6-month long secret espionage program has crypto community rethinking security
For years, the DeFi industry has treated security as a technical problem: something that could be solved with better code. But the Drift incident suggests something far more complex: that the real vulnerabilities may lie outside the codebase altogether.
- DecryptScore: 80
Proposed Ethereum Standard Aims to Help AI Agents Execute Complex DeFi Trades
The proposed Ethereum ERC-8211 standard would allow complex, multi-step blockchain actions to run in one transaction.
- The BlockScore: 80
Democrats press Selig on CFTC oversight of offshore prediction market war bets
Democrats are urging the CFTC to crack down on prediction markets that allow users to bet on certain events.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Stablecoin issuers get closer to U.S. federal rules with FDIC's new proposal
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. approved a proposed rule to govern the issuers, even as the Senate continues to debate GENIUS Act details.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Bitcoin wallets absorb 4.37M BTC as network activity flips to 'bull phase’
The Bitcoin supply held in long-term investor wallets moved above 4 million BTC, while a network activity index flashed a “bull phase” signal.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin drops toward $68,000 as demand weakens and whales sell
Glassnode data shows soft participation, while a negative gamma setup below $68,000 leaves BTC exposed to a faster move toward $60,000.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin miners face a new rival for cheap power as Anthropic signs multi-gigawatt compute deal
The AI company's partnership with Google and Broadcom for next-generation TPU capacity starting in 2027 adds to a wave of demand reshaping the economics of every industry that competes for cheap electricity, including bitcoin mining.
- DecryptScore: 75
Bitcoin Whale Moves $20M to Binance Amid Broader Selling Pressure
A Bitcoin whale transferred 300 BTC worth over $20 million to Binance Tuesday, potentially facing a $15 million loss.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Argentine banks testing JPMorgan’s JPM Coin to speed up settlements: Report
Argentine lenders are reportedly testing JPMorgan’s JPM Coin to improve settlement speed and efficiency, even as the central bank maintains restrictions on crypto services.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
How Operation Atlantic aims to disrupt crypto scam networks in real time
How Operation Atlantic targets crypto scam networks in real time through cross-border coordination to detect and disrupt approval phishing attacks.
- The BlockScore: 75
CME Group to offer 24/7 crypto derivatives trading May 29, adding Avalanche and Sui contracts
The world's largest derivatives exchange is also expanding its crypto suite to include Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI) contracts.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin rises past $69,000 as risk markets reverse big early losses on hope for Iran deal
Iran's government is reportedly reviewing Pakistan's request for a two-week ceasefire positively, according to an Axios report.
- DecryptScore: 75
Solana Exchange Stabble Warns Users to Pull Liquidity After North Korean Hacker Scare
A decentralized exchange on Solana urged its users to exit after a former executive was alleged to be a North Korean hacker.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Solana Foundation looks to beef up DeFi security as attacks continue
The Solana Foundation and Web3 security firm Asymmetric Research unveiled a new security initiative called STRIDE, along with a real-time incident-response network.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Onchain evidence was key to convicting 3 terrorism financiers: TRM Labs
One of the three convicted terrorism financiers sent $49,000 worth of stablecoins to a foreign exchange before it was routed to an ISIS-linked campaign.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Crypto apps are shutting down as billions move into Bitcoin ETFs and stablecoins
More than 80 crypto projects formally shuttered or began winding down in the first quarter of this year. RootData’s “dead-project” archive, which tracks closures, bankruptcies, and chronic project inactivity, logged 86 casualties as of March 20. The pullback has spared almost no corner of the ecosys...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin quantum threat is real and closer than it looks, says Nobel physicist
Former Google quantum hardware leader and winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, Dr. John Martinis, warns that breaking encryption will be among the earliest uses of quantum computing
- CoinDeskScore: 70
'A whole civilization will die': Crypto markets under pressure as Trump ups rhetoric towards Iran
Weekend gains for bitcoin have been mostly erased ahead of the president's Tuesday night deadline for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Aave’s $25 billion lending empire faces a real test as key contributors exit
Aave commands DeFi lending, with DefiLlama showing $24.51 billion in total value locked and $17.526 billion in borrowed funds. The margin against Morpho, its closest rival, is roughly 4.1 times. Spark, the third-largest competitor, sits at $967.52 million in borrowed funds. Aave ended 2025 with 61.5...
- DecryptScore: 70
CME Set to Launch Avalanche, Sui Futures Ahead of 24/7 Crypto Derivatives Trading Shift
CME Group is adding to its list of crypto derivatives contracts, expanding to include Avalanche and Sui in early May.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
CME Group expands crypto futures with Avalanche and Sui contracts
CME Group said it will launch Avalanche and Sui futures contracts pending regulatory approval, as it expands its regulated crypto product offering.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
US prosecutors reject Tornado Cash co-founder‘s argument for dismissal
Roman Storm, the co-founder of the crypto mixing service, still faces a possible retrial on two charges after a jury failed to reach a verdict in 2025.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bitcoin holds $67K support as data exposes price to sentiment divergence
Wintermute analysts said Bitcoin’s price stability against the extreme bearish sentiment present in the market is a positive. Will BTC ever flip $70,000 back to support?
- DecryptScore: 70
Solana Foundation to Help Secure DeFi Protocols Following $285 Million Drift Hack
The Solana Foundation will offer tiered security services to DeFi protocols, marking a shift toward institutionalized protection following the Drift exploit.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows top $471M but BTC is pinned under $70K: Here’s why
Bitcoin ETF inflows hit $471 million, but stress on digital asset treasuries, selling from miners, and the war in Iran are keeping BTC stuck below $70,000.
- DecryptScore: 70
Bitcoin Threatens to Break Support as Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran
Trump threatened to erase an entire civilization by tonight, and markets—including Bitcoin—are predictably on edge.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Democrats question CFTC chair on insider trading in prediction markets
The seven House members may have affirmed the commission‘s authority over prediction markets, but asked questions about its inaction on insider trading.
- The BlockScore: 65
Phantom reports ongoing service outage affecting in-app balances
Phantom is currently experiencing a service outage affecting token prices and balances, but said user funds are safe.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Binance adds spot trading guardrails to limit abnormal executions
Binance said it will roll out a spot trading rule on April 14, restricting executions outside a set range during periods of volatility and thin liquidity.
- DecryptScore: 65
Trump DOJ Rejects Tornado Cash Developer’s Newest Argument for Dismissal
Prosecutors said a recent Supreme Court ruling should have no bearing on Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s looming retrial.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Chaos Labs taps out as Aave's risk provider, decision ‘not made in haste’
DeFi risk manager Chaos Labs said Aave’s planned migration to Aave V4 introduced risks that it wasn’t willing to assume, while Aave said Chaos wanted to take on full control as the sole risk service provider.
- The BlockScore: 60
Polygon to activate Giugliano hardfork this week for faster finality
The Giugliano upgrade is expected to occur on April 8 to improve finality and add fee parameters directly in block headers, the team said.
- The BlockScore: 60
Solana Foundation launches STRIDE program to fortify ecosystem security
Solana Foundation launched new security initiatives with Asymmetric Research that are offered to the entire ecosystem.
- The BlockScore: 60
Bitcoin whale moves over $20 million worth of BTC to Binance
Between January and March 2025, the wallet accumulated 513 BTC, worth $50 million at the time, according to Arkham data.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Why Michael Saylor's bitcoin buys aren’t moving the needle anymore
Despite billions in purchases, MSTR demand is being outweighed by long term holder positioning and broader capital flows.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Crypto investment inflows rebound as XRP tops weekly gains of $224M
Crypto ETPs drew $224 million in inflows last week as XRP led gains, while US ETFs lagged and Ether posted outflows amid mixed macro data and policy expectations.
- The BlockScore: 60
Split Capital winds down as founder cites $100 billion crypto venture ‘last dance’, joins Plasma
Split Capital returned outside capital as founder joins Plasma, calling crypto hedge funds "broken" after $100 billion in venture funding.
- DecryptScore: 60
XRP ETFs Outpace Bitcoin as Crypto Funds Bounce Back After Down Week
Bitcoin usually drives investment action around crypto ETFs, but last week, XRP led as overall crypto fund flows flipped positive.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Americans’ losses to crypto scams rose to over $11 billion last year, FBI reports
Fraud schemes grew more sophisticated and targeted larger sums than in 2024.
- The BlockScore: 60
Solana-based Stabble tells LPs to withdraw funds after identifying former North Korean employee
Worried about a former employee with alleged ties to North Korea, Stabble told liquidity providers to withdraw funds.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Bitcoin clings to $68,000 as Trump’s final Iran deadline expires at 8 PM EST and oil screams higher
Bitcoin continued to hold near $68,000, a key long-term support level, this morning as traders waited for President Donald Trump’s latest deadline for Iran. The tension built after Trump said on Truth Social that “a whole civilization will die tonight” as his 8 P.M. Eastern deadline for a deal with ...
- DecryptScore: 60
Aave Token Falls Near 2-Year Low as Risk Management Firm Becomes Latest to Depart
Decentralized lending giant Aave's native token fell near a 2-year-low price following news that another ecosystem contributor is leaving.
- The BlockScore: 55
XRP leads $224 million weekly inflows into global crypto funds as bitcoin sentiment remains mixed and ether lags: CoinShares
Global crypto funds saw $224 million worth of net inflows last week, led by XRP products with $119.6 million, per CoinShares.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Crypto's $224 million inflow rebound was led by mostly one country and XRP
Switzerland accounted for 70% of global crypto ETP inflows last week with XRP products contributing more than half the total.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin, ether, solana hold steady as Trump sets Tuesday night deadline for Iran deal
Oil jumped above $112 on threats to destroy Iranian infrastructure if no agreement is reached by midnight, while crypto markets gave back Monday's ceasefire rally gains.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
XRP slips to $1.31 after failed breakout as liquidity dries up
Rejection at $1.35 and collapsing depth raise risk of sharper moves as positioning builds.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin pulls away from software stocks as Iran war, AI reshape market dynamic
BTC correlation with an ETF tracking software comany stocks broke sharply from near-total alignment to near zero after the conflict started.
- DecryptScore: 50
$11.4B Lost to Crypto Scams in 2025: FBI Internet Crime Report
Older Americans bore nearly 40% of all crypto fraud losses in 2025, as investment scams and crypto ATM fraud ran rampant.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Ether treasuries need liquid staking edge to beat ETFs, says Lido exec
Lido’s institutional lead argues that more crypto treasury companies will need to incorporate liquid staking to outperform the returns generated by staked Ether ETFs.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Regulation by hostility: the real legacy of Biden-era crypto policy
Thorn argues that a recent New York Times op-ed rewrites history through omission, glossing over the collateral damage caused by the previous administration.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
DeFi yields are crashing so hard that they can't compete with a traditional savings account
DeFi yields have collapsed below TradFi rates, forcing investors to face higher smart contract risks for lower returns as regulation and exploits mount.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
‘Don’t waste time with crypto': Here is what Solana Foundation's cryptic message really means
The foundation says it is becoming a leading network for “agentic payments.”
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Trump-linked World Liberty faces scrutiny over ties to sanctioned network: The Times
A deal with an Asia-based blockchain project followed recent links to individuals later sanctioned over alleged ties to a major fraud network
- DecryptScore: 50
'Captive Audience' Could Drive Demand for Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF: Bloomberg Analyst
Morgan Stanley is joining the Bitcoin ETF party late, but Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas says the investment bank isn't showing up empty-handed.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
New evidence in Libra probe renews questions about Milei involvement
New documents seen by The New York Times suggest the Argentine president had seven phone calls with the entrepreneur behind the Libra token.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bitcoin price-drop speculation spurred by familiar price pattern
BTC and ETH remain stuck in a two-month range as oil prices and Iran tensions weigh on sentiment, while AI and privacy tokens show surprising relative strength.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Stop worrying about the Bitcoin quantum threat – Why Google can’t steal your BTC, and bad actors are decades behind
The state of quantum computing and what it would take to threaten Bitcoin Quantum computing has advanced materially over the past 18 months, but the field remains in the transition from noisy hardware to early fault tolerance. The key shift is away from raw physical-qubit counts and toward logical q...
- DecryptScore: 40
Morning Minute: Ceasefire Hopes Rise, Fall Along with Bitcoin
Bitcoin rose and fell alongside ceasefire hopes. Strategy and Tom Lee kept buying size. And Polymarket may be building its own financial system.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
XRP price risks drop to $1.10 as supply in profit drops to 17-month lows
XRP’s profitable supply fell to 43% as high capitulation and a bearish chart setup signaled a potential drop toward $1.10 in the coming weeks.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Schwab says even a 1% crypto allocation can reshape portfolio risk
The brokerage's research finds that even a tiny crypto allocation can dominate your portfolio's risk, suggesting that the "right" amount to own depends entirely on your stomach for 70% price swings.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Grayscale says bitcoin's quantum problem is governance, not engineering
The asset manager's research arm argues the technical path to quantum-safe blockchains is clear but reaching consensus on protocol changes, especially what to do with Satoshi's coins, is the real obstacle.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bitcoin price risks '$15K shakeout' in the next 5 months, BTC analyst warns
Multiple Bitcoin indicators, including a bull-bear sentiment index and realized price metric, point to a possible final BTC shakeout toward $54,000
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
XRP losses are forcing late buyers out, turning every bounce into a new sell zone
XRP’s recent price struggles is starting to look less like routine underperformance and more like capitulation as long-term holders who bought above $2 over the past year are now realizing millions in losses. Data from Glassnode shows that this cohort has been realizing losses at roughly $20 million...
- The BlockScore: 40
Charles Schwab examines crypto investing approaches, says even small exposure can raise risk
Brokerage Charles Schwab said there is no "correct" allocation to crypto, and the decision depends on each investor.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
What will happen to USDC now Polymarket is launching its own stablecoin?
Polymarket’s plan to roll out its own collateral token sounds, at first glance, like the kind of move that should eat into Circle's USDC. A platform swaps out USDC.e, introduces Polymarket USD, and the obvious retail question follows almost immediately: Does that mean less demand for USDC? The short...
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Americans lost $11B to crypto scams in 2025, says FBI
According to the bureau, a large number of minors aged 17 and younger were included in complaints related to crypto or crypto ATMs, resulting in more than $5 million in losses.
- CointelegraphScore: 35
Split Capital winds down as founder joins stablecoin startup Plasma
Split Capital founder Zaheer Ebtikar is closing his crypto hedge fund after strong returns to join Plasma as chief strategy officer, citing a major industry shift.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoin’s quantum challenges are ‘more social than technical’: Grayscale
The Bitcoin community has a “history of contentious debates over protocol changes,” said Grayscale head of research Zach Pandl.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoin RSI 'nearly perfectly' copying end of 2022 bear market: Analysis
Bitcoin stochastic RSI signals led a trader to draw key comparisons between current BTC price action and its rebound after the 2022 bear market.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
CoinDesk 20 performance update: index drops 2.4% as all constituents trade lower
Aave (AAVE) dropped 8.5% and Avalanche (AVAX) fell 7.6%, leading the index lower from Monday.
- DecryptScore: 30
Phone Logs Show Seven Calls Between Milei and LIBRA Backer on Launch Night: Report
New evidence from Argentina's federal probe into LIBRA complicates Milei's claim he had no ties to the meme coin.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoin waits at $68K as hours tick down to Iran deadline
Bitcoin and risk-asset price action tried to brush off new US-Iran war rhetoric just hours before the deadline for a deal passed.
- CointelegraphScore: 25
Polymarket bags 97% of onchain prediction market fees after pricing overhaul
Polymarket has become one of decentralized finance’s highest fee-generating protocols, pulling in about $7.1 million in fees in the first week of the second quarter.
- The BlockScore: 20
Bernstein sees over 100% upside for Figure as monthly loan volume tops $1 billion for first time
Bernstein reiterated a $67 price target on Figure as March loan volume topped $1 billion for the first time.
- DecryptScore: 20
Devs Are Making Claude Talk Like a Caveman to Cut Costs—And It Works
A Reddit post claiming 75% output token savings sparked 400 comments and multiple GitHub repos dedicated to making AI grunt its way to efficiency.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
It's time to turn prediction markets into a decision-making operating system
Prediction markets can evolve from betting casinos to decision operating systems. Futarchy replaces manual governance with market-priced causal logic gates.
- DecryptScore: 20
Fifth Element Star Milla Jovovich Reveals AI Memory Tool MemPalace
The Fifth Element and Resident Evil star reveals an AI project inspired by the ancient “memory palace” method.
- The BlockScore: 15
Fox to integrate Kalshi data in news broadcasts, sports ‘maybe’ in the future
Kalshi said that although sports data will not initially be part of the Fox deal, it may become part of the partnership in the future.