Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin slides below $70k as energy‑price worries spark $1.8B in liquidations
Bitcoin fell under $70,000 amid heightened energy‑price uncertainty linked to U.S.–Iran tensions. The dip triggered roughly $1.8 billion in crypto liquidations, while institutional investors pulled more than $4.2 billion from digital‑asset positions.
Also developing:
By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
UK Must Act More Swiftly to Develop Stablecoins
The Financial Times argues that the United Kingdom must accelerate its regulatory approach to stablecoins to keep pace with global competitors. Current guidance from the Bank of England and the FCA is seen as fragmented, leaving firms uncertain about licensing and consumer safeguards. The article highlights proposals for a dedicated stablecoin framework, including a sandbox for testing and clearer capital requirements. Faster action is portrayed as essential for preserving the UK's fintech leadership and attracting digital‑currency investment.
Seeking Anthropic Access To
Anyone have good Anthropic connect We would love to test mythos on Uniswap, the most used DeFi protocol
Skill Files Turn Crypto Novice Into Expert Instantly
"It makes an agent go from IQ 60 about crypto to IQ 140 in one read." @kaiynne on skill files. @austingriffith built https://t.co/KqVGpnWHLj to do exactly that — and explains why every protocol should have one. With @tayvano_ on Uneasy Money https://t.co/W3m5J8UDQx
OKX: Purchase Cryptocurrency & Get Up To $100 In Crypto (Purchase $100 X 5 Days)
OKX is offering up to $100 in XAUT, a gold‑backed stablecoin, to users who purchase at least $100 of eligible cryptocurrency for five consecutive days. Participants must opt in via the app and complete each daily purchase before 11:59 PM PT...
Discipline Beats FOMO at Resistance Levels
$TAO Rejecting harshly here. Unfortunately I'm sure many FOMO 'd at resistance but this is a good example of why staying disciplined often provides the best outcomes. https://t.co/Lab7HvLobj
Balancer V2's Collapse Signals AI-Driven Crypto Future
Balancer V2 ran for five years. Then it got popped for hundreds of millions. @austingriffith says this is what the next phase of AI looks like for crypto. @kaiynne @tayvano_ : https://t.co/omNS5FIXsc
Cryptocurrency Case Law Review
The episode introduces the Cryptocurrency Case Law Review, a podcast that distills how courts worldwide are handling digital‑asset disputes. It highlights the unique challenges lawyers face—untested technology, high‑stakes financial exposure, and rapidly evolving jurisprudence—and promises concrete procedural guidance for litigators....
Top Goon X's Bearish Divergence Prediction Comes True
$TAO All that bearish divergence Top Goon X was signalling played out. Highlighted this during live stream this morning 🤝 https://t.co/6IIp6S110q
Brian Armstrong Backs Bipartisan Crypto Clarity Act Push
JUST IN: Brian Armstrong is pushing for the crypto Clarity Act to pass, crediting the bipartisan Senate work.
Crypto Coin Minute for April 10th, 2026 at 05:15 AM Pacific Time.
On April 10, 2026 Bitcoin hovered at $72,113, up 1.27% in the past day, while Ethereum rose 1.64% to $2,217. XRP, Binance Coin and Solana also posted modest gains. The price rally coincides with heightened regulatory focus, highlighted by a recent call for...
YouTube Spots Crypto Scams, Suggests Witty Replies
I like how YouTube can tell this is a crypto scam in my comments but instead of flagging as spam they suggest witty responses.
Polygon's Upgrades Target 100k TPS, Redefining On‑Chain Payments
"Build a new model that makes the old one obsolete." 3 mainnet upgrades in 4 months. We're fully all in on payments and every upgrade gets us closer to gigagas and 100k TPS, the kind of throughput where Polygon is just...
DOGE + FET + HBAR
In a concise blog post, Paul Webborn outlines a repeatable framework for analyzing three cryptocurrencies—Dogecoin (DOGE), Fetch.ai (FET) and Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR). He evaluates each asset through cycle positioning, Elliott Wave 2.0 structure, defined support/resistance levels, and price targets. The method...
Merkle Anticipates Bitcoin Rebound in Q2
Merkle Capital forecasts a Bitcoin rally in the second quarter of 2026 as geopolitical tensions ease and risk appetite returns. The firm warns that a sustained Middle‑East conflict pushing oil above $100 per barrel could trigger a broad sell‑off across...
Nexus Mutual Wants to Be the Insurance Policy Your Crypto Never Had
Nexus Mutual, a decentralized insurance marketplace on Ethereum, now serves roughly 10,000 members ranging from retail investors to institutional allocators. The protocol lets users purchase coverage for smart‑contract exploits and hacks using stablecoins, ETH or BTC, while all capital adequacy...
Are We Overproducing AI Tokens?
The blog warns that AI‑related token supply may outpace demand, echoing historic over‑build cycles in rail, electricity and telecom. Massive capital is flowing into gigawatt‑scale data centers and token ecosystems, driving inference costs down and compressing token prices. Telcos stand...
White House and Crypto Industry Fight Bank Lobby Over Stablecoin Income
The White House Council of Economic Advisers endorsed a proposal allowing stablecoin issuers to pay yield to investors, directly challenging the banking lobby’s opposition. The administration argues that prohibiting such yields would only modestly increase bank lending by $2.1 billion, or...
Polygon, Frax and Curve Launch Onchain Forex Liquidity Pools
Polygon Labs, Frax, Curve Finance and DFB Network have deployed on‑chain foreign‑exchange liquidity pools on Polygon, using Frax’s Treasury‑backed frxUSD as the dollar anchor. The pools pair frxUSD with stablecoins pegged to the Brazilian real, Indonesian rupiah, British pound, Australian...
StarkWare Researcher Publishes Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction Scheme
StarkWare researcher Avihu Levy released Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB), an open‑source transaction format that makes Bitcoin payments resistant to quantum attacks without requiring a softfork or protocol upgrade. The scheme operates within existing Bitcoin script limits and leverages a hash‑puzzle...
Bitcoin ETF's Record Debut Signals Morgan Stanley's Expanding Digital Lineup
"It was the best first day of trading for any of our ETFs.. We had to start with bitcoin (ETF), but this is just the first of a long road map of new products both on the asset mgt side...
CoinW Taps Luka Modrić as Global Brand Ambassador to Drive Crypto Adoption
CoinW announced that Croatian football legend Luka Modrić will serve as its global brand ambassador. The partnership, unveiled on April 9, 2026, aims to leverage the World Cup spotlight to attract new users to the platform, which already counts more...
Wirex, Utorg Deploy Crypto-to-Card Platform for 2 Million Users
Wirex and Utorg announced a partnership that embeds Wirex’s Banking‑as‑a‑Service stack into Utorg’s platform, enabling more than 2 million users to spend crypto instantly via a debit card. The solution offers non‑custodial card issuance, IBAN accounts and real‑time conversion, expanding crypto‑based...
New Polymarket Accounts Net $375K+ Betting on US‑Iran Ceasefire Before Trump’s Announcement
Analysis of blockchain data shows more than 50 newly created Polymarket wallets placed “Yes” bets on a US‑Iran ceasefire before President Trump announced the truce, pocketing $375,000 in combined profits. The pattern revives concerns in Washington about insider‑type trading on...
New DeFi Security Premium Ratio Prices Protocol Risk
DeFi has lost between $730M and $3.1B to exploits every single year since 2021. TVL has swung from $175B peak to $45B trough and back above $100B. The loss rate as a % of TVL is 1–3% / year depending on the...
Kamino Introduces Contract-Level Security Controls for Lending Vaults
Kamino, Solana's largest lending protocol, launched Whitelisted Reserves, a contract‑level security feature that restricts vault allocations to protocol‑approved reserves. The mechanism blocks compromised curator keys from moving depositor funds into unvetted markets, a risk highlighted by the recent $270 million Drift...
XRP - $7 to $15 Targets
The latest XRP outlook from analyst Paul Webborn projects price targets between $7 and $15 per token. Webborn’s paid‑subscriber video breaks down the move across multiple timeframes, highlighting where a breakout could occur. The analysis stresses allocating capital toward the...
Google Claims Bitcoin Cryptography Can Run in Nine Minutes
TRUTH: Google says Bitcoin cryptography is possible within nine minutes Week 4/1/2026 #bitcoin #xrp #crypto #finance #ai
Here’s What You Missed at XRP Tokyo
The XRP Tokyo conference, held in a historic Japanese garden, drew more than 3,000 attendees and featured over 20 speakers, with Ripple as the title sponsor. A key message was the projected on‑chain stablecoin volume of $33 trillion by 2026, surpassing...
$3.6 Million Crypto Heist Targets Bitcoin Depot
Bitcoin Depot, which runs more than 25,000 crypto ATMs worldwide, disclosed a breach that allowed attackers to transfer roughly 50.9 Bitcoin—about $3.66 million—out of company‑controlled wallets. The intrusion was detected on March 23, prompting an incident response that involved external cybersecurity firms...
Stop Deflecting, Apologize and Quit Wasting
As I said, "or any number you choose", big or small. Time to own it like a man and apologize. Don't try to divert topics, with more false attacks. Who is doing the "misled the public and lie to world?" "Binance stake"...
Avalanche Outpaces Bitcoin for Serious Tech Development
Bitcoin, never change. Meanwhile, if you want to build something serious and technologically advanced, Avalanche is the place.
For Kenyan Stablecoin Issuers, Reserves Must Be Kept Close to Home
Kenya’s draft Virtual Asset Service Provider regulations require stablecoin issuers to hold 30% of reserves in segregated accounts at local commercial banks and the remaining 70% in cash or short‑term government securities. Issuers must maintain at least KES 500 million (≈$3.85 million) in...
Memecoin Hype Fuels Looming Altseason, Says Santiment
Aside from Trump and ETFs, interest in memecoins and a potential altseason is rapidly growing in the crypto market, according to Santiment. https://t.co/ZK25j5ET08
Follow Insider @Markjeffrey for Top BitTorrent Subnets
To know which BitTorrent subnets are worth tracking, I follow @markjeffrey -- since he has skin in the game and announces which ones @stillcorecap is investing in. $tao
Understanding Web3 Is Essential for Future Tech Leadership
Why it's important to know more about Web3 Technologies by @antgrasso #Blockchain #EmergingTech #Technology #Web https://t.co/YvPEVLSOnE
Use Synthetic Futures with Fixed Expiry to Smooth Perp Funding
i know everyone wants to just compare one number to another... but instead of having perps track the front month contract and have funding spikes during rolls... why not just have perps target a synthetic future with a constant time to expiration?
Software/Bitcoin Divergence Historically Signals Bearish Crypto
Looking forward to having @Tyler_Neville_ explain to me why today's software/Bitcoin divergence is bullish crypto when every time this has happened in the last year+ it has been bearish. https://t.co/FZ4UbCPPpH
Ethereum Economic Zone Revives Core Quest for Synchronous Composability
The Ethereum Economic Zone is a return to ETH's main questline Synchronous composability across asynchronous networks I hope @gnosis_ and the EEZ Alliance can pull it off I'm ready to be hurt again
USD‑Backed Trump Stablecoins Reinforce Global Dollar Dominance
Trump’s stablecoins are backed by USD and like it or not USD is still preferred around the world, even by despots.
Iran Now Demands $2M Bitcoin for Hormuz Passage
Iran is charging up to $2M in Bitcoin to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. This isn't a win it was literally free just a few weeks ago...
Retail Access May Shift After Crypto Market Clarity
I want the Crypto market Structure done DESPERATLY so everyone gets altcoin season and rich overnight BUT I'm concerned about retail's involvement. Right now, retail has the ability to participate in crypto with minimal barriers How will that change once Clarity...
STRC Outperforms Bonds and Treasuries on Sharpe Ratio
$STRC has a higher Sharpe ratio than high-yield bonds, investment-grade bonds, mortgage-backed securities, municipal bonds, preferred stocks, and Treasury bills. https://t.co/kyQZaLZp0K
5% Bounce Doesn’t Signal Bear Market End
Most people see a 5% bounce and think the bear market is over. It's not. One 2 week ceasefire that has already been broken doesn't fix months of war, oil above $95 and zero Fed cuts. Be patient. I'll tell you when the...
Bitcoin Bear Market Likely Much Longer Than Expected
"We are no where near how long a bear market normally lasts" – @JSeyff on Bitcoin https://t.co/wjbmRMR5Fo
Stablecoin Drain: Banks Overstate, White House Shows Minimal Impact
New on the @TokenizedPod Newsletter The banks said stablecoins will drain $6.6trn of deposits damaging lending The White House said the number is closer to $2.1bn 0.02% of the deposit base. A rounding error. Oof https://t.co/jeQLj8h9Es
Heavy Bitcoin Selling Persists Despite MicroStrategy Buying
"Obviously there's people still selling heavily" – @JSeyff on Bitcoin's price despite buying from MSTR https://t.co/59QFyrn9Vx
MSBT Poised to Hit Billions Within a Year
"I won't be surprised if this thing has billions" – @JSeyff on MSBT performance in a year https://t.co/59QFyrn9Vx
Morgan Stanley Swiftly Embraces Bitcoin ETFs
"They moved quick on Bitcoin ETFs" – @JSeyff on Morgan Stanley opening its door to Bitcoin ETFs https://t.co/59QFyrn9Vx
Morgan Stanley's Crypto ETF Push Is Ongoing, Not One‑Off
"This isn't a one time thing" – @JSeyff on Morgan Stanley's crypto ETF push https://t.co/59QFyrn9Vx
Bitcoin ETF Fees Set to Drop After MSBT Launch
"We could see other people cut fees" – @JSeyff on the Bitcoin ETF fee war after MSBT https://t.co/59QFyrn9Vx