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.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
Project 0 Saved a User's $3M Portfolio From a Live Wallet Hack
Project 0 (P0) rescued a DeFi user whose $3 million portfolio was nearly emptied after a phishing attack on a Raydium link. Thanks to its evolved account architecture, the attacker’s drain function was blocked, leaving the funds intact. The P0 team quickly built and deployed a custom on‑chain transfer tool, adding a separate fee‑payer keypair to move assets to a safe wallet within two hours. This rapid, technical response contrasts with the typical “nothing we can do” stance of many off‑chain platforms.
Bitcoin's 4‑Year Cycle Ends, New Bull Starts
The 4-year cycle is dead. #Bitcoin peaked in December '24 against Gold. It has bottomed last month against Gold. There's no point looking at the valuation of Bitcoin in Dollars, as the Dollar is getting worthless anyway. Comparing this with Gold makes sense,...
Don Jr. Accused of Profiting via Polymarket Manipulation
An extra good morning to everyone *not* getting rich on Polymarket by betting on world events and then manipulating the outcomes of those events. Looking at you, Don Jr.
Bybit Launches Send Money in a Bid for Mainstream Users
Bybit, the world’s second‑largest crypto exchange by volume, unveiled a new Send Money feature that lets its 82 million users transfer funds in crypto or fiat to recipients who receive local fiat. The service, powered by Bybit Pay, promises settlement within...
Oversold Markets May Spark Quick Relief Rally
This is one of those periods in time where everyone 100% expects the markets to continue to fall, because it has proven to be like that for the past year. However, being so sticky and blind-folded into one scenario closes the...
Alt‑season Appears Imminent, Mirroring 2017 Patterns
The similarities between 2017 and current hints at alt-season commencing now, not later, but right NOW as they are looking clearer than ever...
SparkCat Malware Returns on App Stores, Targeting Cryptocurrency Users
A new SparkCat variant has reappeared on both the Apple App Store and Google Play, masquerading as benign enterprise messenger and food‑delivery applications. The trojan employs optical character recognition to scan photo libraries for cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases, exfiltrating any...
XRP Could Hit $10K by 2027 If Catalysts Align
$10,000 XRP late 2026-2027 requires catalysts converging. Merchant services, peer-to-peer, social platforms deploy tokenized deposits. Cash addresses like email addresses. Derivatives 2028 demand mid-five-digit pricing. Feels close despite previous delays. Timeline conditional on catalyst execution.
Defeating the Single Point of Failure W/ Mike Belshe of BitGo | BFC Show Ep. 33
In this episode, BitGo co‑founder Mike Belshe discusses the origins of BitGo, its pioneering use of multi‑signature (multi‑sig) technology to eliminate single points of failure, and how the company evolved from a self‑custody solution into a regulated global custodian with...
Web 7.0 Business Use Cases
Web 7.0 introduces a comprehensive infrastructure that combines W3C‑compliant decentralized identifier (DID) document management, verifiable credential issuance, encrypted DIDComm messaging, Merkle audit logs, UTXO‑based token accounting, and GDPR‑compliant erasure capabilities. At its core is the Sovron Federated Reserve Currency (SVRN7),...
BTC's March Resilience Stems From February Crash Rebound
I've been surprised by the resilience of BTC over the last month. Initially I thought it might be being bid by flight capital out of the Mideast, but when I look at BTC v. software (IGV), it looks more like BTC...
Bullish Divergences Signal Potential 100% Altcoin Rallies
A kind reminder that a lot of #Altcoins look like this. $ARB is just an example, but many of them have strong bullish divergences (technical implications of a reversal) that might be going to receive momentum in the coming period. Usually...
Whales Snap Up ~10,000 BTC Worth $660 Million, Sparking Short‑Term Speculation
Crypto analysts reported that large‑scale investors accumulated roughly 10,000 Bitcoin—about $660 million at current prices—over the past 72 hours. The buying pressure comes as BTC hovers at $66,860, just below the $70,000 resistance, and could shape price action in the coming days.
How Stablecoins Emerged as a Key Element of Cross-Border Payments
Stablecoins have become the dominant vehicle for B2B cross‑border payments, now accounting for roughly two‑thirds of the market. Tether processes about $10 trillion in transactions annually, with Circle and emerging enterprise programs from Visa, Fiserv and SoFi expanding institutional adoption. Declining...
TAO Bounces Off Support, Signals Potential Upward Leg
$TAO briefly touched that area of support and bounced back upwards. Unclear whether this is another leg upwards, and that's why it's important to be looking at those HTF areas for dip buying. I do think that $TAO and $NEAR have a...
Bitcoin Keeps Returning to $69k Price Level
Bitcoin at $69k.. once again.. I feel like it just loves this price point in a 'the most ironic outcome is the most likely' kinda way. Has anyone ever studied which price bitcoin has spent most of its life at?...
SMC DAO Acquires Nigerian Crypto Startup Bread Africa in Six-Figure Deal
SMC DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization of crypto traders, has acquired Nigerian crypto startup Bread Africa in an undisclosed six‑figure cash deal. The purchase builds on a 2023 $250,000 sale of the founder’s earlier ventures and adds a frictionless crypto‑to‑fiat...
Cascading Market Crashes Highlight XRP ETF Secrecy
Dominoes sequence: oil spike, treasury selloff, stablecoin absorption, gold/Bitcoin crash, Tether destabilization, exchange illiquidity. Brad and Larry both cite NDAs when asked about XRP ETF publicly. Shane Ellis $589 theory from exchange settlement crisis.
Ceasefire‑driven Bitcoin Rally Triggers Massive Short Squeeze
Bitcoin jumped 4% to $69,733 on a 45-day ceasefire proposal between the US and Iran. Nearly $200M in shorts were liquidated in 24 hours — a 3:1 short-to-long ratio. Traders came back from Easter positioned for more downside and got...
Bitcoin Options See Puts Lead Calls as Traders Hedge Amid $66,800 Rally
Bitcoin options activity shifted sharply on Sunday, with put volume climbing to 54.87% of total contracts while calls fell to 45.13%. The move comes as the cryptocurrency hovered around $66,810, prompting traders to hedge against a potential pullback despite the...
ETH Strength Signals Major Altcoin Rally, AI Leads
If this momentum on $ETH continues to show strength, then I would assume we're going to see strength on all #Altcoins. Constant higher lows, and that's a strong indication of a reversal of the markets to take place. Strongest assets? The AI protocols. However,...
Backpack Exchange Names Former Coinbase Engineer Nathan Smith COO to Accelerate Global Growth
Backpack Exchange announced Nathan Smith, a former engineering leader at Coinbase, as its new chief operating officer. Smith will oversee global operations, cross‑functional execution and organizational scaling as the exchange pushes into new regions and product lines. The move follows...
FinchTrade, Electrocoin Launch Fixed‑Rate Crypto‑Fiat Exchange Across EU
FinchTrade and Electrocoin announced a liquidity partnership that enables a fixed‑rate crypto‑fiat exchange for EU customers, eliminating the price‑exposure gap between rate confirmation and settlement. The model, which runs trades every ten minutes and settles two to three times daily,...
Bitcoin Poised to Break $71K, Eyeing $80K Surge
Pretty strong momentum on the markets of #Bitcoin. Volatility picking up, and I think it's fireworks during this week as we might be getting to the end stage of the entire situation in the Strait of Hormuz. If #Bitcoin breaks $71K, then...
Inflation Takes Center Stage: Crypto Week Ahead
Inflation data dominates the crypto agenda this week as the U.S. core PCE and March CPI numbers are set to test whether the Federal Reserve can delay rate cuts. Market odds of zero cuts in 2026 have surged from 2.9%...
42% of CFOs Express Interest in Stablecoins as Payments Use Cases Grow
A new PYMNTS Intelligence study shows 42% of middle‑market CFOs have discussed, tested or used stablecoins, compared with 30% for cryptocurrencies, while only 13% report actual stablecoin usage. The data highlights that stablecoins are being viewed primarily as a payments...
Circle’s Arc Is Building Quantum Resistance Before It Needs To And That’s the Point
Circle announced a comprehensive quantum‑resistance roadmap for its upcoming Arc layer‑1 blockchain, which is designed around stablecoin infrastructure. The plan outlines a phased, full‑stack approach that integrates quantum‑safe cryptography into the network’s core protocol, consensus, and application layers before quantum...
Coinbase Integrates Chainlink Data
Coinbase announced that it will publish its premium exchange data on‑chain through Chainlink’s DataLink service. The integration makes billions of dollars of institutional trading information available via Chainlink’s oracle standard for the first time. By leveraging Chainlink’s battle‑tested infrastructure, developers...
Exclusive: CoinDCX’s Product and Derivatives Revenue Heads to Exit
CoinDCX is experiencing a wave of senior‑level departures as SVP of Product & Design Sangeeth Aloysius and VP of Derivative Revenue Satyartha Srivastava entered their notice periods. Both executives joined the exchange in 2025, and their exits come amid a...
North Korean Workers Have Been Infiltrating DeFi for 7 Years: Researcher
Cybersecurity researcher Taylor Monahan disclosed that North Korean IT specialists have been embedded in more than 40 decentralized finance projects for at least seven years. The Lazarus Group, linked to the DPRK, has stolen roughly $7 billion in crypto, including high‑profile...
XRP Drifts Higher to $1.33, but Range-Bound Trade Still Dominates
XRP nudged up 1.08% to $1.33, trading in a tight $1.30‑$1.35 band as volume rose 23% above its 7‑day average. Buyers defended the $1.30 support, creating higher lows, but repeated selling near $1.33 capped further gains. The token’s movement mirrors...
Davis Polk Discusses SEC’s Application of Securities Laws to Crypto
The SEC released a commission‑level interpretive release, jointly endorsed by the CFTC, that outlines when federal securities laws apply to crypto assets. It introduces a five‑category taxonomy—digital commodities, collectibles, tools, stablecoins, and digital securities—and clarifies that non‑security tokens can still...
Exclusive: GoSats Bags $5 Mn To Scale Its Rewards Platform
GoSats, a Bitcoin‑backed rewards startup, secured a $5 million Series A round led by Konvoy, with participation from Y Combinator and Taisu Ventures. The funding will fuel a push to grow its user base from roughly 150,000 to 1 million and broaden its product...
Circle's Judge‑order Rule Blocks $285 M Hack Freeze
Circle had the ability to freeze over $285M in stolen USDC from the Drift hack. They declined — their policy requires a judge’s order first. @tayvano_ explains why that’s the wrong call, and how Tether does it differently. Timestamps: 🚀 0:00 Introduction 🏦 11:21...
All‑Trump Ninth Circuit Panel Set for Crypto Market Appeal
The 3-judge panel has been selected for the Ninth Circuit oral argument on April 16th in the prediction markets appeals involving Kalshi, Robinhood and Crypto. The 3 judges--Ryan D. Nelson, Bridget S. Bade, and Kenneth Lee--are all Trump appointees. Ideal...
Rwanda Swats Bybit’s P2P Platform Offering Franc-to-Crypto Trading
Rwanda’s central bank publicly warned that crypto payments and peer‑to‑peer trades using the Rwandan franc (FRW) are illegal after Bybit announced FRW support on its P2P platform. The bank emphasized that only the FRW is legal tender and that licensed...
Uniswap API Powers 40% of MetaMask Swaps, Free Keys
The Uniswap API was added to @MetaMask's meta-aggregator a month ago 🔥 Its now winning ~40% of their swaps And we're giving out API keys to all developers for free https://t.co/G4kYeT0jAy
Saylor Adds 4,871 BTC, Total Now 766,970
Michael Saylor has purchased 4,871 $BTC. Purchase price: ~$67,718. Strategy now holds 766,970 BTC ($53.3B) on its balance sheet. https://t.co/D0CDA5Lwsm
First Stablecoin Week Launches September 7‑11
We're excited to launch the first-ever Stablecoin Week, coming this summer from September 7th to 11th! 📅 A week of decentralized events. 💪 Built by the stablecoin ecosystem, for the stablecoin ecosystem. 5 days of stablecoin content, events, and alpha -- sign up...
Patience and Vigilance Give Edge While DCA Waiting
People ask whats the move while they’re waiting to DCA Watch markets, geopolitics, everything Stay very ready Having patience will give you the greatest edge in this market
Small Position, High Upside Potential on $FLY
$FLY Only put 1% of my portfolio in here this morning but it looks like it has some room to run. Pretty volatile chart. Still needs a strong close sometime this week as well. But nice upside potential. https://t.co/VnGNlRhSDm
Morgan Stanley's 14bps Bitcoin ETF: Big Deal
Nice look at historical assets of the Big Four wirehouse firms.. Or why MS launching a bitcoin ETF at 14bps is a BFD.. via BI FLOW https://t.co/etoW9AQFPc
Yearly Crypto Security Guide After Screen‑Hijacking Hack
In 2019 a hacker took over my computer screen and tried to get crypto from me. It was a terrifying experience. So I decided to make a crypto security guide and continually update it every single year to help protect others. ↓ https://t.co/m4IiWtvtvf
Over 50% of XRP Supply Sitting in Unrealized Loss
50%+ of XRP supply is now in unrealized loss (~43.4% in profit) as price trades around $1.33 Source: @Cointelegraph https://t.co/ct7SVJMqC9
Reclaim $39.50, Target Upside to $44+
$HYPE Already finished our breakdown scenario from last week. Now we look for new scenarios. If it can reclaim $39.50 is short order then that would likely set up an upside move back to $44+ Key level to watch for now. https://t.co/BhDvmgqDXj
Aave V4 Attracts $10M Deposits Without Incentives
Nearly $10M in deposits in week one. No incentives. No points. Just the protocol. Safety first. Controlled launch. Here's the full Aave V4 one-week update and what to expect in the coming weeks 🧵
Blockspace: A New Commodity Demanding Transparent Market Structure
blockspace markets are under appreciated and unfairly maligned imo instead of focusing of toxic MEV there’s a whole story here around creating more expressive market structure that establishes transparent pricing for priority v the opaque and $$$ infra owned in...
Strategy Now Holds 766,970 BTC at $
Strategy has acquired 4,871 BTC for ~$329.9 million at ~$67,718 per bitcoin. As of 4/5/2026, we hold 766,970 $BTC acquired for ~$58.02 billion at ~$75,644 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC https://t.co/dWgTMEgOgX
Altcoin Traders Cycle Through Denial, Panic, and False Confidence
Stages of a losing altcoin trader: 📉-40%: "I'm long term anyway" 📉-60%: can't sleep, checking phone at 3am 📉-70%: bargaining with God 📈Market bounces 8%: "LET'S GO I KNEW IT, NEVER DOUBTED IT" 📉-85%: silence
Crypto Hype vs Geopolitics: Where’s Your Focus?
Were you listening to me and buying Bitcoin, Neo? Or were you looking at the Straits of Hormuz?