Friday Crypto Market Wrap-Up Highlights
Market Update with Landy: The Friday Wrap-Up 04/03/2026 Brought to you by @davidgokhshtein @gokhshtein and hosted by @CryptoLandy. https://t.co/scxkATjw3Y
X402 Enables Internet-Scale Money Flow with Industry Leaders
The way finance is moving right now, money needs to flow on the internet the way data and email do and x402 makes that happen. Super proud to see @0xPolygon alongside @Coinbase, @Google, @awscloud, @stripe, @Mastercard, @Visa and many more as...
Coinbase and Ripple Secure Conditional OCC Trust Bank Approval
Both Coinbase and Ripple have conditional approval from the OCC for a national trust bank. https://t.co/G5nAw4oeqg
Crypto Spam Hack Sends Phishing Podcast Vote DMs
@greenfield64 has been hacked by crypto spammers and they are sending DMs out to people asking to vote for him to host a podcast but it’s phishing for you touting your password so be careful. Don’t respond
Seeking Experts to Explain Circle’s Drift Hack Response
🎙️ Who would you like to hear from about how Circle handled the Drift hack? I've reached out to Circle, some former prosecutors, and Seal 911, and haven't gotten anyone yet who can do it ... Taking suggestions 👇
Banks Poised to Battle SoFi's New Stablecoin
Noteworthy in that this is coming from SoFi CEO - which offers crypto and has announced its own stablecoin, SoFiUSD. Banks (insured depositories), understandably, are gonna fight tooth & nail on this-
10% ETH Rise
Liquidations on #ETH: • Drop of -10%: $500m • Increase of +10%: $4 Billion https://t.co/Lbi7TW4wNn
Fear Fuels Opportunity: Buy Bitcoin Dip Now
Fantastic chart. Every time there's such a fear in the markets, it's a phenomenal opportunity. Use it. Buy the dip. #Bitcoin. https://t.co/7HSYIWMvKH
Crypto Protocol Designers Could Face Legal Liability Next
Could crypto builders face legal liabilities for protocol design? 👀 @TuongvyLe12, Jessi Brooks & @_Ryne_Miller discuss the verdict against Meta and YouTube and if crypto is next. https://t.co/FtAURkt30R
Arc Launches as First Mainnet with Post‑Quantum Security
Arc will be one of the very first blockchain networks in the world with PQ features at Day 1 on mainnet. Read our full Post-Quantum roadmap.
Bitcoin Poised for Upward Momentum After Quiet Week
Extremely low volatility on the markets. I think that we'll have a slow Easter and then the volatility comes back again next week before we start to accelerate into either direction. Honestly, given the entire sentiment, I would assume we're going...
Customizable TWAP Intervals Now Available with Dynamic UI
New eOTC TWAP enhancements have shipped. You can now configure custom number of intervals for your TWAP orders. UI dynamically displays the interval duration and quantity as you adjust total number of intervals. TWAP orders must have a minimum of...
Repeated Warnings Signal Impending Reversion in Risk Assets
If I keep saying the same thing, may eventually be right. It may finally be time for some overdue reversion in risk assets. Collapsing Bitcoin vs. gold warned us. https://t.co/68bBhmBmJ1
Aave V4’s Babylon Spoke Enables Trustless BTC Collateral
I'm quite excited about the Babylon Aave V4 spoke, as it enables users to collateralize native BTC. There is a lot of BTC looking for more trustless collateralization setups.
Prioritize Post‑Quantum Signatures for Bitcoin Now
My take on Bitcoin and quantum computing: https://t.co/bq2HdAsnXQ tl;dr: I think the risk is high enough to warrant prioritizing designing, implementing, and evaluating post-quantum signature schemes and consensus upgrades in Bitcoin now.
Simplify Sovereign Stack with Near Confidential Services
Sovereign stack: - near(.)com for all assets kept confidentially in non custodial wallet - near(.)ai for confidential ai inference and agent hosting IronClaw for everything else. Doesn’t have to be hard.
Bitcoin Stabilizes $65‑70k, Forming Base After Winter
Bitcoin continues to hold on to the $65-$70k range as it is trying to form a base following its mild winter from $126k to $60k. The current level is supported by the technicals (previous highs) as well as the Bitcoin/gold...
Bitcoin and Gold Swap Roles as Flows Reverse
Below we can see that when Bitcoin peaked last October, the ETP flows left Bitcoin and jumped on the gold bandwagon. Now that gold has lost its mojo while Bitcoin is finding its footing, the flows have reversed. To me...
Agents on NEAR Deliver Faster, Cheaper Work Than Fiverr
I recently spoke at @NVIDIAGTC about how the agentic economy will transform market primitives. Not in a few years, but imminently. I highlighted NEAR Agent Market, where agents can exchange information, hire each other for jobs, or work on your behalf...
9‑Minute Window Poses Existential Risk to Bitcoin
When I first heard about on-spend attacks, I immediately thought: this is scary. @apruden08 on why the 9-minute window creates an existential risk for Bitcoin 😱 https://t.co/t4lZ3iQxIm
Crypto’s Core Strengths Threaten Its Quantum Future
Here's the irony: the things that make crypto work, immutability, decentralization, public addresses, are exactly what make it extremely vulnerable to quantum computers. @apruden08 on why blockchain faces a deadline other systems don't. 😓 https://t.co/7Lt08CnIfJ
AI Crypto Surge Expected: NEAR, FET, TAO Set to Rise
The AI #Crypto bullishness is very clear. There's no point imagining that this train won't stop. Yes, price corrected over the last week, but that's just normal price action. Short term hype decay curve in full swing, but this hype cycle...
Crypto's Branding Gap with RBI Stalls Adoption
Crypto has a branding problem with the RBI. Which is strange because the RBI is actually one of the more forward looking central banks out there, but crypto just hasnt cracked it even with regulators coming around everywhere else. I...
Stablecoins Enable Scalable Agentic Payments and Smart Contracts
If you want to deploy agentic payments and smart contracts at scale, stablecoins are the natural fit. The infrastructure already exists. That’s where innovation is happening. https://t.co/YK1SyELUqQ
Public Chain + ZK Proofs Enable Regulator Transparency, User Privacy
Every bank building tokenized deposits chose a private or permissioned chain. @monument_bank chose a public chain - 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐨’𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 - and solved privacy with zero-knowledge proofs. Regulators see everything. The public sees nothing. This is what convergence looks like in practice. https://t.co/JGUF1elkZI
Crypto Firms, Banks to Review Revised Stablecoin Yield Bill
CLARITY ACT: 🚨 Senators Tillis and Alsobrooks’ revised stablecoin yield proposal is being reviewed by crypto firms and banks (starting April 2–3) to resolve their dispute and advance stalled legislation https://t.co/lh5xkx0lLG
Crypto's Early Stage Mirrors Internet's Dawn, Future Transformative
Broader picture conviction: crypto will transform our society, the same way the internet did. There are many parallels between crypto today and the early days of the Internet. The internet in its early days was slow, cumbersome, and with very limited functionality....
Institutions Dump $1B+ Bitcoin Amid Debt, Energy Costs
Bitcoin's institutional holders are selling — and the timing couldn't be worse. MARA dumped $1.1B in BTC. Riot sold 2.5x what they mined. Genius Group exited completely. Empery, Nakamoto, even Bhutan — all selling. Over 20,000 BTC from public companies...
DeFi Day Proves On‑Chain Dominance and Builder Momentum
DeFi Day was the most successful event in Cannes. Lot of great discussions with existing and new DeFi projects. DeFi is the most important area happening onchain and will keep dominating. Builders will keep building.
BTC Wallet Low, Donations Needed for Server Costs
The BTC wallet holding funds for @opentimestamps calendar server hosting costs (~$300/month) is getting kinda low. Donations would be much appreciated, either through @geyserfund: https://t.co/gGzfmOCqnf Or directly to: bc1qep2un4cvwmhf6kxjgp6kzqcpzzyl98l5zkndl2 https://t.co/ELFt7lNXIC
Western European Governments' Stance Clarified in Expert Chat
I had a phenomenal conversation with @themarketsniper on the current stance of governments in Western Europe. He's very clear on this topic. Watch it here: https://t.co/XTCRtGDd00
Binance Gold & Silver Futures Hit Top Five Volume
Despite Binance being a crypto exchange, futures trading for gold and silver has already entered the top 5 by trading volume on the platform. These trades were launched very recently. Crypto exchanges are gradually moving into the "traditional" exchange space by...
Bitcoin Stagnant; Expect Massive Breakout Past $71K
#Bitcoin remains stagnant in this area, which means that there's literally no direction. The longer it lasts, the heavier the breakout will be. Break $71K and we'd be happy. https://t.co/wrLtB1pmsa
Developers Embrace Starkzap SDK for Simpler Crypto Apps
2.5K downloads and counting for the Starkzap SDK in the past 6 weeks. The way I read it: developers want an easier way to build crypto apps. So, who's building what? https://t.co/YoUcR95mtB
Patience Pays: Bull Market Arriving in Months
Crypto feels boring right now. It’s a patience game at this point. We’re likely still 3–6 months away from the end of this bear market. Sounds long… but we’ve already been in it for 6 months. And we're already in the 4th month of...
Money Needs Trust; Blockchains Lack It
Money only works in a trusted, shared system ... which is why blockchains don't work - https://t.co/NoJNSaq0iM
Midnight Passport Aims to Onboard a Billion Crypto Users
Midnight Passport is one of my favorite product features that I've worked on and I think it will be a key initative to bring a billion users into the cryptocurrency space https://t.co/prXywxmSKN
Builders Must Prioritize Decentralization, Security, Verifiability Always
Some users don't care too much about decentralization. Some users don't think too much about security in general, or post-quantum security in particular. Some users don't care about verifiability and all this technical stuff. That's understandable. But builders should care about it. A...
4M Confidential Intents Signal Shift to Private Asset Management
$4m in confidential intents. This is just beginning of world going confidential. Go on near(.)com and move any asset into confidential balance
Drag‑to‑Edit Orders for Faster Trading on Gemini
We just released new order modification functionality. Drag order lines on charts to modify price and click order line pills to modify quantity. Markets move fast and you can too with @Gemini Active Trader. Check it out and let us...
Tether Seeks $500 B Valuation in New Fundraising Round
JUST IN: Tether's pushing to finalize a fundraising round at a $500 billion valuation, according to The Information.
Ethereum Net Taker Volume Hits Highest Since 2022
ETHEREUM BUYERS ARE BACK #ETH net taker volume is pushing price higher, hitting +$133M. Highest level since July 2022! https://t.co/J8ZttU87ae
Brian's Bitcoin Involvement Sparks Blocksize Wars
The last time Brian spent time on solving something personally in Bitcoin, we got the Blocksize Wars. https://t.co/1qP5EVX5l6
Web3 Promised Hype, AI Delivers Real Results
I remember being so inspired by the web3 narrative, and so unimpressed by the products. AI is basically the opposite.
Plasma Leads Stablecoin Revolution with First Native Neobank
Pick the fastest-growing segment in crypto - and build the best product. That’s @Plasma I believe stablecoins are the killer application in crypto, and Plasma is building the rails for that future - supported by @tether and a growing set of...
BTC Holders Have Lost Over $64 Billion Since Oct 2025
According to CryptoQuant data, the realized losses of BTC holders since October 2025 have already exceeded $64.2 billion. https://t.co/qE3HJcxkav
Elon and Doge
I thought Elon Musk and DOGE stopped all the scams. Are you telling us that was just a clown show and total waste of money?
Trading 1‑Minute Charts? Good Luck, You'll Need Prayer
There are people out there that trade 1 minute charts that look like this. Pray for them. https://t.co/v35Bq2CdIt
NYSE Partners with Securitize to Launch Tokenized Securities Platform
My conversation w/ @Securitize’s Giang Bui… We go in-depth on the firm’s collaboration with NYSE to develop its tokenized securities platform & talk future of tokenization overall. https://t.co/WHGfasSh7a via @CryptoPrimePod https://t.co/C98q0iJyb3
Ripple's Acquisition Targets Long‑standing SWIFT Partner G Treasury
You know that G Treasury, which was acquired by Ripple. G Treasury has been a SWIFT partner since 2014, which would explain potentially why Ripple would acquire them... $XRP https://t.co/PCCNn7NaAB