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% active loan market share and 52.4% lending TVL share, […]
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The world's largest derivatives exchange is also expanding its crypto suite to include Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI) contracts.
Split Capital returned outside capital as founder joins Plasma, calling crypto hedge funds "broken" after $100 billion in venture funding.
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.
Aave (AAVE) dropped 8.5% and Avalanche (AVAX) fell 7.6%, leading the index lower from Monday.
AAVE price slips below the $100 level, dropping over 10% today, after a fresh bearish breakdown, as rising exchange reserves and recent developments around Chaos Labs’ exit add pressure to the outlook. The combination of increasing supply on exchanges and weakening price structure points to growing sell-side intent rather than stabilization. Is this the early …
A Reddit post claiming 75% output token savings sparked 400 comments and multiple GitHub repos dedicated to making AI grunt its way to efficiency.
CertiK's AI Auditor could revolutionize blockchain security by enabling proactive threat detection, potentially reducing costly exploits.
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Weekend gains for bitcoin have been mostly erased ahead of the president's Tuesday night deadline for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
On-chain data shows the Bitcoin network has seen a spike in profit transactions, something that has often led into local price tops in the past. Bitcoin Has Seen Its Highest Profit-To-Loss Transfer Ratio In 12 Weeks In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Santiment has talked about the latest trend in the ratio of profit and loss transactions taking place on the Bitcoin network. A transfer is categorized as a ‘profit’ one when the tokens involved in it had a last transaction price lower than the latest one. Similarly, transfers with coins of the opposite type fall into the ‘loss’ category. Related Reading: Bitcoin Sharks & Whales Capitulate: Realized Loss Exceeds $200M Below is the chart shared by Santiment that shows the ratio between the number of transactions falling in each group over the last few months. As is visible in the graph, the ratio has witnessed a rapid surge for the Bitcoin blockchain recently, indicating profit transactions have outpaced the loss ones. Currently, the metric has a value of 2.95, which means that traders are making nearly three profit-taking moves for every loss-taking transfer. This is the highest level for the indicator in about 12 weeks. In the chart, Santiment has highlighted past spikes in the metric. “Historically, this has been a short-term price top signal,” noted the analytics firm. Given this pattern, it now remains to be seen whether the latest surge in the ratio will also align with a local peak. In some other news, Bitcoin started the weekend with the most fearful social media sentiment in five weeks, as pointed out by Santiment in another X post. The indicator shown in the chart is the “Positive/Negative Sentiment,” tracking the ratio between bullish and bearish comments related to Bitcoin on the major social media platforms. This metric observed a drop to 0.81 on Saturday, corresponding to there being five negative posts for every four positive ones. The trend naturally suggests that all the market uncertainty like the Iran war and continued lackluster BTC price action induced FUD among retail traders on social media. Related Reading: Ethereum Drops Nearly 5% As Familiar Leverage Setup Plays Out While the market sentiment turned bearish, the analytics firm had noted in the post, “Remember that markets typically move the opposite direction of the crowd’s expectations.” Bitcoin has made some recovery to kickstart the new week, so it’s possible that this contrarian effect of the crowd mood may be what has once again affected the cryptocurrency’s trajectory. BTC Price Bitcoin has returned back to $69,200 following its recovery surge. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com
Trump has yet again posted something that stopped crypto traders mid-session. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” That is not a ceasefire signal. That is a regime change declaration. And Bitcoin is sitting at $68,355 – already down 1.61% …
Former Google quantum hardware leader and winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, John Martinis, warns that breaking encryption will be among the earliest uses of quantum computing
Global crypto funds saw $224 million worth of net inflows last week, led by XRP products with $119.6 million, per CoinShares.
An inspection found slow reconciliation cycles and weak trade-halting systems across major crypto exchanges.
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.
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.
How Operation Atlantic targets crypto scam networks in real time through cross-border coordination to detect and disrupt approval phishing attacks.
Amidst yet another big hack attributed to North Korea-linked operatives, some crypto builders have confessed they are passing tests during interviews to developers to make sure they are not North Korean agents. The Fool-Proof “Kim Jong‑Un Test” For Crypto Developers Once again, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is responsible for some action movie-sounding moves. Following the attribution of the April 1st $285 million attack on Drift Protocol to UNC4736, a North Korea–aligned, state‑sponsored hacking group, multiple crypto industry actors have taken to the social network X to share their fears and methods to combat what essentially are DPRK secret agents. All details on the long‑term social engineering, fake professional personas, in‑person conference meetings and compromised tooling employed in the attack can be consulted on a yesterday’s article in our sister’s website Bitcoinist. Unbelievable and hilarious as it may sound, the most straightforward strategy some of these builders have found is asking candidates to explicitly insult Kim Jong-Un, North Korea’s regime head, during interviews. Related Reading: This Bitcoin Trader Lost Millions In 2 Weeks, Here’s How Crypto Builders Share Proof Yesterday, Tanuki42, an independent blockchain security investigator, shared an actual video of a “North Korean IT worker being stopped dead in their tracks upon being required to insult Kim Jong Un”. In the video, “Taro Aikuchi” wasn’t just unable to repeat after the interviewer that “Kim Jong-Un is a fat, ugly pig”: he was taken aback and visibly nervous. Here is a video of a North Korean IT worker being stopped dead in their tracks upon being required to insult Kim Jong Un. It won’t work forever, but right now it’s genuinely an effective filter. I’m yet to come across one who can say it. https://t.co/8FFVPxNm8X pic.twitter.com/KXI5efMo5L — tanuki42 (@tanuki42_) April 6, 2026 In a different video shared by the security investigator, “Taro” tells him amusingly that he “knows North Korea well”, but then experiences very convenient connection issues when is asked to say “Fuck Kim Jong-Un”. The clip I posted was actually round 2. Here’s round 1 – I tell Taro I’m a North Korea security researcher, he tells me he “knows North Korea well”. Mysterious connection issues when I say “Fuck Kim Jong Un”, which he apologises for on reconnecting.???? pic.twitter.com/M89KDDmASW — tanuki42 (@tanuki42_) April 6, 2026 Later on the thread, Tanuki42 showed the candidate changed his Telegram handle, wiped their chat and blocked him after the interview. ????@taroaikuchi just changed his Telegram handle @cryptotrading2150->@cryptodegen202 – he’d already wiped our chat and blocked me ???? pic.twitter.com/EcQedYyGG7 — tanuki42 (@tanuki42_) April 6, 2026 His X account and LinkedIn page also disappeared. Crypto investor and fund manager Jason Choi quoted Tanuki42’s thread to echo the message, claiming that a lot of crypto founders have shared with him that this test works. Several founders in crypto have told me they ran this test and it genuinely worked https://t.co/DIZHoZDZ0l — Jason Choi (@mrjasonchoi) April 6, 2026 Crypto founder and RWA‑focused builder Pav replied to Choi saying that he has been using the tactic 2024, after he found out he was interviewing a DPRK agent for an engineering position in 2022. have been using this since 2024 and works like a charm https://t.co/nYWYIGxrAA — Parv (@Parv_EP) April 6, 2026 Simon Wijckmans, another cybersecurity founder and product leader, also replied to Choi sharing a clip from one of his own interviews with a candidate, “William Nation”, who failed to say that Kim Jong-Un is a dictator after Wijckmans requested him to do it Yep pic.twitter.com/Aht731yvRc — Simon (@SimonWijckmans) April 6, 2026 Some Crypto Builders Remain Sceptic Despite the overwhelming evidence, the wackiness of the story still finds flabbergasted nonbelievers. On a different thread from a few days ago, Paolo Caversaccio, a Switzerland‑based engineer and entrepreneur focused on cryptography, privacy and security, shared one of his attempts to employ the same Kim Jong-Un insult tactic to make sure he is not working with North Korean spies. going forward I will request from every external contributor to my repos a nice Kim Jong Un insult; it’s an easy but powerful way to prevent DPRK dev code (and some of them are really good) to be merged (they will never ever get the approval to do this). this guy passed it… pic.twitter.com/Ms86or5GiP — sudo rm -rf –no-preserve-root / (@pcaversaccio) April 4, 2026 He then entered an argument with long‑time Ethereum ecosystem developer and founder Micah Zoltu regarding the actual effectiveness of the technique. But Caversaccio’s argument was compelling: he has been dealing with DPRK IT workers for more than three years. After dealing for more than 3 years with DPRK IT workers I can confidently claim this filter is very strong. We will probably release some DPRK interviews publicly at some and will link it here, they always fail with this question. You probably think my filter is some random… — sudo rm -rf –no-preserve-root / (@pcaversaccio) April 5, 2026 Market Implications Related Reading: Crypto Tokenization Boom Or Time Bomb? Four Hidden Risks Wall Street Is Ignoring The real deal for traders right now isn’t guessing the next meme, but identifying which teams can defend against nation‑state attackers. For a while now, crypto has been entering a phase where geopolitics, state‑sponsored cyber ops, and HR compliance are as important as code audits. North Korean infiltration risk is now a structural factor for the industry. Considering this, traders should remember that protocols with weak contributor vetting, opaque multisigs, or ad‑hoc governance present elevated tail‑risk that markets will increasingly price in. It is also advisable to look for projects that can prove stronger operational security, incident response and KYC for critical roles may enjoy relatively stronger valuations and more sticky TVL. At the moment of writing, BTC trades for around $68k on the daily chart. Source: BTCUSDT on Tradingview. Cover image from Perplexity. BTCUSDT chart from Tradingview.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced that the proposed Reg Crypto framework is now under final review at the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The plan would give crypto startups a four-year exemption to raise capital without immediate registration requirements. It also aims to provide clearer rules on how digital assets are classified …
MARA Holdings' strategic pivot to AI and data infrastructure highlights a broader industry trend of diversifying beyond Bitcoin mining.
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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 has moved faster than most observers expected. Citadel Securities says it welcomes tokenization because it […]
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Polkadot is flashing warning signs as bearish pressure intensifies, with price slipping sharply after a clean rejection at a key resistance zone. The latest structure suggests this isn’t just a pullback, it could be the start of a deeper downside move toward critical liquidity levels. With sellers firmly in control and market positioning turning negative, …
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.
$276 million was wiped from crypto traders in a single day this week as Bitcoin briefly reclaimed $69,000, squeezing leveraged traders on both sides. As of now, Bitcoin sits at $68,274 – down over 2% in 24 hours and 45% below its all-time high. If you’re watching your portfolio bleed, you’re probably asking one question: …
Despite billions in purchases, MSTR demand is being outweighed by long term holder positioning and broader capital flows.
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.
Over time, the Ethereum price has been trending sideways with no definitive move in either direction. This trend has led to the formation of an ascending channel that could change the course of things for the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. If this trend continues to play out, then it is possible that the Ethereum price is about to see new all-time highs. Why Ethereum Price Could Be Headed Above $5,000 Crypto analyst Jonathan Carter shared an analysis on the X (formerly Twitter) website that takes a look at the Ethereum price and what the current trend could mean for the altcoin. Carter pointed out the current ascending channel pattern, but also what this could imply for the Ethereum price going forward. Related Reading: Ethereum Eyes Macro Bottom As Key Level Comes Into Focus: Analyst According to the crypto analyst, the Ethereum price is currently trading closer to the lower border of the ascending channel pattern. This is drawn from the weekly chart, and since the altcoin’s price is yet to break below this channel, then it is still very bullish. For now, the Ethereum prognosis remains that the price will begin to surge, provided a couple of things remain. First of these is the fact that the channel structure is still intact. This suggests that the bulls are likely to push the price upward. Next is the fact that the support zone around the $1,900 level is still holding. As long as this support holds, then the bears are unable to keep pulling the price down. But a failure to secure this level would lead to an Ethereum price crash. Last of these is that bullish momentum is still building around Ethereum. During times of sideways movement such as this, it is often when whales are accumulating, and as a result, the bullish momentum surrounding the asset is beginning to rise. With all the catalysts staying intact, the crypto analyst predicts that there are five (5) recovery targets for the Ethereum price in total. The fist of the targets is $2,350, which is around a 15% jump from the current level. Once this is surpassed, then the bulls move on to the second target at $2,800. Related Reading: Bitcoin Sentiment Hits 5-Week Fear Level – Is A Reversal Coming? The next recovery target then moves up to $3,550, eventually breaking the resistance at $3,000. This gives way to the $4,700 target. Hitting this target will set the stage for the Ethereum price to actually retest its current all-time high of $4,900, and then play into the final target. This final target is placed at $5,700, which would set a new peak for the Ethereum price. However, all of these are still dependent on the ascending channel pattern staying in place and the price not breaking below the established support. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
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.
Your day-ahead look for April 7, 2026
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.