The footwear brand plans reinvention as Newbird AI with a $50 million convertible in a sign of the broader market shift into GPU infrastructure.
The concurrent visits highlight China's strategic role as a mediator, potentially influencing global diplomatic dynamics and power balances.
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The new proposal outlines multi-year lockups and opt-in token burn, as the Trump-linked DeFi platform responds to pressure over delayed liquidity access.
Crypto credit cards see roughly 100,000 average daily transactions, with Etherfi accounting for about a third of that volume.
The shares had been on a big run higher, rising more than 50% since late March.
Hezbollah's actions highlight regional instability, potentially affecting global oil markets and increasing geopolitical tensions.
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Geopolitical instability underscores Bitcoin's vulnerability to external shocks, highlighting the need for cautious market strategies.
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Aptos (APT), up 3.8% since Tuesday, joined Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.
Only 4% of Danish citizens own crypto, far below other European countries, as banks, taxes and risk fears limit adoption, according to a new staff paper from the country's central bank.
Bhutan moved 250 BTC on April 13, extending 2026 outflows to $240 million as holdings fell 73% from an October 2024 peak.
Persistent inflation and supply shocks may compel the Fed to maintain or increase rates, impacting economic stability and market dynamics.
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Geopolitical stability and strong corporate earnings can significantly boost market confidence, impacting investment strategies and economic forecasts.
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OKX's X-Perps launch enhances Europe's crypto market by providing regulated, leveraged trading options, potentially boosting market liquidity.
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A new Bitcoin proposal outlines a phased plan to restrict and eventually render quantum-vulnerable funds unspendable.
Bitcoin is trading at $74,025. Half the market sees a buying opportunity. The other half sees a temporary stop on the way to $30,000. Both sides have real data behind them. The Bear Case: The Bottom Is Not Here Yet CryptoQuant published analysis this week showing Bitcoin’s MVRV Z-score has not entered negative territory. Every …
Ancient Roman cities thrived on social interactions, revealing a complex tapestry of economic and religious life.
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As the broader crypto market stabilizes, Algorand (ALGO) price is beginning to coil just below a key resistance zone near $0.12, with price action signaling a potential breakout in the making. The structure has quietly flipped bullish, and instead of fading, ALGO is holding firm while building pressure beneath liquidity-heavy levels. With momentum starting to …
Bitcoin's 12% gain since the Iran war began isn't a risk-on trade. It's the market repricing bitcoin's role as a neutral settlement layer, Bitwise's CIO argues.
Pakistan sent a letter to all banks and financial regulatory firms notifying them that they may provide crypto services,, but remain barred from trading or holding crypto assets.
Bitcoin may be approaching a more consequential upside move if current technical and on-chain trends hold, according to Capriole founder Charles Edwards, who argued in a new market note that a cluster of macro, sentiment and blockchain indicators has shifted in a more constructive direction despite a volatile geopolitical backdrop. Edwards framed the current environment as unusually difficult to navigate, with markets swinging between war fears, oil spikes and a fast-moving AI threat landscape. Even so, he said the underlying signal from Bitcoin and broader macro data is increasingly hard to ignore, particularly if BTC can sustain a monthly and weekly close above $71,500, a level he described as a critical threshold. Bitcoin Technicals And On-Chain Turn Bullish On price structure alone, Edwards said a close above $71,500 would mark Bitcoin’s strongest technical monthly finish in a year. On the daily chart, he described the recent move as even more encouraging, citing an engulfing advance and notable relative strength against other markets since the start of the Iran war. That relative performance matters in his framework because Bitcoin had largely traded like a risk asset over the prior nine months. Related Reading: What Presidio Bitcoin Found About Quantum Computing: Threat Timeline And Next Steps He paired that chart view with a series of on-chain signals that, in his view, resemble prior accumulation zones. Normalized dormancy is low, which he said suggests long-term holders are not distributing into weakness. He also pointed to renewed “restacking” by longer-dated holders, including a recent turn in the 2-year-plus cohort, and to deeply depressed SOPR readings, which historically have often coincided with stronger forward Bitcoin opportunities. Miners are sending a similar message, he argued. Edwards said the market remains in a deep miner capitulation phase, referencing Hash Ribbons, while miner sell pressure is also unusually subdued. He added that one of the most important charts in his stack now shows institutions as net buyers again, a backdrop he said has accompanied every major Bitcoin appreciation phase of the last five years when demand exceeded newly mined supply. Taken together, the message was straightforward: “Amongst this swathe of data (and more) it’s hard not to be bullish on Bitcoin above $71.5K.” Macro Fear Is Fading, But Not Gone Edwards also tied Bitcoin’s improving backdrop to traditional market gauges. He highlighted a recent VIX macro buy signal after volatility dropped from above 30 toward the 20 area, a CNN Fear & Greed reading back in buy territory, and what he called the biggest weekly jump in US liquidity since May 2025. In his telling, those shifts suggest markets are beginning to move past the sharpest phase of geopolitical panic. That matters because, in his reading, markets are increasingly treating the Iran conflict as a contained risk rather than a lasting macro shock. Oil has moved back below $100, the US-Iran ceasefire is in place, and Bitcoin has outperformed equities by 11% since the war began, according to Edwards. For an asset that had spent months in a broad downtrend, he sees that as a meaningful change in character. He went further, arguing that markets may now be entering what he called “volatility fatigue,” a phase in which investors begin discounting daily headline reversals and return to pricing liquidity, growth and fundamentals instead. Related Reading: Bitcoin Whales Ramp Up Accumulation: Holdings Hit 2-Month High Still, the note was not purely a bullish market call. Edwards spent substantial time on what he sees as a growing AI-driven security threat to crypto infrastructure, especially DeFi and complex smart contract systems. He argued that increasingly capable models will compress the time needed to discover and exploit vulnerabilities from months to minutes. His advice was blunt: “If you don’t have a really good reason to use complex DeFi protocols and smart contracts, you probably shouldn’t be as we enter this new AI realm. Think about it. Is it really worth the complexity of juicing out that extra few basis points to lend/borrow/bridge/stake/restake?” That caution sits alongside the bullish case rather than against it. Edwards’ broader argument is that the market is starting to reward opportunity over fear, but only for investors who remain disciplined on risk. “Let’s not overweight the problems in our head, but be prepared accordingly,” he wrote. “Long-term performance has historically rewarded those that position for the optimistic outcome, while concurrently managing risks, diligently monitoring the data and acting with strong conviction. In short, if the current move breaks down next week, and risk metrics start flashing, our systematic portfolio will pivot accordingly. Until then, things look great for Bitcoin and equites today.” At press time, BTC traded at $74,117. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Brix plans to bring emerging market assets onchain, launching a Turkish lira-backed token as its first product on MegaETH.
The broker said prediction markets are scaling into a trillion-dollar asset class, driven by regulatory clarity, crypto rails and distribution via major trading platforms.
The project would burn 4.5 billion tokens while beginning to vest 40.7 billion tokens for founders and the team, restructuring locks that were originally set to be indefinite.
Solana and XRP are showing significantly higher unrealized losses compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum. On-chain data from Glassnode reveals that a large portion of SOL and XRP holders remain 65 to 75% in loss in unrealised loss. This signals weaker positioning in altcoins and slower recovery strength. SOL and XRP Holders In Deep Loss According …
Kevin Warsh is holding Solana, Polymarket and more. Goldman Sachs is filing for a BTC ETF. And Circle stock is jumping on news of a token.
White House study sharpens CLARITY’s core fight as Senate execution remains the real test A recent White House economic study has changed the focus of Washington’s debate over the CLARITY Act. The report addresses the main issue slowing the bill in the Senate: whether limiting stablecoin yields actually protects the banking system. The study’s findings are […]
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eToro's acquisition of Zengo could accelerate the integration of decentralized finance, enhancing user control and expanding digital asset services.
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What you need to know for April 15, 2026
Fireblocks launched Earn, giving institutions direct access to Aave and Morpho-based stablecoin lending as firms seek yield on idle balances.
Pakistan is the third largest crypto market in the world. For eight years, none of its 27 million users could access a bank account to run a crypto business legally. That has changed. The State Bank of Pakistan issued BPRD Circular Letter No. 10 of 2026 on April 14, formally reversing a 2018 directive that …