Bitcoin’s April price drop linked to leverage liquidations: CryptoQuant
CryptoQuant attributes Bitcoin’s late-April price drop to leverage liquidations. The market predicting Bitcoin will reach $80,000 in April sits at 10.5% YES, down from 30% a day ago. Market reaction The market predicting Bitcoin reaching $80,000 dropped from 56% to…
3 Binance Updates for XRP and Other Altcoin Traders: Details
Here are the latest listings and delistings announced by the exchange. Rarely does a week pass without the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange introducing some kind of platform adjustments. Most recently, it added new trading pairs to one of its…
Bitcoin 2026 Conference Divides Its Community
The Bitcoin 2026 Conference drew more than 40,000 attendees to The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas from April 27 to 29, but the institutional-heavy speaker lineup sparked a sharp backlash from early adopters who accused the event of abandoning its…
Iran blames US for failed peace talks during Putin visit
Iran blamed the US for the breakdown in peace talks, citing excessive demands during Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Russia. The market for a US-Iran nuclear deal by April 30 sits at 0.5% YES, down from 2% yesterday. ## Market reaction…
Trump’s Meme Coin Is a Major Roadblock to the CLARITY Act
According to critics, half of crypto’s most influential people were at Trump’s recent meme coin dinner, which is why they can’t say anything. The CLARITY Act, the most consequential crypto legislation working through the US Senate, is stalling partly…
Over Protocol’s lights go out, leaving a “decentralized” shell behind
Over Foundation has shut down all Over Protocol infrastructure, abandoning OverWallet, nodes and explorers, and leaving block production to any validators stubborn enough to keep running. Summary Over Foundation says “insurmountable financial constraints” forced it to permanently cease operations, killing…
US blockade traps 20+ vessels at Chah Bahar, Iran maritime action likely
Over 20 vessels are now stuck at Chah Bahar due to the U.S. blockade, and the market for Iran successfully targeting ships by April 30 has jumped to 85.7% YES, up from 70% yesterday. The Iran targeting ships by April…
Chainalysis Traces Iran Stablecoin Network After $344M USDT Freeze
Tether froze $344M in USDT across two blockchain addresses on April 23, 2026, acting on information from the Office of Foreign Assets Control and U.S. law enforcement in a coordinated action that simultaneously added two Central Bank of Iran-linked crypto…
Ripple Travelex Bank Partnership Expands
Travelex Bank, the first foreign exchange bank approved by Brazil’s Central Bank, is expanding its use of Ripple Payments for instant cross-border settlement, as the US Faster Payments Council separately names Ripple among the key innovators driving G20 domestic payments…
US confirms partial reopening of Strait of Hormuz, easing oil supply fears
Energy Secretary Chris Wright confirmed a quick reopening of the Strait of Hormuz via a safe shipping corridor. The market for 80 ships transiting by April 30 sits at 1% YES. Market reaction The market moved modestly on the limited…
