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Deutsche Börse teamed up with Kraken in December to bridge traditional and digital markets and help expedite institutional cryptocurrency adoption in Europe.

Bitcoin price approaches $75,000 level with $200 million in shorts at risk of liquidation, rising open interest and shifting volatility dynamics in focus.

Meanwhile, RAVE continues to steal the show with yet another mind-blowing price pump.

Nauru moves from building rules to promoting its digital asset framework as it looks to attract companies and cross-border partnerships. Nauru has appointed crypto entrepreneur Dadvan Yousuf as an international trade commissioner to help advance its digital asset strategy and attract global investment.    In a statement on Tuesday, President David Adeang said the appointment is part of the Pacific nation’s efforts to strengthen international partnerships and position itself as a hub for virtual asset activity. The government said Yousuf will support cross-border engagement with virtual asset service providers, financial institutions and technology firms. The move comes less than a year after Nauru passed legislation establishing the Command Ridge Virtual Asset Authority (CRVAA), a dedicated regulator tasked with licensing and overseeing crypto firms, digital banks and other virtual asset activities. Read more

Another capital injection from a tradfi giant signals deeper institutional involvement in the crypto industry.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for the Fed to hold off on rate cuts reflects a problem that reaches far beyond Washington: war-driven inflation is keeping the door to cheaper money shut. Reuters reported that Bessent urged caution because the Iran conflict is lifting fuel costs and complicating the inflation outlook. The Fed's own March […] The post Bessent tells Fed to ‘wait and see’ on cuts as war-driven inflation clouds Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin price is going to $75,000 as the bears are running out of room, and our prediction model still says that the rally might not be over. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: $80K Coming to Wreck Bears appeared first on Cryptonews.

The nominee, Shin Huyn-song, supported a central bank digital currency model, emphasizing the need for strict anti-money laundering and compliance controls.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $291 million in outflows on Monday as BTC climbed above $74,000, marking the biggest day of redemptions since March 27, led by FBTC. US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) clocked a day of outflows on Monday despite BTC surging above $74,000. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs recorded $291 million outflows on Monday, the largest daily outflow since March 27, according to SoSoValue data. The selling largely came from the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC), which led the outflows at $229 million, according to Farside data. Read more

Estimated bitcoin purchase from STRC of around 7,800 BTC could mark the largest single-day addition since the preferred stock's debut.

Victims of the $4 billion OneCoin scam can petition for the opportunity to recover funds from over $40 million in forfeited assets.

Hacken’s Q1 2026 report finds $482 million lost across 44 incidents, with phishing, legacy code bugs and key compromises driving losses as regulators tighten security demands. Update (April 14, 2026, 11 am UTC): This article has been updated to adjust the total number of hacks and scams in the first quarter to $482 million and the total number of incidents to 44. Web3 projects lost $482 million to hacks and scams in the first quarter of 2026, while multi-billion-dollar “mega hacks” gave way to a larger number of mid-sized incidents, according to blockchain security company Hacken. According to Hacken’s Q1 2026 report, phishing and social engineering attacks dominated the period, accounting for $306 million in losses in a quarter that saw 44 incidents overall. A single $282 million hardware wallet scam in January was responsible for more than half of the quarter’s damage. Read more

Why is crypto going up? Ethereum is about to tap $2,400 and Bitcoin pushes toward $75,000 on the back of what we call "The grand deal." The post Why is Crypto Up? Ether, HYPE, and Solana Lead Following US Grand Deal appeared first on Cryptonews.

UK Liberal Democrats called on the FCA to examine Nigel Farage’s promotion of Stack BTC as scrutiny grows over crypto conflicts and political donations. UK Liberal Democrats have urged the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to investigate Nigel Farage’s involvement with Bitcoin treasury firm Stack BTC following a promotional video and disclosed shareholding. In a letter to the FCA, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper asked the regulator to investigate whether Farage breached market rules by appearing in a promotional video for Stack BTC while holding a financial stake in the company. “The FCA must investigate whether Farage’s plans to cash in on Crypto could potentially amount to market abuse and a conflict of interest,” she wrote, adding that “we cannot allow political leaders to treat the financial markets like a personal piggy bank to potentially line their own pockets.” Read more

XRP market weakness continues as open interest contracts and investors book heavy losses.

OneCoin was launched by Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood in Bulgaria. Ignatova has been missing since 2017, and Greenwood was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The US Department of Justice has launched a compensation process for victims of the $4 billion crypto Ponzi scheme OneCoin, using forfeited assets taken from some of the scheme's architects. The Justice Department said on Monday that more than $40 million in forfeited assets is available to compensate anyone who purchased OneCoin between 2014 and 2019 and recorded a net loss. Jay Clayton, the US Attorney for Manhattan, said the compensation process was “an important step toward returning funds to those harmed.” Read more

Bitcoin falling to the $50,000 level is being seen as the “last significant accumulation zone” before any sustained recovery, says LVRG Research director Nick Ruck. Several crypto analysts said there will be a final flush that sends Bitcoin prices as low as $50,000 before the cryptocurrency can mount a measurable recovery. Bitcoin (BTC) trader and author Ivan Liljeqvist posted to X on Tuesday that Bitcoin is yet to have “the big flush.” “I don’t think we’ve had it yet, I don’t think $60,000 was the bottom,” he added. “Trend is still down.” Read more

The American Bankers Association is concerned that stablecoin yields would lead to mass deposit outflows from smaller community banks. The American Bankers Association (ABA) has criticized a White House report that claimed banning stablecoin yields would only have a negligible impact on banks, arguing that the conclusion was reached by asking the “wrong question.” The White House’s Council of Economic Advisers claimed in a research paper on Wednesday, on the “Effects of Stablecoin Yield Prohibition on Bank Lending,” that under a baseline scenario, banning stablecoin yield may only increase bank lending by $2.1 billion, representing a marginal net increase of about 0.02%. ABA chief economist Sayee Srinivasan and vice president for banking and economic research Yikai Wang said in a statement on Monday that the “live policy concern” is not whether prohibiting yield on stablecoins would impact bank lending but whether allowing yield on stablecoins would encourage deposit outflows, particularly from community bank...

Bitcoin’s price has risen to slightly below $75,000 today, reaching a level we haven’t seen since March 17th. This nearly 1-month high comes amid renewed hopes of potential de-escalation of the war between the US, Israel, and Iran, as Vice President JD Vance teases progress in the negotiations. We made significant progress in talks with […]

Ethereum is the winner from today’s crypto market rally, surging more than 8% to its highest level since early February.