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  • Banks rate Strategy a ‘buy’ while collecting $274M to issue stock for its Bitcoin purchases
    CryptoSlate - 20:00 Apr 12, 2026
    Strategy is one of the most aggressively promoted stocks on Wall Street, with a consensus “Strong Buy” rating and an average analyst price target that implies a 155% upside from recent prices. That's nearly double the implied upside for any other large-cap name in America. It's also, by a wide margin, the single largest issuer […] The post Banks rate Strategy a ‘buy’ while collecting $274M to issue stock for its Bitcoin purchases appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Over 80% of Bitcoin ETF assets hit Coinbase custody choke point with $74B at risk
    CryptoSlate - 18:00 Apr 12, 2026
    Is Coinbase too big to fail? It has to be now ETFs rely on it daily Wall Street spent two years selling investors on a clean vision of Bitcoin: a regulated exchange-traded fund, cleared and settled through the same institutional machinery that handles equities and bonds, scrubbed of the Wild West baggage that haunted crypto's […] The post Over 80% of Bitcoin ETF assets hit Coinbase custody choke point with $74B at risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • SEC admits crypto crackdown went too far ‘headlines’ as it dismisses 7 cases
    CryptoSlate - 15:30 Apr 12, 2026
    In November 2024, the SEC celebrated 583 enforcement actions and a record $8.2 billion in remedies, saying crypto was proof it could keep pace with emerging threats. This week, the same agency published a 2025 review calling that approach a mistake. The new report said prior resources were misapplied, criticized the pursuit of “media headlines,” and […] The post SEC admits crypto crackdown went too far ‘headlines’ as it dismisses 7 cases appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Zcash beats Bitcoin by 46% as privacy coins decouple during Iran War
    CryptoSlate - 13:30 Apr 12, 2026
    The US-Iran ceasefire made oil retreat, European equities posted their largest single-day gain in more than four years, and crypto joined the relief wave alongside everything else. During the relief, traders rotated sharply into privacy-adjacent names, pushing Zcash up roughly 59.6% over seven days and Dash up about 47.3% over the same window. CryptoSlate's privacy […] The post Zcash beats Bitcoin by 46% as privacy coins decouple during Iran War appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin sits on a knife edge but holds $71k as “no Iran deal” spooks market over the weekend
    CryptoSlate - 11:00 Apr 12, 2026
    Bitcoin kept part of the ceasefire bounce, but the chain still has not confirmed the move Bitcoin is still holding around $71,000 after the weekend’s ceasefire-driven risk bounce, even as the macro story behind that move has already started to fray. That leaves the market in an awkward middle ground. Price kept part of the […] The post Bitcoin sits on a knife edge but holds $71k as “no Iran deal” spooks market over the weekend appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Rent a human: The day bots started hiring us
    CryptoSlate - 21:15 Apr 11, 2026
    The following is a guest post and opinion from Laura Estefania, Founder and CEO of Conquista PR. From Automation to Orchestration Bots are creating a new economy. And for the first time, it is not about replacing humans, but organizing them. The rise of AI agents has moved quietly from novelty to structure. What we […] The post Rent a human: The day bots started hiring us appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Ray Dalio issues economic “war thesis” showing dollar-debasement against Bitcoin
    CryptoSlate - 19:05 Apr 11, 2026
    Ray Dalio's Apr. 9 TIME essay carries a geopolitical surface and a monetary argument underneath. Dalio explicitly writes that his indicators point to a simultaneous breakdown of the monetary order, some domestic political orders, and the geopolitical world order. The Iran conflict is the immediate trigger, but the structural claim below that is that investors […] The post Ray Dalio issues economic “war thesis” showing dollar-debasement against Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Melania Trump’s surprise Epstein denial fails to halt 99% crash of her memecoin
    CryptoSlate - 16:05 Apr 11, 2026
    First Lady Melania Trump’s unexpected White House address forcefully denying any ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and her unprecedented call for congressional hearings for his victims has sparked a political firestorm. In a surprise April 9 announcement, the first lady addressed reporters at the White House to categorically dismantle rumors regarding her past. She […] The post Melania Trump’s surprise Epstein denial fails to halt 99% crash of her memecoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • How institutions made Bitcoin a weekday market so retail takes on all the weekend risk
    CryptoSlate - 13:25 Apr 11, 2026
    Bitcoin might trade around the clock, but its liquidity doesn't anymore. The asset that was supposed to become more resilient after absorbing billions in institutional capital through ETFs has instead developed a split personality, one that looks deep and orderly during New York trading hours and considerably more fragile once Wall Street's desks go dark. […] The post How institutions made Bitcoin a weekday market so retail takes on all the weekend risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Why Fed and Treasury leaders Powell, Bessent just rushed into a critical cyber-risk meeting
    CryptoSlate - 10:35 Apr 11, 2026
    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent meeting with Wall Street leaders this week, bypassing the routine briefing cadence and pulling bank CEOs into a direct conversation about AI-driven cyber risk. Reports noted that the meeting aimed to ensure banks understood the risks posed by Mythos and similar models and […] The post Why Fed and Treasury leaders Powell, Bessent just rushed into a critical cyber-risk meeting appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin bulls are eyeing $100,000, yet the futures market hints at another dip first
    CryptoSlate - 08:36 Apr 11, 2026
    Bitcoin traders are rebuilding bets on a move toward $80,000 as easing geopolitical tensions, firmer institutional demand, and a rebound above $70,000 revive appetite for upside exposure after weeks of defensive positioning. On Coinbase-owned Deribit, the largest venue for crypto options, the $80,000 call has become the single biggest strike by open interest this week, […] The post Bitcoin bulls are eyeing $100,000, yet the futures market hints at another dip first appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Trump’s World Liberty Financial borrows $75M against illiquid WLFI tokens with 16B token dump incoming
    CryptoSlate - 18:30 Apr 10, 2026
    World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance project co-founded by the Trump family, is hastily preparing to unlock a massive tranche of its WLFI tokens after a nearly two-year holding period. The impending release will likely target a portion of the remaining 80% of public investors' allocations to the project. According to Tokenomist data, this translates […] The post Trump’s World Liberty Financial borrows $75M against illiquid WLFI tokens with 16B token dump incoming appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bittensor sheds $900 million in market value as key AI developer exits amid in-fighting
    CryptoSlate - 15:00 Apr 10, 2026
    A high-profile departure from Bittensor has triggered a steep sell-off in the decentralized artificial intelligence network, wiping out nearly $900 million from its market capitalization in a matter of hours as internal disputes spill into public view. On April 10, Covenant AI, the development team behind one of the network’s largest subnets, announced that it […] The post Bittensor sheds $900 million in market value as key AI developer exits amid in-fighting appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • US inflation soars to 3.3% in largest jump since 2021 – so why did Bitcoin barely move?
    CryptoSlate - 14:00 Apr 10, 2026
    March inflation has delivered a split result with one immediate consequence. US consumer prices accelerated hard enough to keep the Federal Reserve boxed in, while the softer core reading kept the next month alive as the real test. That tension reaches well beyond macro calendars. Bitcoin has spent much of 2026 trading through rates, liquidity, […] The post US inflation soars to 3.3% in largest jump since 2021 – so why did Bitcoin barely move? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin miner fees are close to zero as cost to mine nears $80,000 with difficulty about to drop 5%
    CryptoSlate - 13:05 Apr 10, 2026
    Bitcoin mining is still running on the subsidy, not demand. That is the more useful place to start as we head into the next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment window, which CoinWarz now estimates for April 18, 2026, with difficulty projected to fall from 138.97 trillion to 132.14 trillion, a decline of 4.91%. The schedule matters less […] The post Bitcoin miner fees are close to zero as cost to mine nears $80,000 with difficulty about to drop 5% appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • CLARITY Act faces White House blitz as Treasury and SEC flood Senate with coordinated pressure this week
    CryptoSlate - 11:45 Apr 10, 2026
    The Trump administration and the broader crypto industry have initiated an unprecedented, multi-agency pressure campaign aimed at forcing the Senate to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, signaling a decisive final push to overhaul the regulatory framework of the $2.4 trillion cryptocurrency market before the 2026 midterm elections. In a highly synchronized effort this […] The post CLARITY Act faces White House blitz as Treasury and SEC flood Senate with coordinated pressure this week appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • How Trump-linked WLFI set up a lending model where lenders pay the price of failure
    CryptoSlate - 10:30 Apr 10, 2026
    Money market Dolomite users are at risk of bad debt because the WLFI token is used as collateral under the WLFI Markets initiative. By World Liberty's own description, WLFI Markets is only an interface, as Dolomite smart contracts handle the lending logic, collateral rules, and liquidations underneath. The model explains how a Trump-linked venture could […] The post How Trump-linked WLFI set up a lending model where lenders pay the price of failure appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin’s rally is still just a bear market bounce unless it reclaims this key level
    CryptoSlate - 09:04 Apr 10, 2026
    Bitcoin (BTC) moved from roughly $67,000 to $72,000 in the days surrounding the US-Israel-Iran ceasefire announcement, a 7.5% rebound that reduced volatility and lifted sentiment across risk assets. Glassnode's Apr. 8 Week On-chain report noted that the bounce and stabilization still fit the fingerprint of a bear market rebound. BTC still trades inside a bear […] The post Bitcoin’s rally is still just a bear market bounce unless it reclaims this key level appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • The U.S. economy has almost stalled, but inflation still too hot for easy Fed rescue
    CryptoSlate - 17:55 Apr 09, 2026
    The U.S. economy entered 2026 with far less momentum than markets had priced in a few months earlier. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, fourth quarter 2025 GDP growth was revised down to 0.5%, a sharp step down from the 4.4% pace recorded in the third quarter. On its own, that revision would usually […] The post The U.S. economy has almost stalled, but inflation still too hot for easy Fed rescue appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Bitcoin on-chain activity is a ghost town with price being controlled elsewhere
    CryptoSlate - 15:45 Apr 09, 2026
    Bitcoin’s rebound to around $71,000 has reignited a familiar bullish conversation about price, liquidity, and positioning. It has also exposed a less comfortable fact inside the network itself. The fee market has barely moved. For a market that still treats on-chain congestion as a sign of organic demand, that divergence deserves more attention than another […] The post Bitcoin on-chain activity is a ghost town with price being controlled elsewhere appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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