The US military seized an oil tanker associated with Iran, pushing odds for Trump agreeing to Iranian oil sanction relief by April down to 17% YES, from 26% a day ago. Market reaction Traders drove down odds across several related markets. The April market for Trump agreeing to any Iranian oil sanction relief dropped sharply….
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Even without surpassing the $80,000 level, BTC still managed to increase its dominance over the altcoins. The cryptocurrency market experienced heightened volatility over the past several hours. Bitcoin was on track to break above the psychological $80,000 level but lost momentum just before reaching it. Meanwhile, some altcoins, including MemeCore (M), managed to maintain…
Dan Finlay, co-founder of MetaMask and a longtime developer at Consensys, has announced that he is leaving the company. Summary Dan Finlay said he is leaving Consensys after helping build MetaMask over the past decade. MetaMask launched Advanced Permissions, letting dApps execute approved transactions without requiring users to sign each time. The new feature could…
The UK and France are spearheading a 30-nation military coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, contingent on a ceasefire, to protect shipping routes once hostilities cease. Odds for the UK sending warships by April 30 sit at 2.9% YES, down from 10% a day ago. The coalition announcement has not moved the market upward….
Strategy holds 780,897 BTC valued at over $59Bn. The BlackRock crypto IBIT fund holds 798,026 BTC. That gap, roughly 17,000 coins, could close this week. The detail most headlines are missing, though, is how the mechanics actually work: Strategy has been selling a financial instrument called STRC to raise cash, then deploying that cash directly…
A strong rise in open interest alongside improving positioning signals indicates fresh capital entering Bitcoin futures. Bitcoin Positioning Index climbed to 40.1, while its 30-day simple moving average (SMA-30d) rose to 4.5, which represents a four-month high. At the same time, the 30-day change in open interest (OI) increased by 14.5%, one of the…
Crypto protocols have lost more than $606 million to hacks and exploits in just the first 18 days of April 2026, making it the single worst month for theft in the industry since the $1.4 billion Bybit breach in February 2025, according to data from DefiLlama. Summary Over $606 million was stolen from crypto protocols…
Panama’s Foreign Ministry called Iran’s recent seizures of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz a “grave attack against maritime security.” The market on whether the UK will send warships through the strait by April 30, 2026, is at 2.6% YES. Iran’s action raises the probability that international naval forces, including the UK, might deploy to…
Ripple has published a multi-phase roadmap to make the XRP Ledger resistant to quantum computing attacks, aiming to achieve full post-quantum readiness by 2028. The move comes after Google Quantum AI research confirmed that the cryptography underpinning most blockchains today can, in principle, be broken by sufficiently advanced quantum hardware. Assets are not at risk…
