Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Riot Platforms sold 3,778 Bitcoin in Q1 2026, netting $289.5 million-a volume that dwarfs its 1,473 BTC production for the same period by 2.6x. The company ended Q1 with 15,680 BTC on its books, down 18% from the 18,005 coins it held at the close of 2025. That gap between what Riot mined and what it...

Washington has moved further into crypto custody, but the shift is not entirely new. Recent actions by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, show that federal regulators are now deciding which crypto firms can move toward national trust charters. Those charters would let approved fi...

XRP’s close of the month of March in the red has now marked the end of the first quarter of 2026 as very bearish for the cryptocurrency. While this is concerning for investors of the altcoin, this is not the first time in history that the XRP price has closed the first quarter of the year in a compl...

Nearly half of investors trust centralized exchanges less than before. Hacks and platform failures remain major concerns. Regulatory control is emerging as a key trust issue.Declining Confidence Among InvestorsThe level of trust in centralized exchanges has dropped significantly in recent years. Acc...

Leap Wallet said it will permanently shut down all products on May 28, 2026, ending a four-year run as one of the Cosmos ecosystem’s most popular non-custodial wallets.The shutdown affects browser extensions, mobile apps, Compass Wallet, Swapfast, and Leap’s Cosmos Hub validator. Users have roughly ...

XRP trades at $1.3193, down 0.03%, between S3 support at $1.2543 and R3 resistance at $1.4255.Ripple integrated XRP and RLUSD into its GTreasury system, letting CFOs manage digital assets alongside fiat in one dashboard.Ripple’s CTO responded to concerns over Ripple’s 34B XRP holdings, saying banks ...

Crypto liquidations reached over $400 million on Thursday, 02 April. While the total liquidations measured $271.18 million on Wednesday, 01 April, figures for the same climbed to $456.19 million on Thursday.Of these liquidations, $287 million were long and $169 million were short positions. Bitcoin’...

The crypto 4-year cycle is being questioned by investors. Market maturity and institutional adoption may be changing patterns. New factors could replace traditional halving-driven cycles.Why the Old Pattern Is Being ChallengedFor years, the crypto market has followed what many call the “4-year cycle...

Key InsightsBitcoin ETFs recorded $173.73 million in net outflows on April 1.Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust (NYSE: BTC) posted the largest single-fund inflow of the day at $10.25 million.Ethereum ETFs shed $7.10 million on the day, with Grayscale’s ETHE recording the largest single-fund inflow.Bitco...

Based on Announcement, KuMiner Day has launched a campaign offering a 50,000 USDT reward pool from April 3 to April 10, 2026 (UTC+8). Participants can earn lucky draw chances by making purchases or completing daily tasks, with prizes including DG Home 1, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and cryptocurrency rewards...

ChainCatcher reports that since RootData officially launched its project claiming feature, the number of listed projects has continued to rise. This week alone, over 20 prominent projects, including Bitway, Flock, Morph, and Solv, have joined. Latest data shows that projects completing verification ...

On Apr. 2, Coinbase received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust charter.Coinbase joined a cluster of at least eight firms that the OCC has moved toward federal trust-charter status since December 2025, and the cluster reveals a deliberate fed...

Circle Internet Group stock remains under pressure even after the company introduced plans for Circle Wrapped Bitcoin, or cirBTC, a new product aimed at institutional users seeking onchain bitcoin exposure with verifiable reserves. The stock has struggled to regain momentum after a sharp selloff tie...

Please place another order for the milk tea I bought from that shop yesterday.If one day you could simply tell your phone to find a merchant, confirm an item, place an order, make payment, and arrange delivery, you probably wouldn’t first think of a payment revolution. You’d likely just feel that yo...

According to CoinDesk, the crypto market continues to consolidate, with Bitcoin trading in a narrow range near $67,000, and derivatives data indicating growing bearish sentiment. Bitcoin has remained within this trading range since early February and remains within the broader downtrend that began i...