Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Switzerland-headquartered hardware wallet company Tangem today announced the global rollout of its retail payments product, Tangem Pay, per a press release shared exclusively with The Defiant. The new feature lets Tangem wallet users spend stablecoin USDC anywhere where Visa is accepted, using virtu...

Siren [SIREN] rallied sharply over the past 24 hours, rising 17% at the time of writing. The move reflects more than just a short-term surge; it indicates a structural shift in positioning, with bearish bets unwinding and the directional bias tilting to the upside.Shorts unwind as positioning flips...

The possibility of the XRP price trading at $100 in 2026 is very bleak, but one crypto pundit believes this can be possible if some dominoes fall one after another. The pundit laid out a seven-point scenario under which XRP could reach $100 before the year is out, a price target that would require t...

Key takeawaysAI and automation are predicted to increase the number of lawyers in the next five years.Workflows should be redesigned for AI agents rather than humans to improve efficiency.The AI race is primarily commercial and economic, not existential.Software upgrades are ongoing processes withou...

According to The Block, despite renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran and heightened concerns over the Strait of Hormuz, which stirred volatility in oil, stock, and cryptocurrency markets, Bitcoin held steady near $75,200 on Monday. Analysts noted that U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflow...

CoinDesk reports:The strategy spent $2.54 billion to purchase 34,164 bitcoins, while bitcoin trading prices remain around $70,000 amid ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Previously, the market predicted bitcoin would drop to $60,000 in April, but according to the latest data, the probabilit...

CoinDesk reports:Ripple's RLUSD takes a security-first approach, while KelpDAO's simplified bridge design backfires.Security issues typically don’t make headlines until something goes wrong. Market analyst Diana points out that this is precisely the painful lesson she emphasizes: the stark contrast ...

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to SoSoValue data, as of 8:00 AM Eastern Time on April 20, 2026, the total net weekly purchase of Bitcoin by global public companies (excluding mining companies) amounted to $2.542 billion, representing a 154.2% increase compared to the previous week.Strategy (...

Derived from [Announcement], KuCoin will adjust the tick sizes for several spot trading pairs at 02:00 on April 22, 2026 (UTC) to enhance market liquidity and trading experience. The changes will affect NATIX-USDT, GWEI-USDT, DIN-USDT, and SUT-USDT, with updated price and quantity tick sizes. Existi...

According to ME News, on April 20 (UTC+8), Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, stated that market indicators suggest the current “crypto winter” is nearing its end. He noted that since the low point in early February, ETH has rebounded approximately 41% and has outperformed the S&P 500 index in recent per...

CoinDesk reports, according to Wu Blockchain’s tweet: BitMine has increased its ETH holdings by 101,600 ETH, bringing its total stake to 4.9765 million ETH, approximately 4.12% of Ethereum’s total supply. The company’s total assets amount to around $12.9 billion, including $1.12 billion in cash, 199...

Santiment data shows that AAVE-related whale transactions (over $100,000) increased from 2–6 per hour to 43 within 90 minutes after the Kelp vulnerability was disclosed. Exchange inflows rose from approximately $38,000 to $3 million, peaking at $8.5 million on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, the sent...

ChainCatcher report: Thomas "Tom" Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, said: "We are seeing increasing signs that the mini crypto winter is coming to an end. With the tail-risk downside from the U.S.-Iran war diminishing, ETH has rebounded 41% from its early February low. Since the outbreak of the war, ETH has...

According to Businesswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital disclosed that it sold 20 bitcoins last week at an average price of $74,425, generating total proceeds of approximately $1.5 million, reducing its total Bitcoin holdings to 2,914 BTC. Additionally, the company revealed ...

SBI Remit Confirms Ripple-Powered Rails as Banks Quietly Ditch SWIFT for Low-Value TransfersAs noted by market analyst Diana, SBI Remit has officially confirmed it is leveraging Ripple’s distributed ledger technology in its new partnership with Tottori Bank in Japan, reinforcing the country’s shift ...