Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

The International Monetary Fund says tariffs don’t meaningfully fix trade gaps. Their impact is small and inconsistent.At the same time, global current account imbalances are widening again. That points to rising economic strain between countries. For crypto, this matters. When trade tensions rise a...

TL;DR:More than $899.3 million in token unlocks are scheduled for the second week of April, putting fresh supply and short-term volatility back in focus.Aptos will unlock 11.31 million APT on April 12, while Babylon and Linea will both unlock new supply on April 10 for traders.Babylon carries the bi...

Bitcoin’s BTC$69,868.72 muted price action is masking a buildup of downside risk in derivatives markets, where traders are increasingly positioning for a sharper move lower.According to a recent Bitfinex report, the options market is showing a persistent gap between implied and realized volatility, ...

Cardano volume jumps sharply as price remains stuck below resistanceADA struggles to break resistance despite rising market activity levelsTraders increase activity but ADA trend still leans bearish overallCardano recorded a sharp increase in trading activity over the past 24 hours as market partici...

TL;DR:Forensic records detected seven calls between Milei and Mauricio Novelli on the night of the token launch, prior to its official promotion on the X social network.The project reached a market capitalization of $4 billion before plunging 90%, resulting in a $107 million liquidation by linked wa...

Odaily Planet Daily report: At approximately 4:00 p.m. local time on April 6 — early morning Beijing time on April 7 — U.S. President Trump stated during a White House press briefing that the U.S. military “has already developed a plan that, once activated, will completely destroy every bridge in Ir...

California crypto holders targeted in violent wrench attacks using delivery driver disguises.Criminals exploit irreversible crypto transactions to steal funds after forcing victims.Incidents reported across San Francisco, Sunnyvale, San Jose, and Los Angeles.Crypto holders in California are facing a...

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon emphasized in his annual shareholder letter that new technologies are intensifying competition in the financial sector. Acknowledging the rise of blockchain-based competitors with innovations like stablecoins, smart contracts, and tokenization, Dimon described artificial int...

XRP’s profitability drops as over half of the supply remains underwater, signaling weak demand.Price holds near key support, with $1.10 acting as a critical structural pivot zone.Short-term upside stays limited, with realistic targets capped near the $2.00 range.XRP remains under pressure, with on-c...

The Blockchain Association says it has filed an SEC response against Citadel’s arguments on tokenized equities and DeFi.The group argues that securities laws regulate intermediaries, not neutral blockchain infrastructure.Summer Mersinger says tokenization can modernize capital markets and keep US fi...

TL;DR:Bitcoin’s move back to $70,000 triggered $325 million in crypto liquidations over 24 hours, with roughly $300 million tied to short positions across the market.The squeeze intensified as forced buybacks hit, while James Wynn reportedly lost $99.1 million after betting against Bitcoin during re...

84.1% of all Polymarket traders are in the red, according to new research published today, April 6, by independent on-chain analyst Andrey Sergeenkov.The report looked at 2.5 million wallet addresses, analyzing data from on-chain transactions on Polygon, via Dune Analytics. Sergeenkov found that ove...

Chaos Labs said it is leaving Aave after nearly three years as one of the protocol’s core risk service providers, arguing that the engagement no longer reflects how risk should be managed at the scale of DeFi’s largest lending platform. In a post published Monday, the firm said it had priced every l...

The net supply of XRP tokens in profit has capitulated to the lowest level in 21 months as of April 6.The XRP Percent Supply in Profit, which tracks the percentage of circulating XRP that has last moved at a value below the current market price, has dropped to 43.4% at press time, according to analy...

Peter Schiff claims Bitcoin underperformed gold and equities over five years, questioning its long-term investment appeal.Michael Saylor counters with shorter timeframe data, showing stronger Bitcoin returns and defending its growth narrative.Debate centers on data selection bias, with both sides us...