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04-07

Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Spot ETF to Begin Trading Tomorrow

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted that the NYSE Arca listing notice for the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust indicates that Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin ETF will begin trading tomorrow, April 8 (Wednesday), under the ticker symbol “MBST”.

Crypto ETPs See $224M Inflows, Driven by Switzerland and XRP

Global crypto exchange-traded products drew $224 million in inflows last week after a $414 million outflow the week before, according to CoinShares. The headline number looks like a recovery but a deeper look shows that the rebound is far narrower than it appears.Switzerland alone accounted for roug...

Charles Hoskinson Claims Bitcoin Will Die If Another Asset Flips It on CoinMarketCap

Charles Hoskinson says the minute another asset flips Bitcoin, BTC will die. At the moment, BTC is the hegemon on CoinMarketCap, once flipped, it will fall.XRP once came close to dethroning BTC, can XRP or ADA succeed in the future?The Founder of the Cardano Ecosystem Charles Hoskinson says the minu...

Polymarket charged $7.1M in fees during the first week of Q2, potentially capturing 96.8% of on-chain prediction market fees.

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that the prediction market Polymarket collected approximately $7.1 million in trading fees during the first week of Q2, becoming one of the most profitable protocols in DeFi. If this pace is maintained, its annualized trading fee revenue could reach around $365 million, pot...

Polymarket's first-week fees for Q2 reach $7.1M, potentially capturing 96.8% of on-chain prediction market fees.

ChainCatcher report: Predictive market Polymarket collected approximately $7.1 million in trading fees during the first week of Q2, becoming one of the most profitable protocols in DeFi. If maintained at this pace, its annualized trading fee revenue could reach around $365 million, potentially accou...

Polymarket's first-week transaction fee revenue for Q2 reaches $7.1M following pricing reform.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the prediction market Polymarket collected approximately $7.1 million in trading fees during the first week of Q2, making it one of the most profitable protocols in DeFi. If this pace is maintained, its annualized trading fee revenue could reach around $365 million, ...

Polymarket Captures 97% of On-Chain Prediction Market Fees After Fee Adjustment

BlockBeats report: On April 7, it was noted that after fee adjustments on March 30, Polymarket, a prediction market platform, experienced a significant increase in fee revenue. During the first week of April, the platform generated approximately $7.1 million in fees, equating to an annualized revenu...

XRP Analyst Predicts $1,000 Price Target Based on 2017 Growth Pattern

A crypto commentator has put forward a bold prediction for XRP, arguing that a return to its 2017-style growth could send the asset into four-digit territory. Taking to the social media platform X, The Real Remi Relief pointed to the magnitude of XRP’s previous cycle and laid out how a similar perce...

Schwab: Even 1% Crypto Allocation Can Significantly Impact Portfolio Risk

Charles Schwab’s latest research on digital assets argues that cryptocurrencies’ place in a portfolio hinges less on return forecasts and more on how much risk an investor is willing to take.The report frames bitcoin BTC$69,132.12 and ether (ETH) as high-volatility assets that can quickly reshape a ...

CME Group to Launch Futures for Avalanche and Sui on May 4

CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, plans to launch futures contracts for Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI) on May 4, pending regulatory approval, according to a new announcement.The move brings two more layer 1 blockchain assets into regulated derivatives trading, joining a roster tha...

Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF MSBT to Launch on April 8

BlockBeats news, on April 7, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on social media that, according to the New York Stock Exchange’s listing notice, Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF MSBT appears to go effective tomorrow (April 8, Wednesday).BlockBeats previously reported that Morgan Stanley's spot ...

Grayscale Report Warns of Quantum Risk to Bitcoin, XRP Ledger Gains Edge

A grayscale analysis report shows quantum risk to Bitcoin, with XRP and Solana already testing upgrades.The Google Quantum AI paper suggests that quantum leaps could crack Bitcoin’s ECDSA encryption sooner. Post-quantum migration could grow as the XRP Ledger gains a long-term edge amid a focus on qu...

Biconomy Proposes Ethereum Standard ERC-8211 for AI-Driven DeFi Batching

Odaily Planet Daily reports: Blockchain infrastructure company Biconomy has proposed a new Ethereum standard, ERC-8211, introducing a smart batching mechanism that enables AI agents to execute multi-step DeFi operations in a single transaction, with each step dynamically referencing the output of th...

Ethereum Proposes New Standard ERC-8211 to Enable AI-Driven DeFi Transactions

According to Decrypt, blockchain infrastructure company Biconomy has proposed a new Ethereum standard, ERC-8211, introducing a "smart batching" mechanism that enables AI agents to perform multi-step DeFi operations within a single transaction, with each step dynamically referencing the output of the...

Grayscale Launches Ethereum ETF Staking, Could ETH Reach $5,700?

Ethereum might be down by 3% today, but a structural shift inside one of the most-watched U.S. ETF products may be building a slow-burn case for recovery. The catalyst isn’t a Trump tweet or a Fed pivot. It’s staking yield, quietly compounding inside a regulated wrapper. Grayscale introduces Ethereu...

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