Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

TL;DR:Analyst Ansem projects an ETH price collapse below $1,000 by the end of the year, citing a structural deterioration in its fundamental value proposition.The reputational crisis deepens following the Kelp DAO exploit, triggering a massive withdrawal of deposits from Aave totaling approximately ...

Key Insights:Bitcoin price targeted $77K gap after heavy long liquidations.Bitcoin price entered a liquidity battle between key support and resistance.Bitcoin price momentum built as short squeeze risks increased.Bitcoin price rebounded on Monday after a volatile weekend wiped leveraged traders. Mar...

TL;DRVitalik Buterin defended Ethereum in Hong Kong two days after a $292 million bridge exploit shook DeFi and triggered $6.6 billion in Aave outflows.His roadmap pairs near-term gas-limit increases, zkEVM rollout, and post-quantum preparation with a mid-term goal of cutting finality to 10-20 secon...

Financial firms in Japan join hands to pursue JGB collateral management in the blockchain.The PoC product will verify both the legal and practical perspectives of JGB transfers.Initiators expect the PoC to reduce administrative tasks in collateral management.A group of financial companies in Japan, ...

Centrifuge [CFG] rallied over 18% in 24 hours at press time, pushing the price toward the $0.29 region as market participation intensified. Open Interest (OI) rose sharply by 41.10% to $23.98 million, confirming that traders entered new leveraged positions during the move. This alignment between ris...

TL;DRThe fourth week of April 2026 brings over $723 million in token unlocks across major crypto projects. LayerZero (ZRO) has already completed its release this April 20, while Undeads Games (UDS) and Humanity (H) follow within days. These events increase circulating supply and may impact short-ter...

CoinDesk reports:Cryptocurrency investment products posted their strongest weekly inflows since January, with $1.4 billion in new funds, as Bitcoin broke out of a two-month trading range fueled by optimism over a ceasefire and cooling inflation data.Digital asset funds recorded positive inflows for ...

CoinDesk reports:The National Security Agency is operating the human factors company Claude Misos Preview within its classified network, according to two sources, as reported by Axios. This development is surprising given that the U.S. Department of Defense, to which the NSA belongs, previously anno...

Peter Schiff said Bitcoin would be much lower without aggressive buying and warned that “a collapse is inevitable.”Michael Saylor said Strategy bought 34,164 BTC for about $2.54 billion at an average price of $74,395.Strategy said it held 815,061 BTC as of April 19, bought for about $61.56 billion a...

CoinDesk reports:Seedance 2.0 by ByteDance is now live on Venice.ai, enabling anonymous creation of 1080p videos. Google's top AI model market ranking for late May 2026 is...20%Yes, because traders are reassessing the competitive landscape.At 4:58 PM, Google AI's share of the dominant market surged ...

As of April 2026, Polygon’s native token POL is showing early signs of recovery after a prolonged downtrend. The token is currently trading around $0.0942, posting a +5% daily gain and +13% over the past week, with its market capitalization climbing to approximately $1 billion.Polygon (POL) Price/So...

Bitcoin remains capped below $79K as repeated rejections highlight strong technical resistance pressure.Mixed signals emerge as weakening demand contrasts with a bullish MACD crossover on the weekly chart.The market faces a key decision zone as traders weigh support stability against renewed downsid...

CoinDesk reports:Strategy Inc. MSTR has officially surpassed BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) as the world’s largest institutional holder of bitcoin (bitcoin).On April 20, 2026, Strategy’s Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that the company pur...

CoinDesk reports:Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase hasexpanded its lending servicesto now allow UK customers to borrow USDC stablecoin using their Bitcoin or Ethereum holdings as collateral.This service operates through Morpho, an open-source lending protocol.Powered by—an Ethereum Layer 2 network ba...

CoinDesk reports:Lookonchain's latest report shows that institutional investors have purchased $2.54 billion worth of Bitcoin. The probability of Bitcoin breaking above $62,000 on April 17 is [here should be filled with a specific value].100%Yes.Market reactionThe price targets for Bitcoin on April ...