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Bitcoin Miners Prepare for 2028 Halving Amid Rising Costs and Strategic Shifts

Bitcoin’s fifth halving is slated for April 2028, and the mining sector is entering that cycle with far tighter margins than in 2024. A mix of higher input costs, strained energy markets and increasingly explicit regulatory expectations are reshaping how miners operate, finance, and plan for the nex...

Market raises oil price expectations; WTI crude likely to surpass $115/barrel

According to PolyBeats monitoring, following Trump’s statement that the U.S. Navy will blockade the Strait of Hormuz and intercept all vessels paying transit fees to Iran, market expectations for oil prices have risen again. On the prediction market Polymarket, the probability that WTI crude oil wil...

CFTC Launches Innovation Task Force to Guide Crypto Regulation and Expand Oversight

CFTC forms Innovation Task Force to guide crypto policy and define regulatory boundaries in U.S. markets.Team covers crypto, AI, blockchain, and prediction markets, reflecting broader regulatory scope.Initiative follows SEC coordination and new guidance, signaling stronger oversight and clearer rule...

US Treasury Launches Free Threat Intelligence Program for Crypto Sector

The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCPP) has launched a free threat intelligence program for digital asset firms.The initiative will provide eligible American crypto companies with timely, actionable cybersecurity information meant to help protect the...

TRON Proposes Proposal 106 to Enhance TVM Compatibility with Ethereum

ChainCatcher report: According to official announcements, the TRON network officially passed Proposal #106 on April 10 at 20:00. As outlined in the proposal, the mainnet has adjusted the behavior and execution cost of the SELFDESTRUCT instruction: a contract will only be permanently removed from th...

Renowned Crypto KOL Manya Releases Research Tool Rankings; RootData and Coinglass Rated A

ME News reports that on April 12 (UTC+8), crypto KOL manya released a tiered ranking of her personal research tools: S-tier products include Dune and frontrun.pro; A-tier products include Coinglass, RootData, Drop, MetaSleuth, and DefiLlama; B-tier products include Arkham, Bubblemaps, Dexscreener, S...

Ethereum On-Chain Growth Contrasts With Weak Price Action Amid Foundation Selling

“Undervaluation” acts as a key signal for smart money and typically lines up with strong dip-buying phases.The basic idea is simple: How do we know whether something is actually undervalued?One common way is to look for a divergence between fundamentals and price action. In these cases, network acti...

Prominent crypto KOL Manya ranks research tools RootData and Coinglass with an A grade.

ChainCatcher report: Crypto KOL manya has released a ranked list of her personal research tools, with Dune and frontrun.pro rated S-tier; Coinglass, RootData, Drop, MetaSleuth, and DefiLlama rated A-tier; Arkham, Bubblemaps, Dexscreener, Surf, Nansen, and CoinMarketCap rated B-tier; and Cryptorank r...

Ripple CTO Warns of Surge in CEO Deepfake Scams Targeting XRP Users

Impersonation scams surge as fake Ripple accounts exploit unsuspecting crypto usersDeepfake videos and fake giveaways increase risks across XRP community globallyRipple warns users to avoid sending funds to fraudulent accountsImpersonation scams targeting the XRP ecosystem have intensified significa...

Justin Sun Accuses WLFI of Concealing Blacklist Function

Crypto news turned to World Liberty Financial after Tron founder Justin Sun accused the project of concealing a blacklist function inside the WLFI token contract. Justin Sun said the function gave the company power to freeze or restrict token holders without notice or recourse. Sun invested in the p...

Tok-Edge to Launch $100M Crypto Hedge Fund for Institutional Investors

Digital asset financial services firm Tok-Edge has announced the launch of an institutional-focused cryptocurrency hedge fund, aiming to raise $100 million in its first round of funding by 2026. Previously operating in stealth, the new fund’s long-term objective is to build compliant infrastructure ...

Bitcoin miners face 2028 halving pressure, shift toward energy and infrastructure

ChainCatcher report, according to Cointelegraph, approximately two years after Bitcoin’s fifth halving, mining companies are facing a more challenging operating environment than during the 2024 halving. At that time, the block reward will drop from 3.125 BTC to 1.5625 BTC, compounded by record-high ...

Bitcoin miners prepare for the 2028 halving amid declining profits and energy pressures.

Odaily Planet Daily reports: As the next Bitcoin halving (expected in 2028) approaches, mining companies are facing a more challenging operating environment than in 2024, when the block reward will decrease further from 3.125 BTC to 1.5625 BTC. Rising energy costs, record-high network hash rate, and...

Market Makers Shift to Private Exchanges to Conceal Trading Strategies

The largest traders have a problem: how to keep their activity quiet enough to not influence market prices or reveal any long-term strategies.In traditional markets like equities, they've had that ability for decades through so-called dark pools and off-exchange venues. Even as far back as January 2...

Bitcoin Drops Below $71,000 Following Trump’s Announcement of Strait of Hormuz Blockade

Odaily Planet Daily report: Amid a sharp escalation in geopolitical tensions, Bitcoin's price rapidly declined. After U.S. President Trump announced a maritime blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, BTC briefly dropped to approximately $70,900, a 2.5% decline over 24 hours. Previously, U.S. Vice Presiden...

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