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Ethereum is trading above $2,200. The recovery is real. And a CryptoQuant report has identified the structural event that made it possible — one that most participants were reading as a danger signal at the time it occurred. Related Reading The report traces the current price strength to a single, measurable development in February: Binance’s ETH Open Interest 30-day Change fell to approximately -$2.13 billion in mid-February 2026 — the deepest deleveraging event since October 2025, when the metric reached a comparable -$2.11 billion. At the time, that reading looked like confirmation of further downside. The chart was falling. Leverage…
Pyth Network, a blockchain data oracle provider, is launching a platform for financial institutions to publish and monetize their market data across blockchain networks. The Pyth Data Marketplace will initially support datasets for spot foreign currency exchange markets (FX), precious metals and crude oil swaps, while allowing publishers to retain “full control” over the data they share, according to Thursday’s announcement.Seven new institutional data providers will publish price feeds on the marketplace at launch, the announcement said.Pyth’s price feeds span equities, commodities, precious metals and FX. Source: Pyth NetworkThese include stock exchange Euronext, data provider Exchange Data International, asset manager Fidelity…
A new research proposal claims it can make Bitcoin transactions resistant to quantum attacks without changing the network’s core rules, a goal that has drawn attention as concerns grow over future cryptographic risks. In a paper published on April 9, Avihu Levy of StarkWare outlined “Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions Without Softforks,” introducing a scheme called Quantum Safe Bitcoin, or QSB. The design aims to protect transactions from threats posed by quantum computers while remaining compatible with the existing Bitcoin protocol. The proposal targets a known vulnerability in Bitcoin’s current design. Standard transactions rely on ECDSA signatures over the secp256k1 curve. In…
The fate of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm landed back in the hands of a federal judge on Thursday.Last year, a jury convicted Storm of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. But jurors couldn’t agree on more serious charges of conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to evade US sanctions.Judge Katherine Polk Failla now has several weeks to decide whether to acquit the embattled software developer, as he requested shortly after his month-long criminal trial.At a hearing on Thursday, Storm’s attorneys said that prosecutors had improperly dragged the case into New York. Moreover, prosecutors failed to prove that…
Newly appointed company president Brett Redfearn briefly worked as Coinbase’s head of capital markets and served for more than three years at the SEC.Tokenization platform Securitize has named Brett Redfearn as president, with the former official at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also joining its board of directors.Securitize’s Thursday notice said Redfearn previously served as the SEC’s director of its division of trading and markets, worked as Coinbase’s head of capital markets and held various roles over a decade spent at JPMorgan. He most recently has been a member of Securitize’s advisory board.Redfearn is the latest former government…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto market analyst Tony Severino took to X this week to explain the current Ethereum (ETH) cycle. The analyst highlighted how different this market cycle has been playing out, with ETH experiencing a prolonged corrective phase that is taking most investors and traders by surprise. Despite ongoing price volatility and bear market trends, Severino notes that Ethereum has yet to reach its final bottom, suggesting the possibility of further downside before a price floor is reached. Analyst Explains Market Using Ethereum Cycle Theory On April 7, Severino…
Crypto prices and U.S. stocks rallied Thursday on diminishing Middle East worries, but Circle (CRCL), Bullish (BLSH) and Coinbase (COIN) all posted sizable declines.Circle tumbled 9.9% to $85.10 after Compass Point downgraded the stock to Sell from Neutral and cut its price target by $2 to $77. The brokerage said USDC has held up better than in prior down cycles, but argued that supply growth is moving into lower-margin areas. It also said Circle now trades at 40 times what it called optimistic 2027 adjusted EBITDA estimates, and warned that consensus forecasts for 2026 and 2027 may have to come…
At Stable Summit IV in Cannes (27–28 March), leaders came together to examine the future of stablecoins. The panelists included Immo Garlichs (Product Manager, Digital Assets & Currencies) at Deutsche Bank AG, Ivan Fartunov (Co-Founder) of Generic Money, Tony McLaughlin (CEO) of Ubyx, and Ernesto Olmedo Pereira(Head of Strategy & DeFi) at Qivalis, alongside Redwan Meslem from the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. The panel, moderated by Redwan Meslem (EEA), explored the operational, technical, and regulatory factors that determine whether stablecoins can move beyond fragmented issuance to become truly global, interoperable instruments. Discussions focused on cross-platform distribution, real-world payment integration, and the…
Crypto markets are showing early signs that the worst may be over, following a prolonged decline that began with the industry’s sharp sell-off back in October of last year. In a new report shared on social media, technical analyst Ali Martinez says the market is now starting to form what he calls a structural floor. Next Cycle Setup For Crypto Leaders Martinez’s view is rooted in the idea that seven months of heavy volatility may also be creating a rare opportunity. For those focused on the longer-term picture, he argues, the current turbulence can act as a reset period before…
BitMEX said in a Thursday report that commodity perpetual swaps were the fastest-growing segment of TradFi perps in the first quarter of 2026, with weekly volume rising 65,463% from $38.1 million to $25.0 billion.The report said silver, crude oil and gold drove most of that growth. By the week of March 15, Silver (XAG) accounted for 34.8% of the market share of tokenized commodities, followed by crude oil (CL) for 27.7%, gold (XAU) at 27.5% and Silver on Hyperliquid for 6%, according to a Thursday report.BitMEX said the March entry of crude oil added a new leg to the market,…