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Bitcoin (BTC) fell 3% to trade below $71,000 into Sunday’s weekly close after negotiations to end the US-Iran war broke down.Key points:Bitcoin shed its gains as negotiations between the US and Iran broke down.The Strait of Hormuz becomes a flashpoint again as US President Donald Trump demanded that it be reopened.BTC price downside punishes late long positions.BTC price drops on US-Iran war fearsData from TradingView showed BTC price action dipping below $71,000 after news of a sudden breakdown in negotiations between the US and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan.BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewA failure to reach an agreement on the issue…

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig told CoinDesk that the agency will continue to defend its “exclusive regulatory authority” to oversee prediction markets in court. “It doesn’t matter if it’s on sports, politics or anything else, if it’s a validly offered product within a CFTC-regulated exchange, then we regulate that,” Selig said.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions.NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is just defending its territory in suing states over prediction markets, the regulator’s head told CoinDesk.CFTC Chairman…

According to market analyst Darkfost, Bitcoin’s price-based supply distribution is revealing critical zones that could define the asset’s near-term trajectory. This latest piece of important on-chain data is offering a clearer picture of where the market may be headed next, following the positive price action observed in early April. 61% Of BTC Supply In Profit Despite Bear Season In an X post on April 11, Darkfost shares an insight into Bitcoin’s price structure based on its supply distribution pattern. At current prices, the renowned expert reports that approximately 61% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply was acquired below the spot price, leaving…

数据：若 ETH 突破 2,308 美元，主流 CEX 累计空单清算强度将达 9.39 亿美元 – BitRss – Crypto World News ChainCatcher 23 minutes ago 15 ChainCatcher 消息，据 Coinglass 数据显示，若 ETH ($2,203.74 · Live) 突破 2,308 美元，主流 CEX 累计空单清算强度将达 9.39 亿美元。反之，若 ETH 跌破 2,092 美元，主流 CEX 累计多单清算强度将达 4.44 亿美元。 BitRss shares this Content always with License. Read Entire Article Screenshot generated in real time with SneakPeek Suite Homepage International 数据：若 ETH 突破 2,308 美元，主流 CEX 累计空单清算强度将达 9.39 亿美元 BitRss World Crypto News | Market BitRss | Short Urls Design By New Web | ScriptNet

Michael Saylor, the co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company Strategy, signaled that the company is acquiring more BTC, as the price retreated from the local high of over $73,000 reached this week.“Think bigger,” Saylor said on Sunday, while sharing the chart of Strategy’s BTC purchase history that has become synonymous with imminent BTC acquisitions.Strategy’s most recent BTC purchase was April 6, when it bought 4,871 coins for more than $329.8 million, bringing its total holdings to 766,970 BTC, valued at about $54.5 billion using market prices at the time of publication, according to the company.The Tysons Corners, Virginia-based company continues…

Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity Investments, characterizes the current market environment as “another wild ride,” where each week seems to deliver headlines stranger than the last. Yet despite the volatility, his overarching message is that conditions are not nearly as dire as they might appear, and he remains relatively constructive on the outlook for markets.Timmer argues that markets, broadly speaking, are “pricing in some form of resolution” to the current geopolitical tensions, particularly around Iran, “sooner rather than later,” he told CoinDesk in an interview.Oil ‘backwardation’ While crude prices surged above $100 a barrel, the futures curve…

The current price range of Bitcoin may not relay much, but a change in ownership structure is taking place under the surface.  Related Reading On-chain data from CryptoQuant shows that one cohort of market participants is stepping back from exchange activity at a pace not seen in nearly a year, while another is quietly rebuilding at a scale that demands attention.  Whale Inflows On Binance Fall To Multi-Month Lows The 30-day sum of whale inflows to Binance has fallen massively in recent days, falling to $2.96 billion as of the latest CryptoQuant data, the first reading below $3 billion since…

ChainCatcher 消息，据官方消息，波场 TRON 网络已于 4 月 10 日 20:00 正式通过第 106 号委员会提案。 根据提案内容，主网已完成对 SELFDESTRUCT 指令行为及执行成本的调整：仅当该指令在合约创建的同一笔交易中被调用时，合约才会被真正从链上删除；在其他情况下，执行该指令仅会将合约内资产转移至指定地址，合约本身不会被删除。同时，SELFDESTRUCT 的能量消耗已由 0 调整为 5000。 此次调整意味着，波场 TRON 在相关机制上进一步与 Ethereum 保持一致，有助于持续提升 TVM（TRON 虚拟机）兼容性，为多链开发和生态适配提供更稳定的底层支持。

Revolutions leave behind artifacts — not always weapons or flags, but the quieter objects that carried a message before anyone knew how far it would travel. A wheat-pasted broadside on a Los Angeles overpass. A hand-lettered cardboard sign held up in the snow outside a Tokyo office building. A newspaper headline, pulled from the front page of The Times of London and encoded permanently into a piece of software that would go on to challenge the architecture of global finance. The works gathered in Relics of a Revolution at the Bitcoin 2026 Conference in Las Vegas trace a specific lineage…

Ether Machine has ended its plan to go public through a merger with Dynamix Corporation.  Summary Ether Machine canceled its SPAC merger with Dynamix and stopped its planned Nasdaq market debut. The firm’s proposed $1.5 billion institutional Ether fund will not launch under the canceled deal. Pressure on Ether treasury firms grew as Trend Research and ETHZilla both exited strategies. The move stops its proposed Nasdaq listing and puts its large Ethereum treasury plan on hold. Ether Machine and Dynamix said they mutually agreed to terminate their business combination agreement. The company said it made the decision because of “unfavorable…