Phemex TradFi Crude Oil Trading Surges 300% as Ceasefire Volatility Sparks Record Demand
APIA, Samoa, April 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, reported that crude oil perpetual futures volume on its TradFi platform surged over 300% week-over-week, as the US-Iran ceasefire announcement triggered the largest single-day oil price swing since the 1991 Gulf War. Phemex TradFi offers WTI (XTI) and Brent crude oil (XBR) perpetual futures […]
Brutal Price Crash for These Altcoins Following Binance Delisting: Details
There isn’t a single top-100 cryptocurrency today (April 9) that has posted a double-digit daily decline. However, the same can’t be said for some lesser-known altcoins, whose prices collapsed sharply following a recent announcement from the world’s largest crypto exchange. The Binance Effect… Again The company periodically reviews each digital asset listed on its platform […]
Fartcoin’s price crashed 50% after $145 million manipulation bet went wrong
The liquidation was so large relative to the order book that Hyperliquid’s auto-deleveraging mechanism activated, forcibly closing profitable short positions on the other side of the trade to prevent the system from accumulating bad debt.
Bitcoin’s $80,000 bull bet just took over the market
Whales and options traders are betting on a massive BTC reversal toward $80,000 as a fragile Iran ceasefire fuels hopes for a supply squeeze and a breakout.
Fartcoin Manipulation Attempt Backfires with $3M Liquidation
A coordinated attempt to manipulate the price of Fartcoin (FART) on Hyperliquid ended in a $3 million liquidation loss after the scheme triggered an automatic safety mechanism that forced the platform’s own liquidity pool to absorb the fallout. However, blockchain analysts tracking the incident say the attacker likely walked away with a net profit through […]
Bitcoin Sits at a Crucial Support Level, Analyst Expects Break Above $79,000 or Below $64,000
This week was an exciting one for the crypto market as traders and analysts were pleased to see the price of Bitcoin (BTC) trading at prices above $70,000. Presently, the price of BTC is trading between $70,000 and $71,000 showing strength at the support level. As Bitcoin sits at a crucial support level, seasoned analysts […]
Polymarket Just Hit $4 Billion in Volume on 5-Minute Markets: Is Chainlink the Infrastructure Behind the Next DeFi Explosion?
$153 million in daily volume. $4 billion total. $200 million in the first week alone. Polymarket’s 5-minute prediction markets have gone from experimental product to one of the highest-velocity trading venues in DeFi – and Chainlink oracles are the reason any of it works. The volume surge, confirmed by on-chain data shared across crypto analytics […]
Lending Pool Heist: Are Trump Crypto Insiders Setting Up To Crash DOLO Crypto?
Are Trump crypto insiders back at it again? $484 million in Trump WLFI crypto tokens deposited on Dolomite Protocol. Borrowed against for USDC. And a governance token with almost no real market depth sits as the collateral backstop. If this unwinds, Dolomite lenders don’t get a haircut; they get wiped. DeFi analyst Ignas flagged the […]
Bitcoin Faces Quantum Risk As Bernstein Sees 3–5 Year Window For Upgrades
Bitcoin’s quantum problem is still years away, but Bernstein says 1.7 million BTC sitting in early address types could be among the most exposed if the technology ever gets there. That includes an estimated 1.1 million BTC tied to Satoshi Nakamoto, which would matter only if quantum machines become strong enough to break today’s encryption. […]
Bitcoin analysts say this must happen for BTC price to ‘continue rising’
Bitcoin needs to regain momentum with higher trading volumes for BTC to reclaim $80,000 as support and sustain the recovery.
Bhutan moves a further $23M in Bitcoin as holdings drop by 70%
Bhutan has moved another 319 BTC, taking the total to over 9,000 BTC since late 2024, and trimming its sovereign stash by around 70%.
Bitcoin stalls below key resistance as analysts clash over next move
Despite a geopolitical “risk-on” boost, crypto markets remain range-bound with BTC hovering at $71,200 while altcoins like MANA and AERO show strength.