CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin (BTC) trades flat as index declines
Aave (AAVE) dropped 3.6% and Stellar (XLM) fell 2.7%, leading the index lower.
VALR and Onafriq Deliver Mobile Money Access to Digital Assets for Millions Across Africa
[PRESS RELEASE – Johannesburg, South Africa, April 9th, 2026] VALR, Africa’s largest crypto exchange by trade volume, has integrated with Onafriq, the continent’s leading digital payments gateway. This partnership enables VALR users across Africa to fund their accounts directly through mobile money in local currencies, significantly broadening access to digital financial services for millions of […]
Morgan Stanley’s MSBT Bitcoin ETF Debuts with $34M in First-Day Trading Volume
Banking giant Morgan Stanley’s long-awaited spot Bitcoin ETF, MSBT, started trading yesterday on NYSE Arca. And on its first day, it pulled in about $34 million in trading volume and saw over 1.6 million shares traded. Morgan Stanley Debuts Low-Fee BTC ETF ETF analyst Eric Balchunas had described MSBT’s debut as “arguably the biggest Bitcoin […]
Can’t Move Your Crypto?— Traders Trapped In South Korean Exchanges
The South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), together with the Digital Asset Exchange Association (DAXA) are rolling out unified rules for withdrawal across all registered crypto exchanges. A Unified Crypto Withdrawal System From now on, all local crypto exchanges are being forced to have one tough, standardized withdrawal‑delay regime […]
XRP Whales Are Rapidly Buying While Retail Is Panicking, Do They Know Something You Don’t?
XRP whales are aggressively accumulating while the asset’s recent price action keeps many retail participants cautious. This raises a key question for investors: are large holders positioning ahead of something the average trader has not yet recognized? XRP Whales Accumulate At Key Levels While Retail Hesitates While XRP has dropped 3.5% in the past 24 […]
XRP Completes Bounce and Analyst Expects Wave 3 Down Price Movement, XRP Positioned for Bull Run
The crypto community has been patiently waiting for a bullish altseason phase since before the previous bull cycle began, This is because several altcoins have been printing bullish indicators across their price charts since before Bitcoin began its previous bull run. Now, most altcoins are expected to pump and usher in altseason. In particular, XRP […]
Banks are treading carefully on stablecoins despite market growth, S&P Global says
Most U.S. lenders remain in a wait-and-see mode as deposit risks, regulatory shifts and new competition complicate strategy, according to the report.
The $21 billion AI bet: Meta and CoreWeave ink deal for NVIDIA’s next-gen superchips
Long-term agreement between Meta and CoreWeave signals growing demand for scalable AI compute and inference capacity.
Bitcoin Depot discloses $3.7M BTC theft in cybersecurity breach
Bitcoin Depot said a hacker stole 50.9 BTC, worth about $3.7 million, after gaining access to internal systems linked to corporate wallets.
Morgan Stanley’s new Bitcoin ETF puts pressure on BlackRock’s IBIT after strong debut
On April 8, Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund began trading on the NYSE Arca under the ticker MSBT, logging 1.6 million shares and roughly $34 million in volume on its highly anticipated first day. The MSBT fund purchased 430 Bitcoin on day one, following $30.6 million in net inflows. Speaking on this performance, Bloomberg […]
Tokenized perpetual swaps hit $31 billion weekly volume on commodities volatility
Commodities led the growth, with oil trading reaching $6.9 billion in weekly volume after geopolitical tensions, while stock perpetual swaps grew 908% to roughly $4.9 billion.
Bittensor Just Trained a 72 Billion Parameter AI Model With No Data Center — Is TAO Crypto About to Hit $379?
Bittensor’s TAO crypto is trading at $334 after the successful completion of Covenant-72B – a 72.7-billion-parameter model trained across more than 70 anonymous, distributed nodes without a single data center or nine-figure budget behind it. The 90% rally TAO posted through March 2026 is not a narrative trade; it’s a direct market response to a […]