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 […]
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 […]