Citadel-backed EDX Markets applies for U.S. trust charter to expand institutional crypto services
The Citadel-backed exchange is seeking approval to offer custody and asset services as institutional demand grows.
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Strategy’s STRC keeps dividend payout steady at 11.5% after seven straight increases
The perpetual preferred yield holds at 11.5% for April as the 30-day volume weighted average price stabilizes near $100.
Some quantum-resistant tokens jump 50% as Google flags risks to Bitcoin security
The so-called quantum-resistant coins rally as traders switch to potential long-term security.
These catalysts could bump bitcoin as Trump hands three-week target to end Iran war
Asian stocks surged 4% and S&P 500 futures jumped after Trump said the conflict could conclude without a deal with Tehran, while Morgan Stanley’s newly approved bitcoin ETF at 14 basis points opens a $6.2 trillion advisory channel.
XRP holds $1.34 as supply tightens but price fails to break higher
Record outflows and rising scarcity suggest accumulation, yet failure to break higher keeps setup unresolved.
Bitcoin is closer to its ‘buy zone’ than it’s been in three years
The gap between bitcoin’s spot price and realized price is compressing toward levels that historically marked cycle bottoms, but the on-chain data shows the capitulation that typically precedes those bottoms hasn’t happened.
Bitcoin, stocks rise, oil slides, after report of Iran’s willingness to end conflict
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said the country is prepared to end the conflict if it receives security guarantees.
Bitcoin demand falters as ‘real’ interest rates surge
Rising U.S. real yields, especially on 10-year TIPS, pose a headwind to zero-yielding risk assets like bitcoin.
Bitcoin holds $67,500 as Trump signals he may end Iran war with Hormuz still shut
Equity futures rallied and oil erased gains on the report, but the S&P 500 is on its longest losing streak since 2022 and MSCI Asia Pacific is heading for its worst month since 2008.
Breaking Bitcoin with quantum may be easier than thought, with Taproot partly to blame, Google says
The findings suggest attackers could one day steal bitcoin mid-transaction, challenging assumptions that the threat is decades away.