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U.S. President Donald Trump warned that time is running out for Iran to meet a 10-day deadline he set for either reaching an agreement or reopening the Strait of Hormuz. He stated that Iran will face hell in 48 hours.

The mainnet launch of Midnight, Cardano's privacy-focused partner chain, has intensified internal conflict over its asset transfer mechanism. The $200 million project, which enables anonymous transactions through zero-knowledge proofs, is facing criticism because its bridge currently only allows one-way asset flows from Cardano to Midnight. Critics have pointed to this as a design flaw, warning it could drain the liquidity of ADA. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has strongly refuted these claims, asserting that Midnight will bring billions of dollars into the ecosystem and demanding apologies from his critics. While two-way asset transfers are planned for a future phased rollout, the growing rift between leadership and the community is increasing uncertainty within the ecosystem.

While institutional investors are buying Bitcoin at a record pace, the selling pressure from existing holders like whales and miners is overwhelming this demand and pushing prices down, CoinDesk reported. According to the media outlet, large institutions such as ETFs and MicroStrategy absorbed approximately 94,000 BTC in March, the fastest rate of accumulation since October 2025. However, overall Bitcoin demand contracted for the month, showing a net outflow of 63,000 BTC. Large holders, or whales, have been aggressively distributing their assets, offloading about 188,000 BTC onto the market over the past year. Wallets holding between 1,000 and 10,000 BTC have shifted from being the biggest buyers, previously accumulating 200,000 BTC annually, to the biggest sellers, now disposing of 188,000 BTC per year. This represents a 400,000 BTC turnaround in their market stance in about 18 months.

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has staked approximately $100 million (135 billion won) worth of Ethereum over the past 24 hours, according to BeInCrypto. On-chain data shows the foundation deposited a total of 45,034 ETH into the Beacon deposit contract, bringing its total staked amount to roughly $143 million.

The Israeli military has announced a new airstrike on the Iranian capital of Tehran.

A new wallet address (0x978...b67a7), suspected to belong to Bitmine, withdrew 40,000 ETH from the institutional exchange FalconX about four hours ago. The withdrawal is valued at approximately $82.07 million.

The world's largest prediction market platform, Polymarket, has forcibly closed a market that allowed users to bet on the rescue of a U.S. pilot reportedly shot down over Iran, Cointelegraph reported. The market was designed for users to bet on whether U.S. authorities would confirm the pilot's rescue by Saturday. It drew significant public outrage after more than 60% of participants wagered that the pilot would not be saved. U.S. Representative Seth Moulton strongly condemned the action, calling it a "disgusting" act to gamble on the fate of a potentially injured service member.

A Russian strike on a market in the front-line Ukrainian city of Nikopol killed five people and injured 19, Ukrainian authorities announced.

According to data from Coinglass, short positions worth $297.07 million on major centralized exchanges face liquidation if BTC surpasses $67,586. Conversely, a drop below $66,226 would trigger the liquidation of $220 million in long positions.

Top 5 Gainers (24h) - EVER: $0.0067 (+82.07%), 24h Vol: $112.8K - RLS: $0.0036 (+54.41%), 24h Vol: $7.95M - K: $0.00085 (+43.11%), 24h Vol: $68.5K - POLYX: $0.0566 (+25.22%), 24h Vol: $72.24M - HIFI: $0.0071 (+22.43%), 24h Vol: $109.57K Top 5 Losers (24h) - FRAG: $0.0018 (-12.15%), 24h Vol: $103.91K - BLESS: $0.0054 (-9.49%), 24h Vol: $2.21M - HONEY: $0.0021 (-8.70%), 24h Vol: $825.68K - IMU: $0.0025 (-8.42%), 24h Vol: $2.94M - D: $0.0109 (-8.08%), 24h Vol: $67.73M

More than 20 cryptocurrency projects, including wallets, exchanges, NFT platforms, and DeFi tools, ceased operations in the first quarter, BeInCrypto reported. The list includes the Magic Eden wallet, Leap Wallet, derivatives exchange Bit.com, and Nifty Gateway. These projects typically launched during the bull markets of 2021-2022 or early 2025, relying on market liquidity without establishing sustainable revenue models. Small and medium-sized projects have been particularly affected by a combination of declining trading volumes, a difficult fundraising environment, and the centralization of users on larger platforms.

The U.S. and Israel have carried out an airstrike on the Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Economic Zone in Iran's Khuzestan province, according to Iran's Student News Agency (ISNA). The agency reported that casualties are highly likely from the attack.

A Nevada state court has extended its ban on Kalshi's sports prediction market for an additional two weeks, ruling that the contracts are indistinguishable from gambling. The court first issued a temporary restraining order on March 20.

The Irish government has started testing a digital ID-based wallet to verify users' ages for accessing social media platforms, Bloomberg reported. The main objective is to block children and teenagers from accessing harmful online content.

As Bitcoin continues to trade within a $60,000 to $74,000 range for the second month since its February low, analysts are offering varied outlooks. Michael van de Poppe, founder of MN Trading, expects strong upward momentum if the price breaks through $71,000. In contrast, analyst Willy Woo warned of a potential further decline, citing a worsening global macroeconomic environment. Meanwhile, veteran trader Peter Brandt predicted that Bitcoin may not reach a new all-time high until after the second quarter of 2027.

Top 5 Rising Sectors 1. Binance BuildKey TGE: +12.7%, RIVER (16.4%) 2. Restaking: +12.52%, PUFFER (56.59%) 3. Perpdex Coin: +12.01%, EDGE (25.03%) 4. Play-to-Earn: +11.48%, COA (343.84%) 5. Derivatives: +8.92%, SRM (53.21%) Top 5 Falling Sectors 1. Neobank: -17.3% 2. Pump.fun Ecosystem: -14.42% 3. Arcade Gaming: -13.54% 4. Music: -11.63% 5. Binance HODLer Airdrops: -7.08%

BTC perp long/short ratios on top exchanges by open interest The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 50.12% long, 49.88% short - Binance: 50.83% long, 49.17% short - OKX: 51.05% long, 48.95% short - Bybit: 50.86% long, 49.14% short

The Bank of Canada has officially recognized the technical and operational feasibility of DeFi lending protocols like Aave V3, provided proper governance is in place, Foresight News reported. In a new research paper, the central bank also identified structural characteristics of the sector, noting that profits are concentrated in a few tokens, recursive leverage is frequent despite over-collateralization, and liquidations occur in concentrated waves. However, the report assessed the risk of broad market impact as limited. The move is considered unusual, as it marks a rare instance of a major central bank officially reviewing and confirming the viability of a specific DeFi protocol.

A new wallet, suspected to be associated with Bitmine, has received 40,000 ETH, worth $82.12 million, from FalconX, Onchain Lens reported.

Digital asset infrastructure firm BitGo has launched BitGo Mint, a single platform for institutional clients to issue, redeem, and manage stablecoins. The first assets supported on the platform are World Liberty Financial's stablecoin, USD1, and SoFiUSD.

Stablecoin startup Agora announced that issuance and support for AUSD on the Injective network will be discontinued. AUSD can no longer be issued on Injective, and existing AUSD holdings can be redeemed at face value until Sept. 28.

Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart has forecast that Bitcoin ETFs will eventually surpass gold ETFs in assets under management over the long term. According to Cointelegraph, the rationale is that Bitcoin offers multiple investment theses—including its roles as digital gold, a store of value, a portfolio diversifier, and a growth asset—while gold relies on a single narrative. In March, U.S. gold ETFs recorded net outflows of $2.92 billion, while spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $1.32 billion. Industry experts have also suggested that Bitcoin could outperform gold following a potential bull run for the precious metal in 2025.

ZetaChain (ZETA), an AI-focused interoperability Layer 1 blockchain project, announced on April 4 that it has integrated Google's latest AI model, Gemma 4, into its proprietary AI layer, Anuma. In a post on X, the project stated that Gemma 4 is now accessible on Anuma—which is built on the ZetaChain 2.0 universal layer for AI and Web3—without requiring any separate installation. ZetaChain highlighted that the integration occurred just one day after Gemma 4's official launch and that the model offers superior performance compared to models 20 times its size.

Whale Alert reported that 221,514,685 USDT has been transferred from an unknown wallet to OKX. The transaction is valued at about $221 million.

The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced it will hold a board meeting on April 7 to begin establishing detailed rules for the full implementation of the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin regulation law. According to materials published on the FDIC's website, the discussion agenda includes: - Allowing banks to issue stablecoins through their subsidiaries - Clarifying the criteria for issuing entities - A 1:1 reserve requirement backed by cash and government bonds - Establishing a framework for supervision and risk management