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South Korean crypto exchange Upbit has announced the addition of Canton (CC) to its KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs, effective at 7:00 a.m. UTC on April 14.

Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator (YC) has completed an investment made entirely in stablecoins, Unfolded reported. YC invested $500,000 worth of USDC in prediction market startup Totalis.

According to on-chain data platform Artemis, the number of daily Ethereum transactions increased by 41% from the previous week to approximately 3.6 million. Meanwhile, over the same period, stablecoin transfer volume and fees fell by 42.6% and 50%, respectively.

Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, stated on the platform that the cryptocurrency industry has had a difficult year and that it may be time to launch a new product to address the situation. Bier did not mention any specific products or a launch schedule.

Former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Chris Giancarlo is leaving the legal profession to focus on an advisory role in the cryptocurrency sector, Cointelegraph reported. He announced plans to depart from his current law firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, to dedicate his time to advising the boards of digital asset companies and conducting policy research.

Binance has announced it will delist all margin trading pairs for BAR, PIVX, and XVG at 6:00 a.m. UTC on April 17.

Circle (CRCL) CEO Jeremy Allaire said the company is exploring a plan to issue a native token for Arc, its layer-1 chain optimized for stablecoins. He added that the token would be used for purposes such as governance and incentives, noting that more details will be revealed in the future.

Binance will introduce its Spot Price Range Execution Rule (PRER) on April 15 to prevent orders from being filled at abnormal prices during extreme market conditions. PRER is a mechanism that only permits order execution within a specific price range, restricting fills outside the designated band to prevent price distortion from unusual activity. Market orders placed outside the specified range will automatically expire. Binance had previously announced on April 7 that it was implementing the policy to maintain a fair trading environment amid conditions of high liquidity and price volatility.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $228.96 million liquidated (95.1% shorts) - ETH: $135.63 million liquidated (84.53% shorts) - RAVE: $41.62 million liquidated (73.19% shorts)

Binance announced on its official website today that it has designated seven cryptocurrencies with its Monitoring Tag. The assets include FARM, MLN, RESOLV, SYS, TRU, and VELODROME. The exchange also announced it is removing the Seed Tag from XAUT.

Bitcoin zero-knowledge rollup project Citrea announced that it will hold its second offline meetup, "Citrea Community Hangout," in Seoul today, April 14. Orkun Kilic, co-founder and CEO of Citrea, will attend the event to present on the growth of the Citrea mainnet and discuss future plans. The event will also feature small prizes for attendees.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced it held a market finance meeting with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to discuss the tokenization of financial products and the risks illiquid assets pose to retail investors. Attendees included regulators and industry figures such as U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Circle, and Robinhood.

The Scroll (SCR) Foundation has registered a governance proposal to dissolve its security council and transfer administrative authority to a multi-sig wallet, citing cost efficiency. Currently, the security council holds decentralized security and administrative powers. If the proposal passes, these responsibilities would be transferred to a wallet directly managed by the Scroll operations team. The proposal also mentions potential staff reductions and organizational downsizing. In response, community members have raised concerns that this would eliminate a crucial check on the Scroll team, leaving no entity to counter potentially malicious actions. The governance discussion is scheduled to conclude at 7:00 a.m. UTC on April 14.

Binance has announced its support for the rebranding and airdrop of xMoney (UTK) to XMN. UTK spot trading will be delisted at 2:00 p.m. UTC on April 14. For any holdings not withdrawn by that time, the exchange will support a 3:1 automatic swap or a 3:2 airdrop. The new XMN tokens will be distributed to users' Binance Alpha accounts.

Jack Yi, founder of LD Capital, said on X that altcoin futures trading is a game traders are guaranteed to lose. He noted that he has recently seen many traders get liquidated on altcoin futures. "Altcoins are inherently high-risk assets, and adding futures to the mix creates a game that is impossible to win," Yi explained, especially when the counterparty controls the supply, liquidity, and technology. He added that, as Warren Buffett says, getting rich slowly is the best path. Even if a trader goes on a winning streak with altcoins, a final loss can wipe out everything, which he stressed is not a sustainable model. His comments come as many analysts have expressed similar views amid a rise in altcoins experiencing volatility of several hundred percent in just a few days.

A whale address beginning with 0xa5B, associated with crypto financial services firm BIT (formerly Matrixport), is currently holding over $36 million in unrealized profit from its long positions on 120,000 ETH ($283.5 million) and 700 BTC ($52 million), Lookonchain reported. The address's holdings include a 15x leveraged ETH long position worth $165 million with an average entry price of $2,148.7, and a 20x leveraged BTC long position worth $51.97 million with an average entry price of $68,420.2.

On-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa reported that the whale address billΞ.eth (@0xbilly) sold 3,285 ETH, worth $7.79 million, about an hour ago at an average price of $2,372.24. Since March 8, the address has sold a total of 8,771 ETH ($19.14 million) at an average price of $2,182.

South Korea's KOSPI index recovered the 6,000 level during intraday trading for the first time in about 40 days since March 3. The index is currently trading at 5,994.78, up 3.20% from yesterday.

NHN KCP is partnering with Ava Labs, the developer behind the Avalanche (AVAX) blockchain, to build a new mainnet focused on payments, Yonhap News reported. The two companies will develop the mainnet using Ava Labs' AvaCloud technology. NHN KCP will leverage its expertise in payments to lead the system's architecture design and work closely with Ava Labs to ensure seamless integration with its existing payment infrastructure.

BlackRock withdrew 2,004 BTC, valued at $144.82 million, from Coinbase approximately seven hours ago, according to Onchain Lens. Withdrawals from exchanges are generally interpreted as a decision to hold the assets.

CoinMarketCap's Altcoin Season Index has fallen five points from yesterday to 32. The index is calculated by comparing the price performance of the top 100 coins, excluding stablecoins and wrapped tokens, against Bitcoin. An altcoin season is declared when 75% of these top coins have outperformed Bitcoin over the past 90 days; otherwise, it is considered a Bitcoin season. A score closer to 100 signifies a stronger altcoin season.

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index from data provider Alternative rose nine points from yesterday to 21, though the market remains in the Extreme Fear category. The index measures market sentiment on a scale of 0 (Extreme Fear) to 100 (Extreme Optimism). It is calculated based on volatility (25%), market volume (25%), social media mentions (15%), surveys (15%), Bitcoin's market cap dominance (10%), and Google search trends (10%).

The following is an analysis of the BTC/USDT spot pair order book using a Spot Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) chart. The top section shows a volume heatmap, while the bottom displays the CVD. - The volume heatmap at the top tracks the scale of trading volume at specific price levels. The background color brightens when the price lingers in a certain range or makes a significant move. These brighter areas can potentially act as support or resistance levels. - The CVD indicator at the bottom breaks down buy and sell orders by the size of the capital involved. A rise in a colored line indicates an increase in buy orders for that specific capital bracket. The yellow line represents orders between $100 and $1,000, and the brown line tracks large-scale orders between $1 million and $10 million.

Major exchanges have seen $109 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $525 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance announced significant progress in negotiations with Iran during an interview with Fox News. On the possibility of additional talks, Vance said the next move is up to Tehran. He added that the U.S. expects Iran to show progress on opening the Strait of Hormuz, warning that the nature of the discussions would change if Tehran does not comply.