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Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms appears to have sold an additional 500 BTC ($34.13 million) two hours ago, according to Lookonchain.

The stablecoin USD1, issued by World Liberty Financial (WLF), has been integrated into the Zebec (ZBCN) Super App. This partnership enables businesses to provide real-time, per-second salary payments to employees, conduct mass fund transfers, and manage token vesting services on the Solana network.

EDX Markets, a cryptocurrency exchange backed by Wall Street giants such as Citadel, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab, has applied for a national trust bank charter to provide custody, asset management, and trading services, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.

President Donald Trump is expected to reiterate in a speech on Wednesday that the U.S. operation in Iran will conclude within two to three weeks, according to a White House official.

Stablecoin card issuance infrastructure platform Kulipa has secured a $6.2 million seed investment, Unfolded reported.

The Spot Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) chart provides an analysis of the BTC/USDT spot pair's order book. The top section shows a Volume Heatmap, while the bottom displays the CVD. - The Volume Heatmap tracks the volume of trades at specific price levels. The background color becomes brighter when the price consolidates in a range or moves significantly. Brighter areas may act as potential support or resistance. - The CVD indicator shows buy and sell orders categorized by trade size. A rising line indicates an increase in buy orders for that category. For instance, the yellow line represents orders from $100 to $1,000, while the brown line tracks large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

Decentralized derivatives exchange EdgeX announced it has begun a buyback of its EDGE token. The exchange previously decided to lock up 140 million EDGE tokens, representing 14% of the total supply, for one year following allegations of improper airdrop distribution.

The Office of Iran's Supreme Leader has reaffirmed its position to use a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as a retaliatory measure, disclosing the contents of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's first public speech in a social media post on April 1. The office added that Iran is considering opening other potential fronts, assessing that its adversaries lack experience and have clear weaknesses in these areas. It stated that if the war continues, Iran would activate these fronts after a comprehensive review of all relevant factors.

Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, stated he will continue to support resistance forces against Zionism and the United States. Zionism is a nationalist movement for Jewish people to establish a state in their ancestral land of Palestine.

The United States and Iran are discussing a ceasefire to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report from Axios.

Global crypto venture capital firm Paradigm has begun developing a dedicated trading terminal for prediction markets aimed at professional traders and market makers, Fortune reported. The project, led by Paradigm partner Arjun Balaji, is also reportedly considering the establishment of an internal market-making division. This strategic move by Paradigm, a major investor in Kalshi, is seen as an effort to directly provide the infrastructure and liquidity needed to attract institutional capital, capitalizing on the explosive growth of prediction markets.

Bitmine has acquired 45,000 ETH, valued at $95.3 million, EmberCN reported. The transaction involved the withdrawal of 25,000 ETH from an exchange to BitGo, after which BitGo transferred the full 45,000 ETH to Bitmine.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selick has strongly advocated for bringing prediction market platforms under a formal regulatory framework. According to Decrypt, he warned that if platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket are pushed into unregulated offshore jurisdictions without clear guidelines, a catastrophic collapse similar to the FTX incident could recur. Addressing recent insider trading allegations and individual lawsuits from state governments, Selick stressed the need for clear policy-based regulation rather than litigation. He also foreshadowed the establishment of a unified federal regulatory framework for prediction markets linked to AI and crypto.

A bill in the U.S. state of Arizona that would allow the state to hold cryptocurrencies as a strategic reserve has unanimously passed the House Rules Committee, The Crypto Basic reported. The legislation, SB1649, proposes that seized cryptocurrencies such as BTC, XRP, and XMR be held as state assets rather than being sold.

Iran launched a large-scale missile attack against Israel on the afternoon of April 1. At the same time, the Israeli military announced it is conducting major airstrikes on targets within Iran.

U.S. Vice President Vance recently met with a mediator regarding the conflict with Iran, according to sources. President Donald Trump reportedly instructed Vance to privately convey that the U.S. is willing to accept a ceasefire if its demands, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, are met. Vance delivered a stern message from the president, warning that Trump's patience is wearing thin and that pressure on Iranian infrastructure will intensify if an agreement is not reached.

Metaverse platform The Sandbox has recently begun a stress test for its new Unreal Engine-based mobile game, The Sandbox NEXT, according to Foresight News. The game, a 20-player survival battle, switched from the Unity engine to Unreal Engine to deliver high-end graphics. Players can use their existing characters and NFT assets from the PC version in the mobile game and trade items with low gas fees via the zkSync-based Layer 2 network, SANDchain.

Jesse Spiro, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Tether, the world's largest stablecoin issuer, has been appointed to lead The Fellowship, a pro-crypto Super PAC, Eleanor Terrett reported. The appointment of Spiro, a regulatory expert with a background at PayPal and Chainalysis, signals a ramp-up in the crypto industry's political lobbying and candidate support ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. The Fellowship is expected to release its first list of endorsed candidates soon and will begin deploying election funds.

A spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has denied President Trump's claim that Iran requested a ceasefire, calling the assertion "false and baseless." The statement follows remarks by President Trump that Iran had asked the U.S. for a truce.

Whale Alert reported that 250 million USDC has been minted at the USDC Treasury.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reiterated that Iran will not accept a ceasefire. He stated that what the country wants is an end to the war and a guarantee that similar acts of aggression will not be repeated.

Ripple has launched an integrated digital asset management platform for corporate finance professionals, according to Decrypt. The platform, Ripple Treasury, allows companies to manage fiat currencies, Ripple's stablecoin (RLUSD), and XRP in real-time from a single interface without moving assets to separate exchanges or custody platforms. It is designed to enable large institutions, including Fortune 500 companies, to manage cryptocurrencies within their existing workflows by leveraging the infrastructure of GTreasury, a specialized financial solutions firm Ripple acquired in 2025.

The Ethereum Foundation has unveiled a mechanism called "Execution Tickets" that would see the protocol, rather than validators, capture and burn all Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) revenue generated during block creation, Foresight News reported. Under this system, the right to determine transaction order within a block would be sold via auction. The proceeds would then be burned, similar to EIP-1559, helping to reduce the total supply of ETH. This change would also mean validators receive only pure staking rewards without competing for MEV, which is expected to lower the barrier to entry for individual stakers. The proposal is a key part of 'The Scourge' phase of Ethereum's roadmap, which aims to combat centralization.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $68,000. BTC is trading at $67,983.51 on the Binance USDT market.

Cango, a Chinese auto trading service platform that recently acquired BTC miners from Bitmain, announced it has raised $65 million in strategic funding from its own management team. The company also signed an agreement with DL Holdings Group to issue $10 million in convertible bonds. The investment was raised in USDT and will be used to expand and acquire AI and computing infrastructure. The two firms also signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that includes a potential additional investment of up to $10 million. Cango previously received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange for failing to meet its continued listing standards.