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Bitcoin Races To $80,000 As Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire: Here Are Other Factors Driving The Rally
- Bitcoin (BTC) topped $79,000 for the first time since February 3.
- Trump extended the Iran ceasefire, citing Tehran's fractured government.
- US equities rallied alongside BTC, with the Nasdaq gaining over 1%.
BitMEX Launches the Trading Circuit Campaign Featuring a 100,000 USDT Weekly Prize Pool
BitMEX, one of the safest crypto exchanges, announced today the launch of its Trading Circuit Campaign, allowing traders to win their share of a weekly 100,000 USDT prize pool by completing a series of trading missions. The campaign will run from 22 April 2026 at 12:00 PM (UTC) to 13 May 2026 at 11:59 PM
KuCoin’s Sabina Liu on Where Crypto Growth Is Coming From in 2026
- Sabina Liu says the 2026 market cycle is being driven by institutional participation, regulation, and product development.
- Europe is building a strong position in digital assets through MiCA and rising demand for compliant access.
- Tokenized real-world assets remain a major growth area, with distribution and investor access still at an early stage.
Crypto’s AI Agent Boom Comes With a Twist: Users Are Tightening the Leash
- AI agents are multiplying across DeFi, but users are tightening the leash.
- Scoped permissions and hardware isolation replace open-ended wallet access.
- Protection automation draws more demand than autonomous trading bots.
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Chainlink (LINK) Price Eyes $12 Breakout as Swiss and Spanish Equities Move Onchain
- Chainlink price compresses inside a symmetrical triangle between $8 and $10 since February.
- SIX Group brings €2 trillion of Swiss and Spanish equity data onchain via Chainlink.
- Daily pattern points to $12 upside or $6.80 downside on breakout confirmation.
Top Platforms for Stablecoin Settlement in 2026
An in-depth comparison of the best stablecoin settlement solutions in 2026, including SCRYPT, Fireblocks, Circle, Ripple, and Coinbase.
Pi Coin (PI) Is Stuck at $0.17 While Crypto Market Flies, and the Chart Explains Why
Pi Coin (PI) price trades at $0.170, up on the day but still range-bound between $0.209 resistance and $0.162 support since mid-March. A bullish RSI divergence has appeared on the 12-hour chart, the kind of signal that often precedes trend reversals. Three supporting indicators, however, are sending the opposite message at the same time. Pi
MicroStrategy’s STRC Preferred Stock Buys 10X More Bitcoin Than All ETFs in 2026
- Strategy's STRC has funded 10 times more bitcoin buys than all ETFs combined this year.
- STRC-linked purchases total roughly 77,000 BTC versus ETFs' net 8,000 BTC in 2026.
- Strategy now holds 815,061 bitcoin, surpassing BlackRock's IBIT as the largest holder.
How Polygon Agglayer Held Through DeFi’s Worst Week Since FTX
A single forged signature drained $292M from KelpDAO on Saturday and triggered a $6.6 billion run on Aave. The bridges that kept running all had one thing in common. By John Egan, Head of Product, Polygon Labs Between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, a single forged message on a single cross-chain bridge turned into DeFi’s
The AI Agent Economy Has an Identity Bottleneck: Blockchain Rails Could Solve It
- AI agents outnumber humans 100-to-1 in finance but remain "unbanked," a16z says.
- a16z pushes "Know Your Agent" as the cryptographic KYC for AI agents.
- The report flags payments, governance, trust, and user control as four AI agent infrastructure gaps.
Whales Accumulate AAVE as Retail Flees Amid KelpDAO Exploit Fallout
- Large buyers appear to be increasing their buying activity in Aave (AAVE).
- Aave TVL dropped from $26.39 billion to $15.6 billion.
- Whale order clusters since 2022 have historically marked local AAVE price bottoms.
