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Bitcoin is trading in a tight range near $66,800 this Good Friday, as geopolitical tensions and shifting macro expectations keep prices contained. Meanwhile, the IMF warns that tokenization may improve financial efficiency while introducing new risks, the Ethereum Foundation has staked 45,034 ETH as it approaches a 70,000 ETH target, and a solo Bitcoin miner has earned a $210K reward (3.139 BTC) from a single block.
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News Roundup
Artificial Intelligence
Google Jumps Back Into the Open Source AI Race With Gemma 4 (Decrypt)
Vitalik Buterin Details His 'Private' and 'Secure' AI Setup (Decrypt)
Google Researchers Reveal Every Way Hackers Can Trap, Hijack AI Agents (Decrypt)
Using ChatGPT on CarPlay (OpenAI)
Anthropic Acquires Startup Coefficient Bio for About $400 Million (The Information)
OpenAI Acquires TBPN, the Buzzy Founder-Led Business Talk Show (TechCrunch)
Microsoft to Invest $10B Japan’s AI Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Workforce (Microsoft)
Anthropic Says That Claude Contains Its Own Kind of Emotions (Wired)
Pika Labs Now Lets You Video Call Your AI Agent (Efficienist)
How A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8 Billion Company (NYT)
Deepseek’s V4 Model Will Run on Huawei Chips (Reuters)
Access SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, and Teams Context Directly in Claude (Claude)
Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance
IMF Says US Fed Has Little Scope for Rate Cuts This Year (Bloomberg)
Drift Protocol's $285 Million Exploit on Solana Raises Questions Over DeFi Security (Decrypt)
How Securitize is Working With NYSE to Bring Equities Onchain (The Block)
Aave Avoided Bad Debt by Shifting Risk to Borrowers: Bank of Canada Study (Cointelegraph)
SpaceX Targets More Than $2 Trillion Valuation in IPO (Bloomberg)
Tether Makes Final Push for Fundraising at $500 Billion Valuation (The Information)
Tokenization Makes Finance More Efficient But Introduces Risks: IMF (Cointelegraph)
ZachXBT Accuses Circle of $420M in 'Compliance Failures' Since 2022 (Cointelegraph)
Charles Schwab Expected to Debut Spot Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading This Quarter (Crypto Briefing)
Drift Beckons North Korea-Linked Hackers Following $285M Exploit (Decrypt)
Exchange-Traded Funds
Grayscale Files to Convert Bittensor Trust into ETF Offering TAO Exposure (SEC)
On Apr. 2, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $8.99M in net inflows.
U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs saw $71.17M in net outflows on Apr. 2.
U.S. XRP spot ETFs posted $64.61K in net inflows on Apr. 2.
U.S. Solana spot ETFs posted $932.85K in net inflows on Apr. 2.
Gaming
Solana Exec Trolls Crypto Gamers, Pixel Tackles Play-to-Earn Issues: Web3 Gamer (Cointelegraph)
Infrastructure
Markets
Bittensor Breakout Fuels AI Token Rally as Distributed Training Gains Credibility (The Block)
Crypto Snoozes into Good Friday as Oil and Macro Stir (CoinDesk)
Polymarket Inks US, Canada Deal with European Soccer League LaLiga (Decrypt)
Oil Perpetuals Debut Strong on Binance but Precious Metals Dominate Trading Activity (DeFi Oasis)
Algorand Soars Double-Digits On Google ‘Post-Quantum Protocols’ Citation (Decrypt)
Crypto Market Hits $20.57T Volume in Q1 as Derivatives Dominate Trading Activity (CoinGlass)
U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls for March: 178K, Exp. 59K, Prev. -133K (BLS)
U.S. Unemployment Rate for March: 4.3%, Exp. 4.4%, Prev. 4.4% (BLS)
Ethereum Foundation Stakes 45,034 ETH, Nears Strategic Target (Decrypt)
Tokenized RWA Market Hits $27.6B in April 2026 Amid Crypto Downturn (Crypto Briefing)
Meme Coins
'Memecoin Messiah' Lost $60M Trading Mostly SPX6900: He's Still Not Selling (Cointelegraph)
Mining
Bitcoin Miner MARA Lays Off 15% of Workforce (Blockspace)
Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Sells 3,778 BTC (Decrypt)
Solo Bitcoin Miner Bags $210K Bitcoin Block Reward (Cointelegraph)
Politics & Regulation
Canada’s Bid to Ban Crypto Donations Highlights Transparency Issue (Cointelegraph)
Canada's New Stablecoin Framework Sets Strict Rules with 1:1 Reserves and Central Bank Oversight (Government of Canada)
Cambodia Advances Law Targeting Crypto Scam Compound Kingpins with Life in Jail (Decrypt)
Trump’s New Attorney General Held Bitcoin—But Has a Mixed Crypto Track Record (Decrypt)
Other News
How Ethereum’s Biggest Conference Exposes Crypto’s Identity Crisis (DL News)
Check This Out!
CZ’s upcoming book Freedom of Money ranks No. 1 on Amazon’s Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency list ahead of its April 8 release.

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