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Bitcoin pulls back as $75,000 continues to act as both a key milestone and resistance level. Meanwhile, Trump-backed WLFI is moving to unlock 62 billion tokens following controversy surrounding its $75 million loan, HYPE has climbed to a new 2026 high as Hyperliquid trading volumes surge, and a newly proposed Bitcoin improvement proposal, BIP-361, would freeze certain coins to help address quantum-related security threats.
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News Roundup
Artificial Intelligence
Google's Gemma Already Acts Like Gemini—Someone Made It Think Like Claude Opus Too (Decrypt)
Anthropic Preps Opus 4.7 and Full-Stack AI Studio (Decrypt)
AI Chatbots Give Misleading Medical Advice 50% of the Time, Study Finds (Bloomberg)
OpenAI Expands Cyber Defense Program With GPT-5.4-Cyber and Broader Trusted Access (OpenAI)
After Sale of its Shoe Business, Allbirds Pivots to AI (TechCrunch)
Can AI Beat the Sports Betting Market? 8 of the Top Models Tried (Decrypt)
'Nothing Ever Happens': This Bot Always Bets 'No' on Polymarket, And It Has a Point (Decrypt)
Try a LattAI? Starbucks Debuts ChatGPT App for AI Drink Suggestions (Decrypt)
Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance
Rakuten to Allow XRP to be Used as Payment Method by its 44 Million Customers (CoinDesk)
Ripple Partners with Kyobo Life for Blockchain Bond Settlement Trial in South Korea (Blockonomi)
Major European SIX Group Stock Exchanges Feeding Data to Chainlink (The Block)
Societe Generale Unit Adds MiCA-Compliant Stablecoin to MetaMask (The Block)
Pakistan Lifts 8-Year Crypto Banking Ban Following Trump Family, Binance Deals (Decrypt)
OP Mainnet Records 'Largest TVL Event' in its History as Crypto Card Provider Etherfi Goes Live (The Block)
Circle Won’t Launch Won-Pegged Stablecoin, But Plans to Monetise South Korean Crypto Boom (DL News)
L&G Brings £50B Liquidity Funds Onchain via Calastone Tokenized Network (Cointelegraph)
Exchanges
Kraken Reportedly Confirms Confidential IPO Filing as Valuation Falls to $13.3B (Bitcoin Magazine)
Coinbase, Binance Seek Anthropic Mythos Access as Crypto Firms Brace for AI Security Threats (Crypto Briefing)
eToro Acquires Self-Custody Crypto Wallet Firm Zengo for $70 Million (Decrypt)
OKX Rolls Out X-Perps Across Europe in Regulated Derivatives Push (Cointelegraph)
Exchange-Traded Funds
21Shares Files Second Amendment to Hyperliquid ETF Filing, Seeks Nasdaq Listing Under THYP (The Block)
Bitmine Posts $3.8 Billion Quarterly Net Loss Driven by Unrealized ETH Decline (The Block)
On Apr. 14, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $411.50 million in net inflows.
U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs posted $53.03 million in net inflows on Apr. 14.
U.S. XRP spot ETFs logged $11.20 million in net inflows on Apr. 14.
U.S. Solana spot ETFs saw $1.27 million in net inflows on Apr. 14.
Bitwise Launches Spot Avalanche ETP (BAVA); Includes In-House Staking (PR Newswire)
Infrastructure
Polygon Launches Native Liquid Staking Token (The Defiant)
Ether.fi Commits $3 Billion in ETH as 'Validator Liquidity' to ETHGas Over Three Years (The Block)
Justin Sun Says Tron Launching Post-Quantum Upgrade Plan (The Block)
New Bitcoin Proposal Would Freeze Coins to Counter Quantum Threat (Decrypt)
Fireblocks Launches Tool for Institutions to Earn Yield on Stablecoins (Cointelegraph)
Markets
HYPE Hits 2026 High as Hyperliquid Volumes Soar: Is the Rally Sustainable? (Cointelegraph)
South Korea Drives 30% of Global Crypto Volume as Altcoins Dominate Trading (Kaiko)
Bitcoin Pulls Back as $75,000 Remains 'Both the Milestone and the Ceiling' (CoinDesk)
Trump-Backed WLFI Moves to Unlock 62 Billion Tokens After $75 Million Loan Controversy (CoinDesk)
Bhutan Moves 250 BTC as 2026 Outflows Top $240 Million: Arkham Data (The Block)
Online Casino Operator's Stock Surges on Crypto.com Prediction Market Deal (Decrypt)
Tether Moves 951 Bitcoin to Reserve Wallet: Arkham (The Block)
Mining
Hive, Bitfarms Lead Bitcoin Miner-Turned-AI Rally With 11% Gains as BTC Hits Two-Month High (The Block)
TeraWulf Shares Fall After Upsized $900 Million Equity Raise to Fund AI Data Center Buildout (The Block)
Riot Loses Top Data Center Exec as AI and Hyperscale Buildout Ramps Up (The Block)
Bitdeer Hits 70 EH/s in Self-Mining Bitcoin Operations, Claims Top Spot by Compute (The Block)
Politics & Regulation
SEC Scraps Pattern Day Trader Rule, Removing $25K Minimum Balance Requirement (SEC)
Virginia Governor Signs Law Protecting Dormant Crypto From Forced Liquidation (Decrypt)
Elizabeth Warren Warns Elon Musk's X Money Threatens 'Stability of the Financial System' (Decrypt)
US Probes Suspicious Oil Trades Made Before Trump Pivots (Bloomberg)
US Midterm Election Mirrors 2024 as Crypto PACs Move into Ohio Races (Cointelegraph)
UK FCA Seeks Feedback on Guidance for Crypto Rules Ahead of 2027 Rollout (Cointelegraph)
Treasuries
Strategy Reports $1.3B Bitcoin Gain in Early April as BTC Yield Reaches 5.6% YTD (Michael Saylor)
Venture Capital
VCs are Flooding Anthropic With Offers to Invest at Up to an $800 Billion Valuation (Business Insider)
Switzerland Takes Crown as Europe’s Crypto Capital, VC Report Says (DL News)
Brix Raises $5.5 million to Tokenize Emerging Market Assets, Plans Debut on MegaETH (The Block)
Other News
X Rolls Out 'Cashtags' for In-Timeline Crypto and Stock Data (The Block)
Only 4% of Danish Citizens Hold Crypto, Far Below Other European Countries (Cointelegraph)
North Korean Hackers Used AI-Enabled Social Engineering in Zerion Attack (Cointelegraph)
Crypto Users Targeted in ‘Elaborate’ Scam Using Popular Notes App (Cointelegraph)
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Technological disruption is accelerating rapidly, with Bitcoin, AI, and quantum computing emerging among the latest major innovations shaping the next era of advancement.

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