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Bitcoin briefly climbed to $71,000 as markets reacted to shifting signals around potential changes to Iran oil sanctions, before slipping back below $70,000. Elsewhere, altcoin volume has dropped 80% amid tighter financial conditions, Apple iOS malware is targeting crypto apps on unpatched devices, Trump has unveiled a national AI framework focused on innovation and security, and Coinbase has launched stock perpetual futures for non-U.S. users.

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News Roundup

Artificial Intelligence

  • OpenAI to Acquire Startup Astral, Expanding Push Into Coding (Bloomberg)

  • Telling Your Chatbot You Have a Mental Health Condition Can Change the Answer You Get (Decrypt)

  • Microsoft Launches MAI-Image-2 Text-to-Image Model (Decrypt)

  • Nvidia Deepens Grip on Cloud AI With Major AWS Chip Deal (Decrypt)

  • Elon Musk Plans Major AI Algorithm Update for X, With Open-Source Release (Elon Musk)

  • How Will AI Affect the US Labor Market? (Goldman Sachs)

  • Jeff Bezos Aims to Raise $100 Billion to Buy, Revamp Manufacturing Firms With AI (Reuters)

Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance

  • BlackRock Staked Ethereum Fund Tops $250 Million in its First Week (Decrypt)

  • First Look at Ripple’s 2026 Digital Asset Survey (Ripple)

  • Cantor Among Investment Banks Pitching FalconX For its Potential IPO (CoinDesk)

  • Anchorage Digital Rolls Out Collateral Management Services On Institutional Atlas Platform (The Block)

  • WLFI Launches AgentPay SDK Open-Source Payment Toolkit for AI Agents (Cryptopolitan)

  • EtherFi Turns to RWAs For Yield With $25M Plume Allocation (Cointelegraph)

  • Major Gold Trade Group Releases Framework For Tokenized Gold (Cointelegraph)

  • GMTrade Tops Solana Perps DEXs with $500M Daily Volume (GMTrade)

  • Stablecoins are Becoming the Go-To Tool For Corporate Treasury (CoinDesk)

Exchanges

  • Winklevosses Say Job Cuts at Gemini Exchange Reach 30% (Bloomberg)

  • Bybit Launches Yield-Bearing Tokenized Gold (Cointelegraph)

  • Coinbase Launches Stock Perpetual Futures for Non-U.S. Users (Coinbase)

  • Gemini Hit With Investor Lawsuit Over Strategy Shift (The Block)

Exchange-Traded Funds

Infrastructure

  • First Working Quantum Battery Proves Bigger Really Does Mean Faster (Decrypt)

Markets

  • Gemini Shares Rise After Hours as Investors Back Shift Beyond Crypto Trading (Decrypt)

  • Bitcoin Trails Money Supply Growth as Energy Costs and Rates Bite (Decrypt)

  • $2B in BTC & ETH Options Expire as Market Eyes Key Levels (GreeksLive)

  • Bitcoin Rallies to $71K as Bessent Mulls Lifting Some Iran Oil Sanctions (Decrypt)

  • Bitcoin Whale Moves 2,100 BTC Untouched For Over 13 Years (The Block)

  • Altcoin Volume Slumps 80% Amid ‘Tighter’ Monetary Conditions (Decrypt)

Metaverse

  • Meta Decides Not to Shut Down Horizon Worlds on VR After All (TechCrunch)

Mining

  • BitFuFu Leans Further into Cloud Mining as Revenue Mix Shifts (The Block)

Politics & Regulation

  • Kentucky Crypto ATM Bill Adds Hardware Wallet Clause Critics Say Would 'Outlaw Self-Custody' (The Block)

  • North Carolina Lawmakers Propose State Bitcoin Reserve (Bitcoin Magazine)

  • Canada Revokes 47 Crypto Money Licenses, Vows to Continue (Cointelegraph)

  • California Court Dismisses Coinbase User’s Challenge to IRS Summons (Cointelegraph)

  • Senators Eye Bank Add-Ons to Crypto Bill to Ease Passage of Housing Bill in House (Politico)

  • Crypto Market Structure Bill to Face Key Vote in April (Decrypt)

  • Super Micro Co-Founder Arrested Over Alleged $2.5B Nvidia AI Server Smuggling Scheme (Blockonomi)

  • Trump Unveils National AI Framework Focused on Innovation and Security (White House)

  • CFTC Issues FAQs to Clarify Tokenized and Crypto Collateral Guidance and Rules (CFTC)

  • SEC's Crypto Guidance Ends Years of Regulatory Ambiguity But Key Questions Remain (The Defiant)

Treasuries

  • Singapore-Based Ryde Adopts Crypto Treasury Strategy (Cointelegraph)

  • Tom Lee-linked Eightco Ups Equity Stake in OpenAI to $40 Million (The Block)

Venture Capital

  • Kalshi Gets $1 Billion in New $22 Billion Funding Round (Bloomberg)

  • Decentralized Social Network Bluesky Discloses $100 Million Series B (The Block)

Other News

  • Fake FBI Crypto Tokens Are Being Used to Threaten Tron Users (Decrypt)

  • Apple iOS Malware Targets Crypto Apps on Unpatched iPhones (Decrypt)

  • Ledger Appoints Former Circle Exec as CFO, Opens New York Office (The Block)

  • Crypto Firms are Slashing Jobs — and They’re Mostly Citing the Same Reason (DL News)

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From L1s and L2s to AI, DeFi, and prediction markets, current crypto narratives highlight a broad mix of sectors shaping the market today—with Bitcoin still at the center.

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