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Bitcoin moved higher after Trump indicated the U.S. is engaging with a “new regime” in Iran and warned that oil infrastructure could be targeted if talks break down, before retreating below $67K. Meanwhile, Ethereum faces growing pressure on its No. 2 position by market cap as stablecoins gain traction, Aave has finally rolled out V4 on Ethereum, a World Foundation subsidiary offloaded $65 million in WLD tokens via OTC transactions, and Washington state has filed suit against Kalshi as U.S. state regulators intensify scrutiny of prediction markets.
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News Roundup
Artificial Intelligence
Google Plans to Back $5B Data Center for Anthropic (Cointelegraph)
Xiaomi MiMo v2 Pro Review: The AI Model So Good It Was Mistaken for DeepSeek V4 (Decrypt)
DeepSeek Goes Down for Seven Hours (Bloomberg)
Mistral AI Raises $830M in Debt to Set Up a Data Center Near Paris (TechCrunch)
Bitdeer Inks Deal to Build Norway's Largest AI Data Center for Nvidia's Next-Gen Chips (The Block)
Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance
Ripple CEO Garlinghouse Touts 'Record' Q1 (The Block)
Kalshi Secures License to Offer Margin Trading to Pros (Bloomberg)
Curve Finance Row Over $9.3m Resupply Exploit Ends in Singapore Court (DL News)
BNP Paribas Expands its Stock Exchange Offering to Crypto-Asset ETNs (BNP Paribas)
xStocks and Fundrise Partner to Tokenize VCX Fund (Business Wire)
Ethereum Hosts 61.4% of All Tokenized Assets, with $206.2B Worth Settled on the Network (Token Terminal)
Walmart-Backed OnePay Adds Tokens in Push to Serve ‘New to Crypto’ Customers (Cointelegraph)
Aave Goes Live on X Layer, Enabling Onchain Lending for OKX Wallet Users (The Block)
Aave V4 Launches on Ethereum Mainnet With 'Hub-and-Spoke' Architecture (The Block)
Square Begins Automatic Bitcoin Payment Rollout to U.S. Merchants (Bitcoin Magazine)
ECB Flags Centralisation in Major DAOs (DL News)
Metals.io Brings Tokenized Gold, Uranium, and Rare Earth Metals to Tezos (The Defiant)
Aster Perps DEX Switches to Staking-Only Token Emission Model (The Block)
Nium Launches Stablecoin Card Issuance Platform Across Visa and Mastercard (Cointelegraph)
Exchanges
Binance OTC Activity Surges as Institutional Bitcoin Allocation Accelerates (Binance)
Binance Australia Hit With $6.9M Fine After Investors Lose Millions on Derivatives (Decrypt)
CoinDCX to Set Aside Rs 100 Crore for Fraud Prevention, Consumer Awareness (The Economic Times)
Upbit Operator Dunamu Sees 10% Revenue Drop to $1B in 2025 as Crypto Trading Cools (The Block)
Binance Futures Will Launch USDⓈ-Margined CLUSDT, BZUSDT and NATGASUSDT Perps (Binance)
Naver Delays Deal With Upbit Operator Dunamu as Review Drags On (Cointelegraph)
Exchange-Traded Funds
Morgan Stanley Sets 0.14% Bitcoin ETF Fee, Lowest in Market if Approved (Cointelegraph)
From Mar. 23-27, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $296.18 million in net outflows.
U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs saw $206.58 million in net outflows from Mar. 23-27.
From Mar. 23-27, U.S. Solana spot ETFs posted $4.24 million in net outflows.
U.S. XRP spot ETFs logged $2.66 million in net inflows from Mar. 23-27.
Global Digital Asset Funds See $414M Outflows as Macro Pressures Shake Investor Confidence (CoinShares)
Strive and Tuttle file for ETF to invest in Strategy's preferred STRC stock and Strive's SATA (The Block)
Infrastructure
Gnosis and Zisk Announce 'Ethereum Economic Zone' Rollup Framework (The Block)
What’s on the Ethereum Roadmap: Glamsterdam, Hegota and Beyond (Decrypt)
Midnight Goes Live to Tackle Crypto’s Biggest Flaws (CoinDesk)
BitGo Expands Canton Coin Services With Trading, Onchain Settlement (Cointelegraph)
Markets
World Foundation Subsidiary Sells $65 Million in WLD Tokens Through OTC Deals (The Block)
Lido DAO Proposes $20 million One-Off LDO Buyback as Token Hovers Near All-Time Low (The Block)
Token Unlocks This Week Will Exceed $643M With HYPE, SUI, ENA, and More (Tokenomist)
Bitcoin Trades Near $67,000 as US-Iran Deadlock Persists (The Block)
Ethereum Risks Losing No. 2 Spot as Stablecoins Gain Ground (Cointelegraph)
Polymarket Trader Exploits UFC Blunder, Turns $676 into $67,000 (CoinDesk)
Ethereum Foundation Stakes Record $46 Million Worth of ETH (The Block)
Bitcoin Gains on Trump's Iran Comments as Analysts Warn of Geopolitical Risk and ETF Outflows (The Block)
Non-Fungible Tokens
Miladys, Loyalty Pledge Create 'Unnecessary Cultural Schism' in Ethereum Community (The Block)
Politics & Regulation
US Lawmakers Publish Crypto Tax Proposal Without Bitcoin Tax Exemption (Cointelegraph)
Senator Asks About Bitmain-Related ‘National Security Concerns’ (Bloomberg)
Crypto Frustration Boils Over as Stablecoin Fight Stalls Bill (The Block)
Bitcoiners Cry Foul Over US Crypto Tax Bill That ‘Picks Winners and Losers’ (DL News)
Washington Sues Kalshi as States Ramp Up Legal Pressure Against Prediction Markets (CoinDesk)
Canada Moves to Ban Crypto Donations for Election Campaigns Following UK (CoinDesk)
Bernie Sanders and AOC Propose a Ban on Data Center Construction (TechCrunch)
White House App Sparks Concern Over Location Tracking and Privacy Issues (Cointelegraph)
Anchorage Digital, Chainlink Back New Crypto PAC as Election Season Heats Up (The Block)
CFTC to 'Defer to Leagues' as NFL Calls for Tighter Prediction Market Guardrails (The Block)
Treasuries
Trump-Backed American Bitcoin Hits 7,000 BTC as Holdings Expand (CoinDesk)
Michael Saylor's Strategy Pauses Weekly Bitcoin Buys (The Block)
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 4.732 Million Tokens (PR Newswire)
Venture Capital
Other News
Gangster Jailed for Squandering Friend’s $332,000 Bitcoin Stash in Casino (DL News)
How Crypto Traders Fall Victim to Scammers as Sector Remains Unregulated (DL News)
2026 Crypto Tax Readiness Report (CoinTracker)
A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Market Maker (The Block)
Check This Out!
Bitcoin has dipped below “Fire Sale” territory on the Bitcoin Rainbow Price Chart Indicator.
Source: Bitcoin Magazine
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