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Bitcoin continued to rise early Tuesday, topping a price of $75,000 and hitting its highest level since early February as bears betting against BTC and other leading cryptocurrencies saw rising short liquidations.The leading crypto asset was recently trading at $75,834, per data from CoinGecko, rising above the $75,000 mark for the first time since March 16. At that recent price, Bitcoin is at its highest level since the first days of February.Bitcoin is up 5.5% over the last day, putting up a more than 10% rise over the past week as other major coins show even larger gains during the…

A new panel has officially been announced for Bitcoin 2026 titled “Is Bitcoin Still A Sovereign Tool?” featuring Matt Odell, Bruce Fenton, Luke Rudkowski, and BTC Sessions. The conversation will bring together these four voices who have spent years examining the intersection of Bitcoin, individual freedom, institutional adoption, and whether Bitcoin is staying true to its original ethos as adoption accelerates. Matt Odell is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and venture capitalist best known for his Bitcoin privacy advocacy and working in freedom technology education for over a decade with guides, workshops, and even training activists on how to use Bitcoin. He…

In brief Stripe, Visa, and Zodia Custody by Standard Chartered have joined as validators on the Tempo blockchain network. The firms process trillions of dollars annually and are now directly validating a crypto network built for real-time payments. All three have been design partners since Tempo’s inception and are actively building payment flows on the protocol. Payments giant Visa said Tuesday that it has become an “anchor validator” for the Stripe-backed Tempo blockchain network, joining Stripe itself and Zodia Custody by Standard Chartered in supporting the layer-1 blockchain built for agentic commerce and real-time payments.The companies collectively process trillions of…

In brief Goldman Sachs filed an application for an ETF that generates income by selling options tied to those that track the digital asset’s spot price Under normal circumstances, the fund would allocate 80% of its net assets to investments that provide Bitcoin exposure, including spot ETFs. In January, BlackRock filed for a similar ETF that uses an options strategy to generate premium income for investors beyond spot price gains. Goldman Sachs filed an application for an exchange-traded fund on Tuesday that seeks to generate income for investors by selling options tied to Bitcoin’s price, underscoring the Wall Street giant’s…

Kraken has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, co-CEO Arjun Sethi said Tuesday at Semafor World Economy in Washington, D.C., confirming earlier reports. The disclosure marks a renewed step toward public markets after earlier plans were paused amid volatile crypto conditions. The San Francisco-based exchange was valued at $13.3 billion in an April funding round, down from a $20 billion peak in late 2025, according to Semafor. The round included backing from major investors such as Citadel Securities and reflected shifting sentiment across digital asset markets. Sethi said Kraken aims to bring institutional-grade trading tools to retail users. He…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock, STRC, played a key role in the company’s Bitcoin strategy this week after it saw more than $1.1 billion in daily trading volume.In an X post, Strategy declared April 13 the record date for STRC. Michael Saylor also noted that the security closed at par with just “one penny of volatility” after $1.156 billion in liquidity moved through the market.STRC Record Trading Volume. (Source: Strategy)This trading surge came after Strategy revealed it had bought 13,927 Bitcoin for about $1 billion between April 6 and April 12.With this purchase, the company now holds 780,897 Bitcoin,…

If you’ve been following the local AI scene, you probably know Qwopus—the open-source model that tried to distill Claude Opus 4.6’s reasoning into Alibaba’s Qwen, so you could run something resembling Opus on your own hardware for free. It worked surprisingly well. The obvious catch: Qwen is a Chinese model, and not everyone is comfortable with that.Jackrong, the same pseudonymous developer behind that project, heard the feedback. His answer is Gemopus—a new family of Claude Opus-style fine-tunes built entirely on Google’s open-source Gemma 4. All-American DNA, same idea: frontier-level reasoning, running locally on hardware you already own.The family comes in…

In brief Bernstein analysts wrote in a Tuesday note that prediction-market volumes will reach $1 trillion by the end of the decade. They argued that institutional investors will adopt prediction markets as a way to manage risk associated with policy and political events. Currently, Polymarket and Kalshi’s platforms are dominated by sports, which respectively account for 42% and 78% of trading volumes. Prediction markets are becoming an increasingly popular way for people to speculate on sports, but those wagers won’t drive platforms’ trading volumes to $1 trillion by the end of the decade on their own, analysts at investment bank…

In brief Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh disclosed a net worth exceeding $100 million. His investments span crypto, tech startups, and traditional finance. Despite support, his nomination faces delays tied to a DOJ investigation of current Fed Chair Jerome Powell. President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve disclosed a vast fortune Tuesday worth well over $100 million, which includes numerous investments in the crypto sector and other emerging tech startups.Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor with deep Wall Street ties, was required to disclose his personal finances as part of his Senate confirmation process. His filing reveals a…

Satochip SRL, a Belgium-based company specializing in secure hardware solutions for digital asset self-custody, today announced that it has secured part of its ongoing bridge financing round with support from existing shareholders and new business angels.The bridge round will support the company’s strategic expansion into the United States, enabling Satochip to establish a local presence and accelerate sales in one of the world’s largest digital asset markets.Founded in Belgium, Satochip develops open-source secure hardware wallets and smart card solutions, designed to give users full control over their digital assets. The company’s technology emphasizes security, transparency, and sovereignty, “aligning with the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A U.S. Senator might unveil a “compromise draft” aimed at settling the crypto-stablecoin yield dispute in the forthcoming CLARITY Act. Another Update On The Crypto Legislation Republican U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) claimed this Monday he aims to unveil a draft deal this week to break the stalemate over stablecoin yield between banks and crypto firms. According to Politico, he has been collaborating with Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D‑Md.) on new CLARITY Act language designed to finally settle whether crypto companies can pay interest on idle stablecoin holdings.…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin climbed to its highest level since the early-February sell-off after US producer prices went up, but rose less than economists expected, in March, with easing oil prices and stronger equity markets adding to the rebound in risk assets.According to CryptoSlate’s data, Bitcoin surged past the $76,000 mark during early US trading hours, with the broader crypto ecosystem adding around $110 billion billion to its market capitalization during the last 24 hours.Bitcoin Price PerformanceThe prevailing market optimism has been largely driven by shifting expectations regarding the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, compounded by unexpected developments in ongoing…

In brief Tether launched Tether.Wallet, a self-custodial digital wallet targeting its existing 570 million stablecoin users. It supports USDT and the gold-backed XAUT across multiple networks, plus USAT and Bitcoin. Users can send funds using email-like identifiers instead of complex wallet addresses. Tether launched a self-custodial digital wallet on Tuesday called Tether.Wallet, offering support not only for its flagship USDT stablecoin and USAT for the U.S. market, but also Bitcoin and its gold-backed token, XAUT.The wallet supports USDT and XAUT across Ethereum and the Polygon, Plasma, and Arbitrum networks. It also supports USAT on Ethereum, as well as Bitcoin both…

Trump’s nominee for Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, has disclosed an equity stake in Bitcoin payments start-up Flashnet. The holding appeared in financial disclosure forms filed ahead of Warsh’s Senate confirmation hearing, which could begin as soon as this week but will most likely start next week. Flashnet positions itself as a lightning-style Bitcoin payment system for merchants and fintech platforms, part of a broader push to speed up and cheapen transactions on the Bitcoin network. Warsh’s stake links the incoming Fed chief directly to a company whose fortunes depend on Bitcoin adoption and transaction volume, at a time when…