Bitcoin ETFs Are Driving a Spot Multiplier Effect, Canaccord Says

Liquid Restaking Protocol Puffer Raises $18M, Led by Brevan Howard, Electric Capital The fresh round of capital will be used to help launch Puffer’s mainnet.

TON-Based Economy Starting to Take Root in Telegram, TON Foundation Says The Open League program, announced on April 1, is bringing users on-chain in “unprecedented numbers,” TON Foundation’s Justin Hyun said.

Bitcoin Could Surge to $120K on ‘Doomsday Rally,’ Trader Says Geopolitical factors could see investors allocate funds to alternative assets such as bitcoin, some observers say.

Tether, Circle Diverge on How to Tackle Global Patchwork of Stablecoin Rules The two largest digital dollar providers have chosen different paths in dealing with a perceived lack of global clarity on stablecoin rules: Circle is looking to U.S. lawmakers to provide guidance, while Tether is taking a hands-on approach to tackling fraud and money laundering.

Bitcoin Miner CEOs Are Upbeat Ahead of the Halving, Expect M&A: Bernstein Miners’ shares have lagged as bitcoin outperformance has sucked retail liquidity from mining stocks, the report said.

Bored Ape NFT Prices Tank to August 2022 Levels, Down 90% From Peak Bored Apes were one of the most globally hyped NFTs in the last bull market, but have suffered amid a general lack of demand for NFT collections.

Bitcoin Dips Below $62.5K as CoinDesk’s BTC Trend Indicator Turns Neutral CoinDesk Indices’ Bitcoin Trend Indicator has been indicating a strong uptrend since last fall.

Analyst Who Called Bitcoin’s Pre-Halving Rally to $70K Turns Bearish Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, has de-risked his portfolio in the wake of rising Treasury yields.

Crypto Exchange OKX’s Polygon-Powered Layer 2, ‘X Layer,’ Hits Public Mainnet The news about X Layer comes as other major cryptocurrency exchanges, like Coinbase and Kraken, have also pursued their own layer 2 networks over the last year.

Elizabeth Warren Demands U.S. CFTC Chair Explain His Chats With SBF The head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, had a lot of contact with Sam Bankman-Friend, the disgraced former CEO of FTX, but lawmakers suggest he hasn’t been fully forthcoming about those interactions. So, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are demanding more.

There Are Many Bitcoin Critics Left in Finance, Despite BlackRock’s Newfound Love At a recent gathering of investors in Miami, skepticism remained high even after finance titan BlackRock’s shift toward touting the original cryptocurrency.

Ether, Altcoins Remain Under Pressure Following Volatile Weekend Bitcoin has also given up some of its early Monday bounce, returning down to the $64,000 level.

Hong Kong Boards the ETF Express The jurisdiction is the latest to approve exchange-traded funds for bitcoin, giving a boost to BTC.

Bitcoin First, Not Only: Fostering Widespread Adoption Through Education

Crypto Exchange VALR Obtains South African License The Pantera-backed crypto exchange is among the first to receive regulatory approval in South Africa, alongside Luno and Zignaly.

Norway Wants to Restrict Crypto Mining by Regulating Data Centers, Lawmakers Say: Report Energy-intensive crypto mining is an example of a type of business not wanted in Norway, Minister for Energy Terje Aasland reportedly said.

How Investors Should Handle Celsius in Their Tax Returns This Year Creditors to the failed crypto lender have got their dollars back after bankruptcy, but working out the tax implications is going to take longer, says Koinly’s Michelle Legge.

Allen Farrington: Capital in the 21st Century

Free Money? Polymarket Bet Pays 8% if China Doesn’t Invade Taiwan Betting against that outcome could yield almost 8x as much as Taiwan government bonds. Plus: Mideast turmoil barely changes presidential odds.