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Valkyrie amends Bitcoin Fund S-1 filing with enhanced custody and valuation rules

Valkyrie Investments refiled an amended Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for its Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, adding more precise rules around custody, valuation, seed investments, and risks as the cryptocurrency investment vehicle awaits regulatory approval to trade on Nasdaq. The new filing updates the index used to value the fund’s Bitcoin from Lukka Prime to the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant, which calculates the reference rate as of 4 PM Eastern

Report: Pro-Crypto Super PAC Tied to Tether Spends $300K on Georgia House Race

A pro- crypto super PAC linked to Tether executives spent $300,000 on its first political ad buy, directing the funds to a firm co-founded by Tether’s U.S. CEO. Key Takeaways: Fellowship PAC filed its first FEC expenditure on April 8, 2026, directing $300,000 to Nxum Group LLC for advertising. The ad buy backed Clay Fuller […]

TRUMP Token Holders Compete for Mar-a-Lago Dinner Spots as Registration Deadline Shifts to April 14

According to the web portal gettrumpmemes.com, the registration cutoff for Trump’s forthcoming Mar-a-Lago meme coin gala has been pushed to April 14, because apparently, even deadlines like a second chance. The rules clarify that participants can hold the official TRUMP meme token to calculate their time-weighted average holdings, while merchandise purchases also count toward earning […]

Bittensor Co-Founder Jacob Steeves Slams Samuel Dare for ‘Deep Betrayal’ After TAO Price Collapse

Bittensor co-founder characterized Simon Dare’s exit as a “deep betrayal,” accusing his former colleague of intentionally inflicting “maximum pain” on the community and causing significant financial losses for investors. Key Takeaways: Jacob Steeves accused Samuel Dare of betrayal after Covenant AI exited, sparking a 25% crash in TAO price. The fallout erased $650 million in […]

China Faces Immediate 50% Tariffs if Caught Arming Iran, Trump Says

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that China would face a 50% tariff on all goods exported to the United States if Beijing is caught supplying weapons to Iran during the ongoing ceasefire. Key Takeaways: Trump told Fox News on April 12 that China faces a 50% tariff if Beijing supplies weapons to Iran during […]

XTB Closes In on 1 Million Polish Accounts After March Surge

XTB endedMarch less than 9,000 accounts shy of a million in its home market, accordingto fresh data from Poland's Central Securities Depository (KDPW), setting upthe Warsaw-listed broker to cross the milestone when April figures arepublished next month.Singapore Summit: Meet the largestAPAC brokers you know (and those you still don't!)The KDPWtally credited XTB with 991,791 accounts with access to the Polish market atthe end of March, an increase of 50,598 from February and 525,452 over the past

Pepperstone UK Profit Jumps 81% to £18 Million in FY25

PepperstoneLimited, the UK subsidiary of Australian foreign exchange group Pepperstone,posted a sharp jump in earnings for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 (FY25),with profit before tax climbing to £24.1 million from £13.3 million a yearearlier, according to the broker's latest accounts filed with Companies House.Net profitat the FCA-regulated entity rose to £18 million, up 81% from £9.9 million infiscal 2024. Trading revenue from commissions, swaps and spreads on contractsfor difference and

Aria Token Rebounds From 80% Crash to Hit New All-Time High of $0.95

The gaming platform utility token, aria (ARIA), staged a dramatic recovery to reach a new all-time high of $0.95 on April 12, 2026. This rally follows a volatile week where the token plummeted over 80% to a low of $0.11 on April 9. Key Takeaways: ARIA hit a $0.95 high on April 12, gaining 30% […]

Over 80% of Bitcoin ETF assets hit Coinbase custody choke point with $74B at risk

Is Coinbase too big to fail? It has to be now ETFs rely on it dailyWall Street spent two years selling investors on a clean vision of Bitcoin: a regulated exchange-traded fund, cleared and settled through the same institutional machinery that handles equities and bonds, scrubbed of the Wild West baggage that haunted crypto's earlier chapters.The pitch worked spectacularly well, pulling tens of billions of dollars into an asset class wrapper that felt familiar to advisors and compliance departmen

World Liberty Financial Threatens Tron Founder Justin Sun With Lawsuit as Frozen Token Dispute Goes Public

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) publicly threatened legal action against Tron founder Justin Sun on Sunday, and Sun responded by demanding that the team identify themselves and answer for what he called secret controls over investor funds. Key Takeaways: World Liberty Financial publicly threatened Justin Sun with legal action on April 12, 2026, accusing the $75 […]

Justin Sun Denounces Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial’s Actions: ‘This Is the Opposite of Decentralization’

Justin Sun, founder of the Tron project, criticized the actions of the people behind World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency project linked to President Donald Trump. Sun revealed that the “illegitimate” decisions taken by token holders treated the “ crypto community as a personal ATM.” Key Takeaways: In Sept, World Liberty Financial froze 595M WLFI tokens, […]

Hyperliquid US Oil Perps Skyrocket After JD Vance Fails to Reach Iran Nuclear Deal in Islamabad

Oil-linked perpetual futures on Hyperliquid climbed on Sunday after U.S. Vice President JD Vance left Islamabad without a nuclear agreement with Iran, reigniting fears of renewed conflict in the Middle East. Key Takeaways: VP JD Vance concluded 21-plus hours of U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad on April 12, 2026, without a deal. Oil-linked perps on Hyperliquid […]

SEC admits crypto crackdown went too far ‘headlines’ as it dismisses 7 cases

In November 2024, the SEC celebrated 583 enforcement actions and a record $8.2 billion in remedies, saying crypto was proof it could keep pace with emerging threats. This week, the same agency published a 2025 review calling that approach a mistake.The new report said prior resources were misapplied, criticized the pursuit of “media headlines,” and described the past year as a “necessary course correction” that included dismissing seven crypto registration-related cases.W

Relics of a Revolution, Part II: False Profits and Freedom

Bitcoin MagazineRelics of a Revolution, Part II: False Profits and FreedomRevolutions leave behind artifacts — not always weapons or flags, but the quieter objects that carried a message before anyone knew how far it would travel. A wheat-pasted broadside on a Los Angeles overpass. A hand-lettered cardboard sign held up in the snow outside a Tokyo office building. A newspaper headline, pulled from the front page of The Times of London and encoded permanently into a piece of software that would g

Michael Saylor’s ‘Think Bigger’ Signals Mega Bitcoin Buy as Global Tension Shakes Markets

Strategy’s latest signal is fueling expectations of renewed bitcoin accumulation as volatility and geopolitical tension heighten focus on institutional demand driven by Michael Saylor’s influence. Traders are closely watching for confirmation of another major purchase cycle. Key Takeaways: Strategy signals expansion as Michael Saylor hints at new buying tied to 766,970 BTC holdings. Bitcoin dropped […]

Trump announces Strait of Hormuz blockade as Iran nuclear talks collapse, Bitcoin extends losses

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Zcash beats Bitcoin by 46% as privacy coins decouple during Iran War

The US-Iran ceasefire made oil retreat, European equities posted their largest single-day gain in more than four years, and crypto joined the relief wave alongside everything else.During the relief, traders rotated sharply into privacy-adjacent names, pushing Zcash up roughly 59.6% over seven days and Dash up about 47.3% over the same window.CryptoSlate's privacy coin category climbed 10.2% over 24 hours as of press time, while the broader privacy cohort averaged 21.5% gains, comfortably outpaci

US Navy Enters Strait of Hormuz to Clear Iranian Mines, Bitcoin Falls 2.5%

Bitcoin dropped to $71,067 on Sunday after U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad collapsed and the U.S. Navy moved two destroyers into the Strait of Hormuz to begin clearing Iranian mines. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin fell to $71,067 on April 12, 2026, after U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad collapsed without a deal. The U.S. Navy deployed USS [&#8230;]

Justin Sun accuses Trump-backed World Liberty of hidden backdoor control

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Bitcoin Stalls Near $73K as US-Iran Talks Collapse, Markets Hold Their Breath

Bitcoin is trading at $71,587 on Sunday morning with a market cap of $1.43 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of $28.39 billion, moving within an intraday range of $71,484 to $73,720. The price drop followed comments from U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who disclosed that the United States failed to reach an agreement with [&#8230;]