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China hypes its CBDC as tariff war threatens yuan
As a way to project confidence into FX markets amid trade wars, China defended its yuan with claims that its CBDC is booming.

Traders 73% less confident of Canada getting pro-Bitcoin PM
In early January, the next prime minister of Canada looked certain to be a pro-Bitcoin candidate. Now, his odds have traded down 73%.

Zero Hedge invited to White House press pool despite lies about Fort Knox gold
In 2022, US officials accused Zero Hedge of spreading Russian propaganda, unaware that Russia would invade Ukraine days later.

Donald Trump’s tariff chaos leads to corruption accusations
Donald Trump’s flip-flopping on tariffs threw the markets into chaos and has led to accusations of corruption.

Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve audit is now five days overdue
According to an executive order signed by Donald Trump, the US government should have audited all of its federal crypto holdings by now.

CZ fans lose $15,000 after he ghosts them on ‘pay-to-reach’ platform
Users have spent $81,000 to send messages to Changpeng Zhao on the “pay-to-reach” site Reach Me, but he’s ignored 37% of them.

PancakeSwap wars: half of CAKE voting power snapped up before new proposal
A proposal to fundamentally alter PancakeSwap’s governance has resulted in a race to snatch up token supply and lock it before voting.

MicroStrategy admits it might need to sell bitcoin by 2026
If its finances get much worse or BTC keeps sliding, MicroStrategy could be looking at possibly selling some of its coins by next year.

Trump promised bitcoin ‘made in America’ then ruined it with tariffs
Despite Donald Trump’s promise to bring all BTC mining to the US, his new tariffs will likely hurt the industry.

Champions League quarter-finalists all have crypto deals
Arsenal, Aston Villa, PSG, and Inter have inked deals with Socios, while Coinbase and Bitpanda sponsor Dortmund and Bayern Munich.

Justin Sun’s marketing push can’t revive his Sun Pump memecoin launcher
Justin Sun’s Sun Pump opened to thousands of token launches in April 2024, but this number fell over the next six months to barely 10 per day.

Elon Musk asked to ‘jerk off’ the president during disastrous livestream
Musk had planned to stream himself playing Path of Exile 2 onboard his private jet to prove the effectiveness of Starlink’s WiFi capabilities.

Ripple dumps XRP to pump RLUSD — still 0.2% the size of USDT
Ripple is selling over a billion dollars worth of cash, equity, and XRP tokens to fund an acquisition that it hopes will boost RLUSD volumes.

Crypto ETFs ‘worst’ in 2025 for UK investors says Morningstar
Financial analyst Morningstar found that four of the worst-performing ETFs open to UK investors were crypto-focused.

Pro-bitcoin politician blames bizarre ‘SOS’ tweets on ‘heavy medication’
Maya Parbhoe has blamed her bizarre posts on the effects of medication given to her while recovering from giving birth in hospital.

DoJ scraps crypto unit, tells staff to ignore crypto exchanges and mixers
Joe Biden’s “reckless” regulation by prosecution was called out as the Trump-led Justice Department scrapped the crypto police unit.

Bitcoin crashed below Michael Saylor’s ‘sell your kidney’ price
As BTC crashed below the price at which Michael Saylor suggested selling a kidney, he reminded us that its price never declines in BTC terms.

Fake tariff headlines temporarily rally market, then crash continues
Fake headlines that claimed Donald Trump was considering delaying tariffs temporarily boosted the market — before the truth came out.

MicroStrategy pauses buys, says MSTR shareholders don’t own its bitcoin
MicroStrategy didn’t buy any BTC last week. Not only that, MSTR shareholders don’t even own the company’s BTC.

ZKasino exploiter saw $27M liquidated on Hyperliquid trade
According to X users, the wallet placed a 20x leverage trade on the price of ETH that would liquidate if it fell to $1,745. On Sunday, it did.

Your BTC can be swiped by spoofers without them even contacting you
By targeting laborers who dollar cost average into BTC with regular purchases, a new attack steals coins without contacting the victim.

Hayden Davis still making millions from LIBRA, MELANIA memecoins
On April 4, crypto analyst Dethective caught Davis cashing out $1 million in profits from the launch of the MELANIA memecoin.

CHART: Wasn’t Trump supposed to be good for crypto?
Since the Trump inauguration, crypto assets have shed a combined $800B from their market cap while BTC has lost nearly one-third of its value.

BIP proposes destroying bitcoins to save the ecosystem from quantum attack
Bitcoin developers have introduced a new BIP that would force owners of quantum-vulnerable BTC to move their coins to new wallets.
Justin Sun fights a lot of lawsuits on behalf of companies he doesn’t own
Justin Sun is involved in several lawsuits, often involving firms in which he’s deeply involved but denies ownership of.

Elizabeth Warren wants Trump and SEC probed over crypto ties
Elizabeth Warren wants to know if the Trump administration profited from dropping cases against the likes of Justin Sun and Binance.

Pro-bitcoin politician Maya Parbhoe vanishes from X after ‘SOS’ posts
On Thursday, Parbhoe tweeted, “Help” and later initiated a livestream titled “Life and family under threat. SOS.” She hasn’t tweeted since.

Crypto wallet maker Trezor says it’s already adapting to Trump tariffs
The Czech-based crypto wallet firm said the future “remains uncertain” after Donald Trump announced sweeping and hard-hitting tariffs.

First Digital defends FDUSD from Justin Sun’s attacks
First Digital Trust has defended its firm after Justin Sun claimed it had misappropriated the vast majority of TrueUSD reserves.

ETH down 39% since Eric Trump tweet
Back in February, Eric Trump tweeted, “great time to add $ETH. You can thank me later.” Its price has since declined 39%.

OFAC sanctions USDT-on-Tron wallets used by Houthis
OFAC at the US Treasury has added eight crypto wallets controlled by Houthi workers in Yemen to its sanctions list.

Deel allegedly paid €5,000 in crypto to spy on competitor
An Irish man has admitted that he was paid in crypto to spy on workforce management firm Rippling on behalf of its main rival, Deel.

Why is Tether 213% bigger than Circle but 8,000% more profitable?
Circle has filed to go public and admits that it is 98% less profitable than Tether despite sharing a similar business model.

Justin Sun bailed out $500M stablecoin TUSD, report
Filings reveal that Techteryx, the firm behind TrueUSD, required a loan from Justin Sun after its reserves got stuck in First Digital Trust.

Binance token listing no longer a ‘bullish’ event, research
According to new research, the 27 tokens listed by crypto exchange Binance this year have seen an average loss of 44%.

$38 trillion in US brokerages still restricted from bitcoin, report
Of the $68T worth of assets in 10 major US brokerages, a majority might still be restricted from investing in BTC products.

Tether, MicroStrategy bought billions, yet bitcoin keeps falling
Tether has been minting USDT and buying bitcoin. MicroStrategy, Trump and others have bought more but why does the price keep crashing?

Coinbase employee may have accessed user data for phishing
A screenshot of Coinbase’s email to The Block co-founder reveals an employee may have broken company policy by accessing his account data.

WIF fundraiser says Vegas Sphere refunds will start on April Fools
A WIF Las Vegas Sphere fundraiser claims a $700,000 refund will begin today for its investors, but is it just an elaborate April Fools joke?

Someone stole the stolen money from ZKLend
A hacker hacked the hacker of DeFi project ZKLend in a multi-million dollar scam that followed the shape of an ouroboros.

ICERAID, a “crypto fascist” site, pays snitches
ICERAID is being compared to fascist states after users learned it was offering crypto incentives to snitch on undocumented immigrants.

MicroStrategy bought 2.6% of circulating bitcoin at $67,458 apiece
MicroStrategy and its founder have amassed over 2.7% of all circulating bitcoin. They are up billions on the trade so far.

Ether whale narrowly avoids liquidation of $117M position
Ether holders watched Maker with fear this weekend, worrying about large liquidations, but minutes before disaster, liquidation was avoided.

Bitcoin miner Chun Wang to become SpaceX astronaut today
Early Bitcoin investor and entrepreneur Chun Wang has paid tens of millions preparing for the first human crew to orbit the Earth’s poles.

ETH crashes to four-year low against BTC
It costs 70% less BTC to buy ETH today than it did two and a half years ago when Ethereum abandoned proof-of-work.

Avi Eisenberg seeks leniency in child porn and crypto sentencing
Avraham “Avi” Eisenberg seeks leniency in a recently filed sentencing memorandum related to his market manipulation and child porn charges.

Justin Sun’s Forbes article prompts geography lesson from Liberland
Liberland, the micronation that elected Justin Sun as prime minister, was upset over Forbes claiming it’s in Croatia.

CHART: Solana metrics nosedive since Trump Inauguration Day
Despite Donald Trump anointing Solana with his own memecoin, the blockchain has fallen out of favor over the past couple of months.

Hyperliquid has some growing to do before it can take on Binance
Marketers broadcasting metrics about Hyperliquid have used clever ways to manipulate the figures to make it seem like a Binance competitor.

Pay-to-reach startup crippled by self-doubt after CZ snub
Despite Xnect working with the BNB Chain team on a launch plan, Changpeng Zhao announced that he would partner with rival firm Reachme.io.