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A ceasefire agreement with Lebanon could be announced on the night of April 16, an Israeli Defense Ministry official said, according to Axios. The official stated that the situation is at a crossroads, adding that while nothing is confirmed, a result could emerge today.

Major exchanges have seen $119 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $363 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

A U.S. government-linked address has deposited 8.25 BTC, worth approximately $600,000, to Coinbase Prime, Lookonchain reported. The funds were seized from the Bitfinex hacker.

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published new Cryptoasset Perimeter Guidance that includes several technical pitfalls for companies handling customer cryptocurrencies, CoinDesk reported. The core of the new regulation is a "24-hour rule," which mandates that any software or platform holding customer assets for even a single day during a transaction must obtain a full custody license. Under the guidance, node operators or validators offering convenience features like automatic profit compounding will not be considered simple technology providers. Even the technical capability to access a customer's wallet is enough to bring a firm under the regulatory scope. The FCA has set a short five-month application window from September to February of next year. Companies that fail to apply within this deadline will be completely banned from operating in the UK.

Federal Reserve Director Mirlan has stated that under the current outlook, interest rate cuts for the remainder of the year may be limited to just three.

A large-scale investor holding a token representing unlisted shares of Anthropic on the Solana ecosystem is unable to cash out a $1.5 million profit, DL News reported. The issue stems from a severe lack of liquidity on the issuing platform, PreStocks. If the investor were to market-sell the holdings, the price would plummet by over 34%, and there is no buy wall sufficient to absorb the entire position. The outlet added that investors should be cautious, as the token is trading at nearly three times the value of the actual stock.

The Ethereum Foundation announced the successful completion of a six-month operation by ETH Rangers, a co-sponsored project aimed at supporting independent researchers who contribute to public security within the Ethereum ecosystem. The 17 selected research teams focused on vulnerability research, security tool development, threat intelligence, and incident response, achieving the following: - Recovered or froze over $5.8 million in assets. - Reported and documented more than 785 vulnerabilities and client-side issues. - Identified approximately 100 attackers. - Provided security education to over 209,000 users. - Handled more than 36 security incidents.

Investors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are maintaining their investment allocations in software, semiconductors, and cryptocurrencies amid geopolitical risks in the Middle East stemming from the conflict with Iran, Cointelegraph reported. They are reportedly using the downturn in AI and technology stocks as a buying opportunity. According to eToro, UAE investors have increased their holdings in core AI infrastructure stocks by as much as 125%. MicroStrategy, a prominent stock with significant cryptocurrency exposure, ranked eighth among their most-held stocks.

Whale Alert reported that 250 million USDC has been minted at the USDC Treasury.

Strengthening regulations for the tokenization market and digital finance could bring an annual economic benefit of approximately A$24 billion ($17 billion) to Australia, according to a new report from the country's Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) and the Council for the Digital Economy.

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS), one of the three largest U.S. trust banks, has announced an agreement with Digital Asset Holdings to develop custody capabilities for financial asset tokens. The bank will integrate the Canton Network, a blockchain infrastructure for financial institutions, to build an application that allows institutional investors to securely store and manage digital assets.

New York Fed President John Williams said inflation will be "well above" 3% over the next few months.

The cryptocurrency market is poised for a large-scale collapse because it lacks real value, is drained by $50 billion in annual operating costs, and is running out of new capital, argued Yang Haipo, founder of crypto exchange CoinEx. He claimed that while the total crypto market capitalization exceeds $2 trillion, the supply of stablecoins acting as effective collateral is estimated to be only between $250 billion and $300 billion, implying a real leverage of eight to 10 times. "This means that if 5% to 10% of all crypto holders attempt to cash out simultaneously, liquidity could evaporate, leading to a price crash," Yang explained. He noted that funds flowed from retail investors in 2017, institutions in 2021, and ETFs in 2024, but the capacity for new capital inflows is now exhausted. According to Yang, costs such as salaries for approximately 1.6 million industry employees, mining expenses, and exchange operating fees are continuously eroding internal capital. Meanwhile, real revenue generated from external sources like stablecoin payments covers only a fraction of these operational costs. "The entire system is structured to collapse the moment the inflow of new investor funds falls below the annual operating expenses," he concluded.

Major exchanges have seen $112 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $341 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

An Iranian parliamentary official has announced a plan to collect transit fees for the Strait of Hormuz through Iranian banks, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported. This follows a previous statement from Iran that it would demand payment for the tolls in cryptocurrencies such as BTC and stablecoins.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $74,000. BTC is trading at $73,947.05 on the Binance USDT market.

DoubleZero (2Z) has launched DoubleZero Edge, a platform designed to transmit data from the Solana chain in real time, CoinDesk reported. The service utilizes a dedicated fiber optic network and multicast methods instead of the public internet, which is said to reduce data transmission times and eliminate latency, offering an advantage to traders.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened higher today. - S&P 500: +0.12% - Nasdaq: +0.06% - Dow Jones: +0.20%

Iran has emphasized to Pakistan that the United States must withdraw its excessive demands, according to Iran's Tasnim News Agency.

Ukrainian authorities have arrested a member of an international cybercrime network who was wanted by the FBI for causing over $100 million in damages in the United States and Europe, Cointelegraph reported. During the arrest, Ukrainian police seized a total of $11 million in assets, including $3 million worth of cryptocurrency. The investigation revealed that the individual had been living in Ukraine under a forged identity after issuing documents claiming he was deceased.

Hyperbridge, which suffered an exploit on its Polkadot (DOT) bridge to Ethereum, announced via its official X account that it has revised its estimated losses upward from $237,000 to $2.5 million. The company stated that while the theft was initially believed to be confined to the Ethereum bridge, it was later discovered that incentive pools on Base, BNB Chain, and Arbitrum were also compromised. Hyperbridge added that the stolen funds are being moved to Binance and that it plans to distribute bridged cryptocurrencies to compensate for losses if recovery efforts fail.

Drift (DRIFT), which lost approximately $295 million in a hack earlier this month, has unveiled a recovery framework for affected users on its official blog. The project is establishing a Recovery Pool, to which Tether will contribute up to $127.5 million and other partners will add $20 million. The pool will also be funded by a $100 million revenue-sharing program, ecosystem grants, and market maker loans. Drift stated it is collaborating with law enforcement and blockchain analysis partners to trace the stolen assets, with any recovered funds to be added to the pool. Affected users will be issued a special recovery token, separate from the existing governance token, which can be used to make a claim on the recovery pool.

AllUnity, a joint venture by Deutsche Bank subsidiary DWS, crypto market maker Flow, and Galaxy, is expanding liquidity pools for its euro-pegged stablecoin EURAU to major decentralized exchanges (DEXs) like Uniswap and Raydium, Cointelegraph reported. AllUnity is an issuer compliant with Europe's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation and holds an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). The company plans to establish trading pairs with major U.S. dollar stablecoins to enhance euro liquidity and increase accessibility for institutional investors.

BNB Chain will implement its Osaka/Mendel hard fork on the mainnet at 2:30 a.m. UTC on April 28, the project announced in a blog post. The upgrade includes two main changes. First, it will limit Blob transactions on a per-block basis to prevent large transactions from slowing down block processing. Second, it will introduce an in-memory voting pool to process validator votes directly from memory. This will improve fast finality, enhancing the speed and stability of transaction confirmations.

The number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. for the past week was 207,000, coming in below the forecast of 213,000. Weekly jobless claims are a key metric the Federal Reserve uses to gauge the health of the labor market when making interest rate decisions. A figure higher than expected can signal increased layoffs and a cooling labor market, potentially giving the Fed a reason to cut rates. Conversely, a lower-than-expected number suggests a robust labor market, which could support the Fed's decision to hold or raise rates to curb inflation.