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According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $72,000. BTC is trading at $72,071.19 on the Binance USDT market.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced he has ordered direct negotiations with Lebanon to begin as soon as possible.

U.S. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins has expressed his support for U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for Congress to pass the Clarity Act, a crypto market structure bill, in order to maintain America's global leadership. Writing on X, Atkins stated that he agreed with Bessent's position. He emphasized that Congress should submit a comprehensive market structure bill to President Donald Trump to guard against excessive regulatory risks.

U.S. officials have said that President Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to scale back bombing operations in Lebanon, NBC News reported. The move is aimed at ensuring the success of negotiations with Iran, the officials added.

Mike McGlone, a senior macro strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, said on X that the performance of Bitcoin ETFs pales in comparison to gold. He suggested the launch of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs may have signaled the end of the crypto price rally. McGlone explained that from the start of trading for BlackRock's IBIT in January 2024 through April 8, Bitcoin rose approximately 50%. He noted this performance was nearly on par with the S&P 500 Index, while gold surged about 135% over the same period. "The investment frenzy for Bitcoin ETFs played a role in driving up the price," he added. "There is a possibility that this was a signal marking the start of a peak cycle."

Bullish sentiment is growing in the Bitcoin options market, with significant investment demand concentrating on call options with an $80,000 strike price, Wu Blockchain reported. On the Deribit exchange, the notional open interest for $80,000 call options expiring at the end of June has surpassed $1.6 billion, representing the largest concentration of open interest among all available strike prices.

Authorities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada have frozen $12 million in proceeds from cryptocurrency crime as part of a joint investigation targeting phishing schemes, Cointelegraph reported. Binance is also said to have cooperated in the operation.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced via X that the company has completed an upgrade to the TON blockchain, making it 10 times faster. He added that block creation speed is now six times faster, and transaction processing time has been cut to under one second. The next step, Durov said, will be to reduce the already low transaction fees by an additional six times.

Ben Delo, co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, has donated £4 million ($5.1 million) to the UK Reform Party, CoinDesk reported. It was not specified whether the donation was made in cryptocurrency. Delo has expressed support for the UK's decision to immediately halt crypto donations to political parties, citing the risk of illicit foreign funds and the difficulty in tracking them.

U.S. and Iranian delegations are set to begin direct negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 11, aimed at reaching a permanent ceasefire agreement, Turkey's Anadolu Agency reported, citing a Pakistani government source. The talks, mediated by Pakistan, will take place at a heavily guarded military facility. According to the source, the negotiations have no fixed schedule and will include both direct and indirect contact between the delegations, who will also hold separate meetings with Pakistani officials. While the discussions could extend over several days due to the complexity of the agenda, direct face-to-face meetings are not expected to exceed two to three days for security reasons, the source added.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced that the fund has lowered its forecast for global economic growth due to the war in Iran.

MoonPay has announced a partnership with WalletConnect (WCT) and global offline payment platform Ingenico to support stablecoin payments at offline retail stores. Under the new system, when a user pays with a stablecoin via an Ingenico terminal, MoonPay will convert the funds into fiat currency and settle the payment with the merchant through the banking system.

German Chancellor Merz said he would support maritime operations in the Strait of Hormuz if authorized.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened lower today. - S&P 500: -0.20% - Nasdaq: -0.07% - Dow Jones: -0.44%

Ethereum developer Joe Sharich, known for his anti-Trump stance, has announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in a suburban Virginia district, BeInCrypto reported. He is the first cryptocurrency developer to run for a congressional seat.

Top 5 by Social Dominance - BTC: 34.3% (+0.05%) - ETH: 11.8% (+0.85%) - XRP: 2.65% (-0.45%) - ZEC: 0.75% (-0.2%) - LTC: 0.5% (-0.1%) Top 5 by AI Search Volume - Ethereum (12%) - Solana Foundation (11%) - Aave (6%), up one spot - Polygon (5%), up one spot - Zama (4%)

Oracle solution Pyth Network has officially launched its Pyth Data Marketplace with support from six major financial institutions. The marketplace enables institutions to distribute proprietary data—such as macroeconomic indicators, over-the-counter (OTC) prices, and foreign exchange reference rates—while maintaining ownership, pricing control, and signing rights. The participating institutions are Fidelity Investments, Euronext, Tradeweb, the FX data division under SGX, OTC Markets Group, and Exchange Data International.

Bitmine (BMNR) has completed its uplisting to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and announced an expansion of its share buyback program from $1 billion to $4 billion. The company currently holds 4,803,000 ETH.

An Iranian delegation will attend peace talks in Islamabad, the country's vice foreign minister announced, according to Iranian media outlet Fars News.

The United States must stop Israel's attacks on Lebanon, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister said, according to the state-run Fars News Agency.

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at an annualized rate of 0.5% in the fourth quarter of last year, missing market expectations of 0.7%. This was the final of three estimates for the quarter's GDP growth. Additionally, the core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index for February rose 0.4% from the previous month, in line with expert forecasts. The year-over-year figure also met expectations, rising 3.0%. The core PCE index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is considered the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation.

Netherlands-based ClearBank has obtained a license under Europe's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, Crowdfund Insider reported. The bank secured a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) and plans to strengthen its partnership with Coinbase to fully launch services for USDC and EURC.

A solo Bitcoin miner has successfully mined block 944,306 using CKpool's solo mining software, according to data from Bitcoin explorer Mempool. The miner earned a total of 3.128 BTC, valued at approximately $222,012, which includes the 3.125 BTC block reward and 0.003 BTC in transaction fees. Con Kolivas, the developer of CKpool, stated that the probability of a miner of this size finding a block alone is about one in 100,000 per day.

White House National Economic Council (NEC) Chairman Kevin Hassett said he expects Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will not remain as a Fed governor, adding he is confident that Kevin Warsh will take office as the new chairman in May.

Kevin Hassett, chairman of the White House National Economic Council (NEC), said interest rates should be lower.