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According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $78,000. BTC is trading at $78,021.06 on the Binance USDT market.

Whale Alert reported that 299,909,990 USDT has been transferred from an unknown wallet to Ethena. The transaction is valued at about $300 million.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $77,000. BTC is trading at $76,978.26 on the Binance USDT market.

Whale Alert reported that 1,000 million USDT has been minted at the Tether Treasury.

Digital Currency Group (DCG) CEO Barry Silbert highlighted the crypto industry's massive growth in a post on X. Sharing a group photo from the first DCG Summit in 2015, Silbert noted that the total crypto market capitalization has surged from $7 billion then to $2.6 trillion this year.

Accumulation by Bitcoin whale addresses is expanding, according to crypto on-chain analytics firm Santiment. The firm noted that over the past two weeks, whale addresses holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC have added a total of 4,967 BTC. In contrast, addresses holding under 0.01 BTC purchased approximately 46 BTC during the same period. Santiment explained that this suggests buying from retail investors has either slowed or some have begun to take profits. This dynamic, where whales consistently accumulate while retail investors realize gains, is considered a classic sign of a bull market, the firm added.

Iran has not yet decided whether to participate in new negotiations with Washington, a spokesperson for the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, said on X that a single company, MicroStrategy (MSTR), now holds more Bitcoin than IBIT, the world's largest Bitcoin fund. He added that the company is likely to surpass the holdings of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto within the next two years.

Crypto wallet Zerion announced it has enhanced its in-wallet swap feature by integrating the Uniswap (UNI) API. This integration allows Zerion Wallet users to directly access liquidity across Uniswap v2, v3, and v4.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on April 23 that Israel has completed its preparations to resume war with Iran and is now only awaiting U.S. approval. The statement followed a situation assessment meeting.

Cryptocurrency lending protocol Aave (AAVE) announced on X that it has temporarily paused rsETH reserves on the Ethereum mainnet and other major chains, including Arbitrum (ARB), Base, Mantle (MNT), and Linea. The protocol explained that this measure is intended to maximize the recovery of additional funds during an ongoing recovery process. Aave added that it will continue to update the community on future actions as the recovery work proceeds.

DeFi protocol Firelight and Sentora, formerly IntoTheBlock, have launched an on-chain solution for vault security, the companies announced on X. The two firms plan to use the solution to strengthen the security standards required for institutional funds operating in an on-chain environment.

Binance has announced the delisting of six perpetual futures contracts. The B3/USDT, DEGEN/USDT, and BOB/USDT contracts will be delisted at 9:00 a.m. UTC on April 28, followed by the ZKJ/USDT, IR/USDT, and DAM/USDT contracts at 9:00 a.m. UTC on April 29.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that while cryptocurrency exchanges offer bank-like services such as loans and interest-bearing products, they lack the safeguards of traditional finance, CoinDesk reported. In a report, the BIS stated that stablecoin interest products and DeFi "earn" services are structured much like unsecured loans. It cautioned that these offerings, while appearing to be high-yield products, actually represent credit exposure to under-regulated shadow banking. The report highlighted that customer funds are often used for high-risk investments without adequate mechanisms to ensure stability, warning that investors could be forced to bear losses directly if a platform encounters problems.

Hacking and capital stagnation are undermining the appeal of decentralized finance (DeFi) for institutional investors, JPMorgan said in a recent note, CoinDesk reported. The bank highlighted the systemic risks in DeFi, pointing to the $20 billion loss from the KelpDAO hack. JPMorgan stated that hacking and exploits are core risks in cryptocurrency systems because they directly erode trust in platforms that rely on code rather than intermediaries. A single vulnerability can lead to massive losses, and despite improvements in smart contract audits, weaknesses in infrastructure and bridges remain a significant issue. Amid these challenges, investors are moving their funds into stablecoins. The bank noted that following the hack, capital from DeFi lending flowed into Tether (USDT), which is favored as a safe-haven asset due to its high liquidity and fast withdrawal capabilities.

Decentralized AI project Reppo Foundation has secured a $20 million investment from Bolts Capital, according to a Chainwire press release. The funds will be used to advance protocol development and expand its ecosystem.

Iranian media outlet Fars News stated that reports claiming Iran will collect passage fees for the Strait of Hormuz in cryptocurrency are inaccurate.

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

Peter Schiff, a prominent Bitcoin skeptic and gold bull, has argued that Strategy's preferred stock, STRC, resembles a Ponzi scheme. According to CryptoPotato, Schiff stated on X that a Ponzi-style product pays returns to existing investors using funds from new investors, a model he believes STRC follows. While acknowledging that Strategy's software business generates some revenue, he claimed it is insufficient to cover the 11.5% annual dividend. Schiff also noted that the STRC dividend is optional rather than a legal obligation, meaning that if payments were to cease, the yield would vanish and demand could plummet. He added that because investors cannot redeem their shares and can only sell them, the stock price could crash if market demand weakens.

Whale Alert reported that 350 million USDT has been minted at the Tether Treasury.

Web3 infrastructure company Cluster Protocol has raised $5 million in a funding round led by dao5, The Block reported. Other participants in the round included Paper Ventures, JPEG Trading, and Mapleblock Capital. The funds will be used to develop a browser-based coding IDE for the EVM ecosystem.

The risk of a market collapse due to quantum computing threats against Bitcoin is limited, according to an analysis by Bitcoin analyst James Check. CoinDesk reports that Check noted while about 1.7 million BTC, valued at $145 billion, in early wallets could be vulnerable to quantum attacks, this volume is comparable to sell-offs the market has absorbed within months during past cycles. He pointed out that the market has previously handled daily sell-offs of 10,000 to 30,000 BTC during bull runs and has seen quarterly trading volumes exceed 2.3 million BTC. Check concluded that the core issue is not a potential market collapse but rather a governance challenge, such as deciding whether to freeze the vulnerable assets.

Whale Alert reported that 214,000,000 USDT has been transferred from Kraken to Aave. The transaction is valued at about $214 million.

Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun has deposited a cumulative $1.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency on the liquidity marketplace Spark, according to on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa. The main deposited assets include $436 million in the USDS pool, $135 million in the USDC pool, and $93.39 million in the USDT pool.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened lower today. - S&P 500: -0.3% - Nasdaq: -0.5% - Dow Jones: -0.3%