Key Takeaways: Morgan Stanley has officially launched MSBT, confirming its entry into bitcoin ETF markets. MSBT sets a 0.14% fee, undercutting Blackrock’s IBIT and intensifying issuer competition. Coinbase and BNY integration signals institutional crypto adoption becoming operational. Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust Signals Institutional Crypto Integration Morgan Stanley Investment Management, a major institutional asset manager under …
Monthly archives: April 2026
Onchain Data Flags Suspicious Bets on Polymarket and Hyperliquid Ahead of Trump’s Iran Deal
Trump struck a two-week ceasefire with Iran on April 7, 2026, and within hours, blockchain analysts were asking who knew first. Key Takeaways: Trump’s April 7 ceasefire with Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil prices below $100 and triggering a bitcoin rally. Polymarket wallets with near-zero history turned as little as $10k into …
HSBC Says S&P 500 Bottom Very Likely In, Sees Stock Market Flashing Multiple Bullish Signals
The British universal bank and financial services group HSBC says the US equities market has likely hit bottom. In a new interview on Squawk on the Street, the bank’s chief multi-asset strategist Max Kettner says that the S&P 500 closing low at 6,343 on Monday could be the near-term low. “[U]ntil very recently, we didn’t …
Bitcoin and Crypto Asset Products Witness $224,000,000 in Weekly Inflows Amid Mixed Geopolitical Signals: CoinShares
Digital asset products saw minor inflows last week, according to a new update from Coinshares. Investors bought $224 million in crypto assets with XRP leading the gains. The token recorded $119.6 million in inflows, the largest since mid-December 2025 and bringing its year-to-date inflows to $159 million. Bitcoin (BTC) follows with $107.3 million in investments …
Wirex and Utorg Bring Seamless Crypto-to-Card Spending to 2M+ Users Worldwide
April 8th, 2026 – London, UK class=”ql-align-center”>Wirex BaaS provides Utorg’s consumer wallet ecosystem with non-custodial card infrastructure, IBAN banking rails, and global payment acceptance — going live in weeks, not months Wirex, a full-stack crypto card issuer and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, today announced a strategic partnership with Utorg (utorg.com), a global fintech company building consumer …
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Standard Chartered mulls folding parts of Zodia Custody in-house: Bloomberg
Standard Chartered is reportedly weighing a restructuring of its majority-owned crypto custodian Zodia Custody, as large banks look to bring more digital asset infrastructure inside their core banking operations. The United Kingdom-based lender plans to fold Zodia’s crypto custody business into a division inside its corporate and investment bank that already offers similar services, while …
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CZ memoir revives feud with OKX founder Star Xu over contract forgery, Huobi arrest
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s new memoir has reignited a long-standing feud with OKX founder Star Xu, who accused the Binance founder and former chief of lying about their shared history and past disputes. In Freedom of Money, released April 8, CZ revisits a contract dispute at OKCoin and claims rivals sought to undermine him with “fear, …
Instant settlement strains crypto’s capital efficiency: Ethan Buchman
Crypto’s push for instant settlement is creating a capital inefficiency problem, forcing trading firms to fund every transaction in full and raising concerns about how the market can scale as volumes grow. In practice, that usually means that firms cannot offset what they owe against what they are owed, forcing them to move more capital …
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Cango sells 2,000 BTC, cuts Bitcoin production cost by 19% in March
Bitcoin mining company Cango said on Wednesday it slashed its Bitcoin production cost to $68,215 per coin, a 19.3% cost reduction compared to the average cash cost of $84,552 per coin reported in the fourth quarter of 2025. The company attributed the reduction to its shift toward a “lean-production model” that prioritizes margin resilience over …
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Morgan Stanley Details Key Signals for End of Market Correction, Names Top Four Sector Picks for Potential Reversal
Morgan Stanley CIO and Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Mike Wilson believes that a bottom for U.S. equities will be confirmed when one key event occurs. In a new episode of the Thoughts on the Market podcast from Morgan Stanley, Wilson says that when investors further reduce their exposure to several popular investment positions it would …
BC.GAME Launches BC Engine: Instant $BC, Auto-Staked and Paid Hourly in BCD
April 8th, 2026 – Belize City, Belize BC.GAME has launched BC Engine, a new rewards feature that turns instant $BC earned through gameplay into auto-staked balances generating hourly BCD. With no extra wagering requirement and wallet withdrawals available at any time, the launch introduces a more continuous rewards model built around gameplay rather than one-time …
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Oil falls, Bitcoin jumps to $72K, but is this BTC price breakout for real?
Bitcoin (BTC) surged to $72,700 during Tuesday’s New York trading session as oil fell below $100 per barrel after US President Donald Trump confirmed a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Key takeaways: Bitcoin bounced 7% to $72,700 on Tuesday after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire. Over $431 million in short positions have …
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ARK buys $13M in Robinhood as US Treasury taps platform for Trump Accounts
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has increased its exposure to Robinhood Markets, purchasing roughly $13 million worth of shares after the trading platform secured a role in a new government-backed savings initiative. ARK’s Tuesday trade disclosures show a fresh accumulation of Robinhood shares across multiple funds. ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) led the charge, purchasing 132,116 HOOD …
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UBS partners with five banks for Swiss franc stablecoin sandbox
UBS, PostFinance, Sygnum, Raiffeisen, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise and Swiss Stablecoin AG have launched a sandbox to test use cases for a Swiss franc stablecoin in Switzerland. Announced on Wednesday, the initiative will allow participating banks to test selected fanc stablecoin use cases in what the partners described as a secure digital live environment …
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Will quantum-safe cryptography slow Ethereum down? The performance tradeoff explained
The quantum threat: Real, but not immediate Ethereum relies on cryptographic systems that remain secure against classical computers. However, sufficiently advanced quantum machines could one day break these systems, potentially exposing private keys and putting billions of dollars in value at risk. Ethereum’s post-quantum initiative sends a clear message: there is no immediate threat, yet …