Bitcoin Hits $78,348 as Strait of Hormuz Reopening Ignites Global Relief Rally
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin hit $78,348 as Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, marking its highest price since Feb. 4. Global...
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Kraken Parent Payward Enters $550M Deal to Acquire Bitnomial, Accelerating Regulated US Crypto Derivatives Push
Key Takeaways: Payward will acquire Bitnomial to add a fully licensed U.S. crypto derivatives platform to its business. Bitnomial gives...
TRON Integrates deBridge MCP, Unlocking Seamless Cross-Chain Execution for AI Agents
PRESS RELEASE. Geneva, Switzerland — April 17, 2026 — TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of...
Oil Prices Crash as Iran Reopens Strait of Hormuz
Key Takeaways: Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, crashing Brent futures 10% to $87.19 and easing future energy inflation. Trump...
XRP Holds Breakout as Global Macro Conditions Improve and Stronger Institutional Flows Support Further Upside
Key Takeaways: XRP held above breakout levels, signaling buyers still control the trend. Institutional flows and Rakuten support strengthened XRP’s...
Bitcoin Rips Higher as Hormuz Reopening Lifts Sentiment and Keeps Bulls in Control
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin pushes toward $78K as strong buying momentum drives continued upside. Chart confirms bullish breakout with higher highs...
Anthropic Debuts Claude Opus 4.7 as Agentic Workflows Take Center Stage
Key Takeaways: Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.7 on April 16, 2026, featuring an 87.6% score on the SWE-bench Verified test....
Singapore Gulf Bank Unveils Stablecoin Mint and Redeem Service for Institutional Clients
Key Takeaways: SGB launched 24/7 stablecoin minting on SGB Net to enable instant settlement for transactions over $100,000. To drive...
Economist Proposes National USD Stablecoin to Eliminate Currency Controls in Venezuela
Key Takeaways: Ecoanalitica proposes a stablecoin to fix local dollar shortages, driving future Venezuelan bank integration. Surging adoption since 2025...
Sanctioned Exchange Grinex Hit by $13.7M Hack; Blames Foreign Intelligence Services
Key Takeaways: Grinex halts operations after a state-level hack drains over 1 billion rubles in USDT from user wallets. The...
Public Miners Sell Record Bitcoin as Industry Splits Between Selling and Quality Growth
This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by BlocksBridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute,...
MiCA Decoded: Your Crypto White Paper Can’t Just Be a Gitbook or PDF
MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored by LegalBison’s Co-Founding and Managing Directors: Aaron Glauberman, Viktor...
Cryptoquant Data Shows Whale Deposits at Highest Level Since July 2024 Near Bitcoin Key Resistance
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin is testing Cryptoquant’s Traders’ Realized Price at $76,800, a resistance level that capped the January 2026 rally....
NYSE Welcomes Morgan Stanley’s MSBT Launch as First Spot Bitcoin ETF Issued by a Major US Bank
Key Takeaways: NYSE welcomed Morgan Stanley as MSBT launched with strong institutional visibility. MSBT marks the first spot bitcoin ETF...
Crypto Miner HIVE Targets $75 Million Offering to Fund AI Expansion
HIVE Raises Capital for AI and Data Centers HIVE Digital Technologies is preparing to raise $75 million through a private...
