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The global crypto card payment volume has skyrocketed by 500% since tracking began in September 2024. This explosive growth signals a major shift in how consumers use digital assets for everyday purchases. Solid Intel first reported the data, highlighting a rapid adoption curve. Crypto Card Payment Volume Reaches $600 Million Monthly According to PaymentsScan, the monthly crypto card payment volume now reaches approximately $600 million. This figure represents a dramatic increase from the initial tracking period. The surge reflects growing consumer confidence in using cryptocurrencies for transactions. Stablecoin-linked cards show the fastest growth among all categories. These cards offer price…

The price of Bitcoin is retracing back to the lowest levels seen so far in 2026, and its social sentiment has also followed a similar trend. While the crypto market volatility still persists, pulling Bitcoin far below the $70,000 level, market sentiment surrounding Bitcoin has turned increasingly bearish. Bitcoin traders turn bearish On Saturday, April 4, Santiment’s Sanbase analytics platform provided new social data revealing that Bitcoin has reached the highest level of bearish discussions since late February. Source: Santiment This sharp plunge in the Bitcoin social sentiment comes as Bitcoin’s trading price pulls back around the $66,800 level amid…

As part of efforts to broaden its digital network effectiveness and advance user experience, Synbo Protocol, a decentralized capital protocol, entered into a strategic partnership with DeBox Social, a Web3 social platform. The collaboration, announced today, enabled Synbo Protocol to combine with DeBox’s Web3 social infrastructure to bring decentralized security solutions and advance user engagement in its DeFi launchpad and capital ecosystem. Synbo Protocol is a DeFi launchpad and decentralized venture capital platform designed to support the growth and funding of Web3 projects. Its DeFi fund protocol enables users to drive funding decisions to ensure that eligible Web3 projects access…

Sharplink now stakes nearly 900k $ETH as institutional validators, ETFs, and JPMorgan’s tokenized funds turn Ethereum’s 30% staking era into a yield-bearing settlement layer. Ethereum treasury firm Sharplink (NASDAQ: SBET) announced it received 459 $ETH in staking rewards this week, bringing cumulative staking earnings to 18,309 $ETH since launching its institutional-grade Ethereum ($ETH) treasury platform. The Minneapolis-based company continues to stake 100% of its nearly 900,000 $ETH holdings, generating steady yield through Ethereum’s proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. Staking is the process by which participants lock up $ETH to activate validator software that secures the Ethereum network by processing transactions and adding…

Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller predicted that crypto could eventually supplant the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency. Druckenmiller is doubtful about the greenback’s ability to maintain its much-coveted status 50 years from now. “I doubt the US dollar will be the reserve currency in 50 years, but I don’t have a clue what would be. Maybe some crypto thing I hate,” he said. For years, Druckenmiller avoided crypto entirely, famously dismissing it as a “solution in search of a problem.” In November 2020, as the Federal Reserve printed trillions of dollars to combat the pandemic, Druckenmiller revealed he had…

What was once thought to be merely internet gambling has grown into a huge, multibillion-dollar industry. This growth is still running strong, according to recent data from early 2026. In 2025, the overall trading volume on prediction markets, platforms where people speculate on the results of actual events, exceeded $50 billion. They were making over $20 billion a month by the beginning of 2026. According to a joint analysis from Bitget Wallet and Polymarket, one platform, Polymarket, reported $25.7 billion in trading volume in March 2026 alone. A limited number of large spenders are not driving the expansion. Millions of…

On Good Friday, President Trump posted a victory lap on Truth Social. 186,000 private sector jobs added in March. Trade deficit down 52%. “An enormously powerful engine of Economic Growth,” he wrote. Crypto analyst Lark Davis isn’t buying it. “Trump’s post is half-truth, half-spin,” he wrote on X. Yes, March jobs were a rebound – about 178K overall, 186K private sector. But February lost 133,000 jobs. The three-month average sits at just 68K per month. The gains were concentrated in healthcare and construction, and manufacturing didn’t roar back. The trade deficit figure sounds dramatic until you remember last year’s baseline…

As DeFi United works to restore rsETH backing, Lido DAO [$LDO] proposes a targeted fix to protect Lido Earn $ETH [EarnETH] vault users from leftover losses. The EarnETH vault holds about 9% exposure, roughly $21.6 million, while residual losses are estimated at 400–600 $ETH. These losses fall below the 1% trigger tied to the $3 million first-loss buffer, which leaves a gap in protection. This situation emerges because external parties resolve the main loss, yet smaller impacts remain. Source: Lido Finance on X To address this, Lido proposes a one-time threshold adjustment to cover these amounts. This move aims to…

A whale address linked to crypto financial services firm Matrixport has opened a significant 15x leveraged long position on 30,000 $ETH. Onchain Lens reported the transaction. The whale previously earned over $59 million in profits. This new position is worth approximately $68 million. The whale now holds a total long position of 58,000 $ETH across three wallets. That total is valued at roughly $131 million. Matrixport Whale Makes a Bold Move on Ethereum The crypto market witnessed a major event on March 10, 2025. A whale address associated with Matrixport executed a 15x leveraged long on 30,000 $ETH. This action…

Venezuela is becoming a key hub for illegal gold coming from the Amazon region. A new report from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. That says many of these gold deals are now being settled with Tether instead of traditional money. The report says this trade generated about $2.2 billion in revenue in 2025. Traders are using $USDT because it allows quick payments and can move across borders easily. Concurrently, authorities say this trend makes it harder to track illegal activity tied to gold mining. Venezuela Becoming a Gold Trading Hub The report explains that Venezuela has become an…