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Bitcoin becomes the live market over Easter as oil shocks hit and traditional finance goes dark The Bitcoin market now has three trading days where it will act as the live venue for geopolitical risk while much of traditional finance is closed. As of Friday, April 3, Wall Street is closed for Good Friday; several other markets are shut or thinner than normal; and the macro backdrop has become harder, rather than easier, to price. Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel and the Gulf states. Fires were reported at Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi refinery. The Strait of Hormuz remains the…

Mantle’s proposal to lend up to 30,000 $ETH to Aave’s DeFi United rsETH rescue has gone live on Snapshot, adding structured credit to a $314m multi‑DAO war chest. Mantle Network has confirmed that its strategic credit facility proposal to support Aave’s rsETH relief effort has formally advanced to a governance vote. Mantle’s rsETH rescue loan hits Snapshot In a post shared by Mantle, the team said the measure—known in the forum as MIP‑34—is now live on Snapshot, with MNT token holders required to delegate voting power before they can participate. If approved, the proposal would authorize Mantle Treasury to lend…

Ripple and Stellar founder Jed McCaleb has highlighted that crypto might be the beginning of his tech journey, revealing an ultimate destination. McCaleb revealed a lifelong passion aside from crypto: AI. The Ripple cofounder disclosed that he had been wanting to work on AI the whole time. According to Forbes, McCaleb wants to build AGI by studying how the brain learns and then translate the rules into AI. Beyond this, the Stellar founder is also trying to bankroll it to reality. “Crypto was, in some sense, a big detour,” McCaleb stated. He had “been wanting to work on AI the…

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved new rules that allow tokenized funds to operate fully within the existing authorized fund regime, rather than in separate experimental structures. Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don’t!). The changes give asset managers a clearer route to keep fund registers on blockchain and to use an optional Direct‑to‑Fund (D2F) dealing model, while keeping current investor protection standards in place. In Policy Statement PS26/7, the FCA confirms that authorized funds can run their unitholder registers on distributed ledger technology using the industry “Blueprint” model. Onchain transaction…

Kazakhstan’s main financial regulator has accused several global crypto exchanges of conducting illegal operations in the country. Obtaining a license is mandatory for all coin trading platforms in the Central Asian nation and international popularity is not accepted as excuse. Leading crypto exchanges banned from trading in Kazakhstan The Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) has issued a warning about unlicensed crypto trading, specifically mentioning some of the world’s top players in the sector. Organizing the exchange of digital assets without the appropriate permit, issued in accordance with existing law, is prohibited, the watchdog said in a notice. Under Kazakhstan’s current…

In a landmark move for blockchain adoption in traditional finance, Dunamu has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hana Financial Group and POSCO International to build a real-time overseas remittance service on the GIWA Chain. This partnership aims to replace the decades-old SWIFT network with a faster, more efficient blockchain-based system. GIWA Chain: The Layer 2 Blockchain for Global Finance The core of this agreement revolves around Dunamu’s Layer 2 blockchain, GIWA Chain. The three companies will connect this blockchain with Hana Financial Group’s extensive foreign exchange network and POSCO International’s global supply chain. This integration allows for real-world…

The US-Iran conflict continues to affect Bitcoin and altcoins. Bitcoin, which recently rose to $76,000, tested the $65,000 level again as tensions in the conflict escalated. While everyone wonders when the war will end and whether the decline will continue, the expiration date for option contracts in the crypto market arrived, as it does every Friday. According to weekly data, approximately $2.1 billion worth of crypto options will expire on the Deribit derivatives exchange on April 3rd. According to Deribit data, $1.8 billion worth of Bitcoin ($BTC) and $320 million worth of Ethereum ($ETH) options will expire. Accordingly, the Put/Call…

Curve Finance is turning $CRV‑linked bad debt into tradable onchain claims via crvUSD–debt pools, shifting bailouts from socialized rescues to market pricing of losses. Curve Finance has rolled out a bad debt recovery framework that formalizes what founder Michael Egorov recently described as “an investment tool, not a donation,” turning stuck $CRV-linked lending losses into tradable onchain claims. Curve tokenizes bad debt into tradable positions In a proposal first outlined on Curve’s governance forum and covered by outlets like ForkLog and KuCoin News, Egorov targeted the $CRV-long LlamaLend market, which accumulated roughly $700,000 in bad debt after an October 2025…

Welcome to our institutional newsletter, Crypto Long & Short. This week: Sylvia To on AI agents choosing denationalized money Top headlines institutions should pay attention to by Francisco Rodrigues Kamino hits $90M in OnRe liquidity while $KMNO drops 16% in Chart of the Week Thanks for joining us! -Alexandra Levis Expert Insights Hayek predicted it, Satoshi built it, agents will use it: the stealth denationalization of money – By Sylvia To, vice president, Bullish Capital Management While F.A Hayek, Satoshi and AI may seem like three unrelated topics, the next few minutes will reveal exactly how critical this triad is…

Midnight, a privacy-focused blockchain network backed by Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson, has officially launched its mainnet. In the network’s initial stages, the participation of major institutions such as Google Cloud and MoneyGram as node operators was noteworthy. Midnight offers an infrastructure designed to provide end-to-end programmable privacy. The network’s technical architecture includes features such as a hybrid ledger structure, client-side zero-knowledge proofs, shielded and unshielded assets, and selective disclosure. This structure aims to enable users to meet both privacy and compliance requirements simultaneously. Related News Watch Out: There Will Be Massive Token Unlocks Across 12 Altcoins This Week -…