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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…

Charles Hoskinson’s Midnight blockchainlaunched on Monday, bringing a privacy-focused layer-1 network to mainnet with Google, Vodafone and eToro among its first validators. The network uses zero-knowledge proofs to let users verify personal data without exposing it, and operates as a partner chain to Cardano. Midnight is Live and we are having a good $night pic.twitter.com/TAumNCQ6Dr — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) March 31, 2026 What Is Midnight And Why Did Hoskinson Build It? Hoskinson, who founded Cardano, invested roughly $200 million into Midnight across six years of development. He describes it as a response to three core flaws in how crypto currently…

Starknet has recently announced the integration of native USD Coin ($USDC) released by Circle on the biggest crypto exchange in the world, Binance. This enables users to now deposit and withdraw $USDC in Starknet without crossing chains over cross-chain bridges, which has traditionally delivered friction, cost and risk. Native @circle $USDC on Starknet is now live on @Binance.Deposit or withdraw native $USDC directly on Starknet, without having to bridge and jump hoops.Adoption, one step at a time. pic.twitter.com/EqIpoyaTcV — Starknet (Privacy arc) 🥷 (@Starknet) April 30, 2026 The migration indicates a larger trend of making user experiences in decentralized finance…

“Bitcoin going to zero” searches have been trending lately, and Scott Melker says that’s exactly why he’s buying. In a new interview on Binance’s Inside the Blockchain 100, the Wolf of All Streets made a case that most people caught in the current drawdown aren’t considering: the bear market playbook doesn’t apply to a cycle that never followed the bull market playbook. Bitcoin’s 4-Year Cycle Is Broken Bitcoin hit its all-time high of $126K in October 2025 early – too early, driven by ETF flows before the market was ready. There was no altcoin season and no blowoff top. We…

Altura, a multi-chain DeFi vault for institutional yield, has launched a new lending market for AVLT / USDT0 on Morpho, a decentralized lending protocol. The integration allows AVLT vault shares to be used as collateral inside a permissionless lending protocol. Holders can borrow stablecoins against their position without exiting it, maintaining ongoing yield exposure while accessing liquidity. Previously, AVLT functioned as a passive yield instrument. With this update, it becomes productive collateral within Morpho’s isolated markets, which support custom risk parameters and structured assets. Altura operates a multi-strategy vault that aggregates returns from market making, arbitrage, staking, and liquidity provision.…

On March 31, the leading privacy coin, Zcash ($ZEC), once again gained upward momentum after a small dip in the last week, soaring over 10% on a daily chart. According to CoinMarketCap, the Zcash ($ZEC) price is currently trading at around $248.77 with an over 10% jump in the last 24 hours. A similar jump was also witnessed in its market capitalization, which currently stands at around $4.13 billion. The daily trading volume has increased by 62% and currently stands at around $514.4 million. Why Zcash Price is Surging Today On Wednesday, the cryptocurrency soared above $255, a weekly peak.…

Japan Exchange Group (JPX), Japan’s largest exchange operator, is preparing to take a significant step into the cryptocurrency market. According to the company’s plans, the target year for listing digital asset exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is 2027. JPX CEO Hiromi Yamaji added that the process depends on regulatory compliance, stating that listings could begin in 2027 if the necessary regulatory changes are completed quickly. However, 2028 is considered a more likely timeline to ensure regulatory clarity. Meanwhile, Japanese financial giants Nomura Holdings and SBI Holdings are continuing their preparations to launch the country’s first crypto ETFs. Related News BREAKING: A Cryptocurrency…