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Bitcoin sharply fell below $75,000 as Asian and Pacific stock markets opened on Wednesday morning, shedding 6% in a single day. Global financial markets are sinking under pressure from the US imposing a 104% tariff on Chinese imports. The sell-off coincided with mounting fears that escalating trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies could derail global economic recovery. Stock Markets Bleed Worldwide and Bitcoin Follows In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 plummeted nearly 4% at the open, while markets in South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand also posted significant declines. Australian stocks opened 2% lower, wiping out gains from the…

The SEC has delayed its decision on whether to allow staking for Grayscale’s proposed Ethereum spot ETFs. The ETFs in question—Grayscale Ethereum Trust and Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF—were filed by NYSE Arca on February 14, 2025. The filing included a rule change request to enable staking as part of their investment strategy. SEC Pushes Back Grayscale Ethereum ETF Staking Deadline July The SEC deadline for deciding on the original proposal was set to conclude on April 17. Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the SEC is authorized to extend this review period for up to 90 days. The…

The BNB Chain ecosystem recently announced the 16 early-stage Web3 startups selected for Season 9 of the Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Accelerator Program. Handpicked from over 500 applicants, these projects span a wide range of categories—from AI to DeFi and infrastructure—making this one of the most competitive cohorts to date. With a sharp focus on scalability and innovation, BNB Chain’s MVB Season 9 promises to shape the future of Web3 through hands-on support, funding, and mentorship. The MVB Accelerator: Web3’s Growth Engine The MVB Accelerator Program is a joint initiative by BNB Chain, YZi Labs, and CMC Labs. It’s a…

ZCash (ZEC) was added to another round of ‘Vote to delist’ on Binance. The potential delisting raised concerns about Binance’s attitude about confidential coins. ZCash (ZEC) was added to the latest ‘Vote to delist’, raising the concerns of the crypto privacy community. ZEC has seen other delistings, but the past few months led to its removal from Binance as well. ZEC has been included in previous rounds for delisting, at one point drawing in fake votes. So far, the coin survives and is still present on Binance. The project’s founder, @zooko, protested against the potential delisting. Currently, Binance has delisted…

Bitcoin price started a fresh decline below the $78,000 zone. BTC is now consolidating losses and might face resistance near the $77,800 zone. Bitcoin started a fresh decline below the $78,000 zone. The price is trading below $78,500 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a connecting bearish trend line forming with resistance at $79,500 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could start another increase if it clears the $78,500 zone. Bitcoin Price Dips Again Bitcoin price started a fresh decline below the $80,000 and $79,500 levels. BTC traded below…

The mysterious whale has bought 4,208 $ETH($6.87M) again from #OKX in the past 3 hours using 4 wallets.They then borrowed 4.85M $USDT from #Aave and deposited it into #OKX, likely to buy more $ETH.https://t.co/K8kfzUMseJ pic.twitter.com/LGDB70FOvd — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) April 14, 2025 Attention on Ethereum as a secret whale has been conducting large-scale transactions throughout recent hours. In the last eight hours, this unverified entity conducted strategic trades on centralized and decentralized platforms to get an important ETH holdings position. The Timeline of Events The whale acquired 15,953 Ethereum at an estimated market value of $26.16 million exactly eight hours ago.…

General Updates Neo initiated an investigation into a series of large-scale NEO token movements that affected consensus node composition and coincided with a sharp decline in the token’s market value. Neither the Neo Foundation nor Neo Global Development typically address price action or comment on market activity. Still, Neo released the research to address speculation that someone directly affiliated with the project was moving the assets. The activity began on March 24 and involved the transfer of approximately 9.25 million NEO—representing around 13.2% of the total circulating supply—through intermediary wallets tied to a Binance deposit wallet. In a statement to…

WalletConnect is excited to announce the official launch of its $WCT token to display the powerful momentum and market confidence. Some of the major cryptocurrency exchanges have rolled out the listings from day one. These cryptocurrency exchanges include OKX, Binance, Bybit, KuCoin, Crypto.com, MEXC, Bitvavo, Bitget, Gate.io, and Kraken Exchange. 1/ $WCT listings are live 🔥Exchange partners have completed the rollout – WCT is now available across leading platformsHuge thanks to @okx, @binance, @Bybit_Official, @kucoincom, @cryptocom, @MEXC_Official, @bitvavocom, @Gate_io, @bitgetglobal, & @krakenfx for day 1 support pic.twitter.com/QmuC1ZpHuY — WalletConnect (@WalletConnect) April 15, 2025 The listing on these top exchanges has…

Bitcoin miners continue to feel the crunch, with firms in the space selling more coins than usual to make ends meet. Data firm CryptoQuant said in a Tuesday report that miners last week stepped up their selling as the price of the biggest cryptocurrency dropped below $80,000. The firm said that on April 7, miners sold a total of 15,000 BTC—the third-largest daily outflow this year. That’s at least $1.12 billion worth, based on the day’s low price of less than $75,000. Increased market volatility—in both the stock market and crypto sphere—was mainly caused by President Trump’s erratic announcements on…

JPMorgan (JPM) has added support for British pound-denominated accounts to its blockchain-based payments network Kinexys, as the bank targets a gap left by the stablecoin market’s overwhelming focus on the U.S. dollar. Launched in 2019 under the name JPM Coin, Kinexys allows corporate clients to move funds between JPMorgan accounts and settle foreign exchange trades at any hour. The addition of the pound comes less than a year after the service expanded to handle euro transactions. Naveen Mallela, global co-head of the Onyx platform running the network,said 80% of Kinexys volume remains dollar-based, but the demand for pound transfers is…