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Ethereum Price Steady Above $2K Amid Rising Futures Activity

EthereumApr 13

The Ethereum price stayed above $2,000, holding a stable range. Ethereum futures rose to $2.2 billion, with open interest at $30.35 billion. Key technical levels remain $2,382 resistance and $1,921 support. After trading below $2K late last month, Ethereum reclaimed its general level since the year started. Even though $ETH is trading at 45% down from its all-time high, its price has been above $2K, and market data reveals good activity in perpetual futures and open interest. Ethereum Price Stays Firm Above $2K At the time of press, CoinMarketCap data confirms that Ethereum’s price trades at $2,186.98 after posting a…

CZ Drops Freedom of Money Memoir Detailing Binance Rise

ExchangesApr 13

Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has released a new book called Freedom of Money. The 364 page book gives a personal look at his life. Including his rise in crypto and the challenges he faced along the way. The co-founder of Binance says he wrote the book to share his side of the story. 🚨LATEST: CZ WROTE A BOOK AND HE IS NOT HOLDING BACK ONE BIT Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (@cz_binance), co-founder of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, has released a 364-page autobiography titled Freedom of Money. The autobiography revisits the founding of Binance in 2017… pic.twitter.com/60Ghn5x7aD — BSCN (@BSCNews) April…

570K ETH unstaked – Is Ethereum’s 2.2% dip just a bear trap?

EthereumApr 13

It’s been less than 72 hours since the ceasefire, and its durability already looks questionable. According to The Kobeissi Letter, U.S. President Donald Trump recently said Iran isn’t fully sticking to the ceasefire terms. In this kind of volatile backdrop, it’s still a stretch to call this a sustained bull market just because sentiment has flipped risk-on. Ethereum [$ETH] is reflecting this uncertainty in real time. After a 6.28% rally on the 7th of April, $ETH has since retraced around 2.2%. While the pullback may look modest on the surface, it still suggests that the follow-through bid is weakening at…

MEXC's new CEO wants to tame a memecoin machine without killing what made it work

ExchangesApr 13

Vugar Usi, the newly appointed CEO of MEXC, has a provocative explanation for the collapse in memecoin trading: the tokens didn’t lose their appeal, the rest of the financial system caught up to them. Gold moves on a Trump tweet. Oil spikes on a geopolitical rumor. Equities swing on a single Fed headline. “Everything has kind of become a meme at this point,” Usi said in an interview with CoinDesk. “Meme coins were driven by social sentiment, virality, speculation,” he continued, adding that today one of “President Trump’s tweets does all these three.” That thesis underpins his plan to reposition…

THORChain Interface Records over 1B Swap Volume with Zero-Fee Model Shaking the DEX Landscape

DeFiApr 13

A ten-figure volume threshold is a challenge in the fast-paced world of decentralized finance that can only be met by systems that offer real value. Unstoppable Private Wallet recently declared that the custom THORChain interface they built has surpassed the $1 billion swap volume mark. In a time when the entire marketplace has been dealing with “bearish” sentiment for almost a year, this gateway has experienced a surge of activity. This increase represents a shift in users’ attitudes and actions toward obtaining cross-chain liquidity. The Appeal of “Zero-Fee” Architecture This surge of $1 billion has been generated primarily by disruptive…

Analyst Shares ‘Realistic’ Ethereum Price Targets For The Next 3 Years

EthereumApr 13

Crypto analyst Crypto Patel has shared realistic targets that the Ethereum price can reach in the next bull run. The analyst matched potential market caps to those of popular U.S. companies, noting that Ethereum has gone mainstream and could go head-to-head with them. Realistic Targets For The Ethereum Price In The Next Bull Run In an X post, Crypto Patel stated that the ‘ultra bear’ target for the Ethereum price in the next bull run is $5,000, representing a 2.4x gain from current levels and a market cap of $610 billion. He also noted that this sits around Visa’s current…

South Korea takes away exchange discretion in a major anti-phishing crackdown

ExchangesApr 13

South Korea’s financial regulators have ordered all domestic crypto exchanges to adopt a single, strict system for delaying withdrawals, aiming to block a surge in voice phishing scams that rely on speed. The Financial Services Commission and Financial Supervisory Service announced the new rules, removing the discretion exchanges once had to let users bypass holding periods, local news outlets report. In the past, platforms set their own exceptions to keep trading fast. Fraud groups learned those rules and coached victims to slip through them. Voice phishing scams often push victims to convert cash into crypto and send it out within…

DeFi’s shakeout is a stress test, not a death sentence

DeFiApr 13

DeFi protocol ZeroLend’s decision to shut down after three years in February, citing thin margins, hacks and inactive chains, landed with a tone the market now recognizes. Another reminder that the industry’s early optimism has given way to a far more demanding reality. Zeroland isn’t alone. Several DeFi protocols and adjacent crypto platforms have wound down in 2025 and early 2026, squeezed by low usage, liquidity collapses, security incidents and token-driven business models that never achieved durable economics. For instance, Polynomial, a DeFi derivatives protocol that processed 27 million transactions, recently paused operations and is prioritizing user fund safety with…

Ethereum Devs Signal Glamsterdam Devnet Launch Next Week as Upgrade Progresses

EthereumApr 13

According to a recent update by core Ethereum developers, the implementation of Ethereum’s next upgrade, Glamsterdam, is well underway. Core devs are targeting next week for the 1st Glamsterdam devnet for @ethereum's next upgrade ePBS has been an incredibly structurally complex change, splitting block production into 2 coordinating parties inside consensus Getchu a download on the upgrade's status here: (🧵) pic.twitter.com/02brXE5LSC — nixo.eth 🦇🔊🥐 (@nixorokish) April 10, 2026 In a tweet, Ethereum developer Nixo indicated that core developers are targeting next week for the first Glamsterdam devnet for Ethereum's next upgrade. Ethereum developers are aiming for the first generalized Glamsterdam…

MEXC targets EU MiCA compliance as new CEO takes helm

ExchangesApr 13

MEXC appointed Vugar Usi as CEO on Wednesday, elevating the executive as the exchange steps up its push for global licensing, including under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework. MEXC said Usi joined the company as chief operating officer in late 2025 after previously serving in the same position at rival exchange Bitget. In his new role, Usi said MEXC plans to preserve its low-fee trading focus while expanding broader multi-asset access on the platform. The CEO told Cointelegraph that MEXC is actively pursuing licensing opportunities globally, including a MiCA license in the EU. MEXC’s changes come…