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The cryptocurrency market experienced a sudden upward swing today, with some major bearish trades ending up being crushed. Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, surged past the $69,000 level earlier today, CoinGecko data shows. The uptick has triggered a wave of short liquidations that wiped out nearly $200 million in bearish positions. Crypto market rebound According to the latest market data, Bitcoin is currently trading at $69,132. It is up a solid 3% over the past 24 hours. The flagship cryptocurrency’s bullish momentum lifted the broader digital asset market alongside it. Ethereum ($ETH) mirrored the upward sentiment, climbing 3.7% to reclaim…

Ironlight Group has raised $21 million in a Series A round to expand infrastructure for tokenized securities, joining a rapidly growing sector that aims to bring traditional financial assets onto blockchain networks. The financing was backed by senior Wall Street executives including former TD Bank President and CEO Greg Braca, alongside institutional investors such as Sei Development Foundation and Laidlaw Private Equity. The funds will support the expansion of Ironlight Markets, a regulated alternative trading system designed to integrate issuance, distribution, and trading of tokenized assets. The platform operates under SEC Regulation ATS and oversight from the Financial Industry Regulatory…

The year 2025 proved to be unprecedented for the Cardano Foundation, the independent organization based in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to promoting Cardano as a public digital infrastructure.With the release of the 2025 Activity and Financial Insights Report directly on-chain, the Foundation set a new standard for financial transparency and innovation in the blockchain sector, solidifying its leadership position on a global scale. Financial Transparency: A Model for the Industry For the second consecutive year, the Cardano Foundation has used the Reeve reporting platform to publicly disclose its financial data directly on the blockchain. This year, the report achieved a historic…

Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. This Week in Crypto Law The opinion editorial below was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. This week in crypto law showcased a defining theme of 2026: digital assets are moving deeper into mainstream finance even as jurisdictional disputes and systemic-risk concerns intensify. From a major proposed Bitcoin ETF and new banking access for crypto firms, to growing international pressure for stablecoin coordination and a potentially consequential state-federal showdown over…

Rumble is making a direct play at simplifying how AI agents get deployed—no DevOps, no infrastructure headaches, no gatekeepers. — The company has rolled out the OpenClaw Starter package on Rumble Cloud, offering a pre-configured environment that lets users spin up personal AI agents in minutes. It’s a clean, packaged setup: compute, storage, public IP, and a built-in web interface—all ready to go out of the box. Instead of navigating complex backend setups, users can select an AI model, optionally connect Telegram, and launch an agent almost immediately. The positioning is clear: AI deployment should feel more like installing an…

In brief Bernstein cut IREN’s price target from $125 to $100 amid Bitcoin mining scale-down and share dilution, while keeping an Outperform rating. IREN is transitioning from Bitcoin mining to AI cloud, anchored by a major Microsoft GPU contract worth $1.94 billion in annualized revenue. By 2030, Bernstein forecasts $6 billion in cloud revenue and ~82% EBITDA margins as IREN scales to 275,000 GPUs. Bernstein analysts trimmed their price target on IREN from $125 to $100 per share Monday while reaffirming the stock as their top pick among AI-focused Bitcoin miners, citing the company’s rapid transformation into a superscale AI…

Bitcoin ($BTC) started the week on a high note as the war between the US and Iran, which has been ongoing for weeks, continues. The cryptocurrency markets saw an upward trend in the early hours of the week. Bitcoin rose by over 3%, reaching approximately $69,200, before subsequently retreating to the $68,800 level. This rise was also reflected in altcoins, with Ethereum (ETH) climbing 4% and exceeding $2,100. Although $BTC started the day higher, US President Donald Trump’s harsh statements against Iran are increasing uncertainty in global markets. Trump, by stating that Iran’s energy infrastructure could be targeted if the…

BlockStories data shows 8 of Europe’s 20 largest banks have live crypto services. MiCA gave banks the legal cover, but it was client capital flowing to Revolut and Trade Republic that forced their hand. A consortium of 12 banks including BNP Paribas, ING and UniCredit is building a euro-backed stablecoin. Four years ago, European banks were blocking crypto transactions. Today, they are offering Bitcoin and Ethereum directly inside their retail banking apps. Data from BlockStories, published March 12, shows exactly where Europe’s 20 largest banks stand on crypto trading and custody. Santander, BPCE, BBVA and KBC are already live for…

Ripple Labs re-locked 70% of the 1 billion $XRP received from its escrow account in April 2026. The blockchain payment company returned 700 billion tokens to the escrow system in two tranches of 500 million and 200 million on April 1. As such, $XRP worth about $945 million was made inaccessible until the company receives another unlock next month. $XRP re-locked to Ripple’s escrow in April. Source: XRPSCAN Although the company froze a significant amount of $XRP, it diluted the altcoin’s circulating supply with an extra 300 million units, valued at approximately $384 million on April 2, per data shared…

Republican Senator Thom Tillis said Sunday he will no longer block Kevin Warsh’s confirmation as Federal Reserve chair, following the conclusion of a US Department of Justice probe into Jerome Powell. In a post on X, Tillis said he has been assured that the DOJ’s three-month-long investigation into the Federal Reserve chair over the billion-dollar headquarters renovation project has now closed, and is now “looking forward” to supporting Warsh’s confirmation. “I have been clear from the start: the U.S. Attorney’s Office criminal investigation into Chair Powell was a serious threat to the Fed’s independence, and it needed to end before…