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In brief Bitcoin was hovering above $93,000 in Wednesday afternoon trading. Ethereum rose more than 5.3% to outpace Solana. Investors shrugged off the Trump administration’s latest zigzag on trade tariffs. The price of Bitcoin added to yesterday’s gains, despite dipping earlier Wednesday after the Trump Administration’s latest zigzag on trade. The leading cryptocurrency was recently […]

In brief Bitcoin ETFs logged $381.4 million in net inflows Monday, the biggest single-day gain since January 30 Inflows were led by ARKB and FBTC. Analysts said Bitcoin is acting more like a macro asset as institutions return. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) just notched their strongest single-day performance in nearly three months, with institutional money

In brief Jesse Pollak said Base’s “north star” is supporting creators and developers, not traders, following backlash over a collapsed content token. The statement came after Pump.fun’s Alon Cohen argued traders are crypto’s most important users. Tensions grew as Zora, the protocol used in the mint, announced its token launch for April 23, though Pollak

In brief LUCE token price up 45% with 24-hour volume jumping to $60 million. Cardinal Parolin leads papal succession odds at 37%, followed by Cardinal Tagle at 27%. Pope Francis was a vocal critic of AI, saying it represents the “highest-stakes gamble of our future.” The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday sparked a

In brief Circle and eToro have entered “quiet periods.” IPO soon? Bitcoin miners are selling off BTC at faster and larger clips. Semler turns to Coinbase for help settling its DOJ fine, and much more in this week’s Public Keys. Public Keys is a weekly roundup from Decrypt that tracks the key publicly traded crypto

Synthetix protocol’s sUSD stablecoin fell to a new low of $0.66 this week, over 30% below its intended $1 peg, extending a month-long depegging trend that has raised concerns about the protocol’s stability. “It is worth pointing out that sUSD is not an algo stable, it is a pure crypto collateralised stable,” Synthetix founder Kain

It appears that the Central African Republic President hasn’t given up on the country’s official meme coin. He hinted Wednesday that the token is set to influence a future law. After the tease, the Central African Republic Meme (CAR) token has jumped 20% to a $15.8 million market cap, according to CoinGecko. “Some documents don’t

Solana-based meme coin launchpad Pump.Fun’s co-founder has pushed back against Coinbase’s Layer 2 network Base’s controversial auto-minted token experiment, making it clear his platform has no plans to follow suit. “There’s a reality where what Base did is normal in a few years’ time—but it DEFINITELY isn’t today and that has resulted in hurt,” co-founder

Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2 network, posted content that automatically minted as a tradable token through Zora, an onchain social protocol, triggering a trading frenzy before the asset quickly collapsed. The “Base is for everyone” token originated from Base’s official X account. Base said they had “coined it” on Zora at 3:12 PM ET. Despite a