Major US Indexes Gain Monday as Iran Ceasefire Talks Ease Market Fears – Market Updates Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: The S&P 500 gained 0.4% Monday but remains 4% below pre-conflict levels as Iran tensions persist. Trump’s Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz keeps oil near $103 a barrel (WTI). JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon flagged inflation risks ahead of Friday’s March CPI report. S&P 500 Rises for Fourth Straight Day Amid Iran Strait of Hormuz Standoff The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 137 points, or 0.3%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.5%. The S&P 500 extended its…

Appellate Court Affirms Blocking New Jersey Enforcement against Kalshi

A US appellate court has ruled against New Jersey gaming authorities for bringing an enforcement action against prediction market platform Kalshi over sports event contracts.  In a Monday-issued opinion, a panel of judges in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled 2-1 in favor of Kalshi’s argument that the company had a ”reasonable chance of success” claiming that the Commodity Exchange Act preempted state law, setting the stage for a potential battle over gaming laws in the US Supreme Court. “This is a big win for the…

Broadridge and Galaxy Pioneer Blockchain Proxy Voting for US Public Companies – Blockchain Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Galaxy will use Broadridge’s onchain governance platform for its May 2026 annual shareholder vote, the first for a U.S. public company. Broadridge, which already processes $8 trillion in tokenized assets monthly, extended its Proxyvote platform to cover tokenized equities. Novogratz said the Broadridge partnership moves onchain proxy voting from theoretical to operational for public companies. Onchain Proxy Voting Goes Live for U.S. Public Companies Through Broadridge and Galaxy Broadridge (NYSE: BR) announced Monday that it extended its governance platform to support tokenized equities, enabling proxy voting, corporate actions,…

RIPPLE CTO JUST CONFIRMED XRP IS SOLD?!?! (this is scary)

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Crypto Tokenization Boom Or Time Bomb? Four Hidden Risks Wall Street Is Ignoring

A new report claims crypto tokenization is a structural overhaul of market plumbing, not just an efficiency tweak. Crypto Tokenization: The Hot New Thing? The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a new report with fresh warnings related to crypto tokenization. Shifting Wall Street’s trading rails onto blockchain-based systems could speed up financial crises beyond regulators’ capacity to react, even as the technology vows to reduce costs and wipe out settlement lags, Bloomberg says. Tokenization is a process that moves assets and liabilities onto programmable ledgers, embedding settlement, margin and compliance…

JPMorgan CEO Flags Blockchain Rivals as Kinexys Scales

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said “new technologies” are intensifying competition across the financial sector, with blockchain-based players emerging alongside traditional rivals. In his annual shareholder letter on Monday, Dimon identified artificial intelligence, data and advanced technology as “key to the future,” signaling a shift toward more automated, data-driven financial services. While blockchain and digital assets were not a central focus, Dimon acknowledged that “a whole new set of competitors is emerging based on blockchain, which includes stablecoins, smart contracts and other forms of tokenization.” The comments come as JPMorgan continues…

The Final Trigger That Will EXPLODE Crypto Prices – Matt Hougan & Raoul Pal

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Bitcoin Tops $70,000 as US-Iran Ceasefire Talks Lift Risk

Bitcoin climbed above $70,200 on Monday for the first time since March 25, as a report that the US and Iran are negotiating a 45-day ceasefire sent risk assets sharply higher across global markets. Summary Bitcoin surged more than 3.5% on April 6, peaking at $70,200 after Axios reported that the US, Iran, and regional mediators are actively discussing a 45-day ceasefire The move triggered $273 million in short liquidations across crypto markets within 24 hours, according to Coinglass Markets remain cautious, with Polymarket giving the ceasefire roughly 30% odds…

Bitcoin Reclaims $70,000 Despite Geopolitical Unrest; Experts Alert on Market Vulnerability – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Bitcoin hit $70,355 on April 6, keeping market cap near $1.4T despite Iran rejecting U.S. ceasefire. Michael Saylor’s company Strategy bought 4,871 BTC worth $329.9M, reinforcing institutional demand. Bitfinex warns of fragility; $145M shorts liquidated as BTC risks mechanical sell-off below $68,000. Intraday Volatility Bitcoin displayed remarkable resilience on Monday, reclaiming the $70,000 psychological threshold for the second time in a single day. The top cryptocurrency seemingly decoupled from mounting geopolitical anxieties following Iran’s formal rejection of a U.S.-led ceasefire proposal—a move that had initially stoked fears of…

Bitcoin futures open interest jumps 8% in a day, Coinglass shows

Binance faces renewed questions over its $4.3b post-plea cleanup as crime-monitoring staff depart and chief compliance officer Noah Perlman weighs an exit. Summary Total Bitcoin futures open interest rose 8.09% in 24 hours to $50.804b, according to Coinglass. Binance leads with $8.887b in open interest, followed by Bybit, Gate, and OKX. The build-up in leverage comes as BTC derivatives positioning has repeatedly signaled key turning points in past cycles. Bitcoin (BTC) futures traders added more than $3.8 billion in new leveraged positions over the past 24 hours, with total BTC…