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Dollar-Pegged Crypto Market Crosses $317B Threshold With $1.24B in Weekly Inflows – Bitcoin News

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Key Takeaways: Sky’s USDS led the top ten gainers with a 9.57% weekly rise, adding over $779 million in inflows. Tether holds 58.04% market dominance at $184 billion, with a full financial audit now planned. The $317 billion stablecoin market processed $508 billion in authentic settlement volume last week. Stablecoin Market Logs Another Week of Inflows The dollar-pegged crypto market is pushing to new levels this weekend, crossing the $317 billion threshold based on data compiled by defillama.com. Tether ( USDT) leads the sector with a 58.04% share, supported by…

President Trump’s ‘Stone Age’ Statement, Dormant Bitcoin Whales Waking up, and More – Week in Review – The Weekly Bitcoin News

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Key Takeaways: Trump’s Iran remarks helped spark a $440M wipeout as Bitcoin fell below $66,000. Coinbase’s OCC charter nod and BlackRock’s BITA filing deepen 2026 institutional crypto rails. Metaplanet reached 40,177 BTC in Q1 2026 as 500 BTC moved from a wallet dormant since 2014. Week in review Trump’s ‘Stone Age’ Rhetoric Triggers $440M Crypto Wipeout as Bitcoin Slips Below $66,000 Bitcoin fell below $66,000 after Trump’s aggressive rhetoric on Iran, reversing gains from the prior day’s more conciliatory remarks… read more Editor’s comment: Specifically, the President said he wanted…

Ethereum Foundation Reaches 70,000 ETH Staking Target With $93 Million April Deposit – Crypto News Bitcoin News

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Key Takeaways: The Ethereum Foundation staked 45,034 ETH on April 3, 2026, pushing its total to roughly 69,500 ETH. The 70,000 ETH staking initiative is projected to generate $3.9–$5.4 million annually, reducing ETH sales. Arkham Intelligence data shows the EF still holds over 100,000 ETH total, with plans to reach its full target soon. Ethereum Foundation Staking Update: 69,500 ETH Now Securing Proof-of- Stake Network The April 3 deposits, valued at roughly $93 million at prevailing prices near $2,059, arrived in multiple batches of 2,047 ETH each. Onchain data tracked…

Bitcoin Consolidates Under Pressure at $67K With Bearish Undertone Intact – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

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Key Takeaways: Bitcoin held steady around $67K on April 4, 2026; range-bound trade signals weak momentum ahead. Market data shows RSI 42, MACD −894; pressure limits upside near $69,000. The day’s session logged $45.2B volume; focus shifts to $65,900 support test next. Bitcoin Chart Outlook Price action on bitcoin‘s daily chart continues to reflect a market lacking conviction, with BTC holding below key resistance near $69,000 and firmly beneath major trend-defining levels. The broader structure remains a consolidation within a longer-term downtrend, characterized by lower highs and repeated rejection near…

Human Error, Not Hacking, Cited as Top Cause for Crypto Access Loss – Security Bitcoin News

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The Primary Causes of Asset Loss A new study by Oobit has revealed a sobering reality for the digital asset space: More than one-third of cryptocurrency holders, or 35%, have lost access to a wallet or account at some point. The data suggests the greatest threat to crypto wealth is not sophisticated hacking, but simple human error. Forgotten passwords or login failures were cited by 33% of 1,000 U.S.-based crypto holders who participated in the study, followed by 21% who lost their seed phrases and 20% who lost two-factor authentication…

July 1 Is Not the Deadline. For Most Service Providers, It Already Passed – Legal Bitcoin News

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MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored by LegalBison’s Co-Founding and Managing Directors: Aaron Glauberman, Viktor Juskin and Sabir Alijev. LegalBison advises crypto and FinTech companies on MiCA licensing, CASP and VASP applications, and regulatory structuring across Europe and beyond. That belief contains a flaw. And the flaw, depending on the jurisdiction, may already be irreversible. Myth 1: The Deadline Most Service Providers Got Wrong July 1, 2026, is the date by which a crypto-asset service provider must hold a granted authorization, or cease operations entirely.…

Why Post-Quantum Upgrades Can’t Save Your Past Privacy – Featured Bitcoin News

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Reframing the 10-Year Migration Window The recently released Google whitepaper on the quantum threat has ignited intense debate over the technical justifications that led authors to aggressively pull forward the migration deadline to 2029. While a few critics have dismissed the findings as alarmist, a broad consensus of industry experts suggests that a warning of this magnitude from a primary driver of quantum research should serve as a definitive wake-up call for developers to begin immediate post-quantum preparations. Guy Zyskind, computer scientist and founder of Fhenix—a project integrating fully homomorphic…

What Is Hermes Agent? Nous Research’s Self-Improving AI Explained – Featured Bitcoin News

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Nous Research Hermes Agent: Open-Source AI With Built-In Self-Improvement Loop The MIT-licensed framework launched in February 2026 and collected 22,000 GitHub stars and 242 contributors within weeks. That pace reflects a specific appetite in the open-source AI community. People want agents that remember, adapt, and get better without requiring constant manual instruction. Hermes Agent is built around what Nous Research calls a closed learning loop. When the agent solves a task, it writes a reusable Markdown skill file, stores the outcome in persistent memory, and adjusts its approach for next…

SEC Warns Fake Officials Exploit Trust With Fraud Tactics Targeting Investors – Featured Bitcoin News

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SEC Warns Investors About Impersonation Scams, Fraud Tactics The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shared on social media platform X on April 2 an investor alert warning about impersonation scams. The agency cautioned that fraudsters are posing as SEC officials through social media posts and text messages targeting investors. The regulator said: “Investor Alert: Beware of fraudsters who may impersonate the SEC – or SEC officials or employees – on social media or in text messages to solicit you for scams.” The agency outlined specific tactics used in these…

Coinbase Clarifies ‘We Are Not Becoming a Bank’ After Receiving Conditional OCC Nod That Hints at Bigger Moves – Exchanges Bitcoin News

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Coinbase OCC Trust Charter Signals Federal Crypto Oversight Shift Crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) said it is not becoming a bank after announcing on April 2 that it received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), clarifying its regulatory direction. The move signals a shift toward federal oversight of crypto infrastructure while preserving a non-bank model focused on custody and institutional services. Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, shared on social media platform X that the approval does not signal a transition into banking activities. He…