💰 #COIN Midas raised $50 million in a Series A funding round led by RRE and Creandum, with support from Framework Ventures, Franklin Templeton, and Coinbase Ventures.

🧑‍💻 #AAVE The mainnet of Aave v4 has been launched.

🙅‍♂️ #BTC #MSTR Strategy did not buy BTC last week.

🗣 Michael Saylor’s strategy did not purchase any Bitcoin last week.

The company still holds 762,099 $BTC.

🇺🇸💰 #BTC Eric Trump's "American Bitcoin" reaches a strategic reserve of over 7,000 BTC.

🇺🇸📝 A joint report by CoinTracker and Coinbase, based on a survey of 3,000 U.S. users, found that 74% of crypto users know their activity is taxable, but 61% are unaware of new 2025 rules such as Form 1099-DA.

Only 8% use crypto tax tools, with widespread confusion around cost basis and taxable events. Meanwhile, 65% have previously reported crypto taxes, and 30% are open to using AI for the entire filing process.

🕵️ Tom Lee's Bitmine Immersion added 71,179 ETH over the past week, bringing total holdings to 4.73 million ETH, which is 3.92% of the supply. The company has total crypto and cash holdings of $10.7 billion and has staked 3.14 million ETH, generating approximately $177 million in annualized staking revenue.

🇫🇷🫂 #ETH EthCC kicks off in Cannes. 10,000+ attendees gather for one of Ethereum’s biggest events of the year.

🆕 $CL, $BZ, $NATGAS listed on Binance futures

💰 #ETH Bitmine acquired 71,179 ETH last week, increasing their reserves to 4,732,082 ETH.

🇺🇸📊 Binance Futures will launch three USD-margined commodity perpetual contracts on April 1:
$CL/USDT for WTI crude oil at 09:00 UTC,
$BZ/USDT for Brent crude oil at 09:10 UTC,
and $NATGAS/USDT for natural gas at 09:20 UTC.

All three contracts will support up to 100x leverage and settle in USDT.

🙋‍♂ #Aave has officially launched Aave V4 on the Ethereum mainnet. This upgrade introduces a new modular “Hub-and-Spoke” architecture designed to separate liquidity from risk-specific lending environments. It aims to improve capital efficiency, enable more precise risk pricing, and support a broader range of credit structures, starting with a security-first rollout using conservative parameters and a limited asset set.

🕵️ #ASTER announced a transition from the previous mechanism of linear monthly token unlocking to a new "staking-only emission" model. In this model, tokens will be issued solely as rewards for staking, resulting in a significant decrease in the amount of ASTER entering circulation each month.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 According to NBC News, the Iran–Israel–U.S. conflict continues to escalate as Donald Trump warned that the U.S. could target Iran’s energy and water infrastructure if no deal is reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran has rejected U.S. proposals as “unrealistic.”

Oil prices have surged to around $115 per barrel amid the disruption, and more U.S. troops have been deployed to the region.

🙋‍♂ #BTC #ETF Morgan Stanley launched its Bitcoin ETF with a 0.14% fee, the lowest fee rate in the industry.

🇺🇸🗽 Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US will take control of the Strait of Hormuz.

"There will be freedom of navigation."

🧑‍💻 Today, millions of Square merchants will begin having Bitcoin payments automatically enabled.

Adoption!

🗣 #macro Powell (post may be updated):
- The policy is in a position that allows for a wait-and-see approach;
- The US dollar is in a favorable position;
- The economy is stable.