​​ICYMI: Weekend Recap 🗞️

Here's a quick look at the key headlines from this weekend:

Markets & Macro

🇺🇸 Trump sets Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz
🇬🇧 UK offers expansion, London base, and dual listing to lure Anthropic to the UK
🇨🇳 China integrates blockchain to boost small business lending

Projects & Community

😱 Tether may delay fundraising if demand falls short at $500B valuation
🏴‍☠️ North Korea manufactured a fake token to steal $286M from Drift Protocol
🚀 SIREN pumps over 430% over the weekend

Institutions & Capital

💼 Western Union completes Dash acquisition, marking first wallet deal in APAC
💰 Ethereum Foundation adds nearly $100M more to ETH staking
📉 Riot Platforms sells 3,778 Bitcoin amid AI pivot

Drophunting weekly:

— dFusion AI - Point farming
— OneFootball - Distribution details
— Pixie Chess - Season 1
— Derivio - Point farming
— Mezo - Claim & TGE
— GRVT - Veterans first campaign
— USD.AI - Claim & TGE
— Genius - Point farming

Explore other news on CryptoRank:
👉 https://cryptorank.io/news

​​📉 Market Overview

Market remains rangebound as macro uncertainty persists around the upcoming US–Iran deadline, with gold under pressure amid a stronger dollar.

Bitcoin: $68,978 -0.34%
Ethereum: $2,118 -0.99%

Market Cap: $2.44T
BTC Dominance: 56.5%
Fear & Greed Index: 11 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 33/100

👉 Latest News

- Polymarket introduces Polymarket USD in trading system upgrade
- Chaos Labs exits Aave after nearly 3 years amid DAO disagreements and rising complexity tied to V4
- SEC crypto safe harbor proposal moves to White House review

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Bitgert +114.8%
屎壳郎 (Shikuro) +68.9%
RedStone +56.9%
KnoxNet +56%
XION +55%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Nanovita Series A round backed by K24 Ventures
- Inxy payments $4M Extended Seed round led by Flashpoint VC
- Gosats $5M Series A round led by Konvoy Ventures

​​Q1 2026 recap: Top 10 ecosystems by VC/fund capital raised

$1.46B in disclosed raises flowed across 17 ecosystems:

1. Polygon — $611.5M
2. Plume — $288.2M
3. Ethereum — $164.7M
4. Solana — $164.2M
5. Base — $64.6M
6. BNB Chain — $33.0M
7. Sonic — $25.5M
8. Bitcoin — $25.2M
9. Hyperliquid — $21.2M
10. Cross-Chain (others) — $20.5M

Biggest drivers:

- ICE’s $600M Polymarket bet pushed Polygon far ahead
- Plume surged on BlackOpal’s $200M debt facility + Superstate’s $82.5M Series B
- Solana led in deal count with 12 rounds

Main takeaway: RWA and debt financing dominated Q1, while institutional convergence kept accelerating

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⚡️Crypto prices recovered as ceasefire headlines emerged and the Strait of Hormuz prepared to reopen.

Top 10 Gainers Today

+21.7%: ZEC – $320.8
+19.8%: RAIN – $0.00756
+19.3%: FARTCOIN – $0.201
+18.5%: EDGE – $1.09
+17.6%: ZRO – $2.05
+14.2%: ENA – $0.0914
+12.6%: MON – $0.0301
+11.8%: WIF – $0.2
+11.6%: ICP – $2.55
+11.4%: AVAX – $9.45

👉 ZEC leads with +21.7% after weeks of sideways trading. Is Bitcoin giving altcoins room to breathe again?

👉 https://cryptorank.io/gainers

​​📈 Market Overview

Bitcoin climbed to $71,763 amid a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, supporting a broader move across altcoins. This move triggered over $600M in short liquidations across exchanges within 24 hours.

Bitcoin: $71,743 +4.36%
Ethereum: $2,257 +6.97%

Market Cap: $2.54T
BTC Dominance: 56.6%
Fear & Greed Index: 17 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 38/100

👉 Latest News

- U.S. bank with $1.9 trillion in assets could debut its bitcoin ETF Wednesday
- Crypto Funds Attract $224 Million in a Week
- Ethereum Stablecoin Supply Hits $180B ATH

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Trader Joe (LFJ) +75.5%
Nomina +62.2%
Layer3 +54.7%
Staika +45.9%
ResearchHub +43.8%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Nanovita Series A round backed by K24 Ventures
- Inxy payments $4M Extended Seed round led by Flashpoint VC
- Gosats $5M Series A round led by Konvoy Ventures

​​Top L1 Chains by Avg. Daily Active Users – Q1 2026

🥇 BNB Chain 4.5 million (daily average)
🥈 Tron 3.2 million
🥉 Near 2.5 million
4. Solana 2.4 million
5. Sei 1.4 million

👉 https://cryptorank.io/blockchains

​​Midnight (NIGHT) Coming to Bitget Launchpool

Users can lock BGB and NIGHT to share 12,000,000 NIGHT

🗓 April 9 – April 16, 2026

👉 cryptorank.io/exchanges/bitget

📈​​EdgeX has outperformed Backpack by 3x since listing

EdgeX: +80.9%
Backpack: –39.6%

IEO performance on MEXC:

EdgeX: 2.16x (+116.2%)
Backpack: 0.89x (–11%)

👉 https://cryptorank.io/listings

Was your farm worth the grind? 👀

​​🗓 Top 8 Tokens With Largest VC Dominance — April Unlocks

This month, several tokens with the highest VC dominance are set to unlock — based on the share of supply allocated to early investors.

Among projects with a market cap above $50M, the highest VC dominance is seen in:
• LayerZero (ZRO) — 32.2%
• RedStone (RED) — 31.7%
• Zora (ZORA) — 26.1%

🔎 High VC dominance means a larger portion of supply is concentrated in early investors’ hands. How will prices react once these tokens hit the market?

👉 https://cryptorank.io/token-unlock/pressure

​​📉 Market Overview

Crypto is seeing a moderate risk-on sentiment today amid reports of a temporary U.S.–Iran ceasefire. Lower oil prices and declining yields are easing geopolitical pressure, providing short-term support for crypto market.

Bitcoin: $70,988 -1.03%
Ethereum: $2,182 -2.66%

Market Cap: $2.49T
BTC Dominance: 57%
Fear & Greed Index: 14 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 35/100

👉 Latest News

- Morgan Stanley’s bitcoin ETF draws $34 million on day one
- Iran eyes crypto toll for oil tanker transits through Strait of Hormuz
- Circle Launches Stablecoin Settlement Solution for Traditional Financial Institutions

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Enjin Coin +56.1%
屎壳郎 (Shikuro) +45.4%
Magma Finance +42.6%
Alaya AI +41.4%
Tradoor +31.5%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Oh $7.5M Series A round led by Maven 11 Capital
- Libeara Funding round led by GSR
- Pharos $44M Series A round backed by SNZ Holding

​​🔻Binance to Delist 6 Tokens on April 23 — Price Drops Up to 40%

• FUN -40.6%
• FIO -25.0%
• MDT -24.8%
• BIFI -24.0%
• OXT -17.6%
• WAN -7.76%

Delistings are typically driven by declining liquidity and weak development activity — often leading to sharp short-term sell-offs.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/watchlist/b8faacc0fa73

​​⚡️Top 10 fastest-growing crypto ecosystems in Q1 2026 👀

Leaders by newly added projects:

Solana: +416
BNB Chain: +318
Ethereum: +219
Base: +154

Big takeaway: builder activity is concentrating in a few ecosystems, with Solana leading the quarter.

Which ecosystem will dominate this year’s narrative?

👉 https://cryptorank.io/ecosystems

​​🚨BREAKING: Covenant AI’s exit from Bittensor triggered a sharp drawdown across ecosystem tokens:

grail -68.2%
Basilica -62.1%
templar -56.6%
Minotaur -33.8%
NexisGen AI -28.7%

Covenant AI, the team behind SN3, SN81, and SN39, has announced its exit from Bittensor:

👉https://cryptorank.io/ecosystems/bittensor

​​📈Major cryptos advanced this week, following a two-week cease-fire deal

Top 10 gainers by 7D performance:

SIREN +398.6%
ZEC +61.2%
Dash +51.6%
MON +31.1%
Morpho +22.3%
Arbitrum +22.1%
Aerodrome +20.6%
Ethena +18.7%
Hype +16%
Lit +15%

👉https://cryptorank.io/gainers

​​📊 Top 10 biggest drops from last-round valuations

These projects have fallen from billion-dollar valuations to nearly zero — a striking example of near-total value destruction:

Scroll (SCR) -99.54%
Boba Network (BOBA) -99.26%
Fuel Network (FUEL) -99.25%
Polyhedra Network (ZKJ) -99.05%
StarkNet (STRK) -97.51%
Wormhole (W) -96.99%
Magic Eden (ME) -96.70%
Hashkey (HSK) -96.46%
Mocaverse (MOCA) -90.23%
Immutable (IMX) -88.23%

Even backing from Tier-1 VCs like Paradigm, Sequoia, Coinbase Ventures, and Multicoin wasn’t enough to protect post-TGE performance.

👉https://cryptorank.io/funding-rounds

​​Top Trending Coins on CryptoRank🔥

$NOM secured the #1 spot, followed by $OFC and $R2.

$ARIA closed out the top 10, while other notable movers, such as $TRU (+73.77%), $RAVE (+27.91%), and $UP (+16.53%), are trailing in the top 20.

👉https://cryptorank.io/trending

📈 Market Overview

The breakdown in negotiations and the U.S. preparations for a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have weighed on global markets. Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin has fallen 1.4%, dropping below $71,000.

Bitcoin: $70,717 -1.29%
Ethereum: $2,218 +0.13%

Market Cap: $2.49T
BTC Dominance: 57.1%
Fear & Greed Index: 12 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 35/100

👉 Latest News

- SEC admits crypto crackdown went too far ‘headlines’ as it dismisses 7 cases
- Alameda moves $16 million in Solana's SOL token for possible creditor distribution
- Bridged Polkadot Reportedly Hit by Exploit as Attacker Mints 1 Billion DOT Tokens

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Infinex +86.7%
Tradoor +84.8%
Comedian +49%
Codatta +48.9%
Drift Protocol +38.4%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Caex Strategic round backed by HashKey Capital
- Enhanced $1M Pre-Seed round backed by GSR
- Nanovita Pre-Series A round backed by K24 Ventures

​​🏆 Solana Leads Blockchain Transactions in Q1 2026

🥇Solana – 25.3B txs
🥈BNB Chain – 1.7B txs
🥉Tron – 978M txs

Polygon, and Aptos followed in a close range between 700M-720M transactions, while the remaining chains stayed below 500M.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/blockchains/

​​🔓 Top 7 Token Unlocks of the Upcoming Week

The following tokens with the largest unlock amount will be unlocked next week:

Pump.fun — $193.3M
Yield Basis — $55.5M
STBL — $39.7M
RollX — $15.4M
deBridge — $12.6M
Pudgy Penguins — $10.9M
zkSync — $10.4M

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​​📈 Market Overview

Bitcoin reached $74,697 — its highest level since before the Iran conflict — after Donald Trump signaled openness to renewed talks with Tehran. Amid the market move higher, more than $534M in short liquidations were recorded across the market over the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin: $74,697 +5.63%
Ethereum: $2,381 +7.33%

Market Cap: $2.60T
BTC Dominance: 57.5%
Fear & Greed Index: 21 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 38/100

👉 Latest News

- Bitcoin Giant Strategy Adds 13,927 BTC for $1B, Targets 800K Mark
- Crypto ETPs see $1.1B inflows, strongest gains since January
- Circle CEO Allaire defends decision not to freeze USDC in Drift exploit, citing 'moral quandary'

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Mezo +229.7%
Bless +120.7%
Collector Crypt +80.1%
Anichess +53.2%
Folks Finance +37.2%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Share Seed round led by Greenfield Capital
- Caex Strategic round backed by HashKey Capital
- Enhanced $1M Pre-Seed round backed by GSR

​​⚡️Altcoins jumped higher as Bitcoin broke above $74K

Top 10 Gainers Today

+70.5%: RAVE – $14.13
+61.6%: 币安人生 (Binancelive) – $0.318
+17.9%: LDO – $0.358
+13.3%: XPL – $0.141
+12.4%: FARTCOIN – $0.21
+12.2%: TEL – $0.002278
+11.9%: ALGO – $0.113
+11.4%: VVV – $9.17
+10.9%: MON – $0.036
+9.86%: WLD – $0.32

🔎 RAVE and 币安人生 (Binancelive) meme led today’s move, while broader altcoins followed Bitcoin strength.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/gainers