📢 A NiceHash EasyMining user reportedly turned about $750 into $235,000 after solo mining Bitcoin block 945711 using rented hashpower.

📢 Binance has processed $1.09 trillion in trading volume in 2026 within just the first 112 days of the year, according to CryptoQuant.

📢 The U.S. Treasury repurchased $15 billion of its own debt, marking one of the largest buybacks on record.

📢 U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS UPDATE

U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS REPORT IS OUT!

Actual: 214,000
Forecast: 210,000 |
Previous: 207,000

📢 MoonPay Bridges Bank Transfers to Crypto

MoonPay is making it easier for businesses to move from fiat into digital assets.

• MoonPay launches Virtual Accounts in New York
• Converts ACH, Wire, and SWIFT deposits into stablecoins
• Funds can be sent straight to wallets

📢 The U.S. says it has evidence that foreign groups, primarily from China, are using proxy networks to extract American AI models.

📢 The total amount of $USDC transactions has exceeded $80 trillion.

📢 US exports of crude oil and petroleum products reached a record 12.9 million barrels per day as demand rises globally and nations look for alternatives following disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.

📢 Aave has temporarily halted rsETH reserves across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Mantle, and Linea while recovery efforts continue after the incident.

📢 Data from the National Association of Realtors shows U.S. pending home sales dropped to a record-low March reading of 73.7, about 30% below pre-pandemic levels and roughly 45% under pandemic highs, pointing to continued weak buyer demand.

📢 Tiger Research reports that Tether and USDC account for over 85% of the stablecoin market, with total market capitalization reaching around $300 billion.

📢 Institutional investors are increasing their equity exposure, with the NAAIM Exposure Index climbing to 79 and hedge fund net leverage reaching 77%, pointing to a more bullish stance.

📢 Santiment data indicates that MetaMask, Hedera, and Chainlink topped crypto development activity over the past 30 days, while Ethereum and Sui ranked among the fastest-growing.

📢 Mantle’s core contributors have proposed lending 30,000 ETH from the treasury to the Aave DAO to help cover bad debt stemming from the $292M rsETH bridge exploit on April 18.

📢 xAI has introduced Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0, a voice model designed for complex multi-step tasks that claims the top ranking on the Tau Voice Bench.

📢 Bitcoin sentiment has swung from extreme fear to strong FOMO in just four days, as $BTC climbs back above $78.7K and approaches the $80K resistance level again, according to Santiment.

📢 Tether issued 3B USDT over the past week, with Abraxas Capital receiving 2.89B, according to Lookonchain.

📢 U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have taken in 18,991 BTC over the last five trading days—about nine times the amount of new supply created during that period, according to Bitwise.

📢 Ethereum generated $2.7M in fees over the past 24 hours, surpassing Hyperliquid’s $1.7M.

📢 📢 India Pushes Digital Rupee Adoption🇮🇳

India is using real-world programs to drive its CBDC forward.

• $80B welfare system is being used to test the e-rupee
• Pilot programs aim to bring it into everyday transactions
• Focus is on scaling adoption through government payments

📢 Tether’s USDT has climbed to a new all-time high market cap of $189.68 billion.