A wrapped Bitcoin from Circle is coming soon

Circle Wrapped Bitcoin will be backed 1:1 by Bitcoin. cirBTC is being developed for seamless integration with Circle’s infrastructure and the broader DeFi ecosystem.

📊 crypto prices:

BTC ≈$67,098
ETH ≈$2,051
SOL ≈$80,21
BNB ≈$589
XRP ≈$1,31

Market cap ≈$2,31T
Fear & Greed Index: 29 ("Fear")
Altseason Index: 35

Asset manager Charles Schwab, which oversees $11.9 trillion in client assets, plans to launch spot trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum in the first half of 2026.

The service will be offered through Charles Schwab Premier Bank, allowing clients to manage crypto assets alongside stocks and bonds within a single account.

FIFA has selected ADI Predictstreet as its first official prediction markets partner for the 2026 World Cup.

The platform will use FIFA’s official historical data to allow users to forecast match outcomes, in-game statistics, and player performance.

It will serve as a partner for a free prediction challenge. The service is expected to be available globally on both desktop and mobile platforms.

📊 crypto prices:

BTC ≈$66,774
ETH ≈$2,027
SOL ≈$78,91
BNB ≈$589
XRP ≈$1,28

Market cap ≈$2,29T
Fear & Greed Index: 28 ("Fear")
Altseason Index: 40

📊 crypto prices:

BTC ≈$69,826
ETH ≈$2,155
SOL ≈$82,63
BNB ≈$607
XRP ≈$1,35

Market cap ≈$2,39T
Fear & Greed Index: 39 ("Fear")
Altseason Index: 32

The largest token unlocks in the next 7 days:

⚪️ One-time unlocks (over $5M): APT, BABY

⚪️ Linear unlocks (over $1M per day): RAIN, SOL, CC, TRUMP, WLD, DOGE, and TAO

The total value of unlocked tokens will exceed $190 million.

Data: Tokenomist

🇨🇳 China is doubling down on blockchain in lending

The country’s financial regulators have urged banks to adopt blockchain and privacy-enhancing technologies to improve lending services and small business financing.

➠ The goal is to reduce the “information gap” between banks, tax authorities, and companies.
➠ Banks are encouraged to speed up loan approvals and improve credit scoring.
➠ Priority will be given to “compliant taxpayers.”

❗️For mainland China residents, cryptocurrency trading remains prohibited.

Strategy purchased an additional 4,871 BTC for $329.9 million at an average price of $67,718 per coin.

As of April 5, 2026, the company holds a total of 766,970 BTC on its balance sheet.

Solana Foundation Launches Solana Agent Skills for AI Agents

This is a set of ready-made modules that allow Solana features to be embedded directly into AI tools.

Developers will be able to integrate these components with a one-line installation and build agents with on-chain capabilities within the Solana ecosystem.

More than half of XRP's supply is now at a loss.

Daily losses for investors who accumulated positions above $2 over the past 12 months range from $20 million to $110 million.

📊 crypto prices:

BTC ≈$68,689
ETH ≈$2,106
SOL ≈$79,71
BNB ≈$598
XRP ≈$1,31

Market cap ≈$2,35T
Fear & Greed Index: 35 ("Fear")
Altseason Index: 32

A bit about fiat inflation: since 2008, the M2 money supply has tripled. Over the same period, the US dollar has lost 38% of its purchasing power.

Major Bitcoin miner MARA continues to sell off its BTC: Arkham has flagged another transfer of 200 BTC (over $13.8 million) to an address previously used for sales.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced that his team is developing a decentralized search engine called Hypersearch, which will operate on a distributed ledger.

📊 crypto prices:

BTC ≈$71,484
ETH ≈$2,221
SOL ≈$83,31
BNB ≈$606
XRP ≈$1,35

Market cap ≈$2,43T
Fear & Greed Index: 44 ("Neutral")
Altseason Index: 36

❗️After 18 months of intensive investigation, The New York Times stated that cypherpunk legend and Blockstream CEO Adam Back is Satoshi Nakamoto.

Adam Back denies everything.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission acknowledged that there were shortcomings in its previous crypto enforcement actions and that it had misinterpreted securities law.

Long-term holders of Bitcoin have increased their holdings to 4.37 million BTC.

Today, a Bitcoin ETF from Morgan Stanley (MBST) is entering the market, which, according to Bloomberg estimates, will be the largest launch of Bitcoin products since they first appeared.

Eric Balchunas’ forecast: $5 billion in assets under management in the first year and $30 million in trading volume on the first day.

Crypto exchange Bybit (the second-largest in the world by trading volume) detected and blocked coordinated attacks involving fake deposits across multiple blockchains, preventing potential losses of over $1 billion in DOT.

User funds were not affected.

The attacks used packetized and multi-stage transactions to simulate deposits, but they were identified and neutralized in real time thanks to advanced multi-layer verification systems.