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Strait of Hormuz faces tensions as SEC okays Metamask; OpenAI faces scrutiny over its $852B valuation; and real yields hit 1.95%.

US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz triggers risk-off volatility; Bitcoin holds $71k following MicroStrategy’s one billion dollar purchase; and the ECB backs centralized crypto oversight

Uniswap Labs fights SEC Wells Notice as Bitcoin hits 72,986 dollars following a US-Iran ceasefire; miners struggle with 80,000 dollar costs, and the DXY settles at 98.56 amid shifting global flows

Trump-Araqchi ceasefire triggers local boost for BTC; Morgan Stanley’s MSBT ETF logs 34 million dollars in its debut; and the FDIC unveils GENIUS Act stablecoin rules

Bitcoin stabilizes near $71k; Google’s quantum milestone sparks urgent cryptographic security debates, & major Swiss banks join a stablecoin sandbox while U.S. manufacturing signals a contraction

CME Group expands its regulated suite with AVAX and SUI futures; New Hampshire moves forward with first BTC-backed municipal bonds, and Google warns of a quantum decryption threat arriving by 2029

Schwab opens waitlist for direct BTC/ETH trading; MicroStrategy acquires 4,871 BTC; institutional accumulation reaches 94,000 Bitcoin in March, and macro indicators signal rising fiscal strain

North Korean hackers drain $285M of SOL in largest DeFi heist; CFTC sues states over prediction market jurisdiction; and Google's quantum milestone reignites debates re BTC's cryptographic security

US Government moves $2B in Silk Road BTC to Coinbase; market sentiment hits "Extreme Fear"; Metaplanet becomes the third-largest holder, and Trump's new tariff announcements rattle global risk assets

Coinbase and Fannie Mae launch first token-backed mortgages as Bitcoin holds $68K; OSL Group pivots to stablecoin payments, and ISM Manufacturing data signals growth despite rising Middle East tension

Interactive Brokers launches crypto trading in Europe as Bhutan moves $25M in Bitcoin; landmark SEC-CFTC pact formalizes token taxonomy while rising real yields pressure the Q1 close

Strategy snaps its 13-week buying streak as Middle East tensions drive a flight to gold; BTC finds support near $67K amid ETF outflows, and Canada moves to ban crypto-denominated political donations

White House crypto czar David Sacks steps down; quarterly options expiry triggers a $15 billion settlement; BTC holds near $68K, and Mastercard expands its global crypto partner program to 85 firms

Ripple joins Singapore’s central bank initiative for RLUSD settlements; Aave targets idle liquidity with its V4 module, and the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow estimate scales back to 2.0% for the first quarter

Trump's "TACO Monday" signals a risk-on rally as Solana goes mainstream; Bitcoin holds $70K despite Iran-Hormuz volatility, and Zama launches a bank-grade privacy layer for public blockchains

Mt. Gox repayment schedule triggers $270M in liquidations as volatility spikes; bipartisan Senate push targets prediction betting, and U.S. federal interest expense crosses the $1 trillion mark

Kalshi raises $1 billion @ $22B FMV defying regulatory headwinds; BTC tests critical $69K support following the Fed's hawkish hold, and Ledger eyes a U.S. IPO with a new New York headquarters

Crypto.com slashes its workforce by 12% for AI integration; BTC tests $69K support amid hawkish Fed news, and South Korean lawmakers move to abolish the upcoming 22% digital asset tax

DC Blockchain Summit 2026 takes center stage as industry leaders push for the Clarity Act; Bitcoin pulls back to $72K amid Fed uncertainty, and Moody's launches on-chain credit analysis engine

Robert Kiyosaki issues $750K BTC forecast as price breaks $74K; Citi downgrades long-term crypto outlook amid "Clarity Act" delays, and real yields climb to 1.89% following a steady core inflation