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Here's a quick preview of today’s content: Man accuses wife of using CCTV cameras to steal $172M bitcoin, Prediction markets boom on Iran bets as Congress eyes ban, Strategy makes biggest Bitcoin buy in 2026, Crypto firm Abra goes public in $750M SPAC deal, Former Morgan Stanley exec joins tokenization firm as CFO, and so much more

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Market Snapshot

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• Bitcoin roars above $75,000 to six-week high as crypto funds pull in $1B for third straight week

  • ETH surges +10% to 6-week high, outperforming large-cap assets

  • SOL and ADA gain up to +6% as altcoins surge and outpace BTC/ETH, while AI-linked tokens jump

  • Crypto market cap rises +3.5% with Layer 1s and memecoins leading charge amid $400M+ in short liquidations

• Bitcoin decouples from stocks, outperforming gold as price trades above 50-day average

Prediction Markets

• Bettors on Polymarket are predicting Strait of Hormuz back to normal by end of April?

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Headline Roundup
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• Trump-backed World Liberty puts $5.3M price tag on access to team (DC)

• Polymarket grabs 55% of markets as bets test CFTC crackdown (FM)

• Secret Service teams with UK and Canada to stop crypto fraud (DC)

• Strategy makes biggest Bitcoin buy in 2026 (DC)

• Tom Lee's BitMine reveals latest massive ETH buy (DC)

• ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees buys $56M of Ethereum (TB)

• Crypto firm Abra goes public in $750M SPAC deal (DC)

• South Korea fines Bithumb $24M over AML violations (CD)

• Former Morgan Stanley exec joins tokenization firm as CFO (TB)

• T. Rowe Price amends S-1 for actively managed crypto ETF (CT)

• AI data center rush sparks debate over impact on Bitcoin mining (CT)

• HIVE phases down bitcoin mining as it expands AI data center (TB)

• OpenSea delays highly anticipated token launch, again (BL)

• Hana partners with Standard Chartered for crypto business (TB)

• Study shows 72% of subsea cables would need to fail to impact Bitcoin (CT)

• Spark Protocol votes to reactivate collateral and expand liquidity (TD)

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Venture Capital

• Pharos, a Layer 1 blockchain, secures a strategic investment from GCL New Energy at a near $1B valuation (BI)

• Investment firm Metaplanet secures $255M from global institutional investors (TB)

• Financial tech firm Ironlight raises $21M Series A round backed by former TD Bank President Greg Braca (TB)

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Launches

• IBM opens quantum hardware to researchers (DC)

• Bitdeer rolls out machines for Dogecoin mining (TB)

• MEXC brings zero-fee trading to prediction markets (FM)

Regulation

• Prediction markets boom on Iran bets as Congress eyes ban (CT)

• Australian Senate panel backs crypto regulation framework (DC)

Cybersecurity

• Man accuses wife of using CCTV cameras to steal $172M bitcoin (DC)

• FATF shifts stablecoin oversight to secondary markets (TD)

Extra Reads

• A small pricing error caused $27M in Aave liquidations, highlighting the critical role of price oracles and automated risk systems in DeFi - Here’s how a price error triggered $27M in liquidations

• While crypto’s innovation dazzles but fragments liquidity, institutions demand boring reliability over novel protocols to move real capital at scale - Here’s why crypto needs to put on a business suit

• Bitcoin has stayed resilient through market turbulence as institutional investors and long-term holders continue accumulating, signaling a maturing market and strengthening its outlook - Here’s how Bitcoin ownership is maturing

Chart of the Day

Crypto products see $1.06B in inflows for the third straight week

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