US Central Command has directed 31 vessels to turn around or return to port as part of a maritime blockade against Iran. The odds for 80 ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz by April 30 are now at 6% YES, down from 17% just 24 hours ago. The April 30 market has dropped steeply as…
DoorDash crypto will soon be a thing after the delivery firm announced it is integrating stablecoin payment functionality via Tempo, a payments-focused Layer-1 blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm, enabling faster merchant payouts and cross-border settlements across more than 40 countries. The detail most headlines are missing is what this actually tests: whether stablecoins can…
Bitcoin climbed above $78,000 on April 22, reaching its highest price in 11 weeks, as a wave of short liquidations and improved macro sentiment following Trump’s ceasefire extension combined to push the asset to a key technical level that had resisted multiple breakout attempts. Summary Bitcoin broke above $78,000 on April 22 for the first…
The US has stopped a $500M shipment of Iraq’s oil dollars to curb Iran-linked militias, and odds for a US-Iran ceasefire by April 30 have dropped to 17.5% YES, down from 20% yesterday. The cash halt directly pressures the April 30 ceasefire market, which dropped 2 points early this morning. With 8 days to resolution,…
Tether (USDT) hit an all-time high market cap of $188Bn on April 21, 2026, widening its lead over Circle’s USDC, which sits at $78.25Bn, following a $285M hack of Solana-based Drift Protocol. The gap between the two stablecoins has been growing since attackers linked to North Korea moved $232M in USDC during an eight-hour exploit…
The main BTC signal was not rate cuts, but Warsh’s stated intention to shrink the Fed’s balance sheet and pull liquidity from the system. On Tuesday, Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump’s choice to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, testified before the Senate Banking Committee. He promised to be independent from the White House but…
American Bitcoin, co‑founded by Eric and Donald Trump Jr., has energized 11,298 new ASICs, lifting owned hash rate to 28.1 EH/s as it doubles down on low‑cost BTC accumulation. Summary American Bitcoin, the Trump family–backed miner, has energized 11,298 new ASIC machines, lifting its owned hash rate to about 28.1 EH/s. The expansion increases total…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian slammed the US for hypocrisy, citing the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as a barrier to dialogue. The odds of a US-Iran ceasefire by April 30 sit at 20.5% YES, down from 32% a day ago. Market reaction The blockade targets Iran’s oil revenue directly, and traders are treating it…
Coinbase’s quantum computing advisory board has released its first formal assessment of blockchain security, and two names stand out: Algorand and Aptos. According to the advisory group, which draws expertise from Stanford University, the Ethereum Foundation, and several other institutions, these two chains have made architectural choices that leave them better positioned to survive the…
Is XRP headed for a 30% increase? Ripple’s cross-border token has rebounded 7% over the past week, while certain technical indicators suggest a more substantial upside may be knocking on the door. Many analysts are also optimistic, predicting a significant pump in case the price overcomes certain resistance levels. The Bullish Signs The popular…
