📢 According to Bitwise, Bitcoin has risen about 12% since the Iran conflict began in late February, outperforming the S&P 500 (-1%) and gold (-10%).

📢 Bettors on Polymarket now see a 30% chance of Bitcoin reaching $80K in April, up 9% from earlier odds with 15 days left in the month.

📢 According to Kaiko, South Korea accounts for about 30% of global crypto volume, with 85% focused on altcoins, while Japan sees lower trading activity but has 3–5× deeper Bitcoin market liquidity.

📢 The total stablecoin market capitalization has reached a new all-time high of $320B.

📢 Solana DEX spot trading volume continues to surpass major exchanges like Coinbase and Kraken, placing it among the leading platforms globally.

📢 The Royal Government of Bhutan has transferred 250 $BTC.

📢 The S&P 500 climbed past the 7,000 mark to a new all-time high as investors looked beyond concerns around the Iran conflict, also recording its strongest 10-day run since the COVID era.

📢 The percentage of investors who see equities as overvalued has fallen to its lowest point in over seven years.

📢 Retail investors are pulling back from risk, with U.S. leveraged equity ETFs seeing a record $50B in outflows over the past year, far exceeding previous peaks and marking a sharp shift from the $25B inflows seen during the 2022 bear market.

📢 The U.S. shipped a record 12.7 million barrels of oil per day last week as the Iran conflict intensified.

📢 Bitcoin exchange inflows spiked to around 11K BTC per hour as price approached $76K resistance the highest level since December 2025, signaling possible selling pressure from large holders, according to CryptoQuant.

📢 Donald Trump announced that talks between Israel and Lebanon are scheduled for tomorrow.

📢 Search interest for AI on Google has surged by over 1400% over the past five years.

📢 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Data is out!🇺🇸

Jobless claims came in lower than expected.

Actual: 207,000
Forecast: 215,000
Previous: 219,000

📢 BlackRock saw $505.7M flow into its Bitcoin ETF over April 14–15, with $213.8M and $291.9M recorded on each day.

Its IBIT continues to lead inflows among all Bitcoin ETFs.

📢 About $123M was liquidated from the crypto market in the past hour, with $108M coming from long positions alone.

📢 Schwab Opens the Door to Spot Crypto

• Schwab to offer direct spot trading for $BTC and $ETH
• Retail investors getting access in the coming weeks
• Marks a bigger push by traditional finance into crypto

📢 Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire set to begin at 5 p.m. EST.

📢 Rhea Finance was exploited after an attacker used a fake token pool to manipulate oracle systems, draining $7.6M, according to CertiK.

📢 Bitcoin is still formally banned in just a few countries, including China, Algeria, Egypt, Bangladesh, Morocco, Iraq, and Qatar, though rules in many of these places are gradually changing.