📢 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.

📢 Bitcoin miner reserves have fallen by roughly 61,000 BTC since the start of the cycle, with major players like Riot Platforms, Marathon Digital, and Core Scientific contributing to the selling.

📢 Fewer than 1% of crypto protocols reveal their market maker agreements, a stark contrast to the transparency typically required in traditional equity markets.

📢 Starknet, Aztec, and Arbitrum rank among the top Layer 2 projects by development activity, according to Santiment.

📢 The U.S. government transferred about $606K in Bitcoin seized from Ilya Lichtenstein to Coinbase Prime, according to Arkham.

📢 Tennessee's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act is scheduled for a Senate Finance Committee hearing on April 20, bringing it a step closer to potentially becoming law.

📢 Ethereum recorded its most active quarter ever in Q1 2026, processing 200M transactions.

📢 According to CryptoQuant, Bitcoin is moving into a “value accumulation zone,” with downside risk becoming more limited.

📢 CoinGecko reports that crypto spot trading volume dropped 39% in Q1 2026, falling from $4.5T to $2.7T.

📢 Singapore Gulf Bank Rolls Out Direct USD–$USDC Bridge

• 1:1 mint & redeem for $USDC and USD
• Built on $SOL for faster, cheaper transfers
• Singapore Gulf Bank stepping deeper into crypto rails

📢 Flow Capital Takes Private Credit On-Chain

• $150M private credit fund set to be tokenized
• Brings traditional assets onto blockchain rails
• Opens the door for broader investor access