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BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF just hit a massive milestone that proves crypto is now a mainstream bet

IBIT options open interest topped Deribit on Friday, signaling rapid institutional adoption of regulated crypto derivatives in the U.S.

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Bitcoin at $40,000 would be 'near-unprecedented' statistical outcome, analyst says

Mean-reversion models suggest bearish targets imply a 0.4th percentile event, far beyond typical market corrections.

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Bitcoin is on track for its best month in a year. $5 billion USDT growth fuels the rebound

Strong earnings season trumps geopolitical risks for now, one trader said, as equities and crypto markets "stopped caring" about Iran war headlines.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on April 24 (CoinDesk)

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Green beret arrested for Polymarket insider trading allegations

The DOJ arrested an Army Special Forces soldier for using classified information about a planned Venezuela raid to place $33,000 in bets on Polymarket, winning $400,000. The CFTC is also pursuing parallel insider trading charges. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Green beret arrested for Polymarket insider trading allegations

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Michael Saylor says the bitcoin winter is over. Some experts agree, with caveats.

Market analyst Mati Greenspan said bitcoin has not gone through a “winter,” rather a pullback within a broader bull market, adding the next leg up for bitcoin will be driven by nation-state adoption.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin-holder Metaplanet raises $50 million to buy more BTC

Metaplanet has issued 8 billion yen, or about $50 million, in zero-interest bonds to fund additional bitcoin purchases.

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Bitcoin ETFs just pulled in $2 billion in 8 days while short-term holders quietly started selling

Spot bitcoin ETFs logged their first 8-day inflow streak since October, but on-chain profit-taking is already running at 3x the rate that has marked every local top this year.

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Bitcoin rally is stalling as Japanese inflation adds to Iran war–driven market jitters

Crypto markets weaken amid rising Japan inflation, Iran war oil disruptions, and expectations of a hawkish Bank of Japan.

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U.S. military confirms it's running a live bitcoin node

Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told Congress the military is running a live node on the Bitcoin network for monitoring and security tests. It's the first public confirmation from a sitting combatant commander, and signals that Washington is treating Bitcoin as a national security asset. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

U.S. military confirms it's running a live bitcoin node

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The $145 billion math: Why bitcoin’s quantum threat is manageable, not existential

Quantum fears focus on vulnerable early wallets, but market data suggests even a worst case sell-off would be large, not catastrophic.

Comapring P2PK vs 90day sum of of Revived Supply (James Check)