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Bitcoin flash crashes below $78,000 at Europe market open with nearly $295 million in crypto liquidations
Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin traded below $78,000 on Monday as EU markets opened for the week.BTC price hit $77,819, down 0.28% over 24 hours, with a market capitalization near $1.56 trillion and 24-hour volume of around $32.1 billion. Total crypto liquidations stood near $295 million over the previous 24 hours on CoinGlass.Bitcoin had been pressing the $80,000 decision area, then quickly slipped back under $78,000 before any clear fresh macro, regulatory, exchange, ETF, or issuer headline had emerged.The immediate test is whether the drop was a short-lived leverage flush or the start of a broader risk-off move.The distinction is…
TL;DR Hyperliquid (HYPE) holds near $42 with a bullish structure above $40. The bullish structure is supported by rising futures Open Interest and positive funding rates. Hyperliquid (HYPE) trades above $42 on Monday, sustaining its upward trajectory from an ascending trendline. While the broader trend remains constructive, signs of cooling retail interest contrast with a steady buildup in leveraged positions, creating a mixed near-term outlook for the decentralized exchange token. Retail momentum fades as social dominance drops Retail-driven momentum appears to be weakening. Data from Santiment shows Hyperliquid’s social dominance has declined sharply to 0.137%, down from 0.688% at the…
Brazil has moved to curb prediction markets, restricting platforms and limiting contracts to economic indicators under stricter financial rules. Regulators have blocked dozens of platforms, arguing their products resemble gambling and pose risks to household financial stability. A new regulatory push narrows derivatives trading, aiming to prevent unregulated betting-style markets from gaining ground. Brazilian regulators have shut down 27 prediction market platforms, including Kalshi and Polymarket, citing violations of national laws governing financial and betting activities. The enforcement, led by the Finance Ministry and carried out by Brazil’s telecommunications regulator, reflects a broader effort to bring tighter control to a…
Make CryptoSlate preferred on The Bitcoin ETF trade sold investors a simple promise: crypto exposure inside a wrapper that looked and felt like mainstream finance. Advisors could buy it, compliance teams could understand it, and institutions could route capital into digital assets through a product that fits the rest of their strategy.That promise worked, and the US spot Bitcoin ETF complex had reached $91.71 billion in assets under management by April 8, according to CryptoSlate data.Given the size of the spot Bitcoin ETF market, we can clearly see that there’s no lack of demand. The main problem the industry is…
Analysis from fund management firm VanEck suggests Bitcoin may be set for a bullish few months as multiple key indicators begin to flash bullish. VanEck’s analysis highlighted Bitcoin’s funding rate recently turning bullish, an indicator that has historically preceded substantial gains over 30-day to 180-day time horizons. The analysis also pointed to a fall in Bitcoin’s hash rate, which has also been historically tied to significant uplifts in Bitcoin’s rate of return. Last week, Bitcoin surged to its highest price since January, hitting US$78,962 according to CoinGecko. Now, analysis from fund manager VanEck suggests sentiment may have found a local…
Admiral Samuel Paparo told lawmakers on April 21 and April 22 that Bitcoin has cybersecurity value and that the military is already running a node. Paparo said the node is not mining Bitcoin, but is being used to monitor the network and conduct operational tests to secure and protect systems. Critics including Matthew Kratter and Lola Leetz said the public explanation was too vague, raising fresh doubts about how deeply officials understand Bitcoin. Admiral Samuel Paparo’s Senate testimony and House remarks pushed Bitcoin into the US national-security debate again. This came after he framed the protocol as a tool for…
Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin is heading into a rare macro window where the first reaction may age fast.The Federal Reserve is scheduled to conclude its April meeting on April 29, with the FOMC decision and press conference landing that afternoon. The next morning, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis is scheduled to release the first quarter GDP and March Personal Income and Outlays, the report that includes PCE inflation.That gives traders a two-step test with almost no pause between the steps. First, they get the Fed’s view on rates, growth, and inflation. Then they get fresh data that can support…
Jesse Pollak has argued that autonomous AI agents need software-native payments, pushing crypto rails into a practical infrastructure role. Coinbase says the x402 ecosystem has processed more than 165 million transactions and over US$50 million (AU$72 million) in volume across 480,000 agents. New discovery tools such as Agentic.Market show the sector is moving from payments plumbing toward a broader marketplace for agent services. Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak has said autonomous AI agents are creating a new “demand center” for crypto payments. This comes shortly after Coinbase-backed x402 expands machine-to-machine settlement and the wider ecosystem begins to add marketplace and discovery layers…
Make CryptoSlate preferred on The official DeFi United site shows over 69,550 ETH raised from 222 wallets across 1,623 transfers, all aimed at restoring rsETH backing, acting as DeFi’s emergency recapitalization desk.The effort is the closest thing the industry has built to a lender of last resort, assembled without a regulator, a central bank, or a mandate.Aave’s governance proposal puts the original rsETH shortfall at approximately 163,183 ETH.Recoveries and freezes, which include 43,168 ETH from Kelp, 30,766 ETH frozen by the Arbitrum Security Council, up to 12,323 WETH from Aave liquidations, and 1,845 WETH from Compound, reduce the residual funding…
Make CryptoSlate preferred on A crypto founder had his laptop compromised when he joined what appeared to be a Microsoft Teams call with Pierre Kaklamanos, a Cardano Foundation contact he had spoken with before.When “Pierre” reached out about Atrium and sent a Teams invite, nothing looked out of place. On the call, the face and voice matched what he remembered, and two other apparent foundation members were present.When the call lagged and dropped him, a prompt told him his Teams software was out of date and needed reinstalling through Terminal. He ran the command, then shut the laptop off because…