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In brief Crypto investment products recorded $117.8 million in inflows for the fifth consecutive positive week, the smallest of the streak. Four consecutive days of outflows from Monday to Thursday totaled $619 million. Friday’s $737 million single-day inflow reversed the trend, ranking among 2026’s largest daily sessions. Crypto investment products eked out $117.8 million in inflows last week, extending a winning streak to five consecutive weeks—but the headline figure obscures a turbulent stretch that nearly ended the run before it could continue.According to CoinShares’ weekly fund flows report, the products bled $619 million across the first four trading days of…

Paris-based Sequans Communications sold 1,025 bitcoin during the first quarter of 2026, cutting its digital asset reserves nearly in half as the IoT semiconductor maker grappled with declining revenue and mounting losses tied to a treasury strategy that has turned from ambitious to burdensome. The sale reduced Sequans’ bitcoin position from 2,139 BTC at year-end 2025 to 1,114 BTC by April 30, marking the second major disposal in six months for a company that less than a year ago proclaimed plans to accumulate 3,000 bitcoin as a “long-term store of value”. The financial pressure is evident in the numbers. Sequans…

A Goldman Sachs executive says the financial giant’s Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) team is a “seven on ten” on the domestic equity market. Anshul Sehgal, global co-head of Goldman’s FICC team, says in a new interview that they were a “seven on ten” on equities back in January, with the plan to ratchet that number up if valuations got more attractive. “They did. We took it up to a nine. We never got to ten. We were waiting for more of a pullback. And now, with this rebound, we’re back to a seven. We do want to ride…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ripple’s former CTO David Schwartz pushed back against the idea that he is a committed long-term XRP holder, saying in a series of X posts that Ripple stock, not XRP, now represents his main exposure to the crypto sector. The comments matter because Schwartz remains one of the most closely watched figures in the XRP community. His remarks cut directly into a recurring tension around Ripple, XRP and the difference between exposure to the company’s business and exposure to the asset associated with the XRP Ledger. The…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ripple’s former CTO David Schwartz pushed back against the idea that he is a committed long-term XRP holder, saying in a series of X posts that Ripple stock, not XRP, now represents his main exposure to the crypto sector. The comments matter because Schwartz remains one of the most closely watched figures in the XRP community. His remarks cut directly into a recurring tension around Ripple, XRP and the difference between exposure to the company’s business and exposure to the asset associated with the XRP Ledger. The…

Virginia-based lender Capital One is facing accusations of engaging in unfair, unlawful and deceptive practices with regard to its credit cards and their rewards in a proposed class action lawsuit. The proposed class action lawsuit says Capital One wrongfully canceled credit card accounts of the plaintiffs, who include NTech Consulting LLC and Nikhil Navkal. According to the proposed lawsuit, Capital One also refused to release the rewards that had already been legitimately earned by the plaintiffs after closing their accounts. “Plaintiffs and Class Members earned credit card rewards using their Capital One reward cards but were denied their earned credit…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin has not entirely lost its newfound upside momentum despite a pullback to the $75,000 price level. However, traders appear to be gradually switching into a bearish stance on BTC as evidenced by growing short positions around the leading cryptocurrency asset, particularly among seasoned investors. Large Players Are Increasingly Shorting Bitcoin While the Bitcoin price is facing sideways action, an important shift in sentiment and behavior is being observed among investors. Bitcoin has managed to hold above the $75,000 following a drop on Wednesday, but large investors…

In brief Walrus has launched MemWal, an SDK for AI agents. MemWal brings verifiability, availability, portability and sharability to agentic memory. Improved agentic memory opens up an array of new applications, such as customer support agents that retain contextual cues about users. As AI agents become increasingly ubiquitous, agentic memory is becoming one of the most important issues in the artificial intelligence space.Enterprises and individuals are coming to rely on agents for ever more complex, high-stakes tasks—but the memory layer that most agents run on today has limitations that impact on the quality of their work.That’s something Walrus, coupled with…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on X has given users a new way to turn down the noise in their For You feeds. The first signal from that tool should make the crypto industry uncomfortable.According to X product executive Nikita Bier, crypto ranked as the most-snoozed topic since the platform began rolling out topic snoozing for Premium subscribers. It came ahead of politics, sports, business and finance, artificial intelligence, gaming, and entertainment.That is a brutal placement for an industry that has spent more than a decade treating X as its main public square. Crypto has used the platform for launches, price discovery,…

In brief MegaETH launched its MEGA token Thursday, with a $1.56 billion fully diluted valuation at present. The project uses a performance-based unlock model, releasing more tokens only as network metrics improve. Of the 10 billion total token supply, only a fraction is now live, with most reserved for rewards. MegaETH, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling network promising speedy and cheap transactions for consumer-facing, on-chain projects, launched its native token Thursday after months of anticipation.At writing, MEGA is trading for $0.156, giving the token a market capitalization of $176 million, and a fully-diluted valuation of $1.56 billion. The token has fallen…

In brief Tether Investments announced proposals for a triple merger between Twenty-One Capital, Strike, and Elektron Energy to create an integrated Bitcoin platform. XXI holds 43,514 BTC valued at approximately $3.3 billion, ranking second among public companies in Bitcoin reserves. Elektron Energy manages approximately 50 EH/s of mining capacity, representing roughly 5% of the Bitcoin network. Tether Investments, the investment arm of stablecoin giant Tether, announced Wednesday proposals for a triple merger combining Twenty-One Capital, Strike, and Elektron Energy into what it described as “the premier listed Bitcoin company in the world.”The proposed combination would unite three distinct Bitcoin operations…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin’s April rebound is now facing a two-front macro test. The official Treasury curve for Apr. 29 placed the 10-year yield at 4.42%, the 30-year at 4.98%, and the 5-year at 4.05%.Today, market charts show the same pressure zone, with the 10-year near 4.40%, the 30-year near 5%, the 5-year near 4.04%, and WTI crude elevated.At the same time, Brent crude is trading above $126, its highest level since 2022, after fresh reporting says President Donald Trump is willing to keep the Iran blockade in place for months.Bitcoin is trading near $76,049 today, about 40% below…

In brief Gemini received CFTC approval for a DCO license, allowing it to clear its own prediction market and derivatives trades. The move opens the door for Gemini to expand into complex products like perpetual futures. The approval comes as Gemini pivots toward prediction markets amid layoffs, lawsuits, and an ongoing regulatory battle. Crypto exchange Gemini announced Thursday it has received approval for a key license from the CFTC, allowing the company to act as a clearinghouse for its derivatives-related business.The license, to operate as a Derivatives Clearing Organization, or DCO, will allow Gemini to settle prediction market wagers and…

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Make CryptoSlate preferred on The old Bitcoin playbook ran on the simple logic that when global M2 expands, capital flows into risk assets, and Bitcoin captures a disproportionate share.That relationship powered the 2020-2021 bull market, and crypto Twitter spent the better part of 2024 charting M2 overlays as proof that the next leg was imminent.Now, the global M2 has been expanding while Bitcoin has continued to underperform. Related ReadingBitcoin breaks from M2 money supply as dollar strength overrides global cash growthLiquidity is still expanding, but faster-moving dollar strength is tightening conditions before it reaches Bitcoin. Apr 1, 2026 · Gino…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ripple has opened a new Middle East and Africa regional headquarters in Dubai’s International Financial Centre, expanding its UAE footprint as demand for regulated blockchain-based payments and custody infrastructure grows across the region. The move gives Ripple capacity to double the size of its existing local operations, according to the company, and comes as the Middle East has become an increasingly important part of its global customer base. The new headquarters is located in the DIFC, one of Dubai’s core financial hubs and a key jurisdiction for…