Crypto for Thursday, April 2, 2026

• Naoris Launches Post-Quantum Blockchain as Bitcoin, Ethereum Devs Scramble to Face Threat
• New Bitcoin price lows on the table until $76K becomes support
• Crypto market structure bill release pushed back as industries view revised stablecoin yield compromise this week
• Stablecoin supply reaches $315B in Q1 as USDC rises, USDT declines
• Rocky US economy, private credit stress, war, impact Bitcoin’s odds for $75K rally
• ZachXBT Accuses Circle of Being ‘Asleep’ as Drift Hack Funds Moved Freely
• USDC Stablecoin Issuer Circle Unveils New Token to Give Bitcoin More Utility
• Google Researchers Reveal Every Way Hackers Can Trap, Hijack AI Agents
• XRP’s longest slump in a decade collides with Ripple’s $13 trillion institutional push
• Polymarket expands into equities and commodities with Pyth price feeds
• CFTC sues 3 states over prediction market regulatory authority
• X mulls new rules for first-time crypto posts amid tortoise scam
• Why Team Identity Checks Are Becoming the Baseline Before Any New Crypto Investment
• Three Macro Signals Align for Altcoins: But Is It Alt Season?
• Elon Musk's X Is Making Big Changes to Combat Crypto Scams
• Drift Protocol's $285 Million Exploit on Solana Raises Questions Over DeFi Security
• Here’s why bitcoin’s drop below $68,000 raises the risk of a crash under $60,000
• Ether at risk of new 2026 lows if bulls fail to turn $2.4K into support
• Google Jumps Back Into the Open Source AI Race With Gemma 4
• XRP Price Prediction: XRP Could Soon Become a State Treasury Asset
• BTC USD Price Could Break New Lows: U.S. Dollar and Oil Getting Stronger
• Reserve assets face new test as sanctions risk pushes Bitcoin into policy debate
• Bitcoin Net Realized Losses Worsen 60% Weekly to -$410M
• Coinbase Links Up With Linux Foundation to Launch x402 Foundation
• Trump Admin Backs Prediction Markets With Lawsuits Against Illinois, Arizona and Connecticut
• AI Could Become 2,000 Times More Efficient by Copying the Brain: Study
• SoFi expands into institutional finance with integrated crypto services
• Beyond the Term Sheet: What Founders Should Expect from Crypto Venture Funds in 2026
• Dogecoin (DOGE) Could be on the Verge of a Huge Move: Crash or Rally Comes Next?
• Bitcoin miner Soluna acquires $53M wind farm to power AI facility
• Quantum-Powered Crypto Mining Is Here—But It Won't Help You Mine Bitcoin
• Coinbase Secures Conditional Approval for US National Trust Charter
• CFTC sues Illinois, Arizona, Connecticut over states' sports prediction market efforts
• Coinbase Gets Conditional Approval From Banking Regulator—But Isn't Launching a Bank
• Coinbase wins initial bank regulator nod for trust charter, boosting custody push
• Ethereum Derivatives Flooded With $1B in Sells as Markets React to Trump
• Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Details His 'Private' and 'Secure' AI Setup
• Coinbase receives conditional approval for US trust charter
• Solana Meme Coin Linked to Death Hoax for 194-Year-Old Tortoise—Who Is Very Much Alive
• Bitcoin holders face $600B in unrealized losses as BTC price slips to $66K
• XRP’s use case should benefit from global stress, so why is price acting like a risk asset?
• Elon Musk's X to deploy scam kill switch by auto-locking first-time crypto mentioners
• How a Solana feature designed for convenience let attackers drain more than $270 million from Drift
• Bitcoin trims big loss, stocks erase 2% decline, as Iran signals cooperation on key shipping route
• DeFi is optimizing for gas, not for markets
• Crypto for Advisors: Crypto custody’s evolution
• CFTC Settles With Former FTX Engineer for $3.7M, Closing First Individual Case
• North Koreans hackers likely behind $286 million Drift Protocol exploit: Elliptic
• Wall Street Just Gave Ripple (XRP) a Big Vote of Confidence: What the New BBB Rating Really Means
• Bitcoin hits weekly low on oil fears as analyst teases $10K BTC price target
• US Attorney's Office Recovers $600K in Crypto Fraud Scheme Targeting Ledger Wallet Owners
• Lise to host tokenized IPO for French defense supplier ST Group
• Russia Targets 50,000 Miners as Crypto Mining Banned in 13 Regions
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: What’s Next for BTC After Tanking to $66K?
• 'Memecoin messiah' lost $60M trading mostly SPX6900: He's still not selling
• Ex-Fidelity staff target retail investors with onchain gold arbitrage product
• A four-way deadlock is now blocking the US Clarity Act crypto bill — and each side can stop it
• Oil shock, Iran war risk keep crypto investors on sidelines: Grayscale
• Wallet in Telegram launches perpetual futures trading with Lighter
• The 'time pain' trap: why bitcoin’s bear market might need a few more months of ‘boring’ to hit a true floor
• AI agents will kill the web as we know it: Animoca’s Yat Siu
• Pi Network (PI) News Today: April 2
• CoinDesk 20 performance update: index falls 4.5% as all constituents trade lower
• BTCC Exchange Named Official Regional Partner of the Argentine National Team
• eToro Launches Crypto Trading in New York After Securing BitLicense
• Coinbase’s AI payments system joins Linux Foundation, gathers support from Google, Stripe, AWS and others
• Riot wallet outflow adds to selling wave among listed Bitcoin miners
• Canada’s bid to ban crypto donations highlights transparency issue
• PEPE Chart Flashes Buy Signal: 50% Breakout in the Making?
• Bitcoin breaks critical support as dollar and oil move together, raising risk of a deeper drop
• Liquidity, not novelty, determines tokenization’s value
• Metaplanet Adds 5,075 BTC in Q1, Becomes Third Largest Bitcoin Treasury
• Hyperliquid Price Prediction: HYPE Experiencing Major Slash – Time to Buy?
• SoFi announces 24/7 banking hub that blends traditional cash with crypto
• Startup lets researchers mine blockchain tasks on a quantum computer for the first time
• Gold Price Prediction: Metal Price Melting
• Europe's first blockchain IPO is here: France’s new exchange is taking aerospace firm public onchain
• Coinbase CLO: Clarity Act Deal on Stablecoin Yield 'Very Close'
• Audit admin keys, not just code, expert says after $200 million Drift exploit
• Metaplanet Buys 5,075 BTC for $405M to Become 3rd Largest Corporate Treasury
• Oil Price Prediction: Can Oil Keep Its Momentum This April? – Good Time to Long?
• Bitcoin ETFs Snap Four-Month Outflow Streak With $1.32B in Inflows
• US Treasury’s first GENIUS rule now redraws who controls stablecoins at scale
• The ‘wash trading’ bust: Why the feds are finally calling out crypto’s dirty little liquidity secret
• Trump Just Signaled Military Escalation Against Iran and Bitcoin Price Dropped 6% in Hours: Is $60,000 Next?
• Coinbase CLO Predicts FIT21 Breakthrough: What It Means for Markets
• Stakestone STO Crypto Blasting Roof: Why This Coin Run 1000% This Month
• Crypto markets tumble as oil surges and traders pile into bearish bets: Crypto Markets Today
• Polymarket fee expansion boosts revenue amid regulatory pressure
• Alleged Huione Group Money Laundering Boss Extradited to China
• Alabama Enacts DUNA Act: DAOs Get Legal Personality and Tax Framework
• Crypto News Today: Trump to Hit Iran Harder, Crypto Butchered
• Drift explains $280M exploit as critics question Circle over USDC freeze
• Metaplanet buys 5,075 Bitcoin in Q1 to become 3rd-largest treasury
• Solana Price Prediction: $200M Exploit and 5.5% Drop
• Bitcoin, Gold, and U.S. Stocks Dive as Trump Pledges to Hit Iran ‘Extremely Hard’
• The bitcoin treasury boom is unwinding as some companies and governments sell holdings
• Moody’s prices Bitcoin at a 28% haircut — and sets the trigger for forced selling
• Ethereum Price Prediction: Network Activity Still Growing in This Volatile Market
• Beyond T-bills: OpenEden introduces tokenized high-yield corporate bond
• Coinbase exec says Senate CLARITY compromise is close, but no markup date set
• Metaplanet acquires 5,075 BTC, jumps to third largest bitcoin treasury company
• Rakebit Upgrades Rewards Program to 50 Levels, Offers Full Rakeback on First $1,000 Wagered
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: Bitcoin Drops, Oil Rises, Trump Positive on Iran
• XRP price down nearly 30% in 2026 as chart flashes $1 warning
• XRP Surpasses BNB Amid Altcoin Crash, BTC Price Dropped by $3K: Market Watch
• Bitcoin risks new lows as US dollar targets highest level since April 2025
• ‘Q2 Will Be Full of Blood’: Analyst Flips Fully Bearish on Bitcoin
• Ripple Treasury puts XRP and RLUSD inside corporate finance for the first time
• Former FTX head of engineering fined $3.7M to resolve CFTC lawsuit
• Alabama becomes second US state to grant DAOs legal status under DUNA
• Three key signals to watch as bitcoin whipsaws on Trump’s Iran rhetoric
• Bitcoin Falls to $66K as Trump Signals Further Escalation in Iran
• Crypto VC Paradigm is developing a prediction market terminal: Fortune
• Elon Musk's SpaceX quietly files for IPO, seeking mammoth debut