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CPI April 10: The Make-or-Break Moment for Bitcoin's $75K Push The post CPI Data Countdown: Why the April 10 Print Is Make or Break for Bitcoin’s $75K Push appeared first on Cryptonews.

The situation in the Middle East is changing daily. The war between Iran, the US, and Israel sees almost daily updates ranging from threats on behalf of the US to obliterate Iran’s power plants and critical infrastructure to proposed ceasefire agreements. The latest came hours ago. According to a report from Axios, the US, Iran, […]

China’s leading tax and financial authorities are urging banks to incorporate blockchain technology to bolster their credit facilities and data transparency. China’s tax and financial regulators on Monday urged banks and local authorities to use blockchain and privacy computing to upgrade the “bank-tax interaction” model and expand financing for small businesses. The State Administration of Taxation and National Financial Regulatory Administration said in a joint policy notice that banks and taxpayers should standardize data sharing and reduce information asymmetry between tax authorities, banks and enterprises. The report also urged banks to improve credit models, enhance credit approval efficiency and increase the supply of financing services to “honest, tax-paying enterprises.” Read more

The "start engine" for Ethereum sits at $2,500, where a breakout would confirm strength and open the path toward higher targets.

Drift Protocol said the attackers posed as traders, met contributors in person, and spent months infiltrating before draining the platform.

Bitcoin hinted at a long-term bullish trend change as BTC neared an MACD cross that last resulted in $25,000 gains over two months. Bitcoin (BTC) faces a fresh showdown this week as macro tensions contrast with a bullish BTC price trend reversal. A classic BTC price metric is above to flip bullish for the first time in nearly a year — last time, price gained $25,000 in two months. Short time frames see liquidations as “aggressive” traders pile in at $70,000. Read more

Schiff's 5-year scorecard puts BTC at 12%, trailing silver at 181%, gold at 163%, the S&P 500 at 59.4%, and Nasdaq at 57.4%.

As Iran war odds swing on Polymarket and Kalshi, Sygnum’s Fabian Dori says prediction markets are fast becoming macro tools for crypto desks. Prediction markets rapidly repriced the odds of US escalation in the Iran conflict, offering a real-time signal of geopolitical risk for traders. Odds on platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi shifted in real time as President Donald Trump paired new threats with signals of possible negotiations on Sunday, while Bitcoin (BTC) rose more than 3.5% on Monday. Crypto prediction markets are no longer a sideshow during periods of geopolitical tension, with professional desks increasingly using them to gauge macro risk, according to Sygnum Bank chief investment officer Fabian Dori.   Read more

Tokenization could amplify volatility through automated markets and smart contracts, the report said.

Bitcoin jumped on reports that Pakistan has put together a framework for a U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but analysts remain cautious.

The federal government is preparing to redraw the boundaries of America's retirement accounts. The US Department of Labor has proposed a new rule clarifying how 401(k) fiduciaries (the employer committees legally responsible for plan investment decisions) should evaluate so-called “alternative” assets, including private equity, private credit, and…digital assets. The proposal came directly out of an […] The post Wall Street sees a $10 trillion opening as Washington rewrites 401(k) rules appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Your look at what's coming in the week starting April 6.

The peer-to-peer app runs entirely over Bluetooth and mesh networks without an internet connection, making it popular with protesters and incompatible with Beijing's censorship regime.

Oil prices also skyrocketed after the latest developments on the US-Iran war front.

Circle’s Arc blockchain said users will be able to create wallets that withstand future quantum computer attacks from day one.

Ethereum price is leaving the $2K support zone and drawing more attention than any level in recent memory as bullish prediction emerges again. The post Ethereum Price Prediction: More Buyers Than Sellers – $104M, Biggest Divergence in 3 Years appeared first on Cryptonews.

The report added that this ceasefire deal could lead to a permanent end to the Iran war.

In an experiment, a chatbot resorted to blackmail after it found an email about replacing it, while in another, it cheated to complete a task with a tight deadline. Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has revealed that during experiments, one of its Claude chatbot models could be pressured to deceive, cheat and resort to blackmail, behaviors it appears to have absorbed during training. Chatbots are typically trained on large data sets of textbooks, websites and articles and are later refined by human trainers who rate responses and guide the model.  Anthropic’s interpretability team said in a report published Thursday that it examined the internal mechanisms of Claude Sonnet 4.5 and found the model had developed “human-like characteristics” in how it would react to certain situations.  Read more

Circle’s plan to make Arc quantum-resistant comes amid increasing fears that "Q-Day" may come sooner than anticipated. Stablecoin issuer Circle has released a post-quantum security roadmap for its layer-1 blockchain, Arc, aiming to implement solutions across all layers of the network’s tech stack. Circle said on Thursday that it is planning a phased implementation, starting with quantum-proof wallets and signatures when Arc launches on mainnet. This feature will be opt-in, the company noted, while adding that solutions at the validator level and surrounding infrastructure will be implemented later on. “Quantum resilience cannot live only in research papers, exploratory pilots, or distant roadmap slides. It has to show up in the infrastructure,” Circle said. Read more

Bloomberg's McGlone flags $75,000 as Bitcoin's critical level — hold it and bulls win, lose it and $10,000 comes back into play. Full technical analysis, key support levels, and what traders are watching now. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: 75K or 10K appeared first on Cryptonews.