Investments in Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rebounded to levels last seen in January, signaling a recovery in investor sentiment from concerns about global trade tariff escalations. US spot Bitcoin ETFs had over $912 million worth of cumulative net inflows on April 22, marking their highest daily investment in more than three months since Jan. 21... This helped lift the price of bitcoin above $94,000... “Macro factors like a weakening dollar and rising gold correlation” may reinforce Bitcoin’s appeal as a hedge against economic volatility, Ryan Lee, chief analyst at Bitget...

Bitcoin continued it torrid trading streak, flirting with $94,000 on Wednesday morning, despite a robust stock market rally. Some investors have been pulling money out of stocks and stashing them in gold and crypto, which have sent the values of both soaring. Analysts remain bullish on Bitcoin and how high it could go. Robert Kiyosaki, investor and Bitcoin expert, tweeted on April 20, “BITCOIN is $84k today. Strongly believe Bitcoin will reach $180k to $200k in 2025.” Kiyosaki is not alone in his thinking. “There is high short-term uncertainty, but...

Maple Finance is quietly becoming one of the most important bridges between decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance. Co-founded by Sidney Powell in 2021, the institutional crypto lending platform has facilitated over $5 billion in loans and is increasingly positioning itself as the infrastructure layer for tokenized private credit — a sector TradFi is rapidly embracing. After a turbulent few years for crypto credit markets, Maple has staged an impressive comeback.

The team behind the Symbiotic network, the restaking protocol meant to rival EigenLayer, shared Wednesday that it had raised $29 million in a Series A round. The funding will expand the current team and develop the protocol’s Universal Staking framework, broadening its efforts from just restaking to including providing support for other staking activities.

Coinbase (COIN) has established the industry's most scaled crypto trading platform with a domestic market share of around 66%, broker Benchmark said in a report Wednesday, while also initiating coverage of the stock. Benchmark assumed coverage of Coinbase with a buy rating and a $252 price target. The shares were over 4% higher at around $198 in early trading. The crypto exchange offers a "comprehensive suite of products and services aimed at facilitating the adoption and use of digital assets by both retail and institutional investors," analyst Mark Palmer wrote....

A threat actor seemingly exploited an XRP Ledger’s developer access token to publish illicit code to the burgeoning network in a move that could have been “catastrophic” for the network, the security team that spotted the issue said in an update. Charlie Eriksen, a researcher at Aikido Security who first spotted the problem, said a hidden issue was added to recent versions of a new toolkit used to build apps that work with the XRP Ledger. “A developer's NPM access token was stolen by the threat actors,” Aikido said on...

Brandon Lutnick, son of U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and chair of Cantor Fitzgerald, is launching a listed bitcoin investment vehicle backed by SoftBank, Tether, and Bitfinex, the Financial Times first reported. The SPAC, dubbed Cantor Equity Partners, raised $200 million in January and will help form a new firm, 21 Capital, seeded with $3 billion in bitcoin from the crypto heavyweights. The deal mirrors MicroStrategy’s bitcoin proxy model and would convert the BTC into equity at a valuation of $85,000 per coin. Cantor Fitzgerald is one of Tether's custodians,...

Tesla (TSLA) still holds almost $1 billion in bitcoin, according to the automaker's latest earnings report. The electric vehicle firm reported digital asset holdings worth $951 million as of March 31, down from $1.076 billion on Dec. 30. Tesla currently holds 11,509 bitcoin in its balance sheet, according to Bitcoin Treasuries data. The change is almost certainly due to bitcoin's price depreciating between the two quarters. Data from Arkham Intelligence indicates that Tesla did not perform any transactions in the last three months. Arkham marks Tesla's holdings as being currently...

Crypto-related stocks surged on Tuesday, riding the momentum of a broader crypto rally that has reignited risk appetite across digital assets with bitcoin (BTC) crossing above $90,000. Shares of Strategy (MSTR), the largest corporate BTC holder, and crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) were up 8% to 9% during the session. Leading the move higher were bitcoin miners, with many of them posting double-digit gains, outpacing BTC's 5% advance.

Avalanche's AVAX token has broken out of its multi-week correction phase, demonstrating remarkable strength despite ongoing geopolitical tensions affecting cryptocurrency markets. The broader market gauge, CoinDesk 20 Index (DLCS), has demonstrated exceptional bullish momentum, surging from 1403.33 to 1461.17 in the last 48 hours, representing a 4.12% gain, while the overall range spans 95.56 points (6.97%) from the low of 1365.61 to the high of 1461.17.