Banking
Washington has started selecting which crypto firms control custody at a national level
A fast cluster of OCC approvals suggests the US is formalizing who controls custody, settlement, and stablecoin infrastructure.
Sentiment: Neutral
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Macro
Bitcoin is the financial Easter Bunny this weekend as markets close Friday amid critical jobs report
Bitcoin acts as the only live market as key economic data lands during Easter shutdown while war stress continues.
Research
Sanctions risk is forcing a rethink of reserve safety — and Bitcoin is now in the debate
Reserve managers are starting to ask not just what is safe, but what stays usable when politics, sanctions, or conflict hit.
Legislation
Treasury’s first GENIUS rule tightens Washington’s grip on who can scale stablecoins
The proposal leaves states with a narrow lane while pushing large stablecoin issuers toward federal control.
Bear Market
Bitcoin seems ready to push past $70k but one group keeps stopping the rally
Macro relief is building, but repeated rejection at $70k shows demand is still not strong enough to absorb supply.
Stablecoins
Tether hired top HSBC gold traders, then cut them weeks before auditors arrive
After months of expansion, crypto’s most important reserve machine is starting to look less like a growth story and more like a credibility campaign.
Quantum
Why Google’s quantum research targeted Bitcoin first and why that matters now
Google’s paper turns crypto into the clearest public test case for how quantum risk could hit real assets and live networks.
Privacy
Cardano’s $9B network has little real activity — its new system aims to fix that
Midnight’s launch gives Charles Hoskinson a live test of whether privacy, compliance and easier app development can bring new users and businesses into the broader Cardano ecosystem.
Mining
US moves to break China’s grip on Bitcoin mining hardware with new Senate bill
The bill links mining hardware supply to national security, raising questions about how the US sustains its global hash rate lead.
Taxes
The IRS may see your crypto sale before you can prove what you actually owe
The new 1099-DA can report a crypto sale before investors have the records needed to calculate the real tax bill.
Macro
Bitcoin climbed before Wall Street after Iran speaker’s market warning
Bitcoin began recovering before U.S. stocks reopened, signaling how traders may react to the next Iran-driven market shock.
Analysis
The crypto winners from AI are not AI coins as agents start spending autonomously
The rise of AI agents is creating a simple question with huge implications for crypto: how does software pay?
