Commodity Traders Turn to Stablecoins Amid Debanking Geopolitical tensions are driving commodity traders away from traditional bank financing toward stablecoins like USDT, as Western banks retreat…
Polymarket Acquires Brahma to Bolster DeFi Infrastructure Polymarket completed its acquisition of Brahma, a DeFi infrastructure provider, on April 8, 2026, aiming to scale its prediction…
CZ Memoir Spotlights OKX Forgery Claim Changpeng Zhao’s memoir “Freedom of Money,” released April 8, 2026, has pulled a 2014 contract dispute between Binance founder CZ…
Fed Sees 2026 Rate Cut Room Despite War as BTC Tests $72K Bitcoin hovers around $72K amid fresh US PPI inflation data that exceeded forecasts, pressuring…
Zcash Surges 30% as Bitcoin Tops $72K on US-Iran Ceasefire Zcash (ZEC) posted a 30% gain on April 8, 2026, hitting $336.50 amid a US-Iran ceasefire…
Iran Ceasefire Bets Spike Polymarket Volumes Prediction markets like Polymarket saw sharp activity on US-Iran ceasefire odds, with multiple new accounts placing $70,000 bets that drove…
World Liberty Faces Scrutiny Over Sanctioned Ties World Liberty, the cryptocurrency venture co-founded by President Donald Trump, draws fresh questions over its partnership with AB DAO,…
Polymarket Captures 97% of Prediction Fees Post-Overhaul Polymarket generated $7.1 million in fees during the first week of Q2, capturing 96.8-97% of all onchain prediction market…
Iran Bitcoin Hashrate Falls 77% in Q2 2026 Amid Conflict Iran’s Bitcoin hashrate plunged 77% in Q2 2026, dropping from 9 EH/s to 2 EH/s, as…
