Category: Crypto Insights

Morning Minute: Iran Eyes Bitcoin for Passage Through the Strait Iran is reportedly considering one of the boldest uses of crypto in geopolitics to date: accepting Bitcoin as payment from oil tankers seeking passage through the Strait of Hormuz. According to reporting cited by the Financial Times, authorities are proposing a transit fee of roughly…

Meet Joe Schiarizzi, the Ethereum developer who wants to trade code commits for votes-and become one of the first true crypto-native voices in the U.S. Congress. Schiarizzi, who has spent years building on Ethereum and contributing to decentralized applications, officially launched his campaign to represent Virginia’s 7th congressional district as a Democrat. The district, which…

Binance Wallet brings on-chain prediction markets directly into its app through a new third‑party integration, giving users a way to interact with decentralized markets without leaving the familiar Binance environment. The feature, now live after an earlier beta phase, is part of Binance Wallet’s broader push to lower the barrier to on-chain participation. Instead of…

CoreWeave has dramatically deepened its role in the global AI race, expanding its long‑term infrastructure agreement with Meta Platforms to a staggering 21 billion dollars and extending the partnership through 2032. The deal cements CoreWeave as one of the central suppliers of high‑performance GPU computing to one of the world’s largest social and advertising ecosystems,…

Bank of Montreal is creating a dedicated hub for next‑generation technology, launching a new institute focused on applied artificial intelligence and quantum computing as it works to scale innovation across the bank and sharpen its competitive edge. The BMO Institute for Applied Artificial Intelligence and Quantum will be headed by Kristin Milchanowski, who has shifted…

Dash surges 13% weekly: Are bulls really in control amid $41.46M derivatives inflows? Dash [DASH] has quietly become one of the standout performers of the latest crypto upswing, advancing 13% over the last seven days while the broader market pushed total capitalization back toward the $2.4 trillion mark as of 7 April. The move has…

Solana hits a record 167M holders – but can the price catch up? Solana is quietly breaking records on-chain, even as its market price lags far behind its former highs. The number of SOL holders has surged to an all-time peak of about 166.9-167 million in April, underscoring a strong and persistent interest in the…

Ethena jumps 14.5% in a day – but key resistance is capping the rally Ethena’s native token ENA staged an impressive rebound, climbing roughly 14.6% in the last 24 hours and extending the upside that began on Monday, 6 April. Over the same period, ENA has appreciated just over 12% since the start of the…

Bitcoin vaulted back above $72,000 on Wednesday as global markets reacted to President Donald Trump’s announcement of a conditional two-week ceasefire deal with Iran and the partial reopening of the critical Strait of Hormuz shipping lane. The benchmark cryptocurrency built on strong gains from late Tuesday, briefly reaching an intraday high of roughly $72,379 before…

Crypto Rallies While Oil Slides After Surprise Two-Week Ceasefire Global markets snapped sharply higher after a last‑minute announcement from Donald Trump of a temporary halt in U.S.-Iran hostilities, while energy prices swung in the opposite direction and major regulatory moves reshaped the crypto landscape. A Last-Minute Pause in Escalation At 6:32 p.m. ET on Tuesday-just…