Senator Tim Scott, Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, expressed optimism that the CLARITY Act (Digital Asset Market Clarity Act) could be completed by summer 2026.
The bill, which passed the House in 2025, aims to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets, clarifying roles for the SEC and CFTC while addressing stablecoins, DeFi, and related issues. Scott noted three key hurdles remain but expects progress soon.
Leading cryptocurrencies traded flat, while stocks added to their gains on Tuesday as President Donald Trump hinted at a second round of peace talks with Iran.
Cryptos Pare Gains
Bitcoin rallied to $76,060, its highest in more than two months. Similarly, Ethereum spiked to $2,415, revising levels last seen in early February. Late in the session, however, both coins erased their earlier advances.
Nearly $440 million was liquidated in the past 24 hours, with $240 million in bearish short bets evaporated, according to Coinglass data.
Open interest in Bitcoin futures rose 1.62% in the last 24 hours to $56.94 billion. Since the beginning of the month, the open interest has surged 14%.
However, the…
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Strategy’s STRC ATM has produced $2.7+ billion in volume across just two trading sessions this week, more than all of last week combined, absorbing an estimated 29,914 BTC with every single share trading above par.
Yesterday, I wrote about how Strategy’s STRC ATM had just printed its first billion-dollar volume day. Today, it did it again, bigger.
Tuesday, April 14 closed with an estimated $1.57 billion in STRC volume, 100% of it above the $100 par threshold, implying roughly 16,762 BTC absorbed in a single session. That’s 37 times the daily mined Bitcoin supply, more than a month of global issuance pulled off the market in one trading day.
Combined with Monday’s…
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Today Presidio Bitcoin, a Bitcoin hub located in the Bay Area in California, has launched a knowledge repository/living report on Github to track the current state of research related to Bitcoin’s quantum vulnerability.
Our Quantum Bitcoin Summit last July helped push bitcoin’s quantum discussion forward.
Today we’re publishing Bitcoin’s Quantum Readiness, a living paper on bitcoin’s exposure, mitigation menu, upgrade paths, and plausible transition scenarios. 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/XHdiSJFrlB
— Presidio Bitcoin (@PresidioBitcoin) April 14, 2026
The report aims to be a central location where people in the ecosystem can easily keep track of and analyze the current…
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A new panel has officially been announced for Bitcoin 2026 titled “Is Bitcoin Still A Sovereign Tool?” featuring Matt Odell, Bruce Fenton, Luke Rudkowski, and BTC Sessions. The conversation will bring together these four voices who have spent years examining the intersection of Bitcoin, individual freedom, institutional adoption, and whether Bitcoin is staying true to its original ethos as adoption accelerates.
Matt Odell is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and venture capitalist best known for his Bitcoin privacy advocacy and working in freedom technology education for over a decade with guides, workshops, and even training activists on how to use Bitcoin. He is a managing partner…
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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) may still be in a bear phase, with only a 25% probability that the market has already bottomed, according to analyst Benjamin Cowen.
Bottom Likely At Lower Levels
In an Apr. 13 podcast, Cowen said that even a rally toward $80,000 would not confirm a cycle bottom.
He emphasized that bear markets are often deceptive, featuring extended upward moves before sharp declines that catch both bulls and bears off guard.
Based on historical patterns, Cowen believes a more reliable bottom could form in the $30,000–$50,000 range, consistent with past drawdowns from peak levels.
He added that Bitcoin’s current low-volatility, range-bound behavior is typical of mid-cycle…
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Kraken has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, co-CEO Arjun Sethi said Tuesday at Semafor World Economy in Washington, D.C., confirming earlier reports. The disclosure marks a renewed step toward public markets after earlier plans were paused amid volatile crypto conditions.
The San Francisco-based exchange was valued at $13.3 billion in an April funding round, down from a $20 billion peak in late 2025, according to Semafor. The round included backing from major investors such as Citadel Securities and reflected shifting sentiment across digital asset markets.
Sethi said Kraken aims to bring institutional-grade trading tools to retail users. He compared the…
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Revolutions leave behind artifacts. In August 2022, seven Adams County sheriff’s deputies in Ohio executed a search warrant on the home of Joseph Foreman — better known to the world as Afroman. They found nothing (save the lemon pound cake), and no charges were filed. What followed was a First Amendment masterclass in an American flag suit.
Using footage from his own home surveillance system, Foreman turned a botched raid into songs, videos, and a public record the Ohio deputies could no longer control. The officers later sued him for defamation, emotional distress, and invasion of privacy, claiming the videos ridiculed them and damaged their reputations. In March 2026, a jury…
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Bitcoin is moving deeper into its current halving cycle, with the network now past the midpoint as the next supply cut approaches in 2028.
The next halving is expected in mid-April 2028 at block height 1,050,000, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data. Roughly 105,000 blocks remain in the current cycle, placing the network just over halfway through what is known as epoch five, which began after the April 2024 halving.
Bitcoin halvings occur every 210,000 blocks and reduce miner rewards by half, tightening the flow of new supply. Miners currently receive 3.125 BTC per block, a figure that will fall to about 1.562 BTC after the next event. Daily issuance will decline from around…
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Bitcoin staged a comeback Tuesday briefly tapping $75,000 amid heavy liquidations and improving sentiment.
Notable Statistics:
Coinglass data shows 196,352 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $679.55 million.
SoSoValue data shows net outflows of $291.1 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Monday. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw net inflows of $9.44 million.
In the past 24 hours, top losers include RaveDAO, MemeCore and Ethereum.
Notable Developments:
Trader Notes:
Trader Titan of Crypto noted Bitcoin has shown “comeback” by clearing key fair value gaps, breaking out of its recent range, and retesting its previous monthly high. He noted that holding above this level…
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