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On April 17, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated that the Strait of Hormuz is now 'fully open,' leading to a rapid increase in market expectations for a restoration of crude oil supply, whic

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USDT momentum grows as USDC dominance faces scrutinyHTX Community Spring Creation ContestMarket Rally! Claim Your AirdropVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT! Stablecoins remain the key engine poweri

USDT momentum grows as USDC dominance faces scrutiny



Stablecoins remain the key engine powering DeFi, making the FUD surrounding USDC particularly notable. 

Following the 2022 Terra collapse, when USDT depegged to $0.95, liquidity preferences began to shift. As a result, USDC gained momentum across DeFi rails.

Circle’s IPO further reinforced this trend last year, creating a clear divergence on Solana as market confidence rotated toward USDC while USDT adoption lagged. 

Meanwhile, on-chain data points to continued capital inflows. According to DeFiLlama, stablecoin supply on Solana has climbed 3.5% this week, adding nearly $540 million in fresh inflows and pushing total supply close to its $16 billion all-time high.

Even so, USDC still accounts for over 51% of the supply, reinforcing its dominant position within Solana’s DeFi ecosystem.

However, the recent Drift hack may mark a turning point.

At the market level, the debate is shifting toward risk perception. Traders are now weighing what carries greater systemic risk—USDT’s “occasional” depeg events or exploited funds remaining active when issuers choose not to freeze assets.

Following Tether’s $150 million recovery proposal, Circle now appears higher on the market’s perceived risk scale.

In this context, USDT’s 7.98% monthly growth on Solana compared to USDC’s 3.31% decline doesn’t look like a one-off move.

Instead, it could signal the early phase of a broader rotation, with USDT gaining momentum and positioning itself as a key



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TRON Pushes Into AI Finance With Launch of B.AI Network



The B.AI network integrates payments, identity, and decentralized settlement for autonomous agents.

TRON processes $22 billion daily and holds $86 billion in $USDT.

The x402 protocol enables automated transfers through HTTP-based standards.

The TRON blockchain network pushes into AI finance with the strategic deployment of B.AI, an infrastructure designed for the activity of autonomous agents. With this innovation, the network seeks to connect decentralized settlement systems with machine-driven economic coordination.

TRON welcomes the launch of @BAI_AGI on the TRON network.https://t.co/yulqZHB6Ap is a financial infrastructure built for the AI agent era, designed to address the core challenges agents face in model access, payments, settlement, identity, and coordination. As demand grows for… pic.twitter.com/1VoDuuartI

— TRON DAO (@trondao) April 15, 2026

Currently, the TRON ecosystem sustains a massive circulation of stablecoins, exceeding $86 billion in issued $USDT. This deep liquidity is fundamental to guaranteeing high-frequency transactions without operational friction.

With B.AI, the dependency on traditional registration systems, such as bank accounts or credit cards, is eliminated. Instead, the network offers scale transaction capability to support continuous global operations.

With more than 375 million user accounts and 13 billion total transactions, TRON demonstrates its technical maturity. These metrics reinforce its role as the primary settlement layer for today’s emerging automated economies.

Using high-performance protocols, executing constant payments with minimal costs will be easier. This environment is vital to satisfy the growing demand for digital economic systems that do not require human intervention

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Negative Funding Rates Hit Yearly High as Bitcoin Tests $76K

Bitcoin funding rates hit year-high negative levels, setting up a potential short squeeze-or bull trap-as its price tests $76K.

Bitcoin's recent rally toward $76,000 faces a dilemma, leaving investors split on its near-term outlook.

Funding rates for Bitcoin-a fee paid by derivatives traders to maintain the alignment between spot and futures prices-have remained negative for over a month and hit the highest level this year, according to Coinglass data.

Negative funding rates indicate investors are shorting the recent rally with the expectation of a reversal. Saved

The divergence between bearish derivatives positioning and bullish spot catalysts sets up a potential short squeeze-or a bull trap-depending on which side breaks first.

"Funding rates this negative tell you the market is heavily short," Daniel Reis-Faria, CEO of ZeroStack, told Decrypt.

Negative Funding Rates Hit Yearly High as Bitcoin

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A six-month investigation backed by the Ethereum Foundation has uncovered how North Korean operatives quietly embedded themselves inside dozens of Web3 teams under false identities. Summary Ethereum Foundation backed a six-month probe that identified 100 North Korean operatives inside Web3 firms. Ketman Project alerted 53 crypto teams after tracing fake developer identities and suspicious GitHub activity. Investigators linked the pattern to long-running DPRK infiltration tied to major exploits involving the Lazarus Group. The Ethereum Foundation said Thursday that its ETH Rangers initiative funded a security-focused effort that identified 100 individuals linked to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea operating within crypto companies. The program, launched in late 2024, was designed to support public goods work through stipends for independent researchers. One of those recipients used the funding to launch the Ketman Project, which focused on tracking “fake developers” working inside Web3 organizations. Over the six-month period, the project flagged 100 suspected DPRK IT workers and reached out to 53 crypto projects that may have unknowingly employed them. “This work directly addresses one of the most pressing operational security threats facing the Ethereum ecosystem today,” the foundation said. Infiltration runs deeper than isolated incidents Findings add to a growing body of evidence showing that North Korean-linked developers have spent years embedding themselves across the crypto industry, often blending into teams through credible technical contributions and fabricated professional identities. You might also like: ZachXBT: North Korean IT workers responsible for over 25 cyber attacks in crypto Security researcher and MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan has previously said such activity dates back to the early DeFi era, with DPRK-linked developers 

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Blockchain Forum 2026, MoscowBitcoin stalls below $76,000 as sell wall caps rally despite rising derivatives activity Bitcoin is testing $76,000 for a third day, trading at $75,440 as bullish traders 

Bitcoin stalls below $76,000 as sell wall caps rally despite rising derivatives activity

Bitcoin is testing $76,000 for a third day, trading at $75,440 as bullish traders continue to chip away at $450 million of sell orders between $75,900 and $76,300, CoinGlass data shows.

The orders will be placed by traders who are either attempting to short the range-high in expectation of a reversion to around $68,000, and those defending against a breakout with liquidation risk above.

U.S. equities surged to record highs on Thursday as the war in Iran appears to be winding down following a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.

The crypto market outperformed equities since the start of the war, and is now taking a back seat.

Derivatives positioning

Activity in the crypto futures market has picked up, with bitcoin briefly topping $76,000 during European trading hours. Total market volume has risen 28% to $225.8 billion, while open interest (OI) has edged up over 1.5% to $126.68 billion.

More notably, total liquidations have surged 140% to $529 million, with short positions slightly exceeding longs, suggesting a mild short squeeze and building of upward pressure in the market.

Solana's $SOL is leading the growth in OI among the biggest cryptocurrencies. In 24 hours, the number of active contracts in Solana futures has increased by 11% to 5.53 billion $SOL, the most since March 18. Dogecoin is another standout, with OI hovering at the six-month high of 14.17 billion DOGE.

$SOL’s capital inflows appear to be driven by rising appetite for bullish positioning, with the positive funding rates and 24-hour OI-adjusted cumulative volume delta (CVD) signaling increasingly aggressive buying pressure.

Signals for dogecoin remain mixed, as a positive CVD points to buying pressure, while slightly negative funding rates suggest lingering bearish sentiment among derivatives traders.

Cardano's ADA leads on an OI-adjusted CVD basis, pointing to strong bu

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Why XRP Value Is Rising Despite Weak Price Action: XRPL Validator Explains $XRP recent price weakness may be masking a notable development within the ecosystem. Vet, a widely followed XRPL validator, 

Why XRP Value Is Rising Despite Weak Price Action: XRPL Validator Explains
$XRP recent price weakness may be masking a notable development within the ecosystem.

Vet, a widely followed XRPL validator, shared this perspective during a recent podcast appearance with Krippenreiter.

While $XRP’s price momentum has failed to impress, underlying network activity and development suggest that its fundamental value is quietly strengthening.



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On April 17, the US Navy issued a notice to mariners stating that the mine threat status in certain areas of the Strait of Hormuz is not fully clear, and therefore, it is advisable to consider avoidin

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Charles Hoskinson Praises Zcash Then Explains Exactly Why It Is Struggling to Survive

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has shared a detailed and balanced take on Zcash, acknowledging its legacy while pointing out the challenges it faces today.

Speaking in a recent discussion highlighted by The Rollup, Hoskinson described Zcash as one of the “OGs of OGs” in crypto, crediting it for pioneering privacy-focused cryptography that is now being used in newer systems like Midnight. He also noted the strong principles behind the project, calling its team “cypherpunks at their core” and emphasizing mutual respect between builders in the space.

“The biggest issue right now, Zcash is not programmable, and so it’s a fixed-function ledger. And so they do have a path to it. They created a framework called ZEXE for that, and they’ve been doing amazing things, but we’re the first to market right now with programmable Zcash, you know?”

However, he pointed out a valid limitation—Zcash is still largely a fixed-function ledger, meaning it lacks programmability compared to modern blockchain platforms. While frameworks like ZEXE aim to address this, newer projects are already moving faster in that direction.

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The bigger concern? Liquidity.

“The big thing that Zcash has to contend with is liquidity, because if you look at where regulation is going, protocol-level privacy, where the asset is shielded by default, that is having a harder and harder time getting listed on exchanges, you know?”

As regulations tighten globally, privacy coins with shielded-by-default features are finding it harder to get listed on exchanges. This has led to declining liquidity rather than growth, making long-term adoption more difficult.

Hoskinson explained that this is not about the quality of the technology, but rather how regulation is shaping m

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