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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation Contest Blockchain Forum 2026, Moscow Charles Hoskinson, Bitcoin Has Three Options! “In One of Them, the System Collapses Completely”

Charles Hoskinson, Bitcoin Has Three Options! “In One of Them, the System Collapses Completely”

In a recent interview, Charles Hoskinson, a leading figure in the cryptocurrency sector, shared details about the Midnight protocol, a new and ambitious part of the Cardano ecosystem.

Hoskinson analyzed why corporate giants (like Google, Microsoft, and Sony) failed in their crypto projects and explained how Midnight offers a solution to these problems.

Midnight positions itself as a “meta-chain” that can work with networks like Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin. Hoskinson describes this structure as the “Chat-GPT” of privacy and compliance.

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Users will be able to take advantage of Midnight’s privacy features when trading different assets such as Bitcoin or Solana. It will act as an intermediary layer bridging regulated traditional finance (Web 2) and the decentralized world (Web 3).

One of the most striking parts of the interview was the threat posed by quantum computers to Bitcoin. Hoskinson warned that quantum computers could break existing encryption systems by the early 2030s.

Hoskinson offered three options for Bitcoin:

Doing nothing: This results in the system completely collapsing.

Soft Fork: Adding a new signature protocol; however, this carries the risk of theft of the old coins (approximately 34% of the supply) that are not migrated.

BIP 361 and Forced Migration: The most aggressive but also the safest option. However, this could lead to the loss of approximately 1.7 million Bitcoins, including Satoshi’s coins.



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Joe Lubin told CoinDesk that AI and crypto are converging to power a machine-driven economy, while warning that centralized AI control could pose risks.
He described Ethereum’s evolution through MetaMask, stablecoins and tokenization, while downplaying quantum computing as a long-term, manageable issue.

Crypto’s next major inflection point is coming from artificial intelligence (AI).

That's according to Consensys CEO and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin. He told CoinDesk that autonomous or semi-autonomous agents can transact, coordinate and verify one another on decentralized networks, using crypto rails as a foundation for machine-driven activity.

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Crypto market crash today: Here’s why altcoins and BTC are going down

The crypto market is crashing today, with most altcoins being in the red.

Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Bitcoin has formed a bearish flag pattern, pointing to more downside.

A crypto market crash is underway today, with Bitcoin and popular altcoins being in the red. Bitcoin price dropped to $76,000 from last week’s high of $77,000. Some of the top laggards in the industry were altcoins like RaveDAO, MemeCore, LayerZero, Aave, and Siren.

RaveDAO price crashed by over 95% in the last 24 hours, while the other four were down by over 10% in the same period. As a result, the market capitalization of all tokens dropped by 2.5% to $2.58 trillion.

Crypto crash triggered by Strait of Hormuz crisis

Bitcoin and most altcoins jumped sharply on Friday as investors cheered the decision by Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. This decision led to a broader rally in equities and the crypto market as crude oil prices tanked.

President Donald Trump expressed his excitement about the reopening in a series of social media posts. He also talked about it in Arizona, where he addressed a crowd at an event organized by Turning Point USA.

However, in his statement, Trump noted that the blockade against Iran would remain in place until the US took the enriched uranium. In a statement on Saturday, Iran noted that the Strait was closed again, leading to a spike in crude oil futures on Hyperliquid.

The closure led to renewed questions on the future of the war. Some analysts believe that Trump is using the ceasefire to gather more troops to continue the war. The theory is that he will have a decapitating attack against Iran, which will push it to capitulate. 

Another theory is that he has become bored with the war as he observes his tanking approval rate. 

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?Daily $5000U Airdrop: One Tap to ClaimPost To Earn BonusAave records $6 billion TVL drop as Kelp hack exposes structural risk at DeFi lender Aave just watched $6.6

Aave records $6 billion TVL drop as Kelp hack exposes structural risk at DeFi lender



Aave just watched $6.6 billion walk out the door, and it's not because anyone hacked Aave.

The protocol's total value locked dropped from $26.4 billion on April 18 to nearly $20 billion in U.S. morning hours on Sunday, per DefiLlama. The $AAVE token fell 16% to $92, and daily fees spiked to $1.99 million as liquidations ripped through the weekend.

Depositors are running because Aave is carrying a hole it did not create. When attackers drained 116,500 rsETH from Kelp's bridge on Saturday, they dumped the stolen tokens on Aave V3 as collateral and borrowed wrapped ether against them.

On-chain trackers put the Aave-specific borrow at roughly $196 million, with total positions across Aave, Compound and Euler around $236 million.

Aave is the largest lending protocol in DeFi, where users deposit crypto to earn yield and other users borrow against collateral. Kelp is a liquid restaking protocol, which takes ether that has already been staked on Ethereum and routes it through a separate yield-generating system called EigenLayer, issuing a receipt token called rsETH in exchange.

That rsETH is what users trade and, critically, what some users posted on Aave as collateral to borrow against.

On Saturday, attackers tricked Kelp's cross-chain bridge into releasing 116,500 rsETH, about $292 million worth, to an address they controlled. They then deposited that stolen rsETH onto Aave V3 as collateral and borrowed wrapped ether against it.

A bridge is a blockchain-based took that transfers tokens between different networks, where they may not be originally supported.

Aave first said the Umbrella reserve would cover any deficit. By Saturday afternoon the language had softened to "explore paths to offset the deficit." That is not how a protocol talks when it knows how much it owes and has the 

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?Daily $5000U Airdrop: One Tap to Claim Blockchain Forum 2026, Moscow Bitcoin network activity just hit an 8-year low — has Wall Street replaced retail in the marke

Bitcoin network activity just hit an 8-year low — has Wall Street replaced retail in the market?

Bitcoin's network just recorded its lowest activity in eight years, and the price has barely flinched.

CryptoQuant flagged that active $BTC addresses hit their lowest level since 2016 on Apr. 8. At the same time, Glassnode's latest 24-hour reading puts active addresses at 661,313, a number that, set against a price near $78,000, produces one of the more uncomfortable charts in recent crypto history.

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API3 Explodes 22% in Just 30 Minutes — What’s Next?n the span of just 30 minutes, API3 has skyrocketed by an impressive 22.05%, reaching a current price of $0.4511. This surge follows a notable increa

API3 Explodes 22% in Just 30 Minutes — What’s Next?n the span of just 30 minutes, API3 has skyrocketed by an impressive 22.05%, reaching a current price of $0.4511. This surge follows a notable increase of 32.91% in the past hour and a significant 43.16% change over the last 24 hours. With a trading volume of over $11 million, the rapid price movement has drawn considerable attention from traders and market observers alike.

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?Daily $5000U Airdrop: One Tap to ClaimHTX DAO's First Hackathon Launches! WMA: Bitcoin Surges to $78,000 Amid Market Revival Driven by US-Iran Conflict The crypto 

WMA: Bitcoin Surges to $78,000 Amid Market Revival Driven by US-Iran Conflict

The crypto market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $2.55 trillion.

Bitcoin's trading price rose to around $75,600.

Ethereum rose nearly 6% to trade around $2,300.

XRP is up 8%, Solana is up 4%, and Dogecoin is up 4%.

Most altcoins are in the green, with a few exceptions.

In the DeFi sector, total value locked (TVL) across protocols decreased to around $90 billion.

The crypto market reacts almost instantly to any change in international conflicts, especially in the US-Iran conflict. This week, the temporary opening of the Ormuz Strait sent most cryptocurrencies soaring overnight. Some crypto assets even recorded double-digit value boosts.

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestDaily $5000U Airdrop Rain: Claim Yours Now!Bitcoin (BTC) Price: Surge to $78K Reversed After Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz Agai

Bitcoin (BTC) Price: Surge to $78K Reversed After Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz Again
Bitcoin surged to $78,000 after Iran briefly reopened the Strait of Hormuz, then fell back to $76,000 when the strait closed again within 24 hours.

The rally triggered $762 million in crypto liquidations, with $593 million wiping out short positions.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in nearly $1 billion in weekly inflows — their best week since January.

Morgan Stanley launched a Bitcoin Trust fund, which already holds $120 million in assets after just six trading days.

Ether, XRP, BNB, and Solana all posted weekly gains despite the weekend pullback.

Bitcoin had a wild week driven by geopolitical headlines out of the Middle East. The price swung sharply in both directions as news around the Strait of Hormuz changed fast.

On Friday, Iran’s foreign minister announced the Strait of Hormuz was reopened to commercial shipping for the duration of a ceasefire. U.S. President Donald Trump backed the claim, saying Iran had agreed to an “unlimited” suspension of its nuclear program.

Bitcoin jumped above $78,000 on the news. Oil markets moved the other way, with Brent crude falling nearly 10% to around $85 per barrel.

The breakout triggered one of the biggest short squeezes of 2026. Data from CoinGlass shows $762 million in total liquidations across 168,336 traders. Short positions made up $593 million of that, with bitcoin shorts alone accounting for $381 million.

Funding rates on bitcoin perpetuals had been negative for weeks, meaning shorts were paying a premium to hold their positions. The Hormuz headline was the spark that flipped that setup.



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