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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure After a brief bounce at the beginning of the week, Bitcoin and Ethereum are back to price levels not

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure After a brief bounce at the beginning of the week, Bitcoin and Ethereum are back to price levels not seen in weeks, reinforcing the momentum of the upward move. Amid this rebound, both leading crypto assets are displaying consistent growth underneath the surface. Rising Leverage Collide Bitcoin And Ethereum ReboundBitcoin and Ethereum's prices just shifted into a bullish state and are demonstrating more upside potential in the short term. The recent bounce in both assets is running into a new layer of complexity, as clearly observed in their Open Interest (OI) on cryptocurrency exchanges. Related Reading: Bitcoin, Ethereum Surge As $430M Short Squeeze Fuels RallySantiment, a popular market intelligence and data analytics platform, shared this trend on the X platform, capturing investors' attention across the market. At the time of the report, Bitcoin's price was already trading at $76,070 while ETH was trading at $2,395, marking their highest market values since the beginning of February. This bounce is accompanied by a greater sense of optimism, with the rapid creation of margin and leveraged positions, indicated in their ongoing rising open interest. Even while the price recovery signals renewed optimism, the simultaneous increase in leveraged positions indicates more speculative activity behind the move.Source: Chart from Santiment on XInterestingly, this kind of pattern typically leads to a fragile environment, where momentum can quickly accelerate. However, they are also known for unwinding just as fast in the event that sentiment begins to shift. According to the report from Santiment, BTC's open interest

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US government moves $606K in Bitcoin seized from Bitfinex hack to Coinbase Prime

Around $606,000 in Bitcoin connected to the Bitfinex hack was moved by the US government to Coinbase Prime on Thursday, blockchain data shows.

The transfer follows the government’s earlier movements on March 3 and April 10, which were connected to two separate crypto-related cases.

As of April 2026, federal wallets hold 328,361 $BTC, valued at around $24 billion.

The Bitfinex hack, which took place on August 2 2016, is one of the largest early shocks to the crypto industry.

On that day, hacker Ilya Lichtenstein exploited a vulnerability in Bitfinex’s multi-signature wallet system and stole more than 119,000 Bitcoin worth around $72 million at the time.

At today’s prices around $74,000 per coin, the same pile would be worth roughly $8.9 billion.

Following his 2016 hack of the Bitfinex exchange, Lichtenstein spent over five years alongside his wife, Heather Morgan, attempting to launder stolen funds through complex, layered transactions.

In February 2022, federal authorities seized approximately 94,636 $BTC after the FBI decrypted files in Lichtenstein’s cloud storage. These files contained a spreadsheet with over 2,000 private keys that gave agents direct access to nearly all of the recovered funds.

Lichtenstein received a five-year prison sentence in November 2024. Morgan got 18 months.

In early 2025, federal proceedings solidified the in-kind restitution of the seized assets to Bitfinex. This requires the US government to return the seized coins.

Per its whitepaper and recovery commitments, Bitfinex intends to use those funds to fully redeem all outstanding Recovery Right Tokens (RRT) and allocate at least 80% of the remaining net proceeds to repurchase and burn UNUS, SED, and LEO tokens.



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Ripple has partnered with Kyobo Life Insurance to pilot tokenized settlement of Korean government bonds using the Ripple Custody platform, aiming to shorten the standard T+2 cycle to near real-time.

The agreement, framed as a strategic pilot rather than full production, will also assess the technical and regulatory feasibility of broader tokenized treasury settlement and explore stablecoin-based payment rails.

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On April 17, Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Taylor stated on Thursday local time that investors' expectations regarding changes in the Bank of England's policy have become more align

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