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Stablecoin regulations have become a recurring issue in both centralized and web3 circles, with skyrocketing adoption rates drawing in policy watchers. Regulators cite potential fraud risks as a tool 

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$526M in BTC shorts were wiped out on April 17. But the bigger signal came after the squeeze: Open Interest peaked at 319K BTC and then started falling. That means leverage didn't reload. It flushed. 

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On April 22, local time, the 'Qadr' missile was showcased in Qadr Square in Tehran, Iran's capital. During previous conflicts with the US and Israel, Iran has launched this type of missile multiple ti

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On April 22, Bloomberg reported that Li Lin is transferring his family office Avenir Group's trading team of about 20 people to Bitfire Group, a wealth management company in which he holds a 30% stake

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SWIFT and Ripple Edge Closer as Banking and Blockchain Converge

The SWIFT vs. Ripple debate is heating up as global finance moves closer to blockchain-based settlement.

What was once seen as a head-to-head rivalry between a traditional payments messaging network and a crypto-native infrastructure has shifted into something more complex.

Instead of one replacing the other, emerging data and institutional adoption point to convergence, where SWIFT and Ripple are increasingly shaping, and being shaped by, the same future of cross-border payments.

Market analyst Diana estimates that about 60% of SWIFT-listed banks now have some connection to Ripple, reigniting debate over how deeply blockchain infrastructure is weaving into traditional finance.

Rather than replacing SWIFT, the trend points to growing overlap between SWIFT’s network and Ripple-linked systems. It reflects a broader shift in banking, where interoperability is becoming more important than operating in isolated rails.

For example, BBVA, BNP Paribas, and Citi are among the institutions backing SWIFT’s new blockchain-based ledger while also engaging with Ripple Custody solutions.

This dual participation highlights how major banks are no longer choosing between legacy systems and digital alternatives, but instead integrating both.

As a result, the boundary between SWIFT’s infrastructure and Ripple’s ecosystem is becoming increasingly fluid, driven by demand for faster, more efficient settlement mechanisms.

SWIFT and Ripple: The Shift From Rivalry to Interoperability

A recently resurfaced industry document has reignited debate around Ripple’s long-standing goal of positioning itself as either a challenger to SWIFT or a complementary force in global payments, with XRP playing a role as a settlement asset.

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Claim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation ChallengeHTX Community April Creation ContestPost To Earn BonusMIT Digital Currency Initiative director Neha Narula has laid out a proposed roadmap for making B

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MIT Digital Currency Initiative director Neha Narula has laid out a proposed roadmap for making Bitcoin resilient to a future cryptographically relevant quantum computer, arguing the network should prioritize a practical, low-risk path that lets users secure their coins now rather than waiting for consensus on harder questions such as how to handle unmoved coins.

In a post published April 20, Narula said Bitcoin does not need “100% of the answers immediately” before taking meaningful action. Instead, she argued for a staged approach: deploy a post-quantum-safe output type and signature scheme through a soft fork, coordinate wallet and application support around it, and push users toward migration well before any true quantum emergency arrives.

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Her core thesis is straightforward. “We should make the low-harm, low-risk, high-benefit, safety-critical mitigations NOW, and save the high-harm, high-risk mitigations for LATER, when we know with more certainty a CRQC is close,” she wrote, using CRQC to refer to a cryptographically relevant quantum computer.

The proposal Narula favors centers on P2MR, described in BIP 360, combined with a new post-quantum signature opcode and cryptographic agility. In her framing, that combination would allow Bitcoin users to move funds into an output type that remains safe against a quantum attacker, provided they do not reveal a non-post-quantum public key through address reuse or similar behavior.

“If this is done, it gives Bitcoin users the ability to move their coins to a safe output type immediately, having confidence their coins are safe even if a powerful CRQC appears, without worrying about future softforks,” she wrote. “The best candidate for this I have seen so far is P2MR (BIP 360) in conjunction with a new PQ signature opcode and cryptographic agility.”

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Bitcoin's price is showing signs of recovery, trading above the $75,000 mark and initiating a wave of gains. The cryptocurrency has established a base above $74,500 and is currently moving upward, wit

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Bitcoin braces for $8B options expiry as war, oil and the Fed threaten a volatility reset

Bitcoin is heading into one of the year's largest options expirations at the worst possible moment.

CoinGlass data shows roughly $8.07 billion in notional open interest for Deribit's options expiring on April 24, split between 56,300 calls and 49,540 puts. While the ratio itself leans bullish, it's sitting against one of the most uncertain macro backdrops in the past few months.

The expiry takes place three days before the Federal Reserve convenes for its April 28-29 meeting and four days before the Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes both Q1 GDP and March PCE inflation data on April 30.

That's the densest macro calendar we've seen in a while, and it opens in an environment where Fed officials have spent the past week warning, on the record, that oil-driven inflation could keep borrowing costs elevated for considerably longer than markets had assumed.

There's quite a bit of tension in the derivatives structure itself.

On Deribit, which now holds around $31 billion in total options open interest, surpassing even BlackRock's IBIT, the April 24 contract has heavy call positioning, with around $395 million concentrated at the $75,000 strike. Max pain for the contract sits near $71,500 to $72,000, roughly $3,000 to $4,000 below the current Bitcoin price.

￼Chart showing the open interest for Bitcoin options on Deribit by expiry date on Apr. 21, 2026 (Source: CoinGlass)

In options markets, max pain is the price level at which the greatest number of contracts expire worthless, which benefits sellers (in this case, large institutions and market makers) over buyers. That gap can create downward gravitational pull as settlement approaches.

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