MARKET SNAPSHOT 8 APRIL, 2026 PRICE ACTION: THE GAMMA FLOOR IS CLEARED Bitcoin opened the week at approximately $66,941, staying above the ‘bear activation threshold’ we identified, at $65,499. With the announcement of a temporary cease fire in the Middle East, BTC rose to $72,789 in early trading on 8 April. This constitutes a $7,851
Zcash price has recovered roughly 50% from last week’s lows after a proposal for a new network upgrade sought to address concerns raised by a recently disclosed vulnerability that could have allowed the creation of counterfeit tokens. Summary ZEC price rebounded after Zooko Wilcox proposed the Ironwood upgrade to verify Zcash’s circulating supply. Ironwood follows
Bitcoin ETF News: U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF products just ended a record 13-day outflow streak on June 4, 2026, after hemorrhaging $4.4 billion, the longest sustained redemption run since these funds launched in January 2024. BlackRock’s IBIT led the reversal, pulling in $47.66 million to produce a net inflow of $3.05 million across the complex.
The U.S. has added Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD to a Pentagon list of Chinese companies tied to Beijing’s military. The update also names several chip, biotech, robotics, and telecom firms operating in the United States. The Pentagon added Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, CXMT, YMTC, WuXi AppTec, RoboSense, and Unitree to its updated list. The list does
Saif Faiq has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge tied to a bitcoin-related kidnapping plot and now faces up to 20 years in prison. Summary Saif Faiq pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge tied to a bitcoin-related kidnapping plot and faces up to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors said Faiq helped organize the
Citrini Research, the firm that sparked massive fear of an artificial intelligence bubble in February and triggered a brief market meltdown, has listed crypto exchange Hyperliquid and its token as a new “compelling” idea. The research firm said in its report on Monday that “unlike the memetic majority of crypto (bitcoin included), HYPE generates legitimate
Apple has previewed new software releases that introduce Siri AI, updated Apple Intelligence features, and expanded parental controls. The company announced the changes during its Worldwide Developers Conference. Summary Apple previewed Siri AI across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. The updates add new parental controls, Screen Time tools, and app access
Bitcoin traded around $63,000 on Monday, clawing back from a two-month low hit on June 5 as a confluence of headwinds — spot ETF outflows, macro uncertainty, and capital rotation into artificial intelligence stocks — pushed the world’s largest cryptocurrency roughly 50% below its all-time high of $126,279 reached in October 2025. The decline has
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s order imposing a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications. The ruling gives relief to U.S. technology companies that rely on skilled foreign workers. Summary A federal judge blocked Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee after a state-led lawsuit. Judge Leo T. Sorokin ruled the fee acted as an
Bitmine owns 4.59% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 92% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 11 months Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains Bitmine has
