Arkham Intelligence is discontinuing support for the TON blockchain on its platform effective April 8 at 12pm EST.
Arkham Intelligence announced it will remove support for the TON blockchain from its Arkham Intel platform on Wednesday, April 8 at 12pm EST. The decision follows a periodic review of chain integrations, with Arkham citing user demand and the blockchain’s importance to the crypto ecosystem as key evaluation factors.
Arkham regularly evaluates its chain integrations to determine which blockchains warrant continued maintenance and support on the platform. The removal of TON comes as Arkham maintains its intelligence and on-chain analytics services across other major blockchain networks.
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Origami Risk, the industry-leading risk, safety and insurance Software as a Service (SaaS) technology firm, announced new solutions and platform enhancements designed to streamline complex workflows, reduce manual processes and deliver more intuitive, real-time insights for platform users. All solutions are now available to Origami Risk customers.
The latest updates span claims management policy administration and financial workflows:
New AI Claim Summary Solution: Claims professionals often face overwhelming volumes of inconsistent data and manual processes, leading to slower resolution and increased risk.
Origami Risk’s new AI Claim Summary solution leverages generative AI to automatically extract key claim information to produce a concise, structured overview of the claim, enabling faster, more informed decision-making for claims and risk managers. By analyzing related records such as involved parties, policy details, loss events and financials, the AI Claim Summary provides a comprehensive, real-time view of each claim, with summaries that update automatically as records change.
New Book of Business Transfer Solution: When agencies transfer a book of business, insurance policies and associated commissions must typically be reassigned through a complex, manual process.
Origami Risk’s new Book of Business Transfer feature enables brokers, carriers, underwriters, operations teams and finance leaders to move hundreds of policies at once through a governed bulk process, eliminating the need for endorsement forms or policy re-rating. This workflow efficiency allows teams to transfer large volumes of policies more quickly while simultaneously reducing errors and compliance risk.
Enhanced Pay-As-You-Go Workflow Solution: Pay-as-you-go workers’ compensation insurance, or payroll billing, ties premiums to payroll and requires regular coordination between insurers and finance teams.
Origami Risk’s enhanced Pay-As-You-Go workflow solution enables policyholders to upload a single payroll file, instantly review totals in a searchable grid and automatically apply credit balances. The workflow efficiencies extend to underwriters, who can easily configure payroll periods, and finance teams who receive clean, automatically allocated data for more accurate forecasting.
The announcement underscores Origami Risk’s commitment to helping clients streamline operations, automate complex workflows and access real-time insights across the insurance and risk management lifecycle.
The New York Times published an investigation on Wednesday arguing that Adam Back, the British cryptographer who invented Hashcash, is the most likely person behind the Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym used by Bitcoin’s creator.
Back denied the claim, telling Cointelegraph he was referring reporters to his post on X after previously rejecting similar attempts to identify him as Satoshi. Back reiterated in the post that he is not Satoshi, adding that he “was early in laser focus on the positive societal implications of cryptography, online privacy and electronic cash, hence my ~1992 onwards active interest in applied research on ecash, privacy tech on cypherpunks list which led to hashcash and other ideas.”
The investigation was conducted by John Carreyrou, a French-American investigative journalist best known for exposing the Theranos fraud. In the report, he claims that Back, who was cited in Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper, actively discussed electronic cash for years, then vanished just as Bitcoin (BTC) emerged, only to reappear after Satoshi disappeared.
The story revives one of Bitcoin’s oldest mysteries by putting one of the protocol’s earliest and most influential cryptographers at the center of a new attempt to identify Satoshi, but the case remains circumstantial without cryptographic proof.
The investigation also leaned on stylometric analysis, arguing that Back’s writing shared features with Satoshi’s, including formatting habits, hyphenation quirks and overlapping technical language. The report did not present that analysis as conclusive proof.
Adam Back talking about electronic money. Source: NYT
Among the mailing-list participants, people who posted messages on the Cypherpunks, Cryptography and Hashcash mailing lists, only Back hyphenated “proof-of-work” and referenced the obscure Russian currency WebMoney, both appearing in Satoshi’s emails, the report claimed. Similarly, Back was one of just two to write “partial pre-image,” mirroring Satoshi’s usage, and the only one to discuss “burning the money” for digital coins.
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Adam Back’s career mirrors Satoshi’s path
Back’s professional career reinforces the suspicion that he is the elusive Bitcoin creator, according to Carreyrou. He noted that Back avoided Bitcoin early, then in 2013 rapidly engaged, co-founding Blockstream, poaching top developers and raising over $1 billion.
“It all seemed consistent with what Satoshi might do if he decided to reappear under the cover of his real name and take back the reins of his creation,” the report claimed.
Back has consistently and repeatedly denied that he is Satoshi. “I’m not. But also the documentary will presumably be wrong, as no one knows who Satoshi is,” he wrote in 2024 in response to an HBO documentary that identified Peter Todd as Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator. Todd also denied the claim at the time.
Source: Adam Back
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Crypto community remains skeptical
The crypto community has been skeptical about the new claim by Carreyrou. Jameson Lopp, co-founder and chief security officer at self-custody platform firm Casa, said Nakamoto “can’t be caught with stylometric analysis.”
Carreyrou also acknowledged that the case does not amount to definitive proof, saying cryptographic evidence would be the only real smoking gun, he wrote on X.
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Bitcoin mining company Cango said on Wednesday it slashed its Bitcoin production cost to $68,215 per coin, a 19.3% cost reduction compared to the average cash cost of $84,552 per coin reported in the fourth quarter of 2025.
The company attributed the reduction to its shift toward a “lean-production model” that prioritizes margin resilience over raw scale, according to its monthly operational report. Cango said the production cost reduction will help the company weather the volatility of Bitcoin prices.
The company sold 2,000 Bitcoin (BTC) in March at an average price between $68,000 and $69,000, a spokesperson for Cango told Cointelegraph, netting the company around $137 million. Cango said the proceeds were used to reduce outstanding Bitcoin-backed loans. As of March 31, Cango had $30.6 million in Bitcoin-backed loans outstanding and held 1,025.69 BTC in its treasury.
The update shows how some listed Bitcoin miners are prioritizing deleveraging and cash-margin discipline over raw scale as financing conditions remain tight. Cango also reported a $65 million equity investment from members of the company’s leadership team and a $10 million convertible bond from DL Holdings. The Bitcoin miner said it will continue de-leveraging to support its planned transition into energy and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
Top Bitcoin mining companies by hashrate. Source: BitcoinMiningStock
Cango is the world’s sixth-largest Bitcoin mining company by hashrate, with 27.9 exahashes per second (EH/s), accounting for 2.82% of the global Bitcoin mining hash power, according to data from BitcoinMiningStock.
The company reported a total operational hashrate of 37.01 EH/s, including 27.9 EH/s in self-mining and 9.02 EH/s in hashrate leasing.
Cango stock price, year-to-date chart. Source: Google Finance
Cango’s stock price rose 3.44% in pre-market trading on Wednesday, but has fallen by around 72% year-to-date, according to Google Finance data.
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Bitcoin miners sell as Strategy continues to buy
Cango’s sale also comes as other listed Bitcoin-linked companies have used treasury sales to strengthen balance sheets.
MARA Holdings, the second-largest BTC miner, disclosed that it sold about $1.1 billion worth of Bitcoin in March to repurchase convertible debt at a discount.
Still, the largest public holder of Bitcoin continues to accumulate. Michael Saylor’s Strategy disclosed a $330 million Bitcoin acquisition on Monday, bought at an average price of $67,718 per coin, despite paper losses on its holdings surpassing $14.5 billion during the first quarter of the year.
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First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has hosted a virtual AI Agentathon in collaboration with Presight and supported by Microsoft. The strategic initiative was designed to bring together internal and external participants to develop AI-driven solutions addressing real business challenges across the financial institution.
The one-day innovation sprint convened business stakeholders, technical experts, and global technology partners to solve predefined business challenges and construct practical, scalable solutions. Over the course of the event, four cross-functional teams comprising FAB business and technology representatives, alongside experts from Microsoft and Presight, worked collaboratively to design their AI-driven concepts.
The collaborative programme concluded with final presentations to a joint evaluation panel, which featured representation from all participating organisations. The newly developed concepts were rigorously assessed based on their potential impact, feasibility, and alignment with the bank’s broader business priorities.
Moving from pilot to tangible impact
Artificial intelligence currently acts as a core pillar of FAB’s overarching strategy and remains a key enabler of its ongoing evolution into a data-driven organisation. The UAE-based global bank is heavily focused on scaling AI across the enterprise in a disciplined and responsible manner, prioritising use cases that specifically enhance decision-making, improve operational efficiency, and elevate the overall client experience.
According to the bank, the Agentathon underscores a firm commitment to moving from isolated pilot initiatives to tangible, enterprise-wide impact by actively accelerating the development of deployment-ready solutions. Through collaboration with partners such as Presight, FAB continues to advance its ambition to deeply embed AI across its operations and reinforce its position as a regional leader in banking innovation.
The concepts developed during the session are expected to directly inform future AI initiatives and enterprise use cases across the bank. This hands-on collaboration enables the faster development and validation of AI solutions, ultimately supporting FAB’s long-term digital transformation agend
BlackRock’s most successful exchange-traded fund (ETF) is facing its clearest challenge yet, as Morgan Stanley rolls out a cheaper rival with direct access to trillions in client capital.
Morgan Stanley’s ETF, trading under MSBT and tracking the CoinDesk Bitcoin Benchmark 4 PM NY Settlement Rate, began trading Tuesday with a 0.14% expense ratio, below the iShares Bitcoin Trust’s (IBIT) 0.25%. The difference is narrow but lands in a market where price is one of the few levers investors can pull.
Each spot bitcoin ETF holds bitcoin BTC$72,511.54 and tracks its price. That leaves cost, liquidity and access as the main points of difference. IBIT has led on scale and trading activity since launch, becoming the most liquid vehicle for both shares and options tied to bitcoin ETFs with roughly $55 billion in assets-under-management.
That liquidity gives IBIT an edge that may be hard to replicate.
“The launch will impact things but it will be interesting to see if it can actually siphon assets from other funds,” said James Seyffart, ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. “IBIT is the most liquid ETF for trading and in the options market and it’s unlikely MSBT will ever compete with that. At least not anytime remotely soon.”
Still, Morgan Stanley’s entry changes the competitive balance.
The bank can tap its vast wealth management network, where advisors can shift client allocations with a single trade. In practice, that means new demand may be directed toward MSBT rather than existing funds like IBIT.
“Distribution is king in the ETF space, and Morgan Stanley has that in spades with its army of wealth managers,” said Nate Geraci, president of the ETF Store. “Combined with MSBT being the lowest-cost spot bitcoin ETF on the market, that’s a strong recipe for success.”
Geraci added that MSBT, which undercuts IBIT by 11 basis points, has a gap large enough to draw attention from both investors and BlackRock.
IBIT’s position reflects how the market has evolved. Early inflows favored large, trusted issuers with deep liquidity. Over time, as more trusted names have entered the market, fee sensitivity has grown.
Morgan Stanley’s launch may speed up that shift, even if IBIT retains its lead in trading volume.
The result is a more defined split in the market. IBIT offers depth and liquidity for active traders.
Newer entrants like MSBT compete on cost and distribution. Morgan Stanley’s wealth management arm oversees trillions in client assets and has one of the largest adviser networks in the industry, giving the bank a steep advantage. As more capital moves through financial advisors rather than direct trading, that channel may carry increasing weight.
For now, IBIT remains the benchmark. But with fees falling and new entrants targeting its position, its grip on flows may face its first sustained test.
Trump struck a two-week ceasefire with Iran on April 7, 2026, and within hours, blockchain analysts were asking who knew first.
Key Takeaways:
Trump’s April 7 ceasefire with Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil prices below $100 and triggering a bitcoin rally.
Polymarket wallets with near-zero history turned as little as $10k into $154k+ betting on the exact April 7 ceasefire outcome.
Prediction markets and Hyperliquid face growing calls for scrutiny over pre-announcement trades.
Newly Created Wallets Netted Hundreds of Thousands on Polymarket and Hyperliquid Before Iran Ceasefire News
The deal, mediated in part by Pakistan, required Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint for roughly 20% of global oil supply. In exchange, the U.S. and Israel suspended bombing operations. Trump called it a “double-sided CEASEFIRE” on Truth Social around 10:32 p.m. UTC, describing Iran’s 10-point proposal as a “workable basis” for long-term negotiations.
Markets moved fast. Oil prices fell sharply, with some reports placing Brent below $100 per barrel as the blockade threat faded. Bitcoin and other risk assets climbed. Traders who were positioned correctly before the announcement made a lot of money. That last part is where the questions start.
On Polymarket, the leading prediction market for geopolitical outcomes, a market titled “US x Iran ceasefire by April 7?” was trading at roughly 3% to 10% odds in the hours before Trump posted. Those odds spiked close to the announcement. Blockchain analysts and onchain observers identified multiple wallets, newly created or with minimal prior activity, that had loaded up on “Yes” shares at those depressed prices.
The reported profits are specific. One wallet allegedly turned approximately $10,000 into more than $154,000 in around 22 hours. Three wallets attributed to accounts referenced as fernandoinfante, 25xp, and S7777 reportedly netted a combined $484,000 to $663,000. Separate account clusters, including one that changed its handle from MAGAMESSI, reportedly netted more than $500,000 across April 7 and April 15 ceasefire buckets at odds between 6% and 15%.
These wallets were funded on or shortly before April 7 and had placed no meaningful prior trades. That detail is what caught attention.
Onchain trackers and slueths, including Bubble Maps, Lookonchain, the Greek Trader, DankoWeb3, Frostikkkk, and Bimbacrypto flagged the activity in real time on X. Polymarket states it prohibits trading on nonpublic information, but enforcement is handled through post-hoc review. The platform has previously removed certain war-related markets, citing integrity concerns.
Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetuals exchange, drew separate scrutiny. One widely shared post from X account BudhilVyas alleged that a single whale opened a roughly $60 million, 5x leveraged short on oil and a $16 million, 10x leveraged long on bitcoin hours before the announcement. With oil dropping massively and bitcoin moving higher on the ceasefire news, the estimated profit on those positions was around $5 million. The same post estimated total insider profits across Polymarket and Hyperliquid at more than $200 million.
These figures have not been independently verified as of April 8. Hyperliquid’s onchain architecture makes large positions publicly visible, but size alone does not confirm foreknowledge. The platform recorded over $46 million in oil liquidations during earlier conflict escalation and a $99 million bitcoin short liquidation following ceasefire signals.
This is not the first time Iran-related geopolitical bets have drawn scrutiny on prediction markets. Similar patterns emerged in February and March 2026 around U.S. and Israeli strike timing, ceasefire windows, and leadership events. Some traders reportedly cleared more than $1 million on prescient calls during that stretch.
No official investigation has been announced. Platforms and analysts note the trades could reflect sophisticated geopolitical modeling, thin-market edges, or coordinated speculation rather than access to nonpublic government communications. One person claimed Jesus Christ provided the info to him. Critics of prediction markets have long pointed to information asymmetry as a structural problem, particularly when markets involve active diplomatic negotiations, military operations, or executive decisions made in private.
Retail traders watching the April 7 action called the setup “rigged” across social media. Whether that characterization holds up to scrutiny is a separate question. The on-chain record, at least, will not disappear.
The crypto market is back on the front-foot after a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran removed some of the geopolitical uncertainty and sent oil prices tumbling. Still, energy market dynamics are such that it may be too early to assume the return of animal spirits to risk assets.
Bitcoin BTC$71,759.19 has jumped 3% to $71,600 in the past 24 hours while ether (ETH), XRP (XRP), and solana (SOL) have all gained more than 5%. The CoinDesk 20 Index has outperformed bitcoin, rising 4.2 percent, which is typical when altcoins outpace the market leader.
Oil has plunged after Iran agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global shipments. WTI crude futures trading on NYMEX are down nearly 16 percent to $95 a barrel. When crude drops sharply, inflation fears ease, Fed rate hike calls weaken and crypto tends to rally.
Supporting the move is a drop in bitcoin and ether 30-day implied volatility, which measures market fear. Since the debut of spot ETFs two years ago, these numbers have evolved into VIX-like metrics, spiking during sell-offs and calming as panic fades.
The mood could get another lift later if Morgan Stanley’s bitcoin ETF debuts with strong volumes and inflows on day one. That would reinforce the story of institutional adoption.
“The recent pattern has been institutional demand showing up again through ETFs. When inflows are present, dips are bought faster and the market holds higher levels even when momentum cools,” Marex said.
Still, there are reasons to be cautious. The overnight rally was partly fueled by short positions being unwound after traders betting on a U.S.-Iran escalation got caught off guard. Shorts worth $431 million were liquidated in 24 hours, the largest since March 4, according to Coinglass. In cases like this, the market often chops around waiting for fresh demand. Without it, gains can quickly reverse.
While oil is down to $85, it’s still $30 higher than before the conflict started on Feb. 28. Moreover, the ceasefire is temporary and not a permanent fix and for oil to drop further, hormuz tanker traffic and insurance rates need to normalize to pre-war levels.
“This remains a pause rather than a durable settlement, with the ceasefire conditional on how Iran manages passage through Hormuz over the coming weeks,” QCP Capital said. “That caution matters because the physical damage narrative has not gone away.”
Until then, oil could stay near $100 and keep risk assets like crypto in check. Stay alert.
What’s trending
Iran ceasefire effect: Oil plunges as European markets surge (euronews): Oil prices plunged below $100 a barrel and European and Asian markets surged after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Dollar hits four-week low as ceasefire boosts risk appetite (Bloomberg): The greenback slid as much as 0.97% to a four-week low as the agreement drove down Treasury yields, further reducing support. The South African rand and the Swedish krona each gained roughly 2%.
European stocks soar 4% after U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal; travel stocks lead gains up 7% (CNBC): European stocks opened sharply higher on Wednesday. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was 3.4% higher, with all sectors besides oil and gas in the green. Autos, miners and travel stocks led gains, rising 5.6%, 6%, and 7.3%, respectively.
U.S. bank with $1.9 trillion in assets could debut its bitcoin ETF Wednesday (CoinDesk): The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust could start trading NYSE Arca under the ticker MSBT, Bloomberg’s ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas said on X, an NYSE listing notice that points to an April 8 launch.
Today’s signal
BTC’s price has surpassed its 50-day SMA. (TradingView)
The chart shows bitcoin’s daily price swings in candlestick format since October. The yellow line represents the 50-day simple moving average (SMA) of the price and the white line shows the 100-day average.
As shown, the spot price has decisively moved above the 50-day average, a widely watched measure of near-term trends. The move indicates strengthening of bullish momentum and follows the recent bounce from the support of the trendline from February lows.
Prices, therefore, could see more upside ahead, with $76,100, the 100-day average, as the next level to watch. On the downside, the late March lows near $65,000 are expected to act as a demand zone, supporting pullbacks. If that level fails, prices could fall to $60,000.
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Bitcoin is approaching a sensitive stage in its broader market cycle, according to new analysis shared by Joao Wedson. The post pointed to a macro indicator designed to track the long-term structure of the market. Based on the latest reading of this model, the data suggests Bitcoin may be moving toward a zone where distribution risks may begin to increase, making the next phase of the cycle particularly important to monitor.
Bitcoin’s Macro Cycle Indicator Explains Where The Market Stands
In a recent X post, Wedson drew attention to the Accumulation Distribution Cycle Index (ADCI), a macro framework created by @arch_physicist and now used in research at Alphractal. The indicator was designed to analyze Bitcoin’s position within the broader structure described by the Wyckoff Method.
The ADCI organizes the market cycle into three distinct ranges, each representing a different stage of market behavior. When the index stays between 0 and 3, Bitcoin is typically in accumulation. These periods usually appear when sentiment is weak and participation is low, allowing larger investors to quietly absorb supply.
The 30 to 70 range signals a market that has already begun moving. In this zone, trends start to develop and expand. The direction of the index during this phase can reveal whether momentum is strengthening or beginning to deteriorate.
When the index moves between 70 and 100, the risk of distribution increases. This phase historically appears when market optimism grows, and demand expands, creating conditions where larger holders can begin offloading supply.
Source: X
The chart shared alongside the post illustrates this pattern across multiple Bitcoin cycles. Previous peaks in the indicator appear near major price highs, while deep drops in the index tend to align with long accumulation periods that later preceded large price expansions.
What Investors Should Watch As Bitcoin Approaches This Phase
Wedson noted that distribution in the current cycle may not appear the same way it did in earlier markets. In the past, Bitcoin cycles often ended with a sharp blow-off top followed by a rapid correction.
However, as the market matures, distribution may occur more gradually. Instead of a sudden spike and collapse, the market could move sideways for extended periods while repeated rallies begin losing strength.
This type of structure allows stronger holders to slowly release supply while public demand remains active. Because of this, the key signal to watch is not just price spikes but signs of repeated exhaustion, slowing momentum, and prolonged sideways movement.
This is why macro indicators like the ADCI are being emphasized. By focusing on structural positioning rather than short-term price action, the model aims to identify whether Bitcoin is being accumulated or distributed before the shift becomes obvious to the wider market. If the index continues rising toward its upper range while price action begins showing exhaustion, it could indicate the market is entering the distribution phase of the cycle.
BTC price crosses $71,000 | Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview.com
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Coinbase Australia has received an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) with retail derivatives authorisation from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), becoming the first crypto exchange to achieve this milestone.
An AFSL authorizes businesses to provide regulated financial services in Australia. It covers activities like giving financial advice, trading financial products, operating investment schemes, and other specified services.
AFSL holders must meet their disclosure and compliance obligations, maintain adequate resources, and uphold the standards of Australia’s financial regulatory framework.
The approval reflects years of investment in the market and reinforces Coinbase’s commitment to strong consumer protection and regulatory compliance, said John O’Loghlen, Coinbase Regional Managing Director APAC & Country Director Australia, in a statement.
“Receiving an AFSL is the natural next step in our journey,” O’Loghlen stated. “This licence subjects Coinbase Australia to the same standards of conduct, disclosure, governance and consumer protection that apply to traditional financial services providers, and that is exactly how it should be.”
The licence arrives ahead of new regulatory requirements and enables Coinbase to expand its Everything Exchange offering locally.
Australians will gain access to crypto and equity perpetuals, with futures and options planned, as Coinbase moves toward offering a broader suite of financial products on a single platform, as noted by the company.
Since entering the Australian market in 2016, Coinbase has steadily built its presence, including establishing a local entity, registering with AUSTRAC, and launching tailored services such as PayID integration and advanced trading tools.
The company has also engaged with research institutions, industry groups, and policymakers while building a team experienced in the regulated sectors.
Crypto ownership in Australia has hit a record 33% of adults, according to the 2026 Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index.
Adoption is rising despite 30% of investors experiencing blocked or delayed bank payments, and many Australians still seek clearer guidance on crypto taxation. Younger Australians remain the most active holders, and confidence in crypto’s long-term role continues to grow.
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