Bitcoin liquidation map flags $73.6K ‘trapdoor’ and $81.3K squeeze zone

Coinglass shows $2.221B of BTC longs below $73,610 and $913M of shorts above $81,264, turning the next $10K band into a $3.1B liquidation minefield for traders. Summary Coinglass data indicate that if Bitcoin falls below $73,610, cumulative long liquidation intensity on major centralized exchanges jumps to about $2.221 billion. On the upside, a clean break

Bulgaria to hold snap election April 19 after government collapse

Bulgaria will hold a snap parliamentary election on April 19, 2026, following the collapse of the Zhelyazkov government after mass protests. Rumen Radev’s odds to become the next Prime Minister are at 90.8% YES, up from 74% a week ago. Market reaction Radev, leading the Progressive Bulgaria coalition, is favored over GERB’s Boyko Borisov. The

Bitwise: Bitcoin Loss Risk Drops With Longer Holding

Bitwise Research has shed light on how holding durations can impact the ROI and outcomes of Bitcoin (BTC) investments , revealing a major distinction between short-term risk and long-term performance. The data shows that while short holding periods carry significant chances of loss, extended investment timeframes dramatically reduce downside risks. The findings are drawing significant

Flow Capital Tokenizes $150M Private Credit Fund

Flow Capital Partners is planning to tokenize its private credit fund through Singapore-based DigiFT, Bloomberg reported Friday, as the Hong Kong credit manager looks to tap blockchain-based distribution for its next capital raise. According to the report, Flow Capital plans to bring its $150 million private credit fund on the blockchain through Singapore-based tokenization platform

Tempo’s Zones Promise Privacy but Raise Trust Concerns

Tempo unveiled a new “Zones” feature Thursday aimed at giving enterprises bank-style privacy on public stablecoin rails, but not everyone in crypto is convinced the trade-offs are worth it. The payments-focused layer-1, co-developed with backing from Stripe and Paradigm, said Zones will let companies run transactions in permissioned environments while still tapping public blockchain liquidity.

Foundation Shuts Down NFT Marketplace After Failed Sale

Foundation, one of the better-known Ethereum-based non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces of the 2021 boom, is shutting down after the sale that was supposed to keep it operating fell apart. Kayvon Tehranian, Foundation’s founder and CEO, took to X on Wednesday to announce the marketplace’s closure following a failed acquisition by the digital art distribution platform

Tokenization Doesn’t Fix Illiquid Assets: PBW 2026

Tokenization does not automatically make hard-to-trade assets liquid, industry executives said at Paris Blockchain Week, pushing back on the idea that putting private credit, real estate or other illiquid products onchain will by itself create active secondary markets. Speaking during a panel moderated by Cointelegraph CEO Yana Prikhodchenko, Oya Celiktemur, Ondo Finance sales director for

Key Figure Behind $20 Million Meta-1 Coin Fraud Receives 23 Years

A Texas man found guilty of helping orchestrate a cryptocurrency scam project that defrauded $20 million from nearly 1,000 investors has been sentenced to 23 years behind bars by a US judge on Tuesday. US District Judge LaShonda Hunt sentenced Robert Dunlap, who served as a trustee of the project that sold the fictional token

Crypto in Sustained Winter as Q1 CEX Volumes Drop

March was the “weakest month" with $800 billion in centralized crypto exchange trading volume, the lowest since November 2023. The cryptocurrency market has entered a “sustained crypto winter,” according to CoinGecko, as spot trading volumes on centralized crypto exchanges rapidly fell over the first quarter of 2026. Crypto market capitalization fell by more than 20%

Counterfeit Ledger Hardware Sold on Chinese Marketplace

A Brazilian security researcher has warned others of the latest counterfeit Ledger device scam aimed at stealing users’ crypto. Posting as “Past_Computer2901” on the “ledgerwallet” Reddit channel on Thursday, the security researcher said they purchased what they thought was a legitimate Ledger device for personal use, but soon realized after it arrived that it was
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