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Meme coin Freedom of Money saw a major surge of 50% on April 7, with its market value exceeding $22 million, driven by market sentiment after CZ announced that a new book is set to be released. However, the coin has no official connection to CZ or Binance, and its rally is purely a market-sentiment hype; investors should be cautious of the risks stemming from a lack of fundamental support.

A group of banks in Argentina is trialing JPMorgan's JPM Coin to enhance interbank settlement efficiency while awaiting regulatory changes to allow crypto services. This pilot aims to integrate blockchain technology to reduce costs and improve operational speed.

Polygon Foundation announced that the Giugliano hard fork will be launched on April 8, bringing improvements such as faster transaction confirmations, greater fee transparency, and new RPC interfaces. Node operators must upgrade to the corresponding version before the specified block height to avoid losing synchronized connections with the mainnet. At the same time, Polygon has also introduced a private mempool feature to enhance transaction privacy.

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading within a bear flag pattern that projects a breakdown toward the sub-$50,000 area, or roughly 30% below current levels. However, Michael Saylor’s Strategy could spoil the bears’ plans. _BTC/USD three-day price chart. Source: __TradingView_ Key takeaways: Bitcoin has

In his annual letter to shareholders released on April 6, 2026, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon downplayed the threat of a private credit meltdown, stating the $1.8 trillion leveraged private credit market likely does not present systemic risk, while warning that the war in Iran could drive oil shocks, sticky inflation, and higher interest rates than markets currently expect.

From April 6 to 7, 2026, Iran responded to the U.S. ceasefire proposal with ten demands, while Trump set a deadline and issued military threats. The price of Bitcoin rose first and then fell, and WTI crude oil climbed to $114.41.

Global central banks are quietly acquiring blockchain infrastructure developed by the private sector—including custody solutions, settlement protocols, and tokenization platforms—at valuations that reflect the post-crash crypto market, according to analysis published on April 6, 2026.

In early April, Circle minted $3.25 billion USDC on the Solana blockchain, setting the largest single-week issuance record since 2026, indicating rising DeFi activity and demand for institutional capital inflows. As a liquidity medium, USDC supports trading and lending across the Solana ecosystem, and its huge coin-minting volume also underscores Solana’s important role in stablecoin settlement. Analysis suggests that the flow of funds will affect market impact strength.

Resolv Labs destroyed 36.73 million USR stablecoins held by an attacker through a contract upgrade on April 6, 2026, following a March exploit in which a compromised key allowed the attacker to mint 80 million unbacked USR tokens with less than $200,000 in initial collateral and dump approximately 34 million USR for 11,409 ETH (worth roughly $24.5 million).

Quack AI's partnership with Stable introduces a gasless payment platform addressing operational challenges in scaling AI agents. This collaboration ensures predictable, dollar-denominated costs and enhances settlement speed, facilitating seamless multi-agent deployments while maintaining efficiency and transparency.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the Trump family-linked crypto project, has announced an exclusive partnership with Aster DEX to make USD1 the sole settlement asset for traditional finance perpetual contracts on the decentralized exchange, starting with gold, silver, crude oil, and Brent crude markets.

HypurrFi announced that its independently developed Hyperliquid client has successfully achieved block-hash consistency, enabling developers to independently verify the on-chain state and improving decentralization. On the same day, it discovered a domain-hijacking incident; although it did not affect users’ funds, it still urged everyone to stop interacting with suspicious domains immediately and to obtain updates through official channels. AI contributed 99.9% to this technical development.

Japan-listed company Metaplanet this week purchased 5,075 BTC for $405 million, becoming the world’s largest BTC buyer in a single week, surpassing Strategy’s $330 million. Metaplanet faces new JPX regulatory pressure, and the CEO said it will work with regulatory authorities. The total amount of BTC held by globally listed companies is 1,033,280 BTC.

Argentinian President Javier Milei had seven phone calls with a key figure behind the LIBRA cryptocurrency project on the night in 2025 when he publicly promoted the token on X, according to an ongoing federal investigation that has named Milei as a person of interest.

The global cryptocurrency market fell sharply between 2021 and 2022, while central banks in various countries began to use blockchain infrastructure developed by the private sector—such as the BIS’s mBridge project—without having to bear development costs. This model has sparked controversy, because when central banks adopt technology that has already undergone deep validation by the private sector, it may erode incentives for private-sector innovation and affect future financial venture investments.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf’s strategic adviser on April 7 launched a hard-hitting response to Trump’s “48-hour ultimatum,” saying, “Trump has only about 20 hours left—either he surrenders to Iran, or his allies will roll back to the Stone Age; we will not back down.” Earlier, at a White House press conference, Trump boasted that U.S. troops could destroy all of Iran’s bridges and power plants within 4 hours, and set Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the final deadline.

Japan’s regulators are raising concerns over disclosure gaps, investor risks, and speculative trading, as the Financial Services Agency signals a more cautious approach that could tighten oversight without limiting market innovation. Key Takeaways: Japan raises serious concerns that could drive s

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned in his annual letter to shareholders that losses in the private credit market will exceed expectations, and pointed to two major structural issues: looser credit underwriting standards and insufficient valuation transparency. He believes that while the private credit market of about $1.8 trillion does not pose systemic risk, losses will further widen as the credit cycle deepens. Dimon’s observations were borne out by Blue Owl Capital’s $5.4 billion redemption crisis, showing that the broader market is under pressure from liquidity risk.