Oil futures surged on Hyperliquid after President Donald Trump ordered a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a major global supply chokepoint. The move comes after Iran refused to give up its nuclear ambitions during peace talks in Islamabad earlier today. Perpetual futures contracts tied to WTI crude oil jumped to $96.40, up 7% […]
The biggest traders have a problem: how to keep their activity discreet enough so as not to influence market prices or reveal long-term strategies. In traditional markets like stocks, they have had this capability for decades through so-called dark pools and off-exchange platforms. As of January 2025, more than half of all U.S. stock trading
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Bitcoin BTC$71,105.96 traded lower on Sunday as geopolitical risks resurfaced after US Vice President JD Vance said peace talks involving Iran held in Pakistan had failed. But beyond the macro noise, crypto-specific factors continued to point to a potential move toward $88,000 and above, although outcomes remain dependent on evolving broader risk conditions. Bullish flows
Trump-linked World Liberty Financial lost a key backer after its $75 million DeFi loan tied up user liquidity, with Justin Sun publicly breaking down and criticizing the project’s treatment of investors. “Any actions taken by the WLFI team to extract fees from users and treat the crypto community like a personal ATM are illegitimate,” Sun
The ripple effects of geopolitical conflict are reshaping the plumbing of global trade finance, pushing some commodity traders out of the banking system and into the arms of stablecoins. That’s according to Luke Sully, CEO of trade finance-focused stablecoin issuer Haycen, who says the war involving Iran has increased compliance fears among Western banks, triggering
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Large investors are stockpiling TRUMP memecoin ahead of an upcoming gala hosted by President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on April 28, even as the token trades near record lows and the impending event faces political scrutiny. Data tracked by blockchain detective Lookonchain shows notable whale purchases through centralized exchanges. One whale, “8DHkza,” withdrew $850,488 TRUMP
North Korea’s six-month Drift infiltration campaign has shaken a crypto industry already reeling from exploits worth billions of dollars. But as the news set in, a bigger question arose: Why does North Korea keep returning to crypto, and why does its approach seem so different from every other state-backed hacking operation on the planet? The
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XRP saw a strong breakout late in trading, with a sudden wave of selling pushing the price below key support. The speed of the move and the lack of a strong rally suggest that sellers remain in control, even as the compression in volatility points to a bigger move. News summary • XRP rose from
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BitMEX Report Reveals Over 500% Rise in Tokenized Commodities and Perpetual Stocks
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Bitcoin BTC$71,810.06 and other major cryptocurrencies all fell around 2% late Saturday in the United States, hours after Vice President JD Vance announced that U.S. and Iranian negotiators had failed to agree on an extended ceasefire. The sides met in Pakistan on Saturday to negotiate a deal after the nearly six-week U.S. campaign against Iran.
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