Bitcoin, Ether Could Witness Upside Volatility as $15B Options Expiry Looms

Dealer hedging could breed volatility at around $70,000, one observer said.Source

Protocol Village: Zircuit Launches ‘Build to Earn’ Program With Rewards for Devs

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 28-April 3.Source

Crypto Addresses of ‘Hamas-Aligned’ Gaza Now Sanctioned by U.S, U.K.

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic found that the online organization raised a mere $21,000 in crypto for Hamas since the October 7th attacks.Source

Crypto Addresses of ‘Hamas-Aligned’ Gaza Now Is Sanctioned by U.S, U.K.

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic found that the online organization raised a mere $21,000 in crypto for Hamas since the October 7th attacks.Source

Ethena, a $1.3B Yield-Earning Protocol, to Debut Governance Token Next Week

The DeFi protocol, which generates yield from ether derivative funding rates, is set to airdrop 750 million ENA tokens, 5% of the total supply, on April 2.Source

BlackRock’s Tokenized Fund Quickly Rakes in $245M, Right Behind Franklin Templeton’s Older Offering

The tokenized U.S. Treasury market is poised to reach $1 billion “very soon” given the growth of BlackRock’s BUIDL, an analyst noted.Source

BlackRock’s Fink Says an Ether ETF Is Possible Even if ETH Is a Security

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink isn’t worried about the U.S. Securities and Exchange classifying Ethereum’s ether as a security.Source

The Protocol: Meme Coins (and Pepe’s Best Friend) Swarm Coinbase Layer 2 Chain

The meme coin frenzy that drove up activity – and failed transactions – on Solana appears to have quickly migrated to Base, Coinbase’s six-month-old layer-2 blockchain. Who is the blue-faced creature behind the $BRETT token?Source

Crypto Stocks Like MicroStrategy, Coinbase Could Shoot Up if Short Sellers Exit

MicroStrategy and Coinbase’s stock prices could shoot up if short sellers bail out, according to a report by data analytics firm S3 Partners.Source

Dutch Prosecutors Seek 64-Month Jail Sentence for Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev

The judge will deliver the verdict on May 14, the court said.Source