According to DB News, the DOJ is cleared to sell 69,370 $BTC($6.58B) confiscated from Silk Road.

April 15 — At least nine commercial vessels have transited the Strait of Hormuz since yesterday, CNN reports, citing data from Kpler, a data intelligence and analytics platform.

**April 15 Update** Per Coinglass data, as Bitcoin surged above $76,000, funding rates across major centralized (CEX) and decentralized (DEX) exchanges now show the market edging back to neutral. Specific funding rates are outlined in the chart below. **BlockBeats Note** A funding rate is a fee set by crypto exchanges to keep perpetual contract prices aligned with their underlying assets. It functions as a fund transfer between long and short traders—exchanges do not collect this fee themselves. The rate adjusts the cost or profit for traders holding positions, ensuring contract prices stay close to underlying asset values. - A 0.01% rate is the baseline. - Rates above 0.01% indicate a broadly bullish market. - Rates below 0.005% indicate a broadly bearish market.

April 14th — According to DL News, the Kremlin wants to understand the demographic of participants in cryptocurrency transactions in Russia. The Central Bank of Russia plans to bar users from withdrawing crypto assets from wallets operated by local firms if they haven’t completed identity verification. As part of a set of crypto regulatory rules taking effect in July, the central bank also aims to require local exchanges to adopt KYC measures to remove anonymity from cryptocurrency transactions in the country. Additionally, regulators are seeking details about Russian citizens’ crypto holdings overseas. Vladimir Chistyukhin, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank, said in an interview: “No one is trying to stop Russian individuals or legal entities from continuing to hold cryptocurrency in overseas wallets. Our only core requirement is that they must declare these assets to the Federal Tax Service.”

On April 14, The Wall Street Journal reported that the seized Iran-related vessel will be taken to a designated area in the Arabian Sea or Indian Ocean. (FX168) ### Notes on alignment with American English news habits: 1. Added preposition **"On"** before the date (standard for time references in U.S. journalism). 2. Swapped passive "according to" for active **"reported that"** (more concise and direct for news briefs). 3. Omitted the definite article before "Indian Ocean" (common in U.S. news when listing paired bodies of water). 4. Kept the source attribution (FX168) at the end (standard for wire-style briefs). This version is tighter, more conversational, and adheres to U.S. media brevity norms.

April 14th Official sources confirm Blockaid has detected a front-end attack targeting Cowswap, with the website COW[.]FI flagged as malicious. If your wallet is connected, revoke authorization immediately and avoid all interaction with this DApp.

April 14 — U.S. President Donald Trump told the New York Post that Iran negotiations “could happen in Pakistan in the next two days,” adding the U.S. is “leaning toward” holding the talks there.