BREAKING: $435 million has been liquidated from the cryptocurrency market in the past 12 hours.

April 21st Trump repeatedly stated Wednesday that the ceasefire agreement is set to expire Wednesday night Washington time and is unlikely to be extended. Meanwhile, he noted Vance is traveling to Pakistan later Monday, adding the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until an agreement is signed. Iran held firm during U.S. trading hours, saying its decision not to join negotiations remains unchanged—though media reports indicate the Iranian delegation will arrive Tuesday morning, coinciding with the U.S. delegation’s arrival timing. Driven by Iran’s tough stance, per Bitget data: the S&P 500 fell 0.24% Monday, the Nasdaq dropped 0.26%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat. Crude oil edged higher, with Brent crude up 2.51% to $90.39/bbl. Bitcoin held up relatively well, possibly supported by a sharp increase in Strategy’s holdings. Per HTX data, Bitcoin briefly topped $76,000 this morning and now trades at $75,853.42, up 0.19% over 24 hours. Investors are closely w

On April 21, per MLM Monitor, Paradigm unbonded roughly 2.14 million HYPE tokens (valued at ~$88 million) across multiple linked addresses.

Donald Trump will appear on a CNBC financial program at 8:30 p.m. Beijing time on April 21.

April 21 — Per LookOnChain data, a whale wallet starting with 0x8Ad4 has withdrawn 12,000 ETH (≈$27.6M) from Binance over the past 3 hours to repay its Aave loan.

April 21 – Glassnode noted in its latest report that ongoing strong buying interest is propping up prices, but market sentiment is shifting cautious. Data shows spot Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) flipped from positive to negative, selling pressure is mounting, and bearish sentiment is building. Meanwhile, trading volume on centralized exchanges stays elevated. In futures markets: Rising open interest signals growing risk appetite—but long funding rates have dropped sharply. Perpetual futures CVD has nosedived, meaning traders are more willing to pay a premium to short, buying momentum has weakened, and bearish sentiment is ramping up. In options markets: Lower demand for downside protection could ease bearish sentiment—but shrinking open interest may signal profit-taking, which could impact future volatility. A narrower volatility spread suggests market sentiment is shifting from risk-pricing to neutral. ETFs are a standout: Both the MVRV ratio and net flows for U.S. spot E

On April 21, the x402 Foundation—incubated by Coinbase—launched Agent.market, a unified platform designed to serve as an "App Store" for AI agents. Built on the x402 protocol, the platform lets users and AI agents connect to hundreds of tools and services. Named for the unused HTTP 402 "Payment Required" status code, the x402 protocol enables websites, APIs, and AI agents to request and receive instant micropayments via blockchain and traditional payment rails. Managed as an open standard by the x402 Foundation (a Linux Foundation initiative), the protocol has backing from over 20 organizations and crypto firms—including Cloudflare, Stripe, AWS, Google, Visa, Base, Circle, and the Solana Foundation. Once live, Agent.market will cover seven core categories: Inference, Data, Media, Search, Social, Infrastructure, and Transactions. Participating providers include OpenAI/Venice (Inference), Bloomberg/CoinGecko (Data), LinkedIn/X/AgentMail (Social), AWS Lambda/QuickNode/Alechemy (Infr