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April 12 – The third round of U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad concluded local time Thursday, with Iran framing the session as a "final chance" to reach a framework agreement. Negotiations have been intensive since April 11, running late into the night as all sides leveraged a temporary ceasefire window to ramp up discussions—but sharp divides persist on three core issues: control of the Strait of Hormuz, unfreezing overseas assets, and uranium enrichment. Sources familiar with the talks note no substantial progress has been made since negotiations began, citing "outrageous U.S. demands." Some Western media have exaggerated the talks’ "positive atmosphere" to influence global energy prices, per the sources. A fourth round is scheduled for Sunday. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei announced progress in the Pakistan-mediated talks early local time Friday. Negotiations kicked off the morning of April 11 and remain ongoing, with both sides exchanging extensive information, per

As of April 12th, alternative market data shows the cryptocurrency Fear & Greed Index stands at 16 today—up from 15 yesterday—marking a slight easing of market "fear" sentiment. Note: The index ranges from 0 to 100, with components including: Volatility (25%), Market Trading Volume (25%), Social Media Hype (15%), Market Sentiment (15%), Bitcoin Dominance (10%), and Google Trends (10%).

April 12 — Per CoinDesk, which cited Arkham data and a report released Friday night by *The Information*, SpaceX currently holds 8,285 bitcoins in its Coinbase Prime custody account, worth approximately $603 million, while the company reported a nearly $5 billion loss in 2025. The 2025 loss marks a stark contrast to the prior year: SpaceX posted roughly $8 billion in profit in 2024, with estimated revenue of $15 billion to $16 billion. Though 2025 revenue rose to $18.5 billion, integration costs from xAI—Elon Musk’s AI firm merged into SpaceX in February this year—outpaced revenue growth. Despite the massive loss, SpaceX’s bitcoin holdings have remained unchanged. CoinDesk’s analysis of transfer records shows the latest significant movement was about four months ago, involving only a rebalancing of 614 and 1,021 bitcoins between internal SpaceX wallets. Holdings have been stable since mid-2024, previously topping $1.6 billion during bitcoin’s all-time high in October 2025. Spa

**NOM Token: Whale Holding 59% of Circulating Supply Transfers Last On-Chain Holdings to Binance** April 12 — On-chain analyst Embermonitor reported 1 hour ago that the whale or institutional entity controlling 59% of NOM’s circulating supply has moved its remaining 278 million NOM tokens (valued at $1.24 million) from on-chain wallets to Binance. To date, all 17.2 billion NOM tokens (equivalent to 59% of the circulating supply) — which this entity withdrew from Binance between April 1–7 via 7 wallets — have been sent back to Binance over the past 36 hours. Since the entity began transferring NOM to Binance, the token’s price has dropped from $0.007 to $0.004 — a 45% decline.

An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said April 12 that parties to the talks have discussed key issues over the past 24 hours, including the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s nuclear program, war reparations, sanctions relief, a full end to hostilities against Iran, and regional security. (FXStreet)

April 12th — On-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reported that 12 hours ago, crypto contract whale “set 10 big targets first” (@Jason60704294) noted their $73,500 stop-loss level had not been triggered yet, adding strict discipline would be followed if hit. Overnight, BTC briefly surged to $73,790, possibly influenced by U.S.-Iran negotiations. If the whale’s strategy remains unchanged, their 2,567.49 BTC (valued at $184 million) has been liquidated, resulting in a $4.994 million loss. The stop-loss point for the remaining 38,465.22 ETH remains unknown as of press time, with an update pending.