
Polymarket Traders Put 74% Odds on a US-Iran Peace Deal by June 30
Polymarket prediction-market traders now price a US-Iran peace deal by June 30 at 74%, and crypto is rallying 3%+ across BTC, ETH, and XRP.
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Polymarket prediction-market traders now price a US-Iran peace deal by June 30 at 74%, and crypto is rallying 3%+ across BTC, ETH, and XRP.

Gate has opened its first Pre-IPO subscription, giving retail users tokenized exposure to SpaceX under ticker SPCX, with the window closing in 48 hours.

Cointelegraph reports central banks hold record gold reserves this century. Bitcoin sits at $77,134, up 2.9% in 24 hours. Here is what that parallel signals.

Strategy's 766,970 bitcoin position crossed back above its $75,577 average cost as the price pushed past $76,000, pulling Saylor's stack out of red.

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, is acquiring CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange Bitnomial in a $550 million cash and stock deal announced April 17.

Flow Capital plans to tokenize a $150M private credit fund via Singapore's DigiFT to raise additional capital, per a Bloomberg report on April 17, 2026.

Singapore Gulf Bank now lets institutional clients swap US dollars for USDC on Solana at par, with no spread, putting a licensed bank behind Circle's rails.

Tennessee's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act heads to the Senate Finance Committee April 20, 2026, with a 10% allocation cap and air-gapped custody rules.

S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs for a second day on Middle East ceasefire talks. SOL, XRP, and BNB led crypto gains while BTC stayed flat.

Drift Protocol is relaunching with a Tether-funded recovery pool of roughly $150 million for users hit by the April 1 exploit, and USDT will sit at the center of the rebuilt perp DEX.