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Ben Delo, co-founder of crypto exchange BitMEX, said he donated 4 million pounds ($5.1 million) to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, in an opinion piece for The Telegraph Wednesday.Delo wrote that the contribution was made “since the start of this year” to help build Reform UK into “a genuine alternative party of government.” The op-ed does not specify whether the donation was made in fiat currency or cryptocurrency, though he also expressed support for a proposed U.K. government moratorium on political donations made in cryptoassets, citing regulatory complexity.Guidance from the U.K. Electoral Commission, last updated April 7, 2026, states that…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority confirmed a 4% annual interest rate for the third payment on its Silver Bond Series due 2027, as the city’s persistently low inflation continues to make the fixed-rate floor the determining factor for bondholders.Announced April 9, the rate applies to payments scheduled for April 23, 2026. The HKMA calculated a Floating Rate of just 1.28% based on six months of Consumer Price Index data—well below the 4% Fixed Rate guarantee built into the bond structure.Inflation Data Tells the StoryHong Kong’s year-on-year CPI changes from September 2025 through February 2026 ranged between 1.10% and 1.70%, averaging…

Bitcoin bulls failed to stay above $72,000 for long as BTC price action already began to discount the impact of a US-Iran ceasefire agreement.Bitcoin (BTC) hit new three-week highs into Wednesday’s Wall Street open as stocks surged on a US-Iran ceasefire.Key points:Bitcoin briefly hits new three-week highs before round-tripping its gains.Iran ceasefire relief fails to last as traders demand that bulls reclaim higher levels.More volatility is due thanks to US inflation reports.BTC price fails to stay above $72,000Data from TradingView captured BTC/USD reaching $72,865 on Bitstamp before cooling the day’s gains.BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewNews of a minimum two-week ceasefire…

The crypto market is back on the front-foot after a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran removed some of the geopolitical uncertainty and sent oil prices tumbling. Still, energy market dynamics are such that it may be too early to assume the return of animal spirits to risk assets. Bitcoin BTC$71,632.09 has jumped 3% to $71,600 in the past 24 hours while ether (ETH), XRP (XRP), and solana (SOL) have all gained more than 5%. The CoinDesk 20 Index has outperformed bitcoin, rising 4.2 percent, which is typical when altcoins outpace the market leader.Oil has plunged after Iran agreed…

ARB Price Prediction Summary • Short-term target (1 week): $0.11 • Medium-term forecast (1 month): $0.12-$0.15 range• Bullish breakout level: $0.11 • Critical support: $0.09 What Crypto Analysts Are Saying About Arbitrum While specific analyst predictions from major KOLs are limited in recent hours, financial research platforms have provided concrete Arbitrum forecasts. According to Coinpedia’s April 6th analysis, “Arbitrum in April may reach the $0.15–$0.18 range, provided resistance is reclaimed.” This aligns with Blockchain.News’s assessment from April 5th, which noted that “ARB trades at $0.09 with bearish momentum but RSI neutrality suggests potential bounce to $0.12 resistance within 4-6 weeks.”…

Argentine banks are reportedly testing JPMorgan’s deposit token infrastructure for back-end settlement workflows, even as the country’s central bank still bars lenders from offering most crypto-related services to clients, according to local outlet iProUP.A group of financial institutions has begun piloting JPM Coin, a deposit token designed for institutional use. Banco CMF is among the confirmed participants, working through its newly launched corporate unit QORP as part of JPMorgan’s minimum viable product, per the report.“In the first phase, banks are expected to work on integrating available services to verify improvements in settlement times and interbank reconciliations of integrated banks,” Maximiliano…

Bitcoin traded around $68,780 on Tuesday as U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs posted their strongest daily inflow in more than a month.Funds added a combined $471 million on April 6, according to SoSoValue data, marking the largest inflow since Feb. 25 and the sixth-biggest daily total this year. The figure remains below January’s peak flow regime, when multiple trading days topped $700 million.These high inflows come as bitcoin continues to stall below $70,000, with weak spot demand and distribution by large holders capping upside. ETFs have increasingly offset that pressure, acting as a primary source of marginal buying.Macro signals offer limited…

Eight African countries have now implemented crypto-specific regulations, with South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya leading a continental push that’s reshaping how digital assets operate across the world’s fastest-growing crypto market. Sub-Saharan Africa received over $205 billion in onchain value between July 2024 and June 2025—a 52% year-over-year jump.Ripple (XRP) is positioning itself at the center of this regulatory wave, expanding RLUSD stablecoin access through partnerships with Chipper Cash, VALR, and Yellow Card while landing a custody deal with Absa Bank.Country-by-Country BreakdownSouth Africa moved first. Since June 2023, crypto asset service providers need licenses from the Financial Sector Conduct Authority. The…

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has revealed that during experiments, one of its Claude chatbot models could be pressured to deceive, cheat and resort to blackmail, behaviors it appears to have absorbed during training.Chatbots are typically trained on large data sets of textbooks, websites and articles and are later refined by human trainers who rate responses and guide the model. Anthropic’s interpretability team said in a report published Thursday that it examined the internal mechanisms of Claude Sonnet 4.5 and found the model had developed “human-like characteristics” in how it would react to certain situations. Concerns about the reliability of AI chatbots, their…

Bitcoin jumped 3% to $69,120 on Monday as traders returned from the Easter weekend to a burst of optimism around a potential Iran ceasefire, pushing the largest cryptocurrency to its highest level in over a week and squeezing $196 million in short positions over the past 24 hours.Ether led a bump among major tokens with a 3.7% gain to $2,130, its strongest daily move in the past week. SOL rose 2% to $82, XRP added 2.2% to $1.34, and dogecoin climbed 1.7% to $0.093. The broad rally pushed the total crypto market cap back above $2.5 trillion.The catalyst was an…