NEAR Protocol (NEAR) gained 5.8% and Avalanche (AVAX) climbed 3.6%.

Bitcoin continued to trade near the $67,000 level just following the strong report.

The foundation deposited the bulk of its planned staking commitment in a single session, completing a program announced in February to turn dormant treasury holdings into a yield-generating position.

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Bitcoin holds a tight range as altcoins rally on low liquidity, but derivatives data and options skew suggest traders are bracing for downside.

Naoris debuts its quantum-resistant mainnet, which uses algorithms approved by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Good Friday shuts CME futures and ETF activity, removing a key source of demand as large holders continue distributing and spot demand weakens.

U.S. President Donald Trump named Todd Blanche, his former personal attorney and deputy attorney general, as the interim top prosecutor.

The negative gamma zone below $68,000 can trigger a self-reinforcing sell-off, leading to an ever larger slump.

The CFTC argued in a lawsuit that the Commodity Exchange Act gave it \\\"exclusive jurisdiction\\\" over all swaps, which include prediction markets.

Coinbase’s conditional OCC approval moves it closer to operating as a federally regulated crypto custodian, pending compliance and final review.

The exploit did not involve a bug in Drift\\\'s code. It used \\\"durable nonces,\\\" a legitimate Solana transaction feature, to pre-sign administrative transfers weeks before executing them, bypassing the protocol\\\'s multisig security in minutes.

The move comes in response to a wave of phishing attacks using fake copyright emails and is the latest in an attempt to shut down crypto-linked scams on the platform.

In the middle of a surge higher following President Trump\\\'s overnight comments, the price of WTI crude oil quickly fell nearly $6 per barrel on the news.

Beyond simple storage, the next era of institutional crypto will be defined by the real-time connectivity and mobility of digital assets across a fragmented market.