CRYPTO NEWS OF THE WEEK | April 1–8, 2026
₿ BITCOIN: HOLDING ITS GROUND BTC traded between $68,000-$70,000 all week, driven by US-Iran ceasefire tensions. When Trump announced a two-week truce, BTC jumped to $72,700. ETH held around $2,107.
🏦 MORGAN STANLEY ENTERS THE GAME The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT) launched today on NYSE Arca — the first spot Bitcoin ETF from a major US bank, with a market-beating fee of just 0.14%, undercutting BlackRock’s 0.25%.
🏢 SAYLOR BUYS THE DIP — AGAIN Strategy added 4,871 BTC ($329.9M) between April 1–5 at $67,718 average. Total holdings: 766,970 BTC worth ~$58 billion.
⚔️ IRAN WAR KEEPS CRYPTO ON EDGE Trump’s Strait of Hormuz deadline rattled markets all week. Brent crude above $107/barrel fuelled inflation fears. The ceasefire relief rally proved crypto’s sensitivity to geopolitics is at an all-time high.
📜 CLARITY ACT STILL STUCK The landmark US crypto market-structure bill remains deadlocked. Passage — expected late April — is seen by institutions as the key regulatory unlock for digital assets.
🚨 NORTH KOREA STEALS $286M FROM DRIFT PROTOCOL After a 6-month undercover operation — attending conferences and depositing $1M to build trust — North Korean hackers drained Solana’s Drift Protocol in under a minute on April 1. The Solana Foundation launched emergency security measures on April 7.
😂 FUN FACT Drift’s warning to users on April 1 had to include: “This is NOT an April Fools joke.” The biggest crypto heist of 2026 happened on the one day nobody believed the news.
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🌐 CRYPTO NEWS OF THE WEEK | April 1–8, 2026 was originally published in Coinmonks on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
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