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Bitcoin is sitting at 43% below its October peak, and yet Wall Street hasn’t blinked. The institutional product machine is still running at full speed. What happens next to the price may surprise both bulls and the newly converted suits.
Morgan Stanley has rolled out its first dedicated Bitcoin fund, the latest in a string of Wall Street moves that signal a structural, long-term commitment to the asset class regardless of short-term volatility. The launch arrives as Bloomberg analysts note the “speculative heat” has clearly exited the market, the 40% drawdown from peak levels is evidence enough.
But product launches don’t follow price; they follow conviction. Macro headwinds still remain real, with global trade disruption from the Iran conflict weighing on risk assets broadly. Though the divergence between institutional product activity and spot price weakness is the story we shouldn’t ignore.
Bitcoin is consolidating near the $71,000 level following a sharp multi-month correction. Volume has thinned during this drawdown phase, a pattern consistent with distribution giving way to accumulation. Technical readings suggest momentum is compressed, with the 200-day moving average acting as a line in for medium-term trend direction
The $68,500–$70,000 band represents the key near-term support cluster. A clean hold there keeps the recovery thesis intact. Resistance sits in the $76,000–$78,000 range; a weekly close above that level would shift the technical picture meaningfully
Institutional, especially from Wall Street, Bitcoin buying pressure from the new Morgan Stanley fund flows, absorbs sell-side supply, forcing the price to grind back toward $80,000–$85,000 over four to six weeks
However, a weekly close below $67,000 invalidates the recovery structure and opens a retest of the $60,000 psychological level
The data points to patience being required here. Institutional conviction is building the floor; it isn’t yet building the ceiling
When Bitcoin itself trades sideways, capital historically rotates toward higher-beta opportunities in the Bitcoin ecosystem, not away from Bitcoin entirely, but toward projects that amplify its thesis. That’s the window presale investors are currently watching.
Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is positioning directly inside that rotation. It’s the first Bitcoin Layer 2 integrating the Solana Virtual Machine, meaning developers get Bitcoin’s security and trust layer combined with sub-second smart contract execution that, by design, targets performance exceeding Solana’s own throughput.
The project addresses Bitcoin’s three structural constraints simultaneously: slow transactions, elevated fees, and the absence of native programmability
The numbers are concrete. Currently, presale price stands at $0.0136, with approaching $33 million raised to date. Staking is live with a high 36% APY also available to early participants. The presale has already crossed significant milestones, suggesting genuine demand rather than manufactured momentum
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Ripple XRP recorded $120 million in weekly ETP inflows for the period ending April 7, 2026 – its strongest weekly haul since mid-December 2025 and the single largest contributor to global crypto ETP inflows that week, according to CoinShares data.
Total global crypto ETP inflows for the week hit $224 million, rebounding sharply from a prior $414 million outflow.
XRP’s $120 million slice outpaced Bitcoin’s $107 million and Solana’s $35 million, accounting for over 50% of the entire market’s weekly intake.
The core question now: is institutional investment in XRP building a permanent structural position, or is this a single-week rotation that evaporates on the next macro shock?
Ripple XRP was trading in the $1.35–$1.40 range during the inflow week, posting a 5–6% weekly gain partially driven by US-Iran ceasefire optimism. The recovery looks constructive on the surface. Dig into the chart structure and the picture is considerably more complicated.
The 3-day chart is showing a death cross – the 50-day EMA has crossed below the 200-day EMA. That same pattern preceded a 54% price collapse in January 2026.
RSI sits near 44 on the daily, not yet oversold but well below the 50 neutral line, reflecting a market still in damage-control mode rather than recovery mode.
Key support levels sit at $1.28, $1.18, and $1.05 – the last being a major structural floor from the pre-ETF launch period. On the resistance side, XRP faces a descending trendline from early March capping near $1.48, with $1.65 and $1.85 as the next meaningful ceilings if that line breaks with volume.
Derivatives open interest has been declining alongside the price recovery, which signals thin conviction behind the bounce – institutions buying ETPs aren’t the same as leveraged longs pushing spot price.
A clean breakout above $1.48 with sustained daily volume opens the door to $1.65, with $1.85 as the macro target if broader crypto sentiment flips.
For us, the invalidation is simple: a close below $1.28 on the daily reopens the path to sub-$1.10 and calls the entire inflow thesis into question. Prior price analysis on the $119.6M inflow week flagged this same trendline resistance as the decisive level.
XRP’s institutional setup is real. But at a market cap north of $75 billion, the math on asymmetric returns gets harder to ignore.
A 10x from current levels requires XRP to reach a market cap larger than Bitcoin’s current valuation – that’s not a trade, that’s a thesis that needs decades and dominant global payment rail adoption to validate
Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) is currently in presale, targeting early-mover upside in the Bitcoin yield infrastructure layer – a sector drawing serious institutional attention as US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $471.3 million in a single week.
The presale has raised $32 million to date, with the current token price at $0.0093 and staking APY running at 86% annualized for early participants.
The core technical differentiator: Bitcoin Hyper operates as a Bitcoin-native Layer 2 executing smart contracts with BTC as the settlement asset – bypassing the wrapped-token credit risk that plagues existing BTC DeFi infrastructure. That’s a specific, verifiable architecture claim in a space full of vague interoperability promises.
For traders watching XRP’s institutional flows but frustrated by the price-action disconnect, the asymmetry argument is straightforward: ETP inflows into large-cap assets move sentiment; early presale positioning in infrastructure plays moves portfolios.
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$153 million in daily volume. $4 billion total. $200 million in the first week alone. Polymarket’s 5-minute prediction markets have gone from experimental product to one of the highest-velocity trading venues in DeFi – and Chainlink oracles are the reason any of it works.
The volume surge, confirmed by on-chain data shared across crypto analytics channels, represents a roughly 400% increase from earlier baseline figures, with the 3x weekly growth rate still accelerating as of the latest reporting window
Standard oracle infrastructure built for hourly or daily market resolution can tolerate latency. A price feed delayed by 30 seconds is noise when a contract settles in 48 hours
In 5-minute prediction markets, that same 30-second delay is the difference between a valid settlement and a manipulated one, exactly why Polymarket’s architecture required a fundamentally different oracle setup.
Chainlink’s Data Streams integration, deployed on Polygon where Polymarket settles, delivers timestamped price reports at sub-second intervals
Combined with Chainlink Automation handling the on-chain settlement triggers, the system processes the full cycle, price confirmation, contract resolution, USDC payout, without human intervention and without the manipulation vector that centralized price feeds introduce.
The oracles provide the official price feeds that trigger contract settlements, removing the need for a centralized authority entirely.
The scale of what’s now running through this infrastructure is significant. Over 3,000 traders are actively using Chainlink Data Streams across integrated platforms, and the Dashlink dashboard tracking oracle demand shows a direct correlation between the Polymarket volume surge and a decline in LINK exchange reserves – whales are pulling supply off exchanges as network utilization hits new highs for prediction market settlements.
Native USDC collateral adoption within these markets has further accelerated institutional participation by improving capital efficiency.
The appeal is obvious: a platform already under scrutiny for insider trading patterns on longer-duration markets now offers a format where information asymmetry has a 5-minute shelf life.
The risks are real and shouldn’t be buried. Short timeframes amplify volatility, HFT-dominated order flow can crowd out retail, and oracle delays, however rare, carry outsized consequences when resolution windows are measured in minutes.
But the volume data doesn’t lie: the format is capturing demand that didn’t have an instrument before.
Liquid Chain built a Unified Liquidity Layer that aggregates capital across multiple Layer-2 networks using Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the messaging backbone
The core problem it solves is real and expensive – assets stranded on individual L2s require manual bridging, creating slippage, delay, and trust assumptions that institutional allocators won’t accept
Liquid Chain’s architecture lets users move assets seamlessly across chains without manual bridge interactions, with CCIP handling the verification and message-passing layer beneath the surface
The project has been pitching its Layer-3 DeFi buildout as a credible answer to the fragmentation problem, and the Convergence judges agreed
Other notable hackathon submissions concentrated on Real-World Asset tokenization and DeFi automation – a consistent signal that Chainlink’s developer community is orienting toward institutional-grade infrastructure rather than consumer speculation. The CCIP adoption rate implied by the hackathon submissions validates Chainlink’s cross-chain positioning at exactly the moment demand for tamper-proof oracle settlement is breaking records on Polymarket
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Bitcoin price dropped to approximately $66,500, shedding nearly 6% in hours, after President Trump’s April 1st address signaled harder military strikes against Iran in the coming weeks, shattering the fragile optimism that had briefly lifted risk assets
The S&P 500 followed into the red, with MSCI’s Asia Pacific index reversing a prior session’s rebound to fall 1.7%. Brent crude jumped more than 5% to above $106 a barrel as traders priced in prolonged Strait of Hormuz disruption. This market fallout is precisely the macro fog that keeps risk assets pinned
Trump’s remarks reversed sentiment that had built earlier this week when he indicated a willingness to end the conflict before reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global trade waterway
The April 1st address walked that back entirely, using language that pointed toward escalation rather than negotiation. Investors received no timeline for resolution – only the prospect of intensified operations
Bitcoin’s digital gold narrative took another hit. With the 30-day rolling BTC-to-S&P 500 correlation spiking to 0.75 – its highest in months – institutional desks are treating Bitcoin as a high-beta tech proxy, not a geopolitical hedge. The safe-haven narrative is cracking
BTC is sitting at $66,500, stuck in a pattern of lower highs since the March peak at $76,000, with each recovery attempt getting weaker and selling pressure capping every bounce before it gets going
The $64,000 to $65,000 floor is the level that matters most right now, it has held on multiple tests but a clean break below it opens the path straight back to $60,000 where the February wick bottomed out
On the upside, $68,000 and then $70,000 are the levels that need to flip for any real recovery narrative to rebuild, and neither looks easy given how heavy every bounce has been recently
Until one of those scenarios plays out, this is a chart in damage control mode
The broader bearish trend in BTC’s recent price history makes this inflection point more consequential than it might otherwise appear
Bitcoin ended March up just 2%, snapping a five-month losing streak – but it remains down roughly 45% from its October peak above $126,000. Apparent demand was already negative by approximately 63,000 BTC as of late last month, per CryptoQuant.
Stock and commodity markets continue to whipsaw according to Trump’s latest comments on geopolitical developments,” said Caroline Mauron, co-founder of Orbit Markets.
Bitcoin is largely following stocks’ direction, though in the past few weeks it has showed reduced sensitivity to both good and bad news.” That reduced sensitivity may be the one thin positive – but it hasn’t prevented a $6,500 drop in a single session.
Notably, gold’s worst monthly performance in 17 years through March – down more than 11% – strips away the easy ‘rotate to safe havens’ narrative. Treasuries and cash are absorbing the flight-to-safety flow instead.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield surged as markets priced in persistent inflation driven by energy supply disruptions, creating a direct headwind for non-yielding assets like Bitcoin. Until the Iran situation resolves cleanly in either direction, Bitcoin is unlikely to decouple.
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Owners and insurers scrutinise agreement that will bring two-week pause in fighting
Owners and insurers are examining the details of the US-Iran ceasefire agreement as the first vessels looked to make their exit from the Middle East Gulf on Wednesday.
The deal brings a two-week pause for talks between the warring countries, in return for a reopening of the vital Strait of Hormuz.
With more than 800 cargo ships still trapped in the Gulf, Iran has said it will offer safe passage in coordination with its armed forces and within “technical limitations”.
US President Donald Trump announced a “COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING”.
There were no immediate details on transit payments or an exact start time for the truce.
The Japanese Shipowners’ Association said it would check the fine print of the ceasefire agreement and then advise members.
Tanker owners, insurers and crews need to believe the risk has actually reduced — not just paused.”
Jennifer Parker, adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia Defence & Security Institute, told Bloomberg: “You don’t switch global shipping flows back on in 24 hours.
Ceasefire plans are a necessary step, but only an initial one, according to Lewis Hart, head of marine in Asia at insurance broker Willis Towers Watson.
Kpler data shows that 426 tankers are stuck beyond Hormuz, plus 34 LPG carriers and 19 LNG ships, as well as bulkers and boxships.
Two ships appeared to be heading through the strait following the announcement, sailing as a pair towards Iran’s Larak and Qeshm islands.
Even within a two‑week window, we expect activity to restart in a measured manner rather than all at once,” he told Bloomberg.
deVere Group analyst Nigel Green said: “Investors have seen this timeline before. A short-term pause creates relief, but it also introduces a countdown. Markets will quickly shift focus from celebration to scrutiny.”
AIS showed the 158,900-dwt Tour 2 (built 2007) — a US-sanctioned suezmax tanker under unknown Iranian ownership — next to the 37,200-dwt Greek-owned bulk carrier NJ Earth (built 2003), operated by NJ Trust Marine.
On Tuesday, before the deal was announced, Clarksons Securities analyst Frode Morkedal said evidence suggested shipowners and operators will be cautious in returning to the chokepoint if a ceasefire was reached.
Diplomatic signals, compliance with ceasefire terms and coordination over shipping routes through Hormuz will be closely monitored, he said.
For Iran, the strait is not just a shipping route but one of its main sources of leverage in shaping how the war ends. Reopening it before the terms of a broader settlement are clear would mean giving up one of its strongest bargaining tools upfront.
Any reopening is, therefore, more likely to be conditional and gradual than immediate and complete.
For owners, charterers and insurers, that means a truce headline alone may not be enough to restore normal transit.”
Iran launched more attacks on Israel and neighbouring Gulf countries shortly after Trump’s announcement.
Financial markets welcomed the news, however, with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei index jumping 5% to a one‑month high.
​Brent crude prices dropped 13% to $95 per barrel as the prospect of big volumes of oil exiting Hormuz moved closer.
Kpler estimates 130m barrels of crude oil and 46m barrels of refined fuel are stranded on 200 tankers in the Gulf, as well as 1.3m tonnes ​of LNG.
Owners and charterers may take some persuading to move ships back in, over fears about the fragility of the ceasefire.
Getting vessels out may be the relatively easy part.
Restarting oilfields can take weeks, experts believe, and damage to infrastructure will take longer to repair.
Oil exports via Hormuz collapsed by around 13m barrels per day in March, about 13% of ⁠global consumption, according to Kpler.
Risk assets and bonds should rally, as the worst-case scenario has been avoided.
Prashant Newnaha, senior rates strategist at TD Securities in Singapore, told Reuters: “A renewed escalation cannot be ruled out, but markets are treating this ceasefire as the real deal and all parties involved will sell the ceasefire as a major win.
Clarksons Research said shipping markets remain elevated. Its cross-sector ClarkSea Index stands at $48,647 per day, more than double the 10-year trend.
Looking further out, oil prices are not returning to pre-war levels. This will leave inflation persistence as a key theme for markets to ponder.”
For the moment, alternative energy supply sources, supportive distance trends, disruption, repositioning and inefficiency are mitigating lost volumes,” it added.
The firm said that before the conflict, 20% of global oil supply passed through the Strait of Hormuz, including 37% of seaborne crude and 19% of products trade.
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The LG G6 and LG C6 have both appeared on Amazon, and in some welcome news their launch prices are cheaper than their respective predecessors.
While we've come to expect pricing for LG's OLEDs in March, these Amazon listings are our first look at UK prices for both the LG G6, which looks to be one of 2026's best TVs, and LG C6 OLED TVs, with US and Australian pricing already confirmed.
You can check out the LG G6 Amazon listing and LG C6 Amazon listing at their respective links.
As you can see, the G6's potential launch prices are £200, £300 and £500 cheaper than the G5's in the 55, 65 and 77-inch models respectively.
As for the LG C6, here are the listed Amazon prices for it, compared to its predecessor the LG C5, which we rated as one of 2025's best OLED TVs:
Once again, prices are between £100-200 cheaper across most sizes, with a huge £700 difference between the C5 and C6's 83-inch models.
What's less exciting here are the shipping dates. The LG G6 is set to ship in mid-May, while the C6's dates vary from mid-may (for the 55-inch) to anywhere between "3 to 7 months" for the other sizes. This is significantly later than the G5 and C5's March and April launch dates — hopefully, these are just placeholder dates, and shipping will be available sooner rather than later in the year.
We've reached out to LG to confirm whether these prices are correct, and we'll be sure to update this article when we've heard back.
As TechRadar's TV tester, I've seen both the G6 and C6 in person, and while I haven't fully tested the C6, I have tested the G6. My full review will be released soon, but spoiler alert: it's a fantastic TV, and a great successor to the LG G5.
So it's great news that the G6, which improves upon the G5's picture and sound quality while carrying across everything that made that set a five-star TV (especially the gaming performance), may launch for cheaper than the G5.
Of all the price info here, the most interesting is that the 77 and 83-inch C6 carry the new LG C6H designation, as they use both the new Alpha 11 Gen 3 AI Processor and Primary Tandem RGB OLED panel found in the flagship LG G6. So if these models are launching at the above prices, they'll be a steal compared to the C5 in those sizes.
Each year, we expect TV prices to increase with both inflation and new features (especially new panels), but if these prices are correct, then it's very welcome news indeed.
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Several major investment firms have preemptively downgraded Coinbase and other platforms as a sharp drop in trading activity and falling token prices threaten to derail upcoming first-quarter earnings results.
Barclays took the most direct step, downgrading Coinbase (COIN) and warning that “global crypto trading activity has declined to a level not seen since the end of 2023.” The bank added that “absent a resurgence in near-term crypto trading activity, we see profitability under pressure at Coinbase.”
The slowdown is visible in the data. Coinbase’s March trading volume marked “the lowest volume month since September 2024,” Barclays wrote, with April showing “no signs of improvement.” For the first quarter, the bank estimates volumes fell roughly 30% from the prior quarter.
Coinbase and other exchanges charge fees on each transaction they facilitate, meaning lower volumes will lead to less revenue.
The mechanics are straightforward. When markets turn quiet, many traders step back. A retail user who once traded weekly during a rally may stop altogether when prices flatten. Multiply that behavior across millions of accounts, and exchange volumes drop quickly.
That matters because transaction fees remain the main revenue driver for most crypto platforms. Barclays underscored this risk, saying its forecast for Coinbase’s adjusted EBITDA is about 24% below the Street, driven largely by weaker spot trading and retail activity.
Crypto prices have pulled back in the first quarter, with the average price of major tokens falling sharply quarter-over-quarter. Bitcoin lost over 22% of its value in the first quarter of this year, while ether was down 29%.
Oppenheimer struck a similar tone but kept a more upbeat stance on Coinbase. The firm said it is cutting its forecasts due to softer crypto prices and lower trading activity in the first quarter, driven in part by broader economic uncertainty. It also noted that current Wall Street estimates still do not fully reflect the drop in trading volumes during that period.
Across the industry, analysts are revising models downward to reflect a quieter market.
Oppenheimer cut its Coinbase volume estimate to $211 billion for the quarter, down from $244 billion previously, and now expects total revenue of $1.48 billion, below prior forecasts and consensus.
The reset is not limited to Coinbase. Oppenheimer said that Circle (CRCL) continues to expand the USDC stablecoin network, with stablecoin market cap and USDC transfer volume rising about 1% and 12% quarter over quarter, respectively.
Crypto platform Bullish (BLSH), the owner of CoinDesk, saw “strong on platform activity” tied to volatility in February, though spot volumes still missed expectations. As a result, Rosenblatt downgraded BLSH earlier this week while Compass Point downgraded CRCL — to "neutral" and "sell," respectively.
Even these pockets of strength highlight the broader issue: the core business of crypto trading is slowing.
Efforts to diversify revenue streams are underway but may take time to offset the downturn. Coinbase’s push into becoming what it calls an “everything exchange” includes derivatives, tokenized assets and new markets. Barclays was skeptical, writing that the strategy is “likely to take a long time to pay off” and that it sees “little ‘right to win’ in new asset classes like equities.”
Stablecoins, often seen as a steadier revenue stream, also face uncertainty. Barclays pointed to ongoing debate in Washington over regulation, noting that the status of stablecoin rewards “remains in question.” At the same time, Oppenheimer sees near-term support from new use cases, saying “increased prediction market activity could support USDC growth.
Still, those areas remain secondary to trading.
The broader takeaway is that analysts are moving preemptively. With earnings season approaching, firms are lowering estimates now rather than risk being caught off guard by weak results later.
Coinbase reports second-quarter earnings on May 7 and Bullish reports on April 23. Circle has not yet announced a date.
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Traders on decentralized exchange Hyperliquid are increasingly favoring perpetual futures tied to commodities.
By trading activity, oil and silver contracts now far outpace SOL and XRP perps, which posted $176 million and $31 million in volume, respectively. For context, both XRP and SOL have multibillion-dollar market caps and rank among the world’s largest cryptocurrencies.
This trend comes as commodities have turned highly volatile amid the ongoing Iran conflict, which has disrupted crude supply through the strategic Strait of Hormuz — a critical chokepoint for roughly 20% of global oil shipments. It underscores Hyperliquid’s emergence as a go-to platform for price discovery in commodities, especially over weekends when traditional markets are closed.
Brent and WTI crude prices have surged more than 45% this month, the kind of returns typically seen in memecoins. The rally has pushed oil above $100 a barrel, sending inflationary shocks worldwide and drawing renewed attention to commodities as a sector of interest amid heightened geopolitical and market risks.
The uncertainty shows no signs of abating, suggesting Hyperliquid’s energy markets could continue to see heavy activity and potentially challenge bitcoin and ether’s dominance. Perpetual contracts tied to the two tokens still remain the most traded on the exchange, posting 24-hour volumes of $1.94 billion and $990 million, respectively.
Iran said early Monday that the Strait of Hormuz would be "completely closed" immediately if the U.S. follows up on President Donald Trump's threat to attack its power plants.
The stark warning came after Trump said the U.s. would obliterate Iran's power plans if Tehran fails to fully allow oil tankers to pass through the Strait within 48 hours.
In the meantime, analysts at investment banking giant Goldman Sachs have lifted their oil price forecasts amid the ongoing supply disruption.
They now see the Brent crude averaging $100 a barrel over March-April, up from a prior forecast of $98, and implying a roughly 62% premium to their full‑year 2025 outlook. The bank also revised its full‑year 2026 Brent average higher to $85 a barrel, while maintaining a robust $80 average for 2027.
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As oil shocks revive investor anxiety, stablecoins solved payments, but not purchasing power, says Michael Ashton, who's USDi token aims to fix that.
For Michael Ashton, co-founder of the USDi stablecoin along with Andrew Fately, the figures underscore a flaw in crypto’s monetary architecture.
The stablecoin boom has accidentally rebuilt only half of the monetary system,” Ashton told CoinDesk in an interview. “Stablecoins solved the medium-of-exchange problem for crypto, but nobody solved the store-of-value problem. USDi is the first serious attempt to finish building the monetary system onchain."
The $300 billion stablecoin market, dominated by dollar-pegged tokens, has become essential plumbing for crypto trading and payments. But those tokens, typically backed by cash or Treasury bills, are designed to hold a nominal value of $1, not preserve purchasing power. In real terms, Ashton argues, they are losing value.
As stablecoins graduate from crypto-trading tools to genuine payment infrastructure, the store-of-value gap becomes a real institutional concern, not just a philosophical one," he said. "Treasurers, neobanks, and cross-border payment platforms holding float in stablecoins are quietly taking inflation risk they probably haven't priced."
Instead of tracking the dollar, the token is designed to track inflation itself. Its value increases in line with changes in the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI), effectively making it a blockchain-native version of an inflation-protected principal.
Ashton describes USDi as closer to the principal value of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), but without some of the drawbacks that have caught investors off guard in recent years.
While TIPS offer inflation linkage, they are still bonds, meaning their market price can fall when interest rates rise. USDi, by contrast, aims to function more like an inflation-linked savings instrument.
The stablecoin's reserves are invested in a in a low-volatility private fund called the Enduring U.S. Inflation Tracking Fund, which uses TIPS, U.S. Treasury debt, foreign exchange and commodity futures and options; to generate return.
There isn’t really an inflation-protected savings account,” Ashton said. “That’s the gap we’re trying to fill.”
Oil markets have been on a sharp and volatile upswing since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February. Prices initially jumped into the $80s before rapidly breaking above $100 a barrel as fears mounted over disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for roughly 20% of global supply.
Elevated oil prices can stoke inflation by raising transportation and production costs across the economy, which are often passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices.
The moves have been marked by extreme volatility, with daily swings driven less by fundamentals than by headlines as markets price in a persistent war premium tied to the risk of prolonged supply disruption
T-bills are around 3.5%, inflation is around 3%, but historically, inflation has often outpaced short rates over longer periods,” Ashton said. “We may be returning to that pattern.”
The dynamic, he added, strengthens the case for an asset explicitly designed to track inflation rather than nominal yields.
Still, Ashton frames USDi as more than a tactical trade. He sees it as a structural evolution in crypto, one that completes the system bitcoin began.
Bitcoin was conceived as an alternative monetary system, and potentially as a store of value like gold,” he said. “But its volatility makes it difficult to use that way over shorter horizons. Stablecoins solved the payments side. Now we need to solve the store-of-value side.”
Beyond its core design, USDi plans to introduce something Ashton says is difficult, or impossible, to replicate in traditional finance: customizable inflation exposure.
CPI itself is a composite of multiple categories, including housing, health care, transportation and education. USDi’s architecture, Ashton said, could eventually allow users to tailor exposure to specific components of inflation.
You don’t have to hold one aggregate basket,” he said. “You could isolate health-care inflation, or tuition, or energy. You could even tailor it by geography: Dutch inflation, French inflation, U.S. core CPI.”
That flexibility allows for more specialized applications, particularly in industries with direct exposure to specific cost pressures.
Insurance companies, for example, face inflation risk in areas like medical costs but lack precise hedging tools. Traditionally, they've managed such risks by holding more capital or transferring exposure through reinsurance or catastrophe bonds. But those tools are blunt and often unavailable for certain types of inflation risk.
There’s never really been a direct hedge for something like health-care inflation,” Ashton said. “If you can hedge that exposure more precisely, you can reduce the capital you need to hold, or expand the amount of business you can underwrite.”
He expects insurers and reinsurers to be among the earliest institutional adopters in a second phase of USDi’s rollout.
Other potential applications include education financing. Programs already exist in parts of the U.S. that allow families to prepay tuition years in advance, effectively locking in prices. Ashton sees a tokenized inflation hedge as a more flexible alternative.
Tuition is a classic inflation risk,” he said. “Being able to hedge that directly, that’s powerful.”
USDi is already up and running, with Ashton targeting a seed raise of around $1.5 million in the coming months.
The broader pitch, however, is less about funding and more about reframing how investors think about risk.
You’re born with inflation risk,” Ashton said. “You’re not born with credit risk or equity risk."
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World Liberty Financial responded to CoinDesk's reporting by saying it would "simply supply more collateral" if markets moved against it, a statement that did not reassure holders.
When CoinDesk reached out for a comment, WLFI did not directly address or dispute the transactions. Instead, it pointed to a social media post published after CoinDesk's report, which argued that the position was intentional and beneficial.
The statement also noted that WLFI would add more of its own token as collateral to avoid liquidation, further highlighting, rather than resolving, the concern raised in CoinDesk's reporting.
Adding more WLFI to back a position denominated in WLFI on a protocol advised by WLFI's own advisor is a form of circularity that investors may want to keep track of.
WLFI framed its role as "anchor borrower," saying the borrowing generates yield for other users at a time when traditional markets offer little. The team disclosed $65.58 million in open-market buybacks of 435.3 million WLFI tokens at an average price of $0.1507 over the past six months, and said a governance proposal to unlock tokens for early holders would be posted next week.
The token is now trading roughly 48% below the buyback average, meaning WLFI's own treasury purchases are significantly underwater.
Meanwhile, three billion additional WLFI tokens sit in an intermediary wallet after the treasury transferred them on April 2 and April 7. That stash is worth roughly $234 million as of current prices, down from $266 million a week ago.
The math works against WLFI on every side if those tokens follow the same path into Dolomite. Lower prices mean less borrowing power per token, and depositing more tokens to borrow more stablecoins from a pool that is already nearly drained makes it harder for other depositors to withdraw. The collateral backing the position becomes even more concentrated in a token that just lost 12% in a day.
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The proposal would move block building away from individual validators, create a revenue entity called FIRE to buy and burn FLR, and reduce annual token inflation to 3%.
External estimates put annual MEV revenues at tens of millions on networks like Arbitrum, upwards of $500 million on Ethereum, and as much as $1 billion on Solana. Flare's three-stage proposal would route the revenue into the protocol's own token economics.
In the first stage, block building moves from individual validators to a designated builder, initially run by the Flare Entity, with a fallback to the current model if the builder is unavailable. In the second, block building moves into Flare Confidential Compute, making the process publicly auditable. The third stage merges the builder and proposer into a single entity, shifting existing validators to a verification role.
The proposal also creates FIRE, the Flare Income Reinvestment Entity to collect revenue from multiple protocol sources including attestation fees, FAsset and Smart Account fees, confidential compute fees and the captured MEV. FIRE's primary mandate is reducing FLR token supply through open-market buybacks and burns.
Several changes would take effect immediately after approval. Annual FLR inflation would drop to 3% from 5%, with the hard cap cut to 3 billion tokens per year from 5 billion. A 20-fold increase to the base gas fee, from 60 gwei to 1,200 gwei, would raise estimated annual FLR burn from roughly 7.5 million to 300 million at current transaction volumes. Even after the increase, a standard Flare transaction would cost a fraction of a cent.
Flare has deep roots in the XRP ecosystem, having distributed its initial token supply through an airdrop to XRP holders in 2023. Its FAssets system, which has produced over 150 million FXRP, is designed to bring smart contract functionality to assets on blockchains like XRPL that do not natively support it.
The network reports over $160 million in total value locked as of late March 2026, with more than 887,000 active addresses.
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Six weeks of war have revealed that bitcoin's floor depends entirely on a handful of mandated buyers absorbing what everyone else is trying to get rid of.
Here is who is on each side and what their behavior tells us about where conviction actually sits.
Three entities account for nearly all of the sustained buying pressure in the bitcoin market right now, and all three are buying because their business model requires it rather than because they've made a discretionary call on price.
Strategy has been the most visible. The company disclosed its latest purchase on April 5, adding 4,871 BTC for approximately $329.9 million at an average of $67,718 per coin.
Total holdings now stand at 766,970 BTC acquired for $58.02 billion at a blended cost basis of $75,644. The position is underwater by roughly 8% at current prices, but Strategy continues buying below its average, pulling the breakeven lower with each purchase.
A CoinDesk report last week showed Strategy's 30-day accumulation holding steady at approximately 44,000 BTC through March.
Strategy's STRC preferred equity product saw hundreds of millions in new inflows around its recent ex-dividend date, providing the capital for continued accumulation. As long as investor appetite for that yield product holds, Strategy keeps buying. If STRC inflows slow, so does the bid.
Meanwhile, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs absorbed approximately 50,000 BTC in March's 30-day rolling window, the highest monthly pace since October 2025.
But the broader ETF industry data tracked on a weekly basis tells a less bullish story. CoinShares reported only $22 million in U.S. spot ETF inflows last week out of $107 million in total bitcoin ETP flows globally. Meanwhile, most flows came from one country – Swiss-listed products pulled in $157 million alone, accounting for 70% of the global ETP inflow of $224 million.
The institutional channel is open but the flow tis highly concentrated and is slowing on a weekly basis.
Meanwhile, Bitmine Immersion Technologies, while primarily an ether play, represents the same structural dynamic on the ETH side.
The company bought 71,252 ETH last week, its largest single-week purchase since December 2025, and now holds 4.8 million tokens worth roughly $10 billion.
Chairman Tom Lee called the stock market bottom this week while his company was actively spending hundreds of millions accumulating the asset he was publicly talking up.
Whales holding 1,000 to 10,000 BTC have turned from the market's largest buyers into its largest sellers. The one-year change in whale holdings has swung from roughly positive 200,000 BTC at the 2024 bull market peak to negative 188,000 BTC, a nearly 400,000 BTC reversal that CryptoQuant described as one of the most aggressive large-holder distribution cycles on record. The 365-day moving average continues to decline, confirming the selling is structural rather than reactive to any single event.
Mid-tier holders, wallets with 100 to 1,000 BTC, are still technically accumulating but the pace has collapsed more than 60% since October 2025, from nearly 1 million BTC in annual additions to 429,000. They have not flipped to selling yet, but the trajectory points that direction.
Listed bitcoin miners are liquidating treasury. Riot Platforms, MARA Holdings, and Genius Group disclosed selling more than 19,000 BTC from their treasuries in a single week earlier this month.
Some are facing operational strains, with bitcoin near $70,000 and difficulty at all-time highs and rising energy costs. The likes of Core Scientific, Iris Energy, and Hut 8, are pivoting capacity to AI hosting where contracted revenue replaces the volatility of mining income.
Bhutan, the only sovereign nation that built a bitcoin position through its own hydropower-backed mining operation, has sold 70% of its holdings since October 2024, from roughly 13,000 BTC to 3,954. The kingdom moved another 319.7 BTC to exchange-linked wallets this week. Its last mining inflow exceeding $100,000 was recorded over a year ago, suggesting the operation may have stopped entirely. Strategy now buys more bitcoin in a typical week than Bhutan has left.
The gap between what mandated buyers are doing and what the rest of the market feels is historically unusual.
The Fear and Greed Index spent over a month pinned between 8 and 14, the most sustained period in extreme fear territory since the 2022 bottom. It only climbed out of single digits this week after the ceasefire was announced.
Santiment data showed five bearish social media posts for every four bullish ones last weekend, the most negative skew since the war began.
Yet through all of that, ETFs were buying 50,000 BTC a month, Strategy was buying 44,000, and bitcoin never broke below $65,000. The floor held because the mandated buyers were absorbing what the discretionary sellers were dumping. The question is whether that absorption is sustainable.
The ceasefire announcement Tuesday produced the sharpest single-day rally in over a month, with bitcoin surging past $72,000 and $427 million in shorts getting liquidated. Open interest in BTC and ETH perpetuals expanding by $2.1 billion and $2.2 billion respectively in 24 hours, with coin-denominated OI also rising, confirming net new long positions rather than just short liquidations.
The Coinbase Premium turned positive for both bitcoin and ether for the first time since October's all-time high, reversing months of persistent negative readings. If it holds, that is the first sign of genuine U.S. buyer re-engagement since the war began.
But the ceasefire has not changed the structural dynamics underneath. Whether it converts into a trend reversal depends on whether the two-week truce becomes permanent, and whether the institutional flows that held the floor through the war can push through the $73,000 ceiling that has rejected every rally since late February.
In conclusion, a read across all of the data is that bitcoin's buyer base has been narrowing for months.
The number of entities providing sustained buying pressure can be counted on one hand. Strategy, ETFs, and to a lesser extent Morgan Stanley's new channel. Everyone else is either selling, slowing down, or leaving.
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Despite its vast mineral wealth, the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to struggle to attract stable foreign investment amid insecurity, with brewing giant Heineken selling its Bralima stake in a major restructuring of its long-standing presence.
Heineken has sold its stake in Bralima, ending decades of direct ownership in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The sale to Mauritius-based ELNA Holdings comes amid ongoing insecurity and instability, particularly in eastern DR Congo.
Conflict and armed groups continue to disrupt business operations, logistics, and supply chains, impacting foreign investment.
Despite immense mineral wealth, DR Congo struggles to convert resources into stable fiscal revenues and attract dependable FDI.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is witnessing another major corporate retreat as Heineken completes the sale of its stake in Bralima, marking a significant shift in one of the country’s oldest brewing operations amid persistent insecurity in the east.
The Dutch brewer said it has sold its shareholding in Brasseries, Limonaderies et Malteries (Bralima) to Mauritius-based ELNA Holdings Ltd, which will assume control of production, distribution and staff as per Reuters
The move effectively ends decades of direct ownership dating back to 1986, although Heineken will continue earning revenue through long-term trademark licensing agreements for brands including Heineken, Primus and Turbo King.
Bralima, founded in 1923 by Belgian investors, has been repeatedly affected by instability in recent years, with conflict in eastern DR Congo disrupting logistics, supply chains and market access.
DR Congo’s long-running struggle with armed groups, including the AFC/M23 rebels, has continued to undermine commercial stability, particularly in the east where key infrastructure has been repeatedly targeted.
Breweries and depots in cities such as Bukavu and Goma have faced looting and operational shutdowns, forcing multinational firms to reassess exposure.
The wider impact extends beyond manufacturing. The conflict is closely tied to the country’s mineral-rich eastern regions, where competition over gold, coltan and other strategic resources has fuelled insecurity for decades.
Despite vast resource wealth, DR Congo continues to struggle with converting its mineral endowment into stable fiscal revenues, limiting public investment capacity.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has remained uneven, with companies increasingly cautious about long-term commitments outside extractive sectors.
Several firms have scaled back or exited operations due to security risks, infrastructure gaps and regulatory uncertainty.
While Kinshasa has recently pursued new international partnerships, including engagement with the United States on strategic minerals, investors remain wary.
Multinationals cite concerns over contract stability, conflict exposure and logistical fragility as key barriers to re-entry or expansion.
The latest Heineken transaction underscores a broader trend: continued corporate restructuring in DR Congo rather than sustained withdrawal, reflecting a market where opportunity and instability remain tightly intertwined.
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Nigeria’s aviation sector is currently confronting a new dilemma as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency sounds the alarm on its old radar systems, which could hamper the country’s ability to properly monitor its skies
Nigeria's airspace surveillance is at risk due to aging and obsolete radar systems, notably the TRACON system.
The equipment, installed between 2008 and 2010, has exceeded its ten-year operational lifespan and now lacks spare parts and backup.
Budget constraints, including a 30% cut from the Federal Government, hinder necessary system upgrades and maintenance.
Revenue from air navigation fees has become outdated, but attempts to raise charges face resistance, affecting equipment sustainability.
Air traffic controllers, who rely on the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON) system, are expressing increasing concern regarding its reliability.
During a meeting with Mahmoud Kambari, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Farouk Umar, Managing Director of NAMA, described the current condition of the TRACON system as substandard.
Per an assessment by the Punch Newspaper, initiated in 2001, the multibillion-naira Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON) project was designed to provide comprehensive radar surveillance across the country.
For an extended period, this infrastructure functioned as the primary framework for air traffic monitoring, enabling controllers to maintain real-time tracking of aircraft.
While TRACON was formerly regarded as the fundamental component of national air surveillance, its current operational integrity is reported to have significantly deteriorated.
“Our area of urgent attention includes the air traffic surveillance service. The TRACON system has aged. Components are becoming obsolete with no spare parts, and most parts are working without backup. The airspace is at risk of losing surveillance service,” Mr. Umar stated
The Managing Director noted that although the system was implemented between 2008 and 2010, it has since surpassed its projected operational lifespan
“The lifespan of this kind of high-tech equipment is about ten years. Since 2014, the technology has been going out of fashion globally, with many countries migrating to more advanced systems,” he stated
“Without a reliable surveillance system, maintaining safe distances between aircraft becomes more difficult, increasing risks in an already complex aviation environment
Nigeria could also struggle to meet international standards. Providing air navigation services in line with ICAO requirements might become a challenge if urgent steps are not taken,” he added.
In addition to the technical challenges, the managing director revealed that the agency is struggling with budgetary limitations that make upgrading vital systems much more difficult
Speaking about the difficulty of a 30% Federal Government cut from NAMA's internal earnings, Umar maintained that, “This deduction is affecting our ability to meet critical obligations
He also added that. “Revenue challenges persist as well. Since 2008, we have been charging N11,000 per aircraft for each flight
That amount is no longer realistic, yet we face resistance every time we propose an increase. We must sustain our equipment, and that requires funding
Furthermore, he spoke of a lack of manpower and limited training opportunities for staff, which has been detrimental to the system
In response, Mahmoud Kambari, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Aviation, committed the ministry to aligning Nigeria’s aviation sector with international standards.
We will continue to work closely with all agencies to ensure they succeed. Nigeria’s aviation industry must remain a key economic driver and a hub of global connectivity,” Kambari stated.
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African-linked vessels are among the first non-Iranian ships cautiously navigating the Strait of Hormuz after a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, even as traffic through the world’s most important oil chokepoint remains far below normal levels and hundreds of ships remain stranded.
The Gabon-flagged MSG completed the first non-Iranian passage post-ceasefire, while a Botswana-flagged LNG tanker was turned back by Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
African-linked vessels are among the first non-Iranian ships cautiously navigating the Strait of Hormuz after a fragile US-Iran ceasefire.
Iran claims only US- and Israel-linked vessels are restricted and may allow special arrangements for countries like South Africa, while also considering imposing tolls on container ships.
Ship traffic through the strait remains far below normal, with only a handful of vessels passing and more than 600 ships still stranded.
Ship-tracking data shows only a handful of vessels have crossed the strait since the truce, underscoring continued Iranian control of the waterway and growing geopolitical tensions involving Washington, Tehran and global shipping operators.
The Gabon-flagged oil tanker MSG was among the first non-Iranian vessels to transit the strait after the ceasefire, carrying about 7,000 tonnes of Emirati fuel oil bound for India, according to MarineTraffic data.
A Liberia-flagged tanker, Daytona Beach, also crossed earlier, transiting at 8:59 a.m. CET after departing Iran’s Bandar Abbas port about an hour earlier at 7:28 a.m. CETSiyam
By contrast, a Botswana-flagged liquefied natural gas tanker, Nidi, reversed course after attempting to travel out of the Persian Gulf via a designated route before being directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to the Associated Press
Iran has required ships to coordinate movements with the Revolutionary Guard and follow specified routes through the strait amid security risks
Data from market intelligence firm Kpler shows at least 12 vessels have crossed the strait since the ceasefire, far below the usual daily volume of more than 100 ships
Five vessels crossed on Wednesday, down from 11 the previous day, while seven transited on Thursday, indicating traffic has not meaningfully recovered.
More than 600 vessels, including about 325 tankers, remain stranded in the Gulf, according to Lloyd’s List Intelligence, raising concerns about prolonged supply disruptions and rising shipping costs
Iran’s continued control of the strait has prompted diplomatic outreach, including from African economies reliant on Gulf energy supplies
Addressing the United Ulama Council of South Africa in Cape Town, Iran’s ambassador to Pretoria, Mansour Shakib Mehr, said reports that the energy supply chain had been closed since the start of the conflict on February 28 were inaccurate
He said only vessels linked to the United States and Israel were being restricted from sailing through the strait, which carries about 20% of crude oil originating in the Persian Gulf
Mehr added that Iranian authorities had allowed Chinese- and India-bound shipments to continue under specific conditions and that the same “special arrangement” could be extended to South Africa
Despite Nigeria and Angola cushioning supply disruptions across parts of Africa, the two producers supply roughly two thirds of crude demand in some markets, helping limit immediate shortages but leaving the continent exposed to global price volatility
Countries including China, Malaysia, India and Egypt have opened discussions with Tehran to secure passage through the waterway, as Iranian officials weigh plans to formalise control of the route, including proposals for a toll of about $2 million per container ship
A spokesperson for Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union also indicated that shipping firms may be required to pay Iran a levy in cryptocurrency for each barrel of oil transported through the strait
US President Donald Trump criticised Iran’s management of oil transit, writing: “Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz
He also warned: “There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait – They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, meanwhile, accused Washington of failing to honour the ceasefire. “The world sees the massacres in Lebanon,” Araghchi said in a post on social media. “The ball is in the US court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments
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One of the most obvious indicators that it could be a smart idea to buy a house rather than keep renting is a lower price-to-rent ratio.
The price-to-rent ratio measures whether it is more affordable to buy or rent a home.
A low price-to-rent ratio suggests that home prices are reasonable compared to rent costs, making buying more attractive
Lower ratios indicate more balanced markets and less financial strain for first-time buyers
According to Numbeo, several major African cities currently have low price-to-rent ratios, indicating that homeownership is financially advantageous there
The statistic, which compares the cost of owning a house to the cost of renting it, is straightforward, yet it provides useful information on long-term financial benefit and housing affordability.
In comparison to rental income, a low ratio indicates that property prices are reasonably priced
Fundamentally, the price-to-rent ratio aids in providing a practical response to the following query: Is it more affordable to rent over time or own this property outright?
Financial hardship is more likely in markets where the ratio is high, since purchasers frequently exceed their budgets to purchase expensive properties
To put it another way, the price of purchasing a home is not much more than what you would eventually pay in rent
This increases the sustainability of homeownership, especially for first-time purchasers
A lower percentage, on the other hand, indicates a more balanced market where genuine economic value underpins property prices
The ratio also takes into account more general market conditions
A lower percentage frequently suggests that supply and demand for housing are reasonably balanced, preventing a sharp price rise
This gives buyers greater leeway to bargain for better prices and less pressure to make snap judgments
Additionally, it may indicate a more stable real estate market where fundamentals rather than speculators drive prices
Numbeo shows that standardizing comparisons across markets is made easier by using realistic assumptions, such as determining rent per square meter based on actual apartment sizes (50 square meters for a one-bedroom and 110 square meters for a three-bedroom)
The ratio nevertheless offers a solid foundation for assessing affordability and making wise choices even when taxes and maintenance expenses are not taken into account
In the end, a low price-to-rent ratio benefits purchasers by bringing the cost of ownership into line with actual rental values
With that said, here are the major African cities with the lowest price-to-rent ratio, indicating that owning a home is more financially viable than paying rent, per data from Numebo.
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African central banks are gradually aligning with a global shift toward gold-backed reserves, as total central bank purchases reached 27 tonnes in February 2026, valued at about $2billion depending on prevailing prices.
African central banks are gradually increasing gold-backed reserves.
The majority of global central bank gold demand is concentrated among a small group of consistent buyers.
Africa's gold accumulation is modest but strategic, led by the Bank of Uganda, Kenya and the DRC
While global gold demand remains high, driven by countries like China, Poland, and Kazakhstan, Africa is adopting a slow and policy-driven approach to increase holdings.
The uptick marks a rebound from January’s slowdown and reflects a sustained push toward reserve diversification.
Global gold demand from central banks remains highly concentrated among a small group of consistent buyers rather than being evenly spread across the global financial system.
Although more than 60 central banks have added gold in recent years, the bulk of net demand is still driven by a narrow group of aggressive accumulators, mainly in emerging markets.
According to analysis by the World Gold Council, the National Bank of Poland has been one of the most aggressive, adding roughly 80–95 tonnes in 2025, while People’s Bank of China remains the most consistent accumulator, extending its buying streak beyond 16 months with reserves above 2,300 tonnes.
Kazakhstan has also steadily increased holdings, adding about 40–50 tonnes, while Turkey and India have taken a more cyclical approach, alternating between purchases and pauses depending on domestic and market conditions.
This concentration has helped keep global demand elevated above historical averages since 2022, often exceeding 1,000 tonnes annually in peak years before easing slightly in 2025–2026.
African participation remains modest but increasingly strategic. Uganda is at the forefront, launching a domestic gold purchasing programme targeting at least 100 kilograms (0.1 tonnes) over four months.
Last year, African central banks delivered mixed but increasingly strategic performances, with gold playing a central role in managing currency pressures and economic instability.
Ghana stood out for aggressively boosting reserves to support the cedi, while Egypt maintained a more cautious, stability-focused approach. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe experimented with a gold-backed currency, achieving short-term stability but facing lingering credibility concerns.
The initiative reflects a deliberate shift toward locally sourced reserves, aimed at reducing exposure to currency volatility while strengthening balance sheet stability.
In Kenya, gold reserves remain extremely low at just 0.02 tonnes, but policymakers have signaled plans to begin gradual accumulation. With foreign reserves estimated at $12–13 billion, Kenya has room to diversify into gold as part of broader reserve management reforms.
Elsewhere, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is targeting 15 tonnes of artisanal gold production in 2026, as part of efforts to formalise mining output and strengthen state control over bullion flows.
Although Africa still holds a negligible share of global central bank gold reserves, the direction is increasingly clear.
Rather than aggressive accumulation, the continent is adopting a slow, structured, policy-driven approach, aligning with a wider global trend where gold continues to regain importance as a reserve hedge in uncertain financial markets.
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Amid persistent disruptions to global trade in the Strait of Hormuz, Togo is putting forward an ambitious plan to position the Port of Lome as a more secure and dependable logistics center for the international maritime industry.
Togo aims to position the Port of Lome as a secure and reliable logistics center amid disruptions in global trade routes, especially the Strait of Hormuz.
Geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have increased shipping costs and risks, impacting global supply chains dependent on oil.
Togo's Minister of Maritime Economy highlighted the modernization of the Port of Lome, making it capable of handling large-scale international shipping traffic.
The Port of Lome is presented as a strategic alternative for goods bound for Asia and Africa, potentially bypassing risky areas like the Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal.These disruptions have impacted global supply systems, particularly in places that rely significantly on imported petroleum and supplies.
The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the world's most important maritime corridors, carrying around 20% of global oil shipments.
Ongoing geopolitical tensions between Iran and the United States have prompted concerns about the safety of vessels traveling the route, resulting in greater shipping costs, delays, and increased insurance premiums.
These disruptions have impacted global supply systems, particularly in places that rely significantly on imported petroleum and supplies.
Against this backdrop, Togo's Minister Delegate for Maritime Economy, Edem Kokou Tengue, during an interview with Sputnik, underscored how the Port of Lomé could serve as a strategic alternative for global trade lines.
“So, Euroassian shipping lines can now rely on the Port of Lome as a transport hub, thus avoiding the dangers that exist on the other side of the planet
Tengue emphasized that the West African port has undergone significant modernization, positioning it to handle large-scale international shipping traffic.
This is essentially the message we conveyed at this forum, demonstrating how the Port of Lome is a modern port, with modern infrastructure, capable of accommodating the latest generations of ships.”
The minister further highlighted that Togo’s proposition goes beyond the Strait, as even disruption in other maritime channels like the Red Sea could be mitigated using the Port of Lome.
Whether Asian routes carry goods destined for Asia, or even the rest of the African continent, I’m referring specifically to Southern and Eastern Africa, the Port of Lome now offers an alternative to the dangers posed by the route through the Strait of Hormuz, or the route through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea,” he stated.
Lomé's strategic offer is consistent with Togo's overall goals to become a logistics powerhouse in West Africa.
Tengue emphasized that altering trade patterns could lead to new collaborations and routes, particularly among Eurasian economies looking to avoid risky regions.
We now have a credible alternative to the traditional trade routes that countries in this part of the world, particularly Russia and others, used for their international trade."
I believe that Russia, like other countries, has much to offer, especially for those of us who want to promote our country as a logistics hub," he added.
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The crypto exchange said its operations in the United Arab Emirates remain unchanged and that many employees have chosen to remain
The spokesperson also said its operations in the UAE remain unchanged and that many employees have chosen to stay.
Our operations in the UAE continue as normal — a large number of our team has chosen to remain in the UAE. We remain deeply committed to the UAE as a key hub for Binance and to the broader region,” the spokesperson said. “As a global company, we continue to operate seamlessly and serve our users without interruption.”
The offer of relocation comes after a ceasefire agreement, following roughly six weeks of escalating regional conflict that has disrupted business activity in the UAE. The country has intercepted hundreds of missiles and drones since hostilities began in late February, according to the UAE Ministry of Defense, with additional interceptions reported on April 8.
The Middle East conflict has already disrupted major crypto, business and sports events across the UAE. TOKEN2049 Dubai has been postponed to 2027, while TON Gateway was canceled due to security and travel concerns. Other large events, including Middle East Energy Dubai and the Dubai International Boat Show, have also been delayed, and the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Formula 1 races, key for crypto sponsorship exposure, are set to be canceled.
In December, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) said Binance’s global platform would operate under its regulatory framework, marking a significant step in formalizing the exchange’s structure.
Binance, which reportedly has 1,000 staff members or 20% of its total global workforce in the UAE, has also indicated that its worldwide operations are supported from Abu Dhabi, though it has not clearly defined a single global headquarters.
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The magic word for digital assets adoption and success: choice
The opportunity is both real and transformative, but accelerated adoption of digital assets is not guaranteed.
igital assets have moved well beyond the hype cycle. What began as an experiment in decentralized value transfer has evolved into a serious conversation about how capital markets, custody, settlement and asset ownership could be re-imagined for the digital age. Tokenization, programmable money and distributed ledgers may deliver faster settlement, greater transparency and new efficiencies across the financial system.
If investors, issuers and intermediaries are forced into narrow paths and left without options, the promise of digital assets risks being constrained by the very silos they were meant to dismantle. For Web3 to flourish, market participants must be able to choose how, where and when they engage.
The ecosystem’s success will not be determined by any single technology, protocol, innovator or platform. Instead, it will hinge on whether the industry embraces a principle that traditional markets have relied on and come to expect for more than a century: choice.
Without interoperability, assets risk being locked into isolated environments, limiting liquidity, mobility and investor access. The result is a digital version of the same inefficiencies that have historically plagued financial markets, with the added benefits of being faster and more complex
One of the most pressing challenges facing digital assets adoption today is fragmentation. New blockchains and networks continue to emerge, each optimized for different use cases, governance models or performance requirements. While innovation is healthy, disconnected ecosystems can quickly become a barrier to scale.
Indeed, some investors may prefer open, public blockchains, while others may gravitate toward private blockchains. It’s not a matter of ‘or’ – both can and should be available
Interoperability has the potential to change that result. A “network of networks” approach enables assets to move securely across platforms, enabling market participant firms and investors to take full advantage of tokenization’s potential while preserving market integrity and scale. It simplifies use cases, unlocks new business models and supports regulatory consistency, without forcing the industry to converge on a single ccha
Tokenization is often discussed as an inevitability, but inevitability should not be confused with immediacy. Not every asset will tokenize, and those that do will not do so at the same pace
Achieving this vision will require collaboration. Market infrastructure providers, technology firms and regulators must work together to establish frameworks that prioritize compatibility and interoperability over control. In a recent white paper authored by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in collaboration with Clearstream, Euroclear and BCG, we explored how shared standards and coordinated governance could help advance interoperability while maintaining trust and resilience. The message was and remains clear: interoperability is foundational to scale and the future growth of digital markets
Certain asset classes, especially those with clear operational inefficiencies, high reconciliation costs or settlement frictions, are natural early candidates for tokenization. Others may follow as technology matures, regulatory clarity increases, and market demand evolves. Giving issuers and investors the ability to decide what makes sense for their needs, and on their timeline, reduces risk and builds confidence
For example, while The Depository Trust Corporation (DTC), as a securities depository, facilitates the post‑trade settlement of securities representing over $100 trillion in value, we are not advocating for broad, indiscriminate, or immediate tokenization. Particularly in the early stages of this ecosystem, disciplined sequencing, intentionality, and caution are essential
Digital transformation does not mean abandoning established investing principles and processes.Certain asset classes, especially those with clear operational inefficiencies, high reconciliation costs or settlement frictions, are natural early candidates for tokenization. Others may follow as technology matures, regulatory clarity increases, and market demand evolves. Giving issuers and investors the ability to decide what makes sense for their needs, and on their timeline, reduces risk and builds confidence
Choice, in this context, is about sequencing and needs. It allows the market to learn, adapt and scale responsibly rather than forcing adoption before the infrastructure is ready
A successful digital asset ecosystem can support both. Investors should be able to hold assets in tokenized form alongside traditional securities – and even switch back and forth between them – without sacrificing legal certainty, operational continuity or even the feeling of being in control. Flexibility ensures participation is driven by value, not obligation, and that trust is earned, not assumed
For many institutional investors, tokenized assets will coexist with traditional holdings for many years to come. Some will prefer onchain representations for their operational efficiency or programmability. Others will continue to rely on established custody models, particularly as compliance and risk frameworks evolve
Perhaps the most tangible expression of choice is the wallet
As digital assets enter mainstream financial markets, participants will bring different preferences, risk tolerances and operational requirements. Some will prioritize self-custody. Others will rely on institutional-grade solutions. Many will want the freedom to change over time
Wallet selection should belong to clients (market participant firms). No prescribed wallet. No mandated standard. This model empowers market participants to choose based on their own security needs, regulatory considerations, geographic requirements or internal controls
This flexibility is essential for adoption at scale. Markets will thrive when financial institutions have the opportunity to engage on their own terms and can make decisions based on their clients’ and investors’ strategies, needs and preferences
The success of the digital assets ecosystem will not be built on constraints and limitations. Instead, it will be built on options: choice in blockchain, in assets, in custody and in wallets. These are practical requirements for facilitating growth
If the industry gets this right, digital assets can deliver on their promise: more inclusive, efficient and resilient markets. If it gets it wrong, it risks recreating the limitations of the past on faster rails
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