Token Metrics Daily Pulse
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Trump threatens Iran. Crypto bleeds 6%.
Trump pledges to hit Iran "extremely hard." BTC drops to $66,056. SOL falls -6.1%. Everything risk-off is selling together.<br /><br />Today's key developments:<br />• Trump's Iran threat sent crypto into a synchronized risk-off dump: BTC fell to $66,056 (-3.35%), SOL dropped -6.08%, and BNB shed -6.35% as geopolitical fear hit every risk asset at once.<br />• Drift Protocol exploited for a reported $285 million — Solana's largest DeFi protocol by perps volume told users to halt deposits, and the post-mortem is pointing at admin key exposure, not code.<br />• Coinbase's CLO says a deal on stablecoin yield in the Clarity Act is "very close" —...
BTC snaps 5-month losing streak. Now what?
Bitcoin just snapped a 5-month losing streak. Now trading at $68,344, up 2.55%. ETH leads the pack at +3.96%. The streak is over. The real question starts now.<br /><br />Today's key developments:<br />• Bitcoin just snapped a 5-month losing streak, closing March in the green for the first time since October. Key levels to watch in April are now front and center.<br />• Bitcoin's drawdowns are structurally shrinking — and Wall Street analysts are starting to build that into their models. Not everyone agrees: Bloomberg's Mike McGlone still has a $10,000 target on the table.<br />• Bitcoin traders are positioning defensively heading into the Easter h...
BTC's worst 6-month streak since 2018 ends today
BTC sits at $66,608. Down -1.83% today. A close below $67,300 locks in six straight monthly losses. That hasn't happened since 2018.<br /><br />Today's key developments:<br />• Bitcoin is one bad close away from a record-tying six-month losing streak. A finish below $67,300 today would match the 2018 bear market run.<br />• Google's quantum research is moving the goalposts on Bitcoin's Q-Day timeline — researchers now warn 2032 is a credible window, not a distant sci-fi scenario.<br />• A new US rule could open the $8 trillion retirement market to crypto — and most people haven't noticed yet.<br /><br /><br />📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics...
Strategy stopped buying. ETFs bled $296M.
BTC bounces to $67,807. Up 1.53%. ETH leads at +3.61%. But Strategy paused buys. ETFs bled $296M last week. The buyers are quiet. The price is up. Something doesn't add up.<br /><br />Today's key developments:<br />• Strategy paused its weekly Bitcoin purchases for the first time in months, holding at 762,099 BTC — worth roughly $52 billion and more than 3.6% of Bitcoin's total supply.<br />• Aave V4 launched on Ethereum mainnet today after roughly two years of development, introducing a hub-and-spoke architecture designed to extend DeFi lending into real-world credit markets.<br />• Rate hike bets are building — not just for the Fed, but now for the Bank o...
Markets are pricing in rate hikes again
BTC slips to $66,445. ETH breaks back below $2,000. Markets are pricing in rate hikes — not cuts. The macro floor just got shakier.<br /><br />Today's key developments:<br />• Markets are pricing in rate hikes again — and crypto is not immune. Inflation fears plus Middle East tensions are reshaping Fed expectations in real time.<br />• Gnosis and Zisk just announced the Ethereum Economic Zone — a rollup framework co-funded by the Ethereum Foundation, with Aave, Titan, and Centrifuge already signed on.<br />• The CLARITY Act could be a quiet kill switch for DeFi token yields. An analyst at 10x Research says ring-fencing yield would shift...
Bitcoin ETFs just snapped a 4-week win streak
Spot Bitcoin ETFs broke a 4-week inflow streak. Capital is avoiding directional risk. BTC sits at $66,422. Google just gave Bitcoin devs a 2029 quantum deadline.<br /><br />Today's key developments:<br />• Spot Bitcoin ETFs snapped a 4-week inflow streak, with capital explicitly avoiding what analysts are calling 'directional risk' heading into quarter-end.<br />• Google set a 2029 deadline to migrate all authentication services to quantum-resistant cryptography — and the clock is now ticking loudest for Bitcoin developers, not Ethereum.<br />• Morgan Stanley entered the Bitcoin ETF race with a market-leading low fee, while Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure and selling BTC to fund...
$300M in longs just got wiped. Retail sold first.
$300M in long liquidations. BTC hits a two-week low. Retail sold. Whales watched. ETF outflows at a three-week high.<br /><br />Today's key developments:<br />• $300 million in long liquidations wiped out as Bitcoin dropped to a two-week low — and Glassnode data shows retail investors did most of the selling while whales stayed neutral.<br />• US Bitcoin ETF outflows hit a three-week high as geopolitical uncertainty and rising Treasury yields pressured liquidity — and traders are specifically positioning ahead of a potentially volatile weekend.<br />• ICE — the NYSE's parent company — just dropped another $600 million into Polymarket as prediction markets crossed $20 billion in monthly volume...
Fannie Mae just accepted Bitcoin as collateral
Fannie Mae now accepts Bitcoin and USDC as mortgage collateral. BTC is down -3.25%. ETH down -5.13%. The market is selling while the infrastructure is being built around it.<br /><br />Today's key developments:<br />• Fannie Mae will now accept Bitcoin and USDC as mortgage collateral — a first for U.S. housing finance, structured through Coinbase and Better Home.<br />• MARA Holdings sold $1.1 billion in Bitcoin to buy back debt — and the stock jumped 10% on the news.<br />• Stand With Crypto — the Coinbase-backed advocacy group — just launched a voter hub and endorsed congressional candidates ahead of the November 2026 midterms.<br /><br /><br />📰 R...
Circle dropped 20%. The market got it wrong.
Circle stock plunged 20% in a single day. The Clarity Act spooked investors. But Bernstein says they read it backwards. BTC ETFs pulled in $2.5B this month. Someone's panicking. Someone else is buying.<br /><br />Today's key developments:<br />• Circle stock cratered 20% after the Clarity Act draft banned stablecoin yield-sharing. Then Bernstein dropped a note saying the market got it completely backwards.<br />• Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $2.5 billion in a single month, nearly erasing their year-to-date outflow losses despite a significant price drawdown.<br />• Monument Bank is tokenizing £250 million in retail deposits in what's being called a UK first. The deposits stay in...
NYSE just hired blockchain to work weekends
NYSE taps Securitize for 24/7 tokenized stocks, joining a growing institutional race to put equities on-chain. Two of the world's biggest exchanges. Same week. This is a race now.<br /><br />Today's key developments:<br />• NYSE taps Securitize to build a 24/7 tokenized securities platform, joining a growing institutional race to put equities on-chain.<br />• Coinbase says institutional crypto is entering a 'second wave' — and this time, it's all about yield, not price speculation.<br />• Strategy (Saylor) gains access to another $44 billion to buy Bitcoin, while Bernstein calls the bottom and maintains its previously published year-end price target.<br /><br /><br />📰 Read the full Da...
