🟠 BITCOIN: RECOVERY IN PROGRESS
BTC is trading around $75,900, rebounding above $76,000 despite Iran war tensions. Six consecutive days of ETF inflows and Iran’s ceasefire announcement fueled the rally. Odds for Bitcoin hitting $80,000 in April are rising.
📈 ETF INFLOWS — INSTITUTIONS KEEP BUYING
Bitcoin ETFs recorded $238M in net inflows on April 20 — five straight days of positive flows, led by BlackRock’s IBIT with $256M. Total spot BTC ETF inflows April 14–17 reached $1.29 billion.
🏦 STRATEGY OVERTAKES BLACKROCK AS #1 BTC HOLDER
MicroStrategy bought 34,164 BTC for $2.54 billion, pushing holdings to 815,061 BTC and surpassing BlackRock’s IBIT for the first time since mid-2024. Saylor reported a $3.6 billion Bitcoin Gain for Strategy in the first three weeks of April.
💥 DeFi UNDER SIEGE — THE $292M KELPDAO HACK
On April 18, North Korea’s Lazarus Group drained $292 million from Kelp DAO — the largest DeFi exploit of 2026, wiping $13.2 billion from total DeFi value locked. Arbitrum froze $71M of stolen ETH on April 21, but hackers quickly began laundering the rest.
🏛️ POLITICS & REGULATION
⚖️ The U.S. Clarity Act faces a May delay amid banking lobbying over stablecoin yield rules. Galaxy Research puts its 2026 odds at roughly 50–50.
🏦 Kevin Warsh’s Fed Chair confirmation hearing on April 21 — his potential dovish stance seen as positive for crypto.
🇷🇺 Russia introduced a bill criminalizing unlicensed crypto services with penalties up to 7 years in prison.
🇵🇱 Poland remains the only EU country without a MiCA framework after parliament again failed to override a presidential veto.
🤫 THE MUSK BTC REVEAL
Elon and Kimbal’s father claimed his sons jointly hold 23,400 BTC worth $1.7 billion. Neither confirmed it. Dad owns zero crypto himself, calls himself “old-fashioned,” yet predicts crypto will replace the entire financial system. 😄
😄 FUN FACT OF THE WEEK
A Solana token called USELESS launched with zero roadmap, zero team, zero utility. It shot from a $200K market cap to $40M in one week, peaked at $450M, and got listed on Coinbase, Kraken and Gate.io. Still holds $32M today. In crypto, honesty pays. 🤷
📊 Stay sharp, stay informed.
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🗓 CRYPTO NEWS OF THE WEEK | April 15–22, 2026 was originally published in Coinmonks on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.