{"id":150899,"date":"2026-04-16T14:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=150899"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:08:17","slug":"crypto-news-of-the-week-april-8-15-2026-nordfx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=150899","title":{"rendered":"CRYPTO NEWS OF THE WEEK April 8\u201315, 2026 | NordFX"},"content":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\udfe0 BITCOIN: BREAKOUT ATTEMPT<\/strong> Bitcoin climbed back toward $75,000, its highest since early February, while Ethereum surged even harder\u200a\u2014\u200aup 7% to nearly $2,400, a two-month high. BTC briefly topped the key $76,000 resistance before pulling back near $74,300. Derivatives funding rates on Binance have stayed negative for 46 straight days\u200a\u2014\u200aa streak last seen after the FTX crash in 2022. Analysts say such extended bearish positioning has historically preceded sharp upside squeezes. \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n

\u262e\ufe0f GEOPOLITICS MOVES THE MARKET<\/strong> The week\u2019s main driver: Trump announced Iran still wants peace talks. BTC gained 8.1% and ETH 12.4% over 7 days. Three key tests ahead: the April 15 tax deadline (~$2.8B in expected crypto selling), ceasefire expiry on April 22, and the FOMC meeting on April\u00a028\u201329.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcca ALTCOINS & MARKET DATA<\/strong> The ETH\/BTC ratio hit its highest since January. Ethereum added 284,000 new users in Q1 and stablecoin supply reached a record $180B. XRP gained 6% weekly, leading all assets with $120M in global ETP inflows. Bitcoin miner stocks surged\u200a\u2014\u200aKeel Infrastructure +20.5%, MARA +5.8%, Hut 8\u00a0+4.8%.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfe6 WALL STREET GOES DEEPER INTO CRYPTO<\/strong> Goldman Sachs filed with the SEC on April 14 for a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF\u200a\u2014\u200aa covered-call fund generating yield from BTC options. The bank won\u2019t hold Bitcoin directly. Earliest possible launch: late June 2026. This follows Morgan Stanley\u2019s own spot Bitcoin ETF launch last week\u200a\u2014\u200athe first bank-issued BTC ETF on\u00a0record.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f POLITICS & REGULATION<\/strong> Trump\u2019s Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh disclosed over $192M in assets including stakes in Solana, dYdX, Optimism, Polychain Capital, and Flashnet\u200a\u2014\u200aa Bitcoin Lightning Network startup. He has pledged to divest. His Senate confirmation hearing is set for April 21. France passed a law requiring self-custody crypto wallet holders with \u20ac5,000+ to report to tax authorities. Elon Musk confirmed the DOGE government efficiency department shuts down by July 4. DOGE coin trades near $0.12.\u00a0\ud83e\udecf<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd10 SECURITY ALERT<\/strong> The FBI reported US crypto scam losses hit $11.4B in 2025, up 22% year-over-year, with 181,565 complaints averaging $62,600 per loss. Never share your seed phrase!\u00a0\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfb2 FUN FACT OF THE WEEK<\/strong> This week, the Bitcoin network quietly crossed the 50% mark of its current halving cycle\u200a\u2014\u200awe are now exactly halfway to the next halving, expected around April 12, 2028. Bitcoin\u2019s annual inflation rate currently sits below 1%\u200a\u2014\u200alower than gold. Yet BTC is up only ~15% since the April 2024 halving, the most muted post-halving performance in its history, reflecting a maturing market. The countdown to the next halving is officially on!\u00a0\u23f3<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcc8 Trade smarter. Stay informed. Stay with\u00a0NordFX.<\/em><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf10 CRYPTO NEWS OF THE WEEK \ud83d\udcc5 April 8\u201315, 2026 | NordFX<\/a> was originally published in Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\udfe0 BITCOIN: BREAKOUT ATTEMPT Bitcoin climbed back toward $75,000, its highest since early February, while Ethereum surged even harder\u200a\u2014\u200aup 7% to nearly $2,400, a two-month high. BTC briefly topped the key $76,000 resistance before pulling back near $74,300. Derivatives funding rates on Binance have stayed negative for 46 straight days\u200a\u2014\u200aa streak last seen after the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":150900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/150900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}