\ud83d\udfe0 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\u2019s ceasefire announcement fueled the rally. Odds for Bitcoin hitting $80,000 in April are rising.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udcc8 ETF INFLOWS\u200a\u2014\u200aINSTITUTIONS KEEP BUYING
Bitcoin ETFs recorded $238M in net inflows on April 20\u200a\u2014\u200afive straight days of positive flows, led by BlackRock\u2019s IBIT with $256M. Total spot BTC ETF inflows April 14\u201317 reached $1.29 billion.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfe6 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udca5 DeFi UNDER SIEGE\u200a\u2014\u200aTHE $292M KELPDAO HACK
On April 18, North Korea\u2019s Lazarus Group drained $292 million from Kelp DAO\u200a\u2014\u200athe 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.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f POLITICS & REGULATION
\u2696\ufe0f 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\u201350.
\ud83c\udfe6 Kevin Warsh\u2019s Fed Chair confirmation hearing on April 21\u200a\u2014\u200ahis potential dovish stance seen as positive for crypto.
\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa Russia introduced a bill criminalizing unlicensed crypto services with penalties up to 7 years in prison.
\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Poland remains the only EU country without a MiCA framework after parliament again failed to override a presidential veto.<\/p>\n
\ud83e\udd2b THE MUSK BTC REVEAL
Elon and Kimbal\u2019s father claimed his sons jointly hold 23,400 BTC worth $1.7 billion. Neither confirmed it. Dad owns zero crypto himself, calls himself \u201cold-fashioned,\u201d yet predicts crypto will replace the entire financial system. \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n
\ud83d\ude04 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. \ud83e\udd37<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udcca Stay sharp, stay informed.
NordFX\u200a\u2014\u200aYour Gateway to Global Markets\u00a0\ud83c\udf10<\/p>\n
\ud83d\uddd3 CRYPTO NEWS OF THE WEEK | April 15\u201322, 2026<\/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: 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\u2019s ceasefire announcement fueled the rally. Odds for Bitcoin hitting $80,000 in April are rising. \ud83d\udcc8 ETF INFLOWS\u200a\u2014\u200aINSTITUTIONS KEEP BUYING Bitcoin ETFs recorded $238M in net inflows on April 20\u200a\u2014\u200afive straight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":154708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154707","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\/154707"}],"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=154707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/154708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}