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Daily Pulse is your morning crypto briefing, summarizing key overnight changes, their significance, and upcoming alerts. No predictions or hype—just 10 essential points, verified and sourced. New episodes daily. Subscribe at tokenmetrics.com.

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7:34

Bitcoin clears $78K. Short sellers just got wrecked.

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/22

Bitcoin clears $78K for the first time in weeks. $418 million in liquidations in 24 hours. ETH up 4%, SOL up 4%. The short squeeze the bears didn't see coming.Today's key developments:• $418 million in crypto liquidations in 24 hours as Bitcoin tests $78K resistance and short sellers get caught offside.• Lazarus Group has a new attack vector: a macOS-targeting exploit called Mach-O Man, and they're using LayerZero and other bridges to launder the proceeds.• Aave's TVL is sliding, with capital

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7:39

Scammers charging Bitcoin tolls in the Strait of Hormuz

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/21

Scammers posed as Iranian officials. They demanded Bitcoin to let ships pass Hormuz. At least one vessel paid. Strategy just bought 34,000 BTC more. The market barely flinched.Today's key developments:• Fraudsters impersonating Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials demanded Bitcoin and USDT from cargo ships near the Strait of Hormuz — and at least one vessel appears to have paid.• Arbitrum's Security Council froze $71.5 million in ETH tied to the $292 million Kelp DAO exploit — but the attacker had

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7:07

Crypto funds just absorbed $1.4B in a week

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2026/04/20

Crypto funds pulled in $1.4 billion last week. BTC is flat at $75K. ETH can't hold $2,500. Money is entering. Prices aren't moving. Something has to give.Today's key developments:• Crypto funds absorbed $1.4 billion last week as Bitcoin cleared its two-month trading range.• Aave V3 TVL dropped significantly after the Kelp DAO rsETH bridge exploit, exposing structural risk from liquid restaking tokens as collateral.• Polymarket is reportedly in talks to raise $400 million at a $15 billion

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7:44

65% of institutions now call crypto essential

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/19

65% of institutional investors call crypto a vital diversifier. BTC sits at $75K and sliding. Memes up 33% in a week. Conviction is rising while prices drift lower.Today's key developments:• A Nomura study finds 65% of institutional investors now view crypto as a vital portfolio diversifier — the highest reading the firm has recorded.• Kelp DAO's rsETH bridge was exploited for $292 million — 2026's largest crypto hack — with wrapped ETH stranded across 20 chains in a LayerZero-based attack.• Alcoa

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7:16

DeFi's biggest 2026 hack just hit $292M

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/18

Kelp DAO just lost $292 million in a bridge exploit. rsETH stranded across 20 chains. BTC slides to $76K. DeFi's security problem isn't getting smaller.Today's key developments:• The Kelp DAO exploit exposed a layered attack surface: restaked ETH on EigenLayer, a LayerZero-based bridge, and 20 destination chains — all failing together in a single coordinated hit that the restaking narrative wasn't prepared to absorb.• Bitcoin broke through seven months of resistance this week before sliding back

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7:11

Kraken just spent $550M to buy a derivatives exchange

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2026/04/17

Kraken drops $550 million on a derivatives exchange. BTC sits at $76K with a sell wall overhead. Negative funding rates hit their highest of the year. Someone's positioning for the next move — question is which direction.Today's key developments:• Kraken's parent Payward is acquiring derivatives exchange Bitnomial for $550 million in cash and stock — the biggest exchange acquisition in years.• Negative funding rates hit their highest level of 2026 as BTC tests $76K — shorts are the most crowded

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7:17

BTC funding rates most negative since 2023

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/16

BTC funding rates just hit their most negative since 2023. Price sits at $74K. Short-term holders are hunting exits. Historically, this is where bottoms form — not where they break.Today's key developments:• Bitcoin funding rates just hit their most negative reading since 2023 — and history says that's actually a bullish setup.• Drift Protocol just raised $148 million from Tether and partners — days after a massive exploit — and is replacing USDC with USDT as its primary stablecoin.• Bitcoin

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7:25

BTC stalled at $75K. The IMF just explained why.

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2026/04/15

BTC hit $75K yesterday. Today it's back at $74K. The IMF just cut global growth forecasts. Memes are up 12% this week. The market is sending three different signals at once.Today's key developments:• BTC touched $75K for the first time since February — then immediately pulled back. $411 million in ETF inflows followed. Analysts are calling for caution.• The IMF just issued a global debt warning that directly reprices the macro backdrop for Bitcoin — and not in the way bulls want.• World Liberty

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7:43

ETH just had its best day in months. BTC hit $75K.

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/14

ETH up 8% in a day. BTC touched $75K for the first time since February. Total market cap back above $2.6 trillion. But ETF flows were negative $291 million last week. Someone's buying — and it's not the funds.Today's key developments:• Bitcoin crossed $75K for the first time since early February — even as spot ETFs posted $291 million in net outflows last week.• The SEC staff exempted crypto interface providers — wallets, front-ends, aggregators — from mandatory broker registration.• Deutsche Börse

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12:51

SEC just gave crypto wallets a free pass

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2026/04/13

The SEC just said crypto wallet software isn't a broker. Three years of developer fear, gone in one staff bulletin. BTC sits at $72K. Crypto funds just had their best week since January. Someone should've bet on this.Today's key developments:• The SEC just ruled that software enabling crypto wallet transactions doesn't qualify as a broker — exempting non-custodial interfaces from mandatory registration requirements.• Crypto funds posted their best week of inflows since January, with both Bitcoin and

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10:22

Commodity traders are ditching banks for stablecoins

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2026/04/12

Commodity traders are getting debanked over Iran exposure — and stablecoins are the only rail still open.Today's key developments:• Commodity traders caught in the Iran war crossfire are getting debanked — and turning to stablecoins to keep their businesses alive.• WLFI's $75 million DeFi loan is drawing fire from two directions at once: Justin Sun calling it an ATM for insiders, and U.S. senators asking pointed questions about the Mar-a-Lago gala.• North Korea keeps stealing billions in crypto —

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11:54

Bhutan sold 70% of its Bitcoin. Quietly.

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2026/04/11

Bhutan quietly sold 70% of its Bitcoin over 18 months. BTC sits at $73K anyway. Sovereign sellers. Retail buyers. Someone's wrong about who's in charge here.Today's key developments:• Bhutan has sold 70% of its Bitcoin over the past 18 months — and may have stopped mining entirely.• The Bitcoin market is splitting in two: long-term holders accumulating while short-term traders sell into strength.• WLFI token hits a new low as concerns grow over its token-backed loan position — with Justin Sun's

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10:01

WLFI borrowed $75M against its own token

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2026/04/10

BTC hits $73,035 (+1.7%). WLFI borrowed $75M against its own token. Justin Sun's position down $80M+. Trump's DeFi project is one bad candle away from a headline.Today's key developments:• World Liberty Financial borrowed $75M against its own token on a protocol its own advisor co-founded — and Justin Sun's frozen WLFI position is already down more than $80M.• Coinbase CEO publicly backed the Clarity Act alongside Treasury Secretary Bessent, who called crypto skeptics "nihilists" in Senate

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9:06

CME Bitcoin futures hit a 14-month low

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/09

BTC holds above $71,900. CME futures activity at a 14-month low. Institutional basis trade unwinding. Price up. Smart money out?Today's key developments:• U.S. Treasury will now loop in crypto firms on hacker warnings — the same intelligence sharing previously reserved for traditional finance.• Securitize hired former SEC official Brett Redfearn as president, ahead of its public listing.• Iran reportedly demanded Bitcoin payments for Strait of Hormuz transit — crypto intelligence firms are

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8:34

Morgan Stanley just declared war on BlackRock

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/08

BTC spikes to $72,084 (+5.37%). ETH surges +8.09%. A ceasefire did that. Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF opens today at 0.14% — cheaper than BlackRock.Today's key developments:• Morgan Stanley's MSBT Bitcoin ETF went live today with a 0.14% fee — the lowest in the market — backed by a $7 trillion wealth management machine. BlackRock's IBIT just met its first serious competition.• Trump announced a 2-week conditional ceasefire with Iran. Bitcoin spiked above $72,000. Oil tumbled. The market just told

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8:52

Nobel physicist: quantum will crack Bitcoin first

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2026/04/07

BTC pulls back to $68,389 (-1.48%). ETH drops to $2,086 (-2.68%). Bitcoin ETFs just posted their biggest inflow day in six weeks. A Nobel physicist says quantum computing breaks encryption sooner than you think.Today's key developments:• Bitcoin ETFs recorded their largest single-day inflow in six weeks: $471 million net positive on Monday.• A 2025 Nobel Prize-winning physicist says quantum computing will target encryption — including Bitcoin's — sooner than the industry expects.• XRP led all assets

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10:45

BTC hits $69K. Iran ceasefire did that.

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/06

BTC hits $69,414 (+3.91%) on Iran ceasefire rumors. ETH leads at +5.63%. Strategy added 4,871 BTC for $330M.Today's key developments:• Bitcoin reclaimed $69,414 — a weekly high — after reports of US-Iran ceasefire talks sent oil lower and risk assets higher.• Strategy added 4,871 BTC for $330 million, pushing total holdings near 767,000 BTC — funded primarily through STRC preferred stock sales.• North Korean operatives spent six months inside Drift Protocol before draining $280 million in a social

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10:33

North Korea ran a 6-month con. Drift lost $270M.

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/05

North Korea didn't hack Drift. They infiltrated it. $270M gone after a 6-month inside job. BTC sits at $66,796, down -0.42%. The market shrugs. The security story does not.Today's key developments:• $270 million gone from Drift Protocol — and it wasn't a flash exploit. It was a six-month North Korean intelligence operation.• Charles Schwab is opening a waitlist for direct Bitcoin and Ether spot trading, targeting a limited launch in Q2.• Ant Group's blockchain arm just launched a platform letting AI

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10:06

BTC shorts face $2.5B wipeout at $72K

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/04

BTC at $67,092, up just +0.61%. Large holders dumped 188,000 BTC in 90 days. Demand is contracting at -63,000 BTC/month. Bears are short into a squeeze.Today's key developments:• Bitcoin's market is thinning from the inside: demand contracting at -63,000 BTC per month while large holders distributed nearly 188,000 BTC over the past 90 days — even as institutions keep buying.• Bitcoin short positions face a $2.5 billion liquidation cascade if price touches $72,000 — bears are crowded and the squeeze

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10:50

Ethereum Foundation just staked $93M in one shot

Token Metrics Daily Pulse ·

2026/04/03

Ethereum Foundation staked $93M in a single session. BTC holds near $66,763 on Good Friday. Futures markets tilt bearish. Jobs beat expectations. Someone's reading this wrong.Today's key developments:• Ethereum Foundation staked another $93 million in ETH, completing its 70,000 ETH target in a single session.• Drift Protocol sends onchain messages to wallets tied to its $280M exploit, attempting to open negotiations with the attacker.• 178,000 jobs added in March, beating expectations. BTC barely

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