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As Canada approaches a pivotal election on April 28, 2025, Lucas Matheson, CEO of Coinbase Canada, is positioning the cryptocurrency giant for influence in a market he believes is primed for blockchain innovation. I spoke with him about the cryptocurrency exchange's expanding presence in Canada, the unique characteristics of the Canadian market, and his vision for the country's crypto future.

Laser Digital said it wasn't involved in MANTRA's crash on Sunday and denied sending millions in OM tokens to OKX.

Despite the multiple positive regulatory developments, the economy-wide tariff shocks prevailed, sending XRP below its critical support levels near $2 and into an uncertain future.

Visa's entry into the stablecoin consortium could accelerate mainstream adoption of digital currencies, bridging traditional finance and crypto. The post Visa joins Robinhood, Kraken, and Galaxy Digital as member of Global Dollar Network appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Welcome to the US Morning Crypto News Briefing—your essential rundown of the most important developments in crypto for the day ahead.

Duncan Moir, President of 21Shares, explains crypto's evolving role in portfolios, Bitcoin's stabilizing volatility, and why Dogecoin's rise as a payments token justifies launching a new ETF in Europe.

Dogecoin whales have chosen to stay on the sidelines as the market uncertainty heightens. Meanwhile, DOGE's higher timeframe has formed, which indicates that a bullish reversal could be imminent for the foremost meme coin.

Google will begin enforcing stricter crypto advertising rules across Europe starting April 23.

Crypto Exchange Kraken has started rolling out commission-free trading for over 11,000 US listed stocks and ETFs. The service is now available for users in New Jersey, Connecticut and Alabama. A full US rollout is coming soon, the press release noted.

The digital asset market faced another challenging week, with $795 million in outflows recorded across crypto investment products, according to CoinShares‘ latest weekly report. This marks the third consecutive week of declines, underlining growing caution among investors navigating global economic headwinds.

The crypto lending market's size remains significantly down from its $64 billion high, but decentralized finance (DeFi) borrowing has made an over 900% recovery from bear market lows. Crypto lending enables borrowers to use their crypto holdings as collateral to obtain a crypto or fiat loan, while lenders can loan their holdings to generate interest.

Once more, Michael Saylor's Bitcoin playbook is demonstrating its tenacity. At this point, Strategy's Bitcoin holdings have grown to an incredible $44.86 billion, locking in a 25.85% profit, or an incredible $9.2 billion in gains.

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, has acquired another 3,459 BTC for $285.8 million between April 7 and April 13.

Digital asset investment products saw outflows totaling $795 million last week, bringing the year-to-date figure down to just $165 million, according to a new report by CoinShares.

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken on Monday announced the rollout of commission-free trading for U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs on its platform.

Over the last 60 minutes, bitcoin ( BTC) is trading at $84,969 to $85,171 after a volatile 24-hour stretch that saw prices swing between $83,197 and $85,315. With a daily trading volume of $30.74 billion and a market capitalization of $1.68 trillion, bitcoin is holding ground amid mixed technical signals.

The OM token from MANTRA DAO crashed over 90% early Monday, wiping out $5.36 billion, with the latest on-chain data suggesting insider transactions may have contributed to the free fall.

Buyers are more powerful than sellers on the first day of the week, according to CoinStats.

Ripple's native token has staged a notable rebound from the crucial $1.7 support level, signaling renewed buying interest. However, the price is now approaching a key resistance zone, where a breakout could trigger a bullish retracement toward the 100-day moving average at $2.5.

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.

Ethereum Smart Contracts:- In a significant move for the Ethereum developer community, OpenZeppelin has announced the release of Solidity Contracts v5.3, the latest version of its industry-standard library for building secure smart contracts. OpenZeppelin provides a library of secure smart contracts for Ethereum and other blockchains.

TL;DR Crypto investment products experienced outflows totaling $795 million last week, adding up to over $7.2 billion since February. Bitcoin led with $751 million in withdrawals but still holds $545 million in net year-to-date inflows. XRP, Ondo, Algorand, and Avalanche saw positive inflows, showing selective investor confidence in resilient altcoins.

While the global crypto market is slowly recovering from the impact of Trump's tariff talks, one altcoin is stealing the spotlight — Pi Network (PI). In just a week, Pi coin has gained nearly 50%, climbing to $0.75. And now, with a new integration by Chainlink, the Pi community is seeing bullish hope.

Some analysts envision a 3x surge for DOGE from current levels.