Cato Institute’s Nick Anthony argues US capital gains rules make daily bitcoin spending “make no sense.”Treating BTC as property forces users to track tax lots on small purchases, from coffee to groceries.Cato urges scrapping gains on crypto payments or adopting a higher de minimis threshold than the current $200 proposal.

Ethereum surges against Bitcoin as bullish sentiment intensifies after its price reclaimed $2,391 amid rising greed signals in funding rates.

Kyber currently leads with ~30% market share, followed by CowSwap at 22%, while 1inch has seen its share decline over the same period.The following is excerpted from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter.

Sentinel Action Fund said it will spend $8 million with its sister advocacy group to back Republican Senator Jon Husted against Sherrod Brown in the upcoming race.Sentinel Action Fund has received backing from the Solana Institute and Multicoin Capital, a crypto-focused venture capital firm.

Chainlink price is at $9.32 on April 15, +1.64% on the 4H chart, after breaking above a compressed four-SMA ribbon where SMA 20 at $9.01, SMA 50 at $8.99, SMA 100 at $8.87, and SMA 200 at $8.98 all converged within a $0.14 range.The 4H MACD (12,26,9) has printed a bullish crossover with the histogram at +0.02, the MACD line at 0.07, and the signal at 0.05, with both lines above zero, confirming momentum acceleration rather than simple exhaustion reduction.A 4H close above the annotated $9.99 resistance confirms a breakout and opens the $10 to $11 zone; a return close below the SMA 20 at $9.01 signals the breakout has failed and extends the consolidation.

Opinion Market launches, enabling users to bet on debates with USDC in on-chain opinion-based marketsThe platform uses zero-knowledge proofs to hide bet sizes, aiming to reduce herd behavior in crypto bettingOpinion Market expands XYZVerse ecosystem, bringing participation-led betting beyond traditional trading

Edward Felten said Ethereum L2s need responsive pricing to scale, as Arbitrum’s new model tests an alternative to EIP-1559-style fee swings.

The Drift Protocol will use the $150 million to relaunch and restore user funds following a $280 million exploit earlier in April.

The CEO of the troubled Zonda exchange has disclosed a Bitcoin wallet holding around 4,500 BTC, but said the private keys were never transferred during a company handover.

Social media company Snap is restructuring operations to focus on profitability as AI tools reshape how teams work across key initiatives.

Shiba Inu has clearly been stuck in the same price range for weeks now, and it is pretty clear why.

Reuters reported the conceptual artist may officially be barred from using Yuga Labs’ imagery and trademarks, following a settlement between the parties.Yuga sued Ripps and his business partner in 2022 after they released a copycat NFT collection using the same BAYC art as an apparent satirical statement.

CoreWeave’s financing highlights Wall Street’s shift away from volatile, hardware-backed crypto lending toward cash-flow-driven AI infrastructure, according to TheEnergyMag.