LATEST: @MorganStanley's Bitcoin ETF $MSBT is set to launch tomorrow, per @EricBalchunas. https://t.co/wCRgz98Lpn ...

MARKETS: $BTC pulls back below $68,000 as President Trump's Tuesday 8pm ET deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz approaches. https://t.co/BuHlQRs2dX ...

RT CoinDesk Podcast Network (@CoinDeskPodcast)🎧BLOCKSPACE: Matt Odell on OpenSats’ 17th Grant, $270M Drift Hack, Charles Schwab Eyes BTC Trading⚡️ OpenSats has doled out $33M from ~10,000 donors⚡️ North Korean hackers spent months feigning business relationship to filch $270M from Drift⚡️ Charles Schwab to roll out BTC and ETH spot trading in Q2 ...

RT CoinDesk Data & Indices (@CoinDeskMarkets)The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1917.55, down 2.4% (-47.87) since yesterday's close.All 20 assets are trading lower.Leaders: $BCH (-1.0%) and $CRO (-1.0%).Laggards: $AAVE (-8.5%) and $AVAX (-7.6%).https://t.co/vTxDGYN3ym ...

NEW: Fox News has partnered with Kalshi, bringing prediction markets into mainstream media. https://t.co/ePxDgb7IRE ...

JUST IN: @CMEGroup launches $AVAX and $SUI futures on May 4, pending regulatory review, as daily notional volume across its crypto derivatives suite hits nearly $8B. https://t.co/xAt4GMv6Yy ...

MARKETS: @Strategy's $330M $BTC purchase this week represented just 7% of gross market inflows as long-term holder distribution and a $29B realized cap drawdown since February continue to dwarf its buying pressure. https://t.co/hbroMSR3VH ...

MACRO: Key events to watch this week.April 8 — FOMC minutes from the March 17-18 meeting drop at 1pm ET.April 9 — U.S. Core PCE and Q4 GDP final reading due.Q4 GDP est. 0.7% vs prior 4.4%.April 10 — U.S. CPI for March due at 7:30am ET. Est.3.4% YoY vs prior 2.4%. ...

INSIGHT: @JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns that stablecoins, smart contracts and tokenization represent a direct competitive threat to traditional banking, saying the bank "must move faster" with its own blockchain efforts. https://t.co/bhvVfz4fd2 ...

NEW: Sub-Saharan Africa saw on-chain value jump 52% YoY per @Chainalysis data in @Ripple's latest report, driven by regulatory advances across South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Mauritius. https://t.co/zXVUWoZ9AH ...