
Strong U.S. Jobs Report Keeps Rates in Focus as Bitcoin Trades Through Good Friday
• U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose 178,000 in March, with unemployment easing to 4.3% • Traditional markets

• U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose 178,000 in March, with unemployment easing to 4.3% • Traditional markets

• Coinbase received conditional OCC approval to launch Coinbase National Trust Company, a federally chartered trust

• Mt. Gox has extended its creditor repayment deadline to October 31, 2026, with court approval.

• Metaplanet acquired 5,075 BTC in Q1 2026 for $405.5M, bringing total holdings to 40,177 BTC•

• Bitcoin and altcoins dropped as oil spiked above $103 following Trump’s escalation remarks on Iran

• SEC has approved Nasdaq’s rule change allowing tokenized stocks and ETFs to trade alongside traditional

• B2C2 has designated Solana as its primary network for institutional stablecoin settlement, backing the chain

• Iran signals willingness to end war if firm guarantees are provided, shifting geopolitical risk sentiment•

• Google Quantum AI, Ethereum Foundation, and Stanford research shows ECC-256 could be broken with under

• The U.S. Labor Department opened a 60-day comment period on a proposed rule that could

Key Highlights • Block’s Square enabled Bitcoin payments by default for millions of U.S. merchants, integrating

Key Highlights • Oil surged above $116 after the Iran war intensified and most oil traffic