Over the last 24 hours, bitcoin hovered near $80,000 and stayed range-bound between $80,200 and $79,200 while long liquidations hit $28.3 million. Total crypto liquidations reached $202 million, with $103 million from longs, even as equities rallied and oil briefly spiked before settling at $101 (Brent) and $95 (WTI). A Bitunix analyst flagged $78,000 as a key downside liquidity pocket, while $82,000–$83,000 holds notable short liquidity.

Japan is reworking crypto taxation and oversight, including a move away from a miscellaneous income rate of up to 55% toward a 20.315% separate tax framework, with full enforcement tied to a Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA) update on Jan. 1, 2028. The package also adds a three-year loss carryforward and changes corporate treatment from the fiscal year starting April 1, 2026. Critics argue the 2028 schedule could slow the rollout of products such as bitcoin ETFs.

Bitcoin traded back above $70,000 on April 6, touching $70,355 and keeping its market capitalization near $1.4T amid heightened Middle East tensions. Strategy disclosed it bought 4,871 BTC for about $329.9M, while Bitfinex warned derivatives positioning could amplify moves, with $145M in shorts liquidated and added downside risk if BTC slips below $68,000.

Bitcoin climbed to an intraday high of $70,275 on April 6, returning its market capitalization to above $1.4 trillion while the total crypto market rose to $2.46 trillion. The move coincided with sharp swings in WTI crude and triggered about $325 million in 24-hour liquidations, led by more than $274 million in short positions.

Human.tech has announced an AI-agent wallet infrastructure called Agentic Wallet as a Protocol (WaaP) that converts wallet actions into natural-language interactions while keeping users as the final authority. The system uses cryptographic controls such as spending limits, time windows, approved addresses and step-up human approvals for higher-risk actions. The company says its Human Passport ecosystem has more than 3 million users, has secured over $500 million against Sybil attacks, and is backed by $3 billion in restaked ether.

An Oobit study of 1,000 U.S. crypto holders found that 35% have lost access to a wallet or account, most often due to human error rather than hacking. The leading causes were forgotten passwords or login failures (33%), lost seed phrases (21%), and losing 2FA access (20%), while platform bankruptcies accounted for 16%. Among those locked out, more than 1 in 10 said a single incident cost them over $5,000, and the median reported loss was 30% of total crypto holdings.

A Google whitepaper sets a 2029 target for migrating away from today’s cryptography, warning that quantum advances could undermine widely used schemes. Computer scientist Guy Zyskind says blockchains should accelerate post-quantum moves such as lattice-based cryptography and encrypted mempools, but adds that upgrades cannot prevent quantum adversaries from decrypting historical on-chain data later.

On April 3, bitcoin traded largely sideways near $67,000 even as U.S. political developments and renewed geopolitical risks grabbed headlines. The session ranged from $66,345 to $67,195, leaving market cap around $1.34 trillion and 24-hour BTC liquidations below $31 million. Oil prices jumped at the same time, with WTI up about 11.4% to $111.54 and Brent rising 7.8% to $109.03.

Bitcoin miner MARA has reduced its headcount by about 15%, describing the move as a strategic step tied to a broader shift away from pure-play mining. Affected employees are set to receive one month of paid leave plus benefits through April 30, 13 weeks of severance, and payout for unused PTO. The restructuring comes as MARA expands into energy, data center, and AI-related infrastructure initiatives.