Crypto prices rose as US President Donald Trump issued mixed messages on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, including a new deadline he suggested runs until Tuesday. Total crypto market capitalization increased about $70 billion to $2.44 trillion, while Bitcoin briefly reached $69,500 on Coinbase. The move triggered roughly $255 million in liquidations over 24 hours, with 73% tied to short positions.

Rwanda's central bank warned on Sunday that crypto payments and FRW conversions are not permitted under the current framework, after Bybit added the Rwandan franc to its P2P trading options on Friday. The bank said FRW is the country's only legal tender and told the public to avoid crypto due to financial risks and limited recourse for losses.

An Apr. 5 edition of The Block's "The Funding" newsletter says discounts in crypto token secondary markets have generally increased in recent years, based on OFFX data. Average discounts shifted from about 38% in late 2023 to roughly 45–50% in 2024–2025, while the deal range widened and 90%+ discounts appeared for the first time in late 2025.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) data shows that, as of April 5, 28 domestic crypto exchange service providers are registered and more than 100 unique tokens are listed across those platforms. The registry was last updated on Feb. 28 and records about 520 total token listings when duplicates across exchanges are counted.

From March 30 through April 2, spot crypto ETFs swung between inflows and outflows across BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP products. Spot Bitcoin ETFs moved from +$69.4M and +$117.5M inflows to -$173.7M outflows, then back to +$9M, while prices ranged from $65,000 to $66,937.05. Ethereum, Solana, and XRP ETFs also showed uneven demand, alongside largely flat-to-volatile token prices.

Gold fell to $4,623.93 per ounce this week after March 2026 nonfarm payrolls rose by 178,000, well above the 59,000 consensus estimate. The data pushed the dollar and Treasury yields higher, undercutting non-yielding gold and leaving it about 15%–19% below early-March highs tied to Operation Epic Fury. Silver held above $73.75/oz, with $70 cited as a key support level.

Polymarket's contract on the United States invading Iran this year rose to 63% on Sunday after a social media post by US President Donald Trump. The market had previously peaked at 68% on March 29, and the contract had about $3.74 million in volume at publication. Risk assets showed limited follow-through afterward, with Bitcoin hovering near $67,500 and Brent crude remaining above $109 per barrel.

Bitcoin and Ethereum moved mostly sideways over the week, while Solana lagged, as traders weighed risk-off macro signals alongside crypto-specific threats. Market watchers flagged Bitcoin's 200-week moving average near $59k and realized price around $54k, while a Google quantum research paper claimed a 20x advance that could affect elliptic-curve cryptography used by major blockchains. In DeFi, a $260M–$285M exploit on Drift Protocol reignited debate over response speed and stablecoin controls, alongside broader disputes about centralization in networks such as Canton and Solana's consensus design.