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Gold ($2.15B) and Silver ($1.98B) futures on Binance have surged to rank fourth and fifth, respectively, in terms of trading volume, surpassed only by Bitcoin ($21.5B), Ethereum ($18.1B), and Solana ($3.0B). Cumulative trading for gold and silver contracts surpassed $130 billion by early March 2026. The milestone achievement is notable, given that the exchange launched metal perpetual contracts in January this year.Source: CryptoQuantGold and silver futures rival Bitcoin on BinanceRecent events, including geopolitical hostilities, persistent inflation, the weakening of the dollar, and increases in US trade tariffs, have triggered market-wide shocks across both traditional and cryptocurrency markets. However, over the past…

More than 3 million pages of Epstein files have been released, prosecutors have brought no new charges against anyone in his network, and five legal experts have now laid out in precise terms why the evidentiary gap between public scandal and criminal conviction is nearly impossible to close. Summary More than 3 million pages of Epstein and Maxwell-related documents have been released since the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, but no new arrests have been made in the U.S. since the files began dropping in 2025. The DOJ told NPR there has been “no credible evidence” that criminal…

Luisa Crawford Apr 03, 2026 21:53 Alibaba’s Wan 2.7 AI video model hits Together AI with text-to-video now live, image-to-video and editing tools coming soon at competitive pricing. Together AI has rolled out Alibaba’s Wan 2.7 video generation model on its cloud platform, pricing the text-to-video capability at $0.10 per second of generated footage. The deployment marks the first major cloud availability for the four-model suite that Alibaba released in late March.The text-to-video model, accessible via the endpoint Wan-AI/wan2.7-t2v, supports 720p and 1080p resolution with outputs ranging from 2 to 15 seconds. Audio…

On Friday, the Hyperliquid (HYPE) price jumped by over 2.5% on a daily chart in the recovery rally, after losing over 7.88% in a week. The cryptocurrency is trading at around $35.74 with a market capitalization of $9.09 billion, along with a daily trading volume of $160.70 million. Recently, open interest in the HIP-3 markets has soared above $1.4 billion, while the daily perpetual futures volume has hit fresh highs above $5 billion on peak days. On April 3, the Hyperliquid (HYPE) price soared by over 2.5% on a daily chart, helping its price to rebound from the recent dip…

Financial services giant Charles Schwab is preparing to expand deeper into digital assets, announcing plans for a forthcoming product that will allow clients to buy and sell cryptocurrencies directly through its platform. The firm revealed that “Schwab Crypto™” is in development and will be offered through Charles Schwab Premier Bank, positioning the product as a gateway for retail investors seeking direct exposure to leading cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The company has opened a waitlist for clients interested in early access, though availability will be subject to regulatory approval and eligibility requirements. The move marks a notable shift for Schwab, which…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin demand is taking a crucial turn in a market hampered by ongoing negative macroeconomic and political events across the globe.  A recent report has outlined an increasing interest and demand for the leading cryptocurrency asset among large companies, which has now significantly exceeded those produced by miners in the market. More Bitcoin Is Absorbed Than Being Mined While price direction has been uncertain and unstable for the past few weeks, a growing imbalance is starting to take shape in the Bitcoin market. This imbalance focuses on…

Tech entrepreneur and longtime Bitcoin advocate Jack Dorsey sparked excitement in the BTC community on Friday when he posted a link to a new page titled “Bitcoin Day | Earn Free Bitcoin.” The post quotes an announcement from the “Bitcoin at Block” account stating that “The bitcoin faucet is back” on April 6, 2026, with a link to btc.day. Dorsey’s shared URL (hosted on AWS CloudFront) currently displays only the bold headline promoting free BTC on “Bitcoin Day,” with a countdown timer.  No further details were given.  In 2010, a site known as the Bitcoin Faucet gave visitors 5 BTC…

For years, traffic has been the default metric for evaluating media outlets. The logic seems straightforward: the more visitors a publication has, the greater the exposure.PR teams that rely too heavily on traffic often find themselves investing in placements that generate visibility on paper—but fail to influence audiences, shape narratives, or deliver measurable business outcomes. The gap between reach and impact has never been more apparent than it is in 2026.The Problem with Traffic as a Primary MetricTraffic is easy to measure, widely available, and simple to compare. That’s exactly why it became the industry standard.However, it only captures one…

Most Web3 PR campaigns do not “fail” in a dramatic way. They produce coverage, generate a short spike, and then disappear without changing growth. The gap comes from strategy. A campaign can look busy and still miss the mechanisms that create trust in crypto markets.Below are the most common reasons why crypto founders don’t get the PR results they want.  1) The campaign measures success by placements instead of a defined business actionMany campaigns start with a media target rather than a behavior target. Coverage can look impressive while the product sees no lift, because no one agreed on what “progress”…

Rongchai Wang Apr 03, 2026 17:58 A16z highlights Machine Payments Protocol marketplace where 894 AI agents completed 31,000 transactions in one week, signaling shift to API-only commerce. A new marketplace designed exclusively for AI agent buyers processed over 31,000 transactions in its first week, with 894 autonomous agents purchasing services ranging from SEC filing searches to physical letter mailing—all without a single human checkout page involved. The Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), built by Stripe and Tempo, enables agents to pay via cards, stablecoins, or Bitcoin’s Lightning Network within a single HTTP request. Prices…