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Get the latest information on Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, along with a round-up of major cryptocurrency market news.<\/p>\n Bitcoin (BTC)<\/strong> It was priced at US$75,469.06, down 1.2 percent in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Bitcoin price performance, April 29, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n through charts <\/em>trading view<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n Simon-Peter Masbani, head of business development at XS.com, told Investing News Network that Bitcoin is currently under strong bearish pressure after failing to consolidate above key levels. In his view, this highlights the weakness of its recent momentum amid a complex macroeconomic environment. <\/p>\n The decline was fueled by a sharp surge in oil prices, which has reignited global inflation concerns and shifted investors toward more defensive assets. Additional downside factors include a strengthening US dollar, caution regarding interest rates and concerns about the outlook for artificial intelligence (AI) development. <\/p>\n \u201cMeanwhile, we have also begun to see a return to outflows of liquidity into the market, both through renewed outflows of funds from Bitcoin spot funds, which amounted to more than US$350 million this week, and because whales have essentially stopped hoarding Bitcoin,\u201d Masbani explained. <\/p>\n While current market data shows a period of hesitation, Blockstream CEO Adam Back argues that the market is miscalculating the timeline for institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies. <\/p>\n he told CoinDesk<\/a> Complete institutional construction may take up to 18 months.<\/p>\n Ether (ETH) <\/strong>It was priced at US$2,232.12, down 3.1 percent in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Altcoin price update<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n Today’s Crypto News to Know<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n Crypto market is on edge after signal of update on US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. <\/p>\n speaking in bitcoin 2026 conference<\/a> In Las Vegas, White House digital assets adviser Patrick Witt said the Trump administration has cleared a major legal hurdle regarding the national reserve. The government is reportedly preparing to share a historic announcement even before any formal legislation is passed through Congress.<\/p>\n Currently, the US federal government is sitting on a massive reserve of approximately 328,372 BTC, valued at approximately US$25 billion and representing 1.6 percent of the global circulating supply. The majority of this digital asset was accumulated over the past few years through high-profile law enforcement seizures and asset freezes.<\/p>\n Last March, an executive order officially stopped the Treasury Department from liquidating these holdings, centralizing them into a single reserve. However, Witt emphasized that permanent congressional legislation is still needed to permanently codify proper taxpayer protections and reserves.<\/p>\n Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) Missed Both Earnings and Revenue Expectations first quarter<\/a>Due to which its share price fell by more than 10 percent in two days.<\/p>\n The company missed consensus estimates of US$0.39 to US$0.43 per share, while revenue came in at US$1.07 billion, falling short of the expected US$1.13 billion to US$1.24 billion.<\/p>\n Cryptocurrency transaction revenue, which fell 47 percent year-on-year to US$134 million, was a notable decline. Broad transaction revenues benefited slightly from an increase in prediction market events<\/p>\n Following the announcement after markets closed on Tuesday (April 28), Robinhood shares were trading about 14 percent lower the next morning.<\/p>\n Mastercard (NYSE:MA) is aggressively expanding its footprint beyond traditional card swipes by introducing new payment rails designed specifically for autonomous AI and digital assets. Financial giants are presenting “Agent Pay” and “Verifiable Intent”<\/a> Features to securely authorize and monitor transactions initiated by AI agents.<\/p>\n By integrating with open platforms like Lobster.cash and OpenClaw, it aims to embed its robust fraud control and dispute framework into experimental AI commerce before moving these transactions to off-network alternatives. <\/p>\n Meanwhile, in Australia, Mastercard has formed a new partnership<\/a> With crypto exchange KuCoin to enable seamless, direct crypto spending for everyday purchases. <\/p>\n This collaboration will allow users to instantly convert their USDC balances into spendable fiat at any participating merchant, effectively linking digital asset wallets to real-world checkout counters.<\/p>\n Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched a federal lawsuit<\/a> Against Wisconsin. <\/p>\n This legal action comes just days after the Wisconsin Attorney General filed a lawsuit against major platforms like Polymarket, Kalashi, and Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) accusing them of running unregistered sports betting operations. <\/p>\n Wisconsin is the fifth state to be targeted by the federal regulator in recent weeks, following similar CFTC lawsuits against Illinois, Arizona, Connecticut and New York. <\/p>\n The core of the conflict centers on how bets on elections, sports and pop culture events are classified. A bipartisan coalition of state regulators argue that these platforms are essentially operating illegal, unregulated gambling rings that violate local laws. In contrast, the CFTC, led by Trump appointee Mike Selig, says these bets are strictly \u201cevent contracts\u201d that fall specifically under federal oversight.<\/p>\n Selig has issued a blunt warning to state officials, declaring that the federal government will ruthlessly prosecute anyone who attempts to interfere with its mandate to regulate the financial markets.<\/p>\n Polymarket is reportedly in active talks with the CFTC to lift its main, offshore platform’s 2022 ban on US traders. according to Source for Bloomberg<\/a>The company is requesting to merge the platform with the regulatory license and Polymarket US framework it acquired through a deal with QCEX last year. Currently, US users are limited to the domestic version with much less access to liquidity compared to international platforms.<\/p>\n\n
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White House issues update on US$25 billion Bitcoin reserves<\/h4>\n
Robinhood is seeing deep losses in transaction revenue<\/h4>\n
MasterCard adds AI agents, crypto wallet<\/h4>\n
CFTC sues Wisconsin to protect crypto prediction markets<\/h4>\n
Polymarket is staging a comeback in the US<\/h4>\n
Paystand launches stablecoin for B2B economy<\/h4>\n