🌐 CRYPTO NEWS OF THE WEEK | April 1-8, 2026 ₿ BITCOIN: HOLDING ITS GROUND BTC traded between $68,000-$70,000 all week, driven by US-Iran ceasefire tensions. When Trump announced a two-week truce, BTC jumped to $72,700. ETH held around $2,107. 🏦 MORGAN STANLEY ENTERS THE GAME The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT) launched today on NYSE Arca - the first spot Bitcoin ETF from a major US bank, with a market-beating fee of just 0.14%, undercutting BlackRock's 0.25%. 🏢 SAYLOR BUYS THE DIP - AGAIN Strategy added 4,871 BTC ($329.9M) between April 1-5 at $67,718 average. Total holdings: 766,970 BTC worth ~$58 billion. ⚔️ IRAN WAR KEEPS CRYPTO ON EDGE Trump's Strait of Hormuz deadline rattled markets all week. Brent crude above $107/barrel fuelled inflation fears. The ceasefire relief rally proved crypto's sensitivity to geopolitics is at an all-time high. 📜 CLARITY ACT STILL STUCK The landmark US crypto market-structure bill remains deadlocked. Passage - expected late April - is seen by institutions as the key regulatory unlock for digital assets. 🚨 NORTH KOREA STEALS $286M FROM DRIFT PROTOCOL After a 6-month undercover operation - attending conferences and depositing $1M to build trust - North Korean hackers drained Solana's Drift Protocol in under a minute on April 1. The Solana Foundation launched emergency security measures on April 7. 😂 FUN FACT Drift's warning to users on April 1 had to include: "This is NOT an April Fools joke." The biggest crypto heist of 2026 happened on the one day nobody believed the news. NordFX - Trade Smart. Stay Informed. 🚀