{"id":3459,"date":"2025-09-19T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:31:00","slug":"cryptocurrency-news-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/uncategorized\/cryptocurrency-news-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"cryptocurrency news april 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#part1\">Cryptocurrency market news april 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#part2\">Latest cryptocurrency news april 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Cryptocurrency news april 2025<\/h1>\n<p>On February 13, a federal judge granted a joint request by the SEC and Binance, the world\u2019s largest crypto exchange, to pause their ongoing litigation while they await new rules from the crypto task force <a href=\"https:\/\/realitypms.com\/fs\/100freespins\/\">https:\/\/realitypms.com\/fs\/100freespins\/<\/a>. The SEC petitioned for a similar pause on Wednesday in a separate case against Justin Sun, the Chinese crypto entrepreneur who recently announced he had invested $75 million in a crypto project with ties to the Trump family.<\/p>\n<p>In the last week alone, the SEC agreed to drop its lawsuit against crypto exchange Coinbase outright, while trading platforms Robinhood and Uniswap, nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea, and crypto software company Consensys all celebrated the apparent end of SEC investigations into their respective crypto activities.<\/p>\n<p>In order for the United States to be the \u201ccrypto capital of the planet\u201d as envisioned by President Trump, the Commission must keep pace with innovation and consider whether regulatory changes are needed to accommodate on-chain securities and other crypto assets. Rules and regulations designed for off-chain securities may be incompatible with or unnecessary for on-chain assets and stifle the growth of blockchain technology.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"part1\">Cryptocurrency market news april 2025<\/h2>\n<p>Investments in digital assets are speculative investments that involve high degrees of risk, including a partial or total loss of invested funds. Investments in digital assets are not suitable for any investor that cannot afford loss of the entire investment.All content is original and has been researched and produced by Grayscale Investments Sponsors, LLC (\u201cGrayscale\u201d) unless otherwise stated herein. No part of this content may be reproduced in any form, or referred to in any other publication, without the express consent of Grayscale.This information should not be relied upon as research, legal, tax or investment advice, or a recommendation regarding any products, strategies, or any investment in particular. This material is strictly for illustrative, educational, or informational purposes and is subject to change. This content does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or buy any security in any jurisdiction where such an offer or solicitation would be illegal. There is not enough information contained in this content to make an investment decision and any information contained herein should not be used as a basis for this purpose.This content does not constitute a recommendation or take into account the particular investment objectives, financial situations, or needs of investors. Grayscale and its employees may hold certain of the digital assets mentioned herein.The price and value of assets referred to in this content and the income from them may fluctuate. Past performance is not indicative of the future performance of any assets referred to herein. Fluctuations in exchange rates could have adverse effects on the value or price of, or income derived from, certain investments.Certain of the statements contained herein may be statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on Grayscale\u2019s views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance, or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. In addition to statements that are forward-looking by reason of context, the words \u201cmay, will, should, could, can, expects, plans, intends, anticipates, believes, estimates, predicts, potential, projected, or continue\u201d and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Grayscale assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained herein and you should not place undue reliance on such statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Although Grayscale has taken reasonable care to ensure that the information contained herein is accurate, no representation or warranty (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made by Grayscale as to its accuracy, reliability, or completeness. You should not make any investment decisions based on these estimates and forward-looking statements.There is no guarantee that the market conditions during the past period will be present in the future. Rather, it is most likely that the future market conditions will differ significantly from those of this past period, which could have a materially adverse impact on future returns. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. We selected the timeframe for our analysis because we believe it broadly constitutes the most complete historical dataset for the digital assets that we have chosen to analyze.\u00a9 2025 Grayscale. All trademarks, service marks and\/or trade names (e.g., BITCOIN INVESTING BEGINS HERE\u2122, DROP GOLD\u00ae, G\u2122, GRAYSCALE\u00ae, GRAYSCALE CRYPTO SECTORS\u2122, GRAYSCALE CRYPTO MINIS\u2122 and GRAYSCALE INVESTMENTS\u00ae) are owned and\/or registered by Grayscale.<\/p>\n<p>From the chart above, we can see that historically in April, Bitcoin has had more positive returns overall. Out of 12 years, the ratio of rises to falls is 8:4, indicating that upward trends have an absolute advantage. In the second year after the previous three halvings, i.e., 2013, 2017, and 2021, the rise-to-fall ratio was also 2:1. Overall, historical data shows that April is often a month of market sentiment adjustment and significant volatility for Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum\u2019s Pectra upgrade is planned to go live on the mainnet around April 8, but the specific date may still be adjusted based on testnet evaluation results. The core goal of this upgrade is to enhance network performance through a series of Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs).<\/p>\n<p>Encouragingly, market performance during April 2025 suggests that Bitcoin and other digital assets may be part of the solution (Exhibit 2). In a volatile month for traditional assets \u2014 in which the VIX briefly exceeded 50% \u2014 Bitcoin\u2019s price appreciated 15% and our market-cap weighted Crypto Sectors index gained 11%. U.S. equities declined 1% on net, with weakness led by cyclical market segments. Gold and certain foreign currencies had gains comparable to Bitcoin on a risk-adjusted basis (i.e., accounting for each asset\u2019s volatility).<\/p>\n<p>SEC and DOJ dismiss securities fraud case against BitClout founder. On February 28, federal prosecutors on behalf of the DOJ and the SEC voluntarily dismissed their case against Nader Al-Naji, founder of the crypto social network platform BitClout. The SEC and the US Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of New York had charged Al-Naji with lying to a venture capital firm about how decentralized his token-based social network really was. Al-Naji faced wire fraud allegations and separate civil charges that he defrauded investors by claiming that he would not benefit from the proceeds of his token sales, while allegedly spending millions of dollars from the token offering on himself and his family members.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump pardons BitMex and executives. On March 27, President Donald Trump issued &#8220;full and unconditional&#8221; pardons to HDR Global Trading Limited, operator of the BitMex cryptocurrency exchange, and four of the firm&#8217;s former executives \u2013 Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, Samuel Reed, and Gregory Dwyer. The pardons relate to 2024 and 2022 guilty pleas to violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and failure to maintain adequate anti-money laundering (AML) compliance programs. The individuals had been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay collectively more than $30 million, while HDR had been ordered to pay a $100 million fine in addition to $100 million to settle registration failures with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the US Department of the Treasury&#8217;s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). For more information on BitMex, see our prior issues: January 2025, July 2024, May 2022, and March 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watcher.guru\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Crypto-low-entry-point.jpg\" alt=\"latest cryptocurrency news april 2025\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"part2\">Latest cryptocurrency news april 2025<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin has been moving quickly. It is now trading between $79,000 and $80,000. Just a few days ago, the price had dropped by almost 5.5 percent, which was one of the lowest points this year. But after that fall, Bitcoin bounced back quickly. This shows that the crypto market is still full of ups and downs, and changes can happen fast.<\/p>\n<p>Once dubbed the \u201cDogecoin killer,\u201d the Ethereum-based token is currently trading at $0.00001047, well below its all-time high of $0.00008845. With a current market cap of $6.17 billion, Shiba Inu now ranks 16th among global cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>If Shibarium gains traction among developers and users in the coming months, it could drive increased demand for SHIB and expand its use cases. This could offer some fundamental support to the token\u2019s price, particularly if broader market sentiment improves in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Early and mid-stage projects historically have the largest ROI during bull markets. If Ozak AI gets listed on a major exchange, stays true to its development trajectory, and fulfills its roadmap, it can surpass almost all legacy assets\u2014including Bitcoin\u2014within a much shorter timeframe.<\/p>\n<p>According to CoinMarketCap, ZRO trades at $2.55 and has a market worth of $281.2 million. Through flawless cross-chain communication, Layer Zero is transforming interactions across blockchains. Its revolutionary interoperability-oriented technologies for distributed finance (DeFi) let users move data and assets friction-free across several networks. Layer Zero&#8217;s alliances with significant blockchain systems such as Ethereum and Avalanche helped it become a major player in developing linked blockchains. As DeFi acceptance continues to rise, ZRO could provide notable profits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptocurrency market news april 2025 Latest cryptocurrency news april 2025 Cryptocurrency news april 2025 On February 13, a federal judge granted a joint request by the SEC and Binance, the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3460,"href":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459\/revisions\/3460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isysnsol.com\/TMi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}