What happened in crypto last week? • Bitcoin touched $69K • Ethereum held near $2.1K • Saylor warned of internal risks as institutional adoption grew • Ethereum Foundation neared 70K ETH staking target • Drift exploit was linked to group behind Bybit’s $1.4B hack • Riot sold $289M BTC amid energy-driven miner pressure • BTC whales set a new price range • Circle pushed cirBTC to unlock Bitcoin yield in DeFi • Coinbase CLO expected Clarity Act momentum to continue • Tether exec was set to chair $100M PAC during US expansion • Gold surged past $4,700 • Dogecoin activity jumped 28% amid SpaceX IPO speculation

What happened in crypto last week?

• Bitcoin touched $69K

• Ethereum held near $2.1K

• Saylor warned of internal risks as institutional adoption grew

• Ethereum Foundation neared 70K ETH staking target

• Drift exploit was linked to group behind Bybit’s $1.4B hack

• Riot sold $289M BTC amid energy-driven miner pressure

• BTC whales set a new price range

• Circle pushed cirBTC to unlock Bitcoin yield in DeFi

• Coinbase CLO expected Clarity Act momentum to continue

• Tether exec was set to chair $100M PAC during US expansion

• Gold surged past $4,700

• Dogecoin activity jumped 28% amid SpaceX IPO speculation

— Cryptopolitan (@CPOfficialtx) Apr 6, 2026