Cathie Wood Calls End To Violent Bitcoin Crashes, As White House Safe Harbor Lands 🚀

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Bitcoin and Ether each staged a 6% recovery this week, as another 10-day ceasefire agreement temporarily eased geopolitical concerns about the 🇺🇸 U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

Adding to the growing bullish sentiment, Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood predicted that Bitcoin will no longer experience aggressive 85% drawdowns due to the growing institutional capital allocation.

In a big regulatory win, the crypto safe harbor agreement has finally landed at the White House 🏛️ for review, promising a significant carve-out for crypto companies and token issuers that may bring more Web3 startups onshore.

As regulatory hurdles continue to clear, cryptocurrency markets and risk assets await a calmer geopolitical environment and signs of more favorable economic conditions to start the cyclical accumulation phase.

In this week’s CoinStats Scoop, you’ll find:

📊 Crypto Market Analysis And The Most Important News In Web3

🚀 Bitcoin Won’t See Another 85% Crash, Predicts Ark’s Cathie Wood

🏛️ Crypto Market Safe Harbor Proposal Lands At The White House

💸 Crypto Hacks Steal $169 Million From DeFi Protocols In Q1 2026

🔮 Analysis And Key Events That Will Shape The Crypto Market Next Week

Bitcoin Won’t See Another 85% Crash, Predicts Ark’s Cathie Wood 🚀

Bitcoin’s cyclical corrections are becoming smaller, as downside volatility is dampened by growing institutional participation.

Bitcoin is “done” with experiencing 85% corrections, according to ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood. She said in an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box segment on April 1:

🎤 “The 85-95% collapses associated with a very new technology - that’s done. This is a proven technology, it’s a proven monetary system, and it’s a new asset class.”

Wood’s comments come as Bitcoin’s price was trading below $67,000, down 46% from the $126,000 all-time high registered in October 2025 📊.

Wood’s ARK Invest has been bullish on Bitcoin’s long-term growth potential. In April 2025, ARK predicted that Bitcoin would soar to $1.5 million by 2030, according to the investment firm’s “bull case,” while ARK’s bear case outlined a price target of $300,000.

Crypto Market Safe Harbor Proposal Lands At The White House 🏛️

A landmark crypto market safe harbor proposal has landed at the White House for review, revealed US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins.

The Regulation Crypto Asset Proposal has landed at the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for official review, announced Atkins at the Digital Assets and Emerging Technology Policy Summit on April 7.

The crypto market safe harbor proposal is “in fact at OIRA right now, which is the next step before being published,” said Atkins during the conference ⏳.

The new proposal seeks to include three main regulatory developments, including a startup exemption, a fundraising exemption, and an investment contract safe harbor for token issuers, bringing a regulatory carve-out that could encourage more crypto startups to come onshore.

🗣️ “Such a safe harbor would provide crypto innovators bespoke pathways to raise capital in the US 🇺🇸, while providing appropriate investor protections,” Atkins previously said at a crypto lobby event in Washington DC in early March.

Crypto Market Structure Bill May Gain Banking Committee Approval In April

The long-awaited crypto market structure bill, also known as the CLARITY Act, may see approval from the US Senate Banking Committee in the coming month.

Following months of delay due to government shutdowns and pushback from the Senate Banking Committee, the lawmakers are now preparing to finalize their version of the bill 💼, said committee member Bill Hagerty at the Digital Assets and Emerging Tech Policy Summit on April 6.

🗣️ “There are several issues still outstanding, I think none of them are insurmountable and we will get to a point, I believe, in April that we’ll have it out of the banking committee. There’s still a lot more work to do.”

“On the banking committee side, I think we’re very close,” added Hagerty, saying that he expects the draft to be finalized over the “next several weeks.”

The CLARITY Act first passed the House of Representatives in July 2025, but it faces pushback due to concerns related to stablecoin yield 💰.

The bill is considered one of the most important cryptocurrency legislations in the US, and it aims to create a comprehensive framework for cryptocurrencies in the world’s largest economy 🌎, including changing market oversight from the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Crypto Hacks Steal $169 Million From DeFi Protocols In Q1 2026 🕵️‍♂️

Cryptocurrency hackers stole a cumulative $168.6 million in digital assets from a total of 34 decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms in the first quarter of 2026, marking a significant decline compared to 2025.

Step Finance’s $40 million private key compromise was the largest exploit of the quarter so far, followed by the Truebit smart contract exploit that stole $26.4 million, according to DefiLlama data 🔓.

January was the worst month, with hackers stealing $103 million, followed by $41 million in March and $24 million in February 2026.

The $169 million marks a drastic reduction from the $1.58b billion stolen during Q1 2025, of which $1.4 billion was due to the record hack on cryptocurrency exchange Bybit.

The declining figures show that DeFi protocols and exchanges are taking stricter security measures to stop the ramping smart contract and supply chain attacks, which remain among the top barriers for mainstream cryptocurrency adoption🛡️.

Market Overview: Bitcoin Long-Term Holders And Institutions Continue Bitcoin Accumulation As Trump’s Ceasefire Ends 📊

Cryptocurrency markets staged a long-awaited recovery after US President Donald Trump announced another 2-week ceasefire deal in the war against Iran, calling the development a “total and complete victory.”

Crypto investors rejoiced as Bitcoin’s price rose by 6% to $72,500, while the total crypto market capitalization soared by 5%, according to CoinStats data.

In a constructive long-term signal, Bitcoin’s long-term holders have switched to accumulation since mid-February, wrote Binance CEO Richard Teng ✍️.

Large institutional holders also continued to accumulate BTC despite the geopolitical concerns. Japanese investment firm and Bitcoin treasury Metaplanet bought 5,075 Bitcoin for about $350 million 💰.

“In the long term, Metaplanet has outlined an ambitious goal: to accumulate 210,000 Bitcoin, which would represent approximately 1% of the total Bitcoin supply,” wrote CryptoQuant analyst Maartunn.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin active addresses sank to an 8-year low, signaling another macro signal for a discount accumulation opportunity, wrote CryptoQuant analyst Gaah:

“Historically, lows in the active addresses indicator have coincided with most profitable long-term accumulation bases.”