Crypto & Market Highlights – April 9, 2026

Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!

🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump says all US military forces will remain positioned around Iran until the ceasefire agreement is fully complied with.

⚡️ Michael Saylor pushes back on the NYT's Satoshi Nakamoto investigation, saying every theory remains just a narrative until someone signs with Satoshi's keys.

🔥 White House adviser Kevin Hassett says the US still expects 4% to 5% economic growth this year despite the war.

🚨 $105M liquidated in one hour with $100M wiped only from short positions.

🇵🇰 Donald Trump is sending an Iran negotiating team led by JD Vance to Pakistan for talks starting Saturday, with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner also involved.

🇺🇸 The US stock market added $4.5 trillion in market capitalization over eight trading days.

🇺🇸 The White House warned staff against placing bets on prediction markets amid the Iran war, per WSJ.

🇺🇸 Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong backs Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call to pass the Clarity Act.

🚨 Treasury Secretary Bessent and Fed Chair Powell called an urgent meeting with Wall Street bank CEOs over cybersecurity risks posed by Anthropic's AI model Mythos.

🔥 Morgan Stanley's Head of Digital Assets says their newly launched Bitcoin ETF had the best first trading day of any of their ETFs, with more crypto products in the pipeline.

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