Welcome to your Good Friday edition of the daybook. With markets on a shortened schedule for the Easter holiday, todays update is shortened as well. CoinDesk's Crypto Daybook Americas will be back to… [+8183 chars]

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Crypto Daybook Americas: Trump’s Fed Outburst Fails to Jolt Bitcoin

HashKey Capital announced what it says is the first investment fund in Asia designed to track the performance of XRP, the digital asset used in Ripples global payment infrastructure.
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The fund aims to simplify institutional access to XRP for cross-border payments, crypto investing in Asia.

HashKey Capital to Debut Asian XRP Tracker Fund With Ripple as Anchor Investor

Bitcoin (BTC) was treading water just below $85,000 late Thursday as tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell added another layer of uncertainty for invest… [+3360 chars]

A sharp plunge in the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index coupled with rising prices added to U.S. stagflation fears amid the tariff war.

Bitcoin in Standstill at $85K as Trump Increases Pressure on Fed's Powell

Interoperability protocol LayerZero's native token (ZRO) surged Thursday on news that venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz's (a16z) crypto arm increased its investment in the project.
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The venture capital firm's ZRO acquisition follows previous investments in the protocol.

LayerZero's ZRO Jumps 10% as VC Firm Andreessen Horowitz Buys $55M Worth

Global economic tensions and trade policy uncertainties continue to create volatility in the crypto market, with SOL navigating these challenges better than many alternatives. 
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North American institutional interest grows as SOL reclaims DEX dominance over Ethereum with 16% weekly gain.

Solana Surges 4.5% as Canada Launches First Spot ETFs

In todays crypto for advisors, Todd Bendell from Amphibian Capital breaks down bitcoin yield products as a strategy to grow bitcoin holdings beyond price appreciation.
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Beyond just stacking bitcoin and waiting for price appreciation, BTC-on-BTC yield provides opportunities to grow bitcoin holdings.

Crypto for Advisors: Generating Yield With Bitcoin

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.
The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2468.7, up 1.2% (+29.84) sin… [+246 chars]

Near Protocol (NEAR) joined Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as a top performer, rising 3.7% from Wednesday.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Gains 4.2%, Leading Index Higher

Lombard Finance, a Bitcoin infrastructure developer, has launched a software development kit (SDK) that allows wallets, exchanges, and other platforms to offer one-click bitcoin (BTC) staking.
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Major exchanges Binance and Bybit have already integrated the SDK, which routes staked BTC into Lombard’s DeFi Vault.

Lombard Finance Launches Toolkit to Unlock Bitcoin’s $154B DeFi Opportunity

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Bitget

Coinbase Exchange

Coinstore

BitMart

Bitunix

DigiFinex

Gate.io

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MEXC

KuCoin

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AscendEX (BitMax)

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Bitvavo

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bitcastle

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bitFlyer

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Tokenize

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Bitkub

BigONE

WhiteBIT

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Dexalot

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BTCBOX

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