Gold fell to $4,623.93 per ounce this week after March 2026 nonfarm payrolls rose by 178,000, well above the 59,000 consensus estimate. The data pushed the dollar and Treasury yields higher, undercutting non-yielding gold and leaving it about 15%–19% below early-March highs tied to Operation Epic Fury. Silver held above $73.75/oz, with $70 cited as a key support level.

A solo Bitcoin miner connected to solo.ckpool.org mined block 943,411 on Thursday, taking the full block reward worth about $210,000. The payout totaled 3.139 BTC, including a 3.125 BTC subsidy and 0.014 BTC in fees, and the rig was estimated at roughly 230 TH/s.

Ethereum’s on-chain role has shifted toward structured financial activity, with ETH stablecoins at about $166.1 billion and tokenized U.S. Treasuries surpassing $12 billion. Quarterly stablecoin transfer volume is near $8 trillion, yet daily fees sit around $157,000 and ETH issuance continues to exceed burns. DeFi TVL is roughly $52.6 billion and DEX volume about $548 million, while rollups keep base fees near 0.6 Gwei, improving access but limiting direct value capture.

Italy and Germany have circulated a March 27 document in Brussels proposing an EBA-managed emergency "kill switch" that could block foreign stablecoins such as Circle's USDC under MiCA. The paper would tighten rules around multi-issuer structures, require reserves to be immediately transferable to an EU entity, and allow an outright ban if transfers or compliance mechanisms fail. The measures are intended for inclusion in MISP talks, with a stated deadline at the end of 2026.

Drift Protocol was exploited for $280 million on April 1, 2026, in an incident initially dismissed by some due to its April Fools' timing. Investigators later attributed the breach to the UNC4736 group, saying the attackers blended long-running social engineering with device compromises that enabled multi-sig approvals.

Polymarket's contract on the United States invading Iran this year rose to 63% on Sunday after a social media post by US President Donald Trump. The market had previously peaked at 68% on March 29, and the contract had about $3.74 million in volume at publication. Risk assets showed limited follow-through afterward, with Bitcoin hovering near $67,500 and Brent crude remaining above $109 per barrel.

Toncoin (TON) is being closely watched as Telegram reports over 1 billion monthly active users and continues to embed wallets, mini-apps, and payments into the app. On April 5, 2026 at 17:53 UTC, TONUSD traded at $1.242 (+0.32%), while TONBTC was 0.00001861 (+1.36%) at 17:54 UTC. Network stats also point to sizable usage, including 52.1 million activated wallets, ~102,465 daily active wallets, and daily transactions often above 2 million.

Ethereum traded around $2,058 on April 5, 2026, staying close to the $2,000 area even as several large institutions moved to deepen exposure to ETH. Charles Schwab confirmed on April 3 it will open a "Schwab Crypto" waitlist for direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading, while Bitmine Immersion Technologies reported 4,732,082 ETH in holdings and the Ethereum Foundation staked roughly 70,000 ETH. Technical signals cited in the report showed mixed momentum, alongside notes on liquidations, ETF flows, and exchange balances.