Trump: Military Action Against Iran Easily Restored if Talks Fail

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Bitcoin surpassed $72,000 on April 8th, per HTX market data, posting a 24-hour gain of 5.45%.

**April 8 — U.S. Secretary of Defense Hagerseith announced today that the United States has secured a decisive military victory in Iran, which he said had sought the current ceasefire agreement.** - U.S. forces launched 800 airstrikes Tuesday night, destroying Iran’s defense industrial base and rendering the country unable to produce missiles, rockets or drones. - The ceasefire ensures Iran will never acquire nuclear weapons, the secretary stated, adding the U.S. has met all its military objectives in Iran. - The ceasefire is a temporary pause; coalition forces remain ready to resume operations at any time. - The U.S. hopes Iran will choose lasting peace, Hagerseith noted. - All parties have reached consensus: the Strait of Hormuz is now open. Iran will allow vessel passage, and warships may transit the strait. - The ceasefire agreement will take effect over time.

April 8 — Per Globenewswire, U.S. publicly traded self-hosted crypto firm Exodus Movement has released its updated digital asset holdings as of March 31. Key updates include: - Bitcoin (BTC) holdings increased to 628 BTC (monthly net gain of 18 BTC) - Ethereum (ETH) holdings rose to 1,857 ETH (monthly net gain of 17 ETH) - Solana (SOL) holdings climbed to 17,541 SOL (monthly net gain of 1,847 SOL)

On April 8th, Layer 1 blockchain network Pharos announced it has completed a $44 million Series A funding round, led jointly by several undisclosed leading institutions—including Asian private equity funds, a listed new energy firm, and Hong Kong-based regulated financial institutions. The capital will be used to speed up the buildout of on-chain real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure across Asia and globally.

On April 8, Arkham monitoring data indicates that roughly one hour ago, Belldex’s ETHA transferred 8,513 ETH (valued at $19.14 million) to Coinbase Prime. Additionally, it sent 416.654 BTC (worth $29.86 million) to Coinbase Prime via IBIT.