Crypto Daybook Americas: Memecoins, AI, DeFi Lead the Rebound as Tariff Concerns Ease

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)
The crypto market consolidated on Wednesday's tariff pause-spurred price bounce with memecoins, AI and DeFi tokens standing out as the best-performing crypto sub-sectors. Coins including HYPE, HBAR and SHIB led the recovery.
Bullish technical patterns and a sharp overnight pullback in Treasury market volatility, as represented by the MOVE index, suggested further gains are in the offing. The China-sensitive Australian dollar extended Wednesday's gain, offering positive cues to risk assets. U.S. equity futures, however, did not reflect that optimism, trading more than 1% lower.
Another note of caution showed in derivatives data. LTC, TON, BCH, BNB and PEPE were the only coins with 24-hour growth in open interest, validating price recovery. Open interest in other majors cryptocurrencies, including BTC and ETH, fell, a sign the recovery was mainly led by the unwinding of bearish bets and not fresh bullish positioning.
President Donald Trump's decision to raise tariffs on China to 125% and reduce others to 10% for 90 days still leaves the U.S. with an average import tax rate of 24% versus 27% before Thursday. That's still, anti-growth, pro-inflation and anti-risk assets, according to Bloomberg.
In broader crypto market news, the SEC published the 19b-4 filing by Cboe BZX Exchange to list the Fidelity Solana Fund in the Federal Register. That's said to bring the regulator one step closer to listing the SOL ETF in the U.S.
The minutes of the Federal Reserve's March meeting showed consensus among policymakers over the risk of the economy entering stagflation, characterized by higher inflation and slower growth, with some members saying "difficult tradeoffs" could lie ahead of the central bank.
The focus today will be on the U.S. consumer price index data for March, which is forecast to have increased by just 0.1% month-on-month, the slowest pace in eight months, according to FXStreet. A soft print may be dismissed as backward-looking, considering the trade war escalated more recently. On the other hand, a hotter-than-expected reading may lift Treasury yields and the dollar. Stay alert!
What to Watch
CryptoApril 10, 10:30 a.m.: Status conference for former Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New 11, 1 p.m.: U.S. SEC Crypto Task Force Roundtable on "Tailoring Regulation for Crypto Trading" in 17: EigenLayer (EIGEN) activates slashing on Ethereum mainnet, enforcing penalties for operator 10, 8:30 a.m.: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases March consumer price inflation Inflation Rate MoM Est. 0.3% vs. Prev. 0.2%Core Inflation Rate YoY Est. 3% vs. Prev. 3.1%Inflation Rate MoM Est. 0.1% vs. Prev. 0.2%Inflation Rate YoY Est. 2.6% vs. Prev. 2.8%April 10, 8:30 a.m.: The U.S. Department of Labor releases unemployment insurance data for the week ended April Jobless Claims Est. 223K vs. Prev. 219KApril 10, 10:00 a.m.: U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on the nomination of Michelle Bowman as Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision. Livestream 11, 8:30 a.m.: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases March producer price inflation PPI MoM Est. 0.3% vs. Prev. -0.1%Core PPI YoY Est. 3.6% vs. Prev. 3.4%PPI MoM Est. 0.2% vs. Prev. 0%PPI YoY Est. 3.3% vs. Prev. 3.2%April 14: Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele will join U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House for an official working (Estimates based on FactSet data)April 22: Tesla (TSLA), post-marketApril 30: Robinhood Markets (HOOD), post-market
Token Events
Governance votes & callsSpartan Council is voting on raising the liquidation ratio for SNX solo stakers, with an initial increase to 250% on April 11, then to 500% on April 18 and “high enough to deprecate solo SNX staking” on April 21. Voting ends April DAO is discussing onboarding credit delegation protocol Twyne into the Lido Alliance. Twyne aims to expand stETH’s use cases and is requesting strategic endorsement, promotional support and technical guidance from 10, 10 a.m.: Hedera to host a community call discussing the HBR Foundation joining ERC3643, the non-profit’s standards, and the Header Asset Tokenization 11, 3 p.m.: Zcash to host a town hall on lockbox distribution & 14, 10 a.m.: Stacks to host a livestream with recent announcements from the 10: Internet Computer (ICP) to unlock 0.57% of its circulating supply worth $13.54 12: Aptos (APT) to unlock 1.87% of its circulating supply worth $51.69 12: Axie Infinity (AXS) to unlock 5.68% of its circulating supply worth $21.73 15: Starknet (STRK) to unlock 4.37% of its circulating supply worth $16.71 16: Arbitrum (ARB) to unlock 2.01% of its circulating supply worth $26.27 18: Official Trump (TRUMP) to unlock 20.25% of its circulating supply worth $324.35 LaunchesApril 10: Stacks (STX) to be listed on 10: Streamr (DATA) to be listed on 10: Babylon (BABY) to be listed on Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Bitrue, KuCoin, OKX, and 10: Ren (REN), KonPay (KON) and Symbol (XYM) to be delisted from 22: Hyperlane to airdrop its HYPER tokens.
Conferences:
Day 3 of 3: Paris Blockchain WeekDay 2 of 2: FIBE Fintech Festival Berlin 2025Day 2 of 2: Mexico Finance & Fintech Summit 2025 (Mexico City)Day 2 of 2: Middle East Resilient Banking and Payments Symposium 2025 (Abu Dhabi)April 10: Bitcoin Educators Unconference (Nashville)April 10: FinXtex Malaysia 2025 (Kuala Lumpur)April 10: Institutional Crypto Conference (New York)April 10: SheFi Sumit 2025 (Seoul)Day 1 of 2: BITE-CON 2025 Conference (Miami)Day 1 of 2: 2025 Fintech and Financial Institutions Research Conference (Philadelphia)April 11-12: Strategy's OPNEXT Conference (Tysons, Va.)April 12: Ethereum Argentina (Córdoba)April 12-13: DeSci London 2025
By Shaurya Malwa
DeFi-focused upstart Berachain has recorded net outflows of $320 million in the past week, the most among all networks, followed by Arbitrum with just $30 million in 's daily active users dropped from a high of 630,000 on March 3, according to TokenTerminal, to just over 300,000 as of April network's BERA token is down 40% in a week, shrinking its market cap to $465 million and fully diluted value to $2.1 billion. It got a 12% lift on Thursday after Trump's 90-day tariff pause, but it’s still a far cry from good value locked is down 23% to $2.7 billion from a peak of $3.5 billion on March 26, DefiLlama data shows. Still, the blockchain enjoys a cult following and is hyped among retail traders making it one to watch when market conditions , Ethereum layer-2 Base, backed by Coinbase, has emerged as the top network with over $186 million in net inflows in the past 10 days.
Derivatives Positioning
BTC, ETH annualized futures basis held steady above 5% during the recent rout, signaling resilient market skews for the two largest cryptocurrencies on Deribit have weakened, but continue to show downside fears out to the June end featured purchases of $100K BTC calls expiring in December, reflecting a bullish long-term outlook.
Market Movements:
BTC is down 1.74% from 4 p.m. ET Wednesday at $81,748.51 (24hrs: +6.2%)ETH is down 4.65%% at $1,595.49 (24hrs: +7.78%)CoinDesk 20 is down 1.72% at 2,372.30 (24hrs: +7.55%)Ether CESR Composite Staking Rate is unchanged at 3.69%BTC funding rate is at 0.0043% (4.7085% annualized) on Binance
DXY is down 0.85% at 102.03Gold is up 2.23% at $3,124.6/ozSilver is up 1.68% at $30.83/ozNikkei 225 closed +9.13% at 34,609.00Hang Seng closed +2.06% at 20,681.78FTSE is up 3.97% at 7,984.64Euro Stoxx 50 is up 5.33% at 4,868.37DJIA closed on Wednesday +7.87% at 40,608.45S&P 500 closed +9.52% at 5,456.90Nasdaq closed +12.16% at 17,124.97S&P/TSX Composite Index closed +5.42% at 23,727.00S&P 40 Latin America closed +7.02% at 2,330.16U.S. 10-year Treasury rate is down 7 bps at 4.29%E-mini S&P 500 futures are down 2.13% at 5,374.00E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures are down 2.44% at 18,818.50E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index futures are down 1.58% at 40,189.00
Bitcoin Stats:
BTC Dominance: 63.47 (0.34%)Ethereum to bitcoin ratio: 0.01953 (-3.36%)Hashrate (seven-day moving average): 899 EH/sHashprice (spot): $41.08Total Fees: 5.6 BTC / $438,630CME Futures Open Interest: 134,545BTC priced in gold: 26.2 ozBTC vs gold market cap: 7.47%
Technical Analysis
The per barrel prices for West Texas Intermediate crude oil have dropped below the long-held support at $67, suggesting more losses crude could help compensate for the inflationary impact of Trump’s tariffs, helping central banks, including the Fed, to cut interest rates and support risk assets in case of a major market instability.
Crypto Equities
Strategy (MSTR): closed on Wednesday at $2296.86 (+24.76%), down 3.64% at $286.06 in pre-marketCoinbase Global (COIN): closed at $177.09 (+16.91%), down 2.31% at $173Galaxy Digital Holdings (GLXY): closed at C$15.19 (+14.9%)MARA Holdings (MARA): closed at $12.31 (+17.02%), down 2.44% at $12.01Riot Platforms (RIOT): closed at $7.38(+12.84%), down 1.56% at $7.26Core Scientific (CORZ): closed at $7.51 (+15.36%), down 3.6% at $7.24CleanSpark (CLSK): closed at $7.63 (+13.2%), down 2.75% at $7.42CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF (WGMI): closed at $13.06 (+13.66%)Semler Scientific (SMLR): closed at $35.16 (+9.98%)Exodus Movement (EXOD): closed at $43.14 (+7.47%), up 8.92% at $46.99
Spot BTC ETFs:
Daily net flow: -$127.2 millionCumulative net flows: $35.61 billionTotal BTC holdings ~ 1.11 million
Spot ETH ETFs
Daily net flow: -$11.2 millionCumulative net flows: $2.36 billionTotal ETH holdings ~ 3.37 million
Source: Farside Investors
Overnight Flows
Chart of the Day
The chart shows the breakdown of BTC options block trades on Deribit. Block trades are large trades executed on over-the-counter tech platforms and then listed on call options has been the most popular play, a sign market participants are betting on a drop in volatility and slow price ascent.
While You Were Sleeping
China State Media Hints at Rate Cuts to Counter Trump’s Tariffs (Bloomberg): Front-page commentary in the state-run Securities Daily urged rate cuts and lower bank reserve requirements to fight deflation and offset Trump’s , United States to Hold Talks on Diplomatic Missions (Reuters): Talks in Istanbul aim to resolve embassy issues, including restrictions on diplomat movements and frozen assets such as consulates, trade missions, and historic Investors Flee Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs on Tariff-Driven Uncertainty (CoinDesk): U.S.-listed spot BTC and ETH ETFs saw outflows Wednesday even as cryptocurrency prices surged.Bitcoin Eyes $87K After Double Bottom Breakout; Dogecoin, XRP Bulls Look to Establish Control (CoinDesk): Bitcoin rebounded from two recent lows near $74,600 and broke above $80,800, a move analysts say could push it toward $87, Gains Market Share as Bitcoin Volume Declined 77% From Yearly Peak: CryptoQuant (CoinDesk): A volume drop of such magnitude suggests traders and investors are losing interest or Marketplace Magic Eden Buys Trading App Slingshot (CoinDesk): Slingshot allows trading tokens from a single USDC balance, removing the need for wallet setup, gas fees or moving assets across blockchains, expanding Magic Eden beyond Solana to all chains.
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