Daily Market BriefApr 17, 2026

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  • $BTC remains rangebound while most altcoins are higher. As of now, $BTC is trading at $75,171 and $ETH is trading at $2,348. Bitcoin dominance stands at 59.42%.

  • Drift announced a collaboration with Tether and partners totaling nearly $150 million to support its relaunch with USDT at the core and enable user recovery. The package includes a $100M revenue-linked credit facility, ecosystem grants, and loans to market makers.

  • A few other headlines include: Tempo unveils a pragmatic privacy solution called Zones, enabling permissioned parallel blockchains; and Grinex, one of Russia’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately 13 million USDT.

  • During the last 24 hours, the top three gainers were $SIREN, $ORDI, and $RAVE, while the top three losers were $DEXE, $HASH, and $DASH.

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