# Crypto's Pre-Halving Dump

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Apr 17, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/read/cryptos-pre-halving-dump*

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Crypto's Pre-Halving Dump

  

  
  Published on Apr 17, 2024

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World Chain
  

  

 

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- **🐙 Kraken releases crypto wallet.** Kraken is joining other exchanges in [debuting](https://blog.kraken.com/product/introducing-kraken-wallet) its own open-sourced, multi-chain wallet app.
- **🥭 Mango Markets jury deliberates. **Were Avi Eisenberg's trades, which left Mango Markets flailing, criminal in nature? That's what [jurors are tasked with deciding](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/17/jury-begins-deliberations-in-110m-mango-markets-fraud-trial/?_gl=1*n8wu4h*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTM1ODI0MTM3OS4xNzEzMzg1MTMz*_ga_VM3STRYVN8*MTcxMzM4NTEzMy4xLjEuMTcxMzM4NTE0Mi4wLjAuMA..) in a case that could have broad ramifications for DeFi.

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      TODAY IN MARKETS
    
    
  
  
    
  Crypto's Pre-Halving Dump
  
  

  

 
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/04/image---2024-04-17T160844.009.png)](https://www.bankless.com/pre-halving-dump-continues)**📊 Price on Life Support.** Bitcoin ran it up to $64.5k overnight before topping out and proceeding to slide throughout Wednesday morning alongside TradFi markets to breach Saturday’s local lows. *When will the bleeding stop?*

[Read More Free on Bankless.com](https://www.bankless.com/pre-halving-dump-continues)

Prices as of 4pm ET
24hr
7d

 

       ![](https://banklesspublic.b-cdn.net/cmc.png)
    

  **Crypto**
   
          $2.25T
       

  
    
    ↘ 1.6%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 13.8%
    
  

       ![](https://banklesspublic.b-cdn.net/btc.png)
    

  **BTC**
   
          $61,287
       

  
    
    ↘ 2.5%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 12.3%
    
  

       ![](https://banklesspublic.b-cdn.net/eth.png)
    

  **ETH**
   
          $2,998
       

  
    
    ↘ -2.2%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 14.7%
    
  

  

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    ANALYSIS

  
  
    
   
Why EIP-3074 Matters
  
  
   
     
     Bankless Author: 
     
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       William M. Peaster](https://twitter.com/WPeaster)
     
    
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/04/image---2024-04-17T160837.100.png)](https://www.bankless.com/why-eip-3074-matters)**EIP-3074 is in the limelight this week** as Ethereum core devs just [approved the standard’s inclusion](https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1778497101988835715) in the upcoming Pectra hard fork.

EIP-3074 is the next big step in evolving Ethereum’s account model for the future. It’s a short-term remedy ahead of the ascendance of ERC-4337, but its user experience (UX) level-ups are significant. 

***Let's take a look at what's cooking in EIP-3074*** 👇

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