We need to talk about Kevin

Bitcoin slipped on Kevin Warsh's confirmation day — plus prediction markets are becoming Coinbase and Robinhood's secret growth engine, and 500+ side events are descending on Miami next week.  ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Bitcoin slides toward $75,000 as Warsh says Trump didn't demand he cut rates Bitcoin slipped from $77,000 to around $75,500 as Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh told the Senate Banking Committee that Trump never demanded he cut rates — dampening expectations for near-term easing. Coinbase fell 5% and Robinhood dropped 3.5% in the session. Still, analysts at 21Shares note that Warsh has long argued the Fed keeps rates unnecessarily high, and a shift to a more proactive easing stance could push bitcoin back toward $100,000 in the second half of 2026. He also called digital assets "part of the fabric of our financial services industry." Read the full story → Sponsor message Markets Prediction markets are the new secret weapon for Coinbase and Robinhood growth Cantor Fitzgerald analysts say the market is treating Coinbase and Robinhood's recent trading slumps as old news, shifting focus to prediction markets as the next leg of growth. Robinhood has already built a $350M annualized revenue run rate from prediction markets in just 12 months, while Coinbase is scaling its Kalshi-powered offering across its entire user base. With volumes on pace to hit $240 billion in 2026 and potentially $1 trillion by 2030, both companies' massive retail distribution gives them a structural edge no pure-play platform can match. Read more → Consensus Miami · May 5–7 Consensus Miami 2026: the complete guide to side events, parties and networking With 500+ side events surrounding the main conference and 20,000+ attendees converging on Miami Beach, Consensus week is as much about what happens off the floor as on it. Backed by Mastercard, Fidelity, Stripe, Google, Solana, Circle, and more, the official event experience kicks off before the doors open and runs through closing night — including CoinDesk-hosted parties, networking dinners, and curated partner events. Miami in May also follows directly on the heels of the F1 Grand Prix and PGA Tour, keeping the city at the center of the global calendar for nearly two weeks straight. Read more → Consensus Miami · May 5–7, 2026 Join CoinDesk at Consensus Miami, where agentic commerce, crypto at scale, and institutional integration are redefining the future of finance. Save 20% with the code HEADLINES Get your pass → Know someone who should be reading this? Share this newsletter See all of CoinDesk’s newsletters    CoinDesk, Inc., 61 9th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York,NY,10011,USA, Unsubscribe Manage Preferences   Copyright © 2026 CoinDesk, All rights reserved.