Bitcoin $75,428, Ethereum $2,350—Ceasefire Optimism Sustains Rally

Bitcoin opened at $75,151.99 on April 17, up 0.5% to $75,428.90 by 7:44 a.m.—highest since February 4. Ethereum opened at $2,348.49, down 0.5% but at its highest since March 18. CoinDesk highlighted World Liberty Financial's $75 million borrowing against 5 billion of its governance tokens, while Kaiko data show Korean won pairs represent 30% of global spot volume.