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X Platform to Auto-Lock Accounts on First Crypto Mention to Kill Phishing Scams

4 April 2026 at 16:00
Elon Musk’s X is rolling out a security feature that will automatically lock any account that mentions cryptocurrency for the first time — requiring additional verification before posting resumes — a direct response to a wave of account hijacking campaigns…

CLARITY Act Stablecoin Yield Compromise Language Now Under Industry Review

4 April 2026 at 15:00
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act’s compromise language on stablecoin yield has circulated among crypto and banking industry stakeholders in closed-door Capitol Hill sessions, with a Senate Banking Committee markup now targeted for the second half of April — though…

Hegseth Fires Army Chief of Staff After Political Promotions Confrontation

4 April 2026 at 14:30
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forced Army Chief of Staff General Randy George into immediate retirement on Thursday — the latest in a pattern of senior military dismissals tied to a deepening conflict between Hegseth and uniformed leaders over diversity-linked promotion…

Second US Warplane Hit Over Iran; Search Ongoing for Missing F-15E Crew Member

4 April 2026 at 14:00
Two U.S. military aircraft were shot down in separate incidents during combat operations over Iran on April 3 — an F-15E Strike Eagle and an A-10 Thunderbolt II — with a search-and-rescue operation still ongoing for one missing crew member…

Trump Drops Historic $1.5 Trillion FY2027 Pentagon Budget Request

4 April 2026 at 13:40
President Donald Trump submitted a $1.5 trillion defense spending request for fiscal year 2027 on Friday — the largest military budget proposal in U.S. history, a roughly 40% increase over current funding levels, arriving in the fifth week of the…

Naoris Launches First NIST-Approved Quantum-Resistant Blockchain Mainnet

4 April 2026 at 13:00
Naoris Protocol has gone live with its quantum-resistant blockchain mainnet, becoming the first Layer 1 network built entirely on post-quantum cryptography approved by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology — a milestone arriving as researchers shorten timelines for…

Circle Faces Heat From ZachXBT Over Inaction During $285M Drift Hack

4 April 2026 at 12:30
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has publicly accused Circle of failing to freeze stolen USDC as it moved through the company’s own cross-chain infrastructure during the $285 million Drift Protocol exploit on April 1, 2026 — raising pointed questions about when and…

Schwab Preps Spot Bitcoin and Ether Trading Across $12 Trillion in Client Assets

4 April 2026 at 12:15
Charles Schwab has confirmed it remains on track to launch direct spot trading for Bitcoin and Ether in the first half of 2026, opening one of the largest pools of investor capital in the world to direct crypto access for…

Musk Demands Wall Street Buy Grok AI Subscriptions to Work on SpaceX IPO

4 April 2026 at 12:00
Elon Musk is requiring banks, law firms, and auditors competing for roles on SpaceX’s upcoming IPO to purchase subscriptions to Grok, his artificial intelligence chatbot — a mandate the New York Times reported Friday that some Wall Street firms have…

SpaceX Files Confidentially for $1.75T IPO in Potential Record $75B Raise

4 April 2026 at 11:50
SpaceX has submitted a confidential draft registration to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation and a raise of up to $75 billion — what would be the largest initial public offering in financial history. The…

Will XRP price break from its descending wedge at $1.31 as bearish momentum approaches exhaustion?

4 April 2026 at 05:00
XRP is compressing into the apex of a descending wedge at $1.3157 after months of lower highs and lower lows, with the 4H MACD signal line just crossing into positive territory for the first time since February — a sign…

Will Ethereum price clear $2,163 resistance or confirm a double top as the 4H MACD turns bullish?

4 April 2026 at 04:45
Ethereum is pressing against a double-top resistance zone at $2,163 after two consecutive rejections from the upper boundary of its rising parallel channel, while a marginal bullish MACD crossover on the 4H chart raises the question of whether buyers can…

Is Bitcoin price forming a bear flag at $66,900 as its daily MACD reaches its deepest negative reading in months?

4 April 2026 at 04:00
Bitcoin is holding just above a broken support level at $66,900 as a potential bear flag forms on the 4H chart and the daily MACD hits one of its most negative readings of the current cycle, raising the risk of…

Penalties keep stacking up — US lawyers are adopting AI faster than ever despite rising court sanctions for filing AI-hallucinated fake legal briefs

4 April 2026 at 03:35
U.S. lawyers are filing AI-generated briefs with fictitious citations at an accelerating pace, court sanctions are setting new records, and the technology is spreading so deeply into legal software that experts say mandatory disclosure rules may already be obsolete. U.S.…

America’s largest immigration detention camp is on a record death pace — ICE inspectors found 49 violations including failure to prevent inmate suicide

4 April 2026 at 03:00
ICE detention deaths are running at a record pace in 2026, and the United States’ largest immigration detention center — a sprawling tent facility on a Texas Army base — has logged three deaths, 49 regulatory violations, and allegations of…

Epstein files: over 3 million pages released, zero new US arrests — 5 legal experts explain exactly why

4 April 2026 at 02:45
More than 3 million pages of Epstein files have been released, prosecutors have brought no new charges against anyone in his network, and five legal experts have now laid out in precise terms why the evidentiary gap between public scandal…

DOJ voter data power grab: key privacy officer resigns as department prepares to share Americans’ SSNs and driver’s licenses with DHS

4 April 2026 at 02:30
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division privacy officer has quietly resigned as the DOJ moves to share sensitive voter registration data — including partial Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers — with the Department of Homeland Security, without issuing…

Hegseth reverses a 34-year Pentagon rule — US troops can now carry personal firearms on military bases

4 April 2026 at 02:00
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has reversed a 34-year Pentagon policy, signing a memo on April 2 that authorizes off-duty U.S. service members to carry privately owned firearms on military installations — a decision that lands alongside a downed F-15…

Trump asks Congress for $1.5 trillion defense budget, the largest military spending request in US history

4 April 2026 at 01:30
The Trump administration submitted a $1.5 trillion defense spending request to Congress on April 3 — the largest military budget proposal in U.S. history — pairing record military outlays with cuts to domestic programs in a fiscal combination that signals…

Elon Musk’s X deploys crypto scam “kill switch” auto-locking any account that mentions crypto for the first time

4 April 2026 at 00:45
X is preparing to automatically lock any crypto scam account that mentions cryptocurrency for the first time in its posting history, with Head of Product Nikita Bier saying the measure should eliminate 99% of the economic incentive behind the platform’s…

Marex launches Nvidia-linked ‘prediction market bond’ with 7% coupon

4 April 2026 at 00:01
Marex’s Nvidia‑linked “prediction market bond” pays 7% if NVDA stays the world’s most valuable company for a year, wrapping Polymarket‑style odds into principal‑protected credit. Marex Group has created and sold what it calls the first “prediction market bond,” a structured…

Coinbase becomes first major US exchange to win OCC trust charter — community banks call it a grave mistake

4 April 2026 at 00:00
Coinbase has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust bank charter — a first for any major U.S. crypto exchange — as community banking groups wasted no time calling the decision…

Bitcoin holds steady on Good Friday as March jobs report crushes expectations with 178,000 payrolls

3 April 2026 at 23:46
Bitcoin held above $67,000 on Good Friday as U.S. employers added 178,000 jobs in March — beating forecasts by a wide margin — while traditional markets sat closed for the Easter holiday, leaving crypto as the primary gauge of how…

Gemini adds drag-to-modify orders to ActiveTrader as Winklevoss touts speed upgrade

3 April 2026 at 23:40
Gemini adds drag‑to‑modify tools to ActiveTrader, chasing speed‑focused traders even as GEMI stock trades well below its IPO price and users still complain about lag. Gemini has rolled out a new order modification feature for its ActiveTrader interface, allowing users…

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VanEck’s Matthew Sigel says $100k Bitcoin “totally reasonable” within a year

3 April 2026 at 23:12
VanEck’s Matthew Sigel sees $100,000 Bitcoin within a year even as Iran conflict–driven volatility, war risks, and macro uncertainty leave room for another 20% drawdown. Bitcoin (BTC) can “totally reasonably” trade back at $100,000 within a year, according to VanEck’s…

Ethereum price pinned between $801m short and $739m long liquidation traps

3 April 2026 at 23:04
Ethereum trades near $2,000 as Coinglass data show $801m in shorts above $2,149 and $739m in longs below $1,960, primed for a violent liquidation cascade. Ethereum’s (ETH) derivatives market is sitting on a knife edge as fresh Coinglass data show…

Ethereum Foundation quietly completes its $143M ETH staking mission

3 April 2026 at 22:52
The Ethereum Foundation has completed its 70,000 ETH staking mission, depositing approximately 45,000 ETH worth around $93 million in a single on-chain session on April 3 The Ethereum (ETH) Foundation has completed its 70,000 ETH staking target, depositing approximately 45,000…

Crypto traders fade 2026 Fed cuts as U.S. unemployment dips, but risk assets hold bid

3 April 2026 at 22:30
Traders are pricing fewer Fed cuts in 2026 as U.S. unemployment dips to 4.3%, tempering the liquidity story for Bitcoin and Ethereum but not triggering a risk‑asset capitulation. Derivatives and rates markets have trimmed expectations for how aggressively the Federal…

ETH liquidation heatmap flags near‑$2,000 ‘trapdoor’ for leveraged longs

3 April 2026 at 21:30
Coinglass’ ETH liquidation heatmap shows nearly $1.8b in long and short leverage clustered between $1,952 and $2,154, turning a 5–7% move into a potential forced‑flow event. According to derivatives analytics platform Coinglass, Ethereum’s (ETH) futures market is now pinned between…

RootData’s project claiming feature lifts transparency scores and traffic

3 April 2026 at 21:00
RootData’s project claiming lets teams verify and manage profiles, lifting transparency scores over 30% and driving a 220% jump in heat and visibility across 220+ partners. Web3 asset data platform RootData reports that adoption of its project claiming feature is…

Bitget launches VIP Fast Track to tie perks directly to trading behavior

3 April 2026 at 20:30
Bitget’s VIP Fast Track ditches static balance thresholds, rewarding traders with fee offsets and perks based on futures, spot, and position activity across its UEX platform. Bitget has introduced its VIP Fast Track Program, positioning it as an “industry‑first” attempt…

5 leading crypto cloud mining platforms for beginner miners in 2026

3 April 2026 at 20:01
Cloud mining platforms gain traction as users seek simpler, passive entry into Bitcoin mining in 2026. As crypto mining becomes increasingly industrialized in 2026, most beginners are no longer interested in buying ASIC machines, managing cooling systems, or calculating complex…

Coinbase Bitcoin premium flips back to positive as U.S. demand stirs

3 April 2026 at 20:00
The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has turned slightly positive again, hinting at renewed U.S. spot and ETF demand even as fear gauges flash “extreme fear.” The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index, a closely watched indicator derived from Coinglass that tracks how…

South Korean ‘drug lord’ extradited as authorities target Bitcoin trail

3 April 2026 at 19:30
South Korea extradites alleged drug boss Park Wang‑yeol and prepares a blockchain forensics push to trace at least 6.8b won in Bitcoin‑linked drug proceeds. South Korean authorities have taken custody of alleged “drug lord” Park Wang‑yeol, extradited from a Philippine…

Clanker launches ecosystem fund to recycle fees into creators and community

3 April 2026 at 19:00
AI launchpad Clanker’s new ecosystem fund will recycle most protocol fees on Base into CLANKER buybacks, grants, and infra for Farcaster’s creator community. AI‑driven token launchpad Clanker has unveiled the Clanker Ecosystem Fund (CEF), committing to redirect a significant share…

FSS orders Dunamu to correct disclosure on Naver Financial deal

3 April 2026 at 18:30
South Korea’s FSS orders Dunamu to correct omissions in its Naver Financial stock swap filing as new digital asset rules threaten the merger’s structure and timeline. South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has issued a corrective order to Dunamu, the…

SlowMist audit finds no private key leakage in OKX Wallet

3 April 2026 at 18:00
SlowMist finds no key leaks in OKX Web3 wallet, but BOM-style malware and compromised devices keep user-side security the weak link. Blockchain security firm SlowMist has issued a new assessment of OKX’s Web3 wallet, concluding that the audited version “shows…

Microsoft to pour $10B into Japan for AI expansion, cyber defense, and talent development

3 April 2026 at 17:34
Microsoft said on Friday it plans to invest $10 billion in Japan over the next four years, focusing on artificial intelligence data centres and supporting infrastructure. The announcement followed a meeting between Microsoft President Brad Smith and Japanese Prime Minister…

Solana bulls defend $70, can SOL price recover as a falling wedge breakout nears?

3 April 2026 at 17:06
Solana price managed to hold above the $70 support on Thursday as bulls stepped in to defend the psychological level. According to data from crypto.news, Solana (SOL) price fell nearly 9% from an intraday high of $85.1 on Wednesday to…

Bitcoin liquidation map flags $65,000 as key support, $68,000 as squeeze zone

3 April 2026 at 16:41
Coinglass’ Bitcoin liquidation map shows a $1.143b long wall below $65k and a $754m short pocket above $68k, turning a small move into a potential $1.9b forced‑flow event. Longs face a $1.143 billion liquidation wall below $65,000 Derivatives analytics from…

AccuQuant launches automated trading of Ethereum contracts, enabling users to earn $7k a day through swing trading

3 April 2026 at 15:42
Ethereum drops below key support as traders turn to automated systems like AccuQuant for intraday strategies. Ethereum experienced a sharp drop yesterday, with the price breaking below support near the daily moving average. The MACD bearish momentum intensified again, and…

Cartesi price jumps over 100% as it hits Stage 2 security status, can it go higher?

3 April 2026 at 15:39
Cartesi token soared over 100% to a 3-month high of $0.049 on Friday. Will the Layer 2 token edge higher over the coming sessions, or will it succumb to profit-taking? According to data from crypto.news, Cartesi (CTSI) price rallied nearly…

How to find a job in web3 in 2026: What really matters when choosing a company

3 April 2026 at 15:20
Web3 careers evolve as professionals adopt new framework to evaluate mature, capital-driven organizations. By 2026, web3 will have become the backbone of global finance. The industry has matured into a regulated, capital-heavy, and globally competitive landscape. While many professionals still…

CFTC and DOJ sue three states over prediction market oversight

3 April 2026 at 14:14
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Department of Justice have filed lawsuits against Illinois, Connecticut, and Arizona over the federal government’s authority to regulate prediction markets. According to a complaint filed against Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Attorney…

Free AI quantitative trading vs. cloud mining: The ultimate passive income showdown of 2026

3 April 2026 at 13:47
AI trading platforms like ConfluxCapital gain ground as investors shift from cloud mining to smarter income strategies. Amidst the persistent volatility of the cryptocurrency market, an increasing number of investors are beginning to re-evaluate various avenues for generating passive income.…

Riot Platforms sells 3,778 BTC in Q1 as Bitcon miners continue selling

3 April 2026 at 11:58
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms sold a sizeable portion of its holdings in the first quarter, offloading 3,778 BTC as crypto firms navigated a tough market environment. According to its Thursday operational update, the company sold the Bitcoin at an average…

Google, Microsoft, backs x402 Foundation to standardize AI-driven crypto payments

3 April 2026 at 11:31
Big Tech firms have come together to back a new industry body focused on standardizing how AI agents handle payments across crypto and traditional rails. The Linux Foundation on Thursday announced the launch of the x402 Foundation, a governance initiative…

Trump warns of more strikes after Iran bridge attack, Bitcoin retreats

3 April 2026 at 11:06
United States President Donald Trump took credit for an unprecedented attack on the Ghadir Bridge, Iran’s largest bridge, as continued geopolitical tensions kept crypto markets suppressed. On April 2, Trump shared a video of part of the newly built 136-metre-high…

Polymarket rolls out stock and commodity contracts with Pyth price feeds

3 April 2026 at 09:56
Polymarket has partnered with oracle provider Pyth Network to launch traditional asset markets on its platform. According to an Apr. 2 announcement, the latest addition brings daily up-or-down and closing price contracts for major equity indexes, alongside commodities such as…

Circle targets the wrapped Bitcoin market with cirBTC

3 April 2026 at 08:52
Circle plans to launch its own version of wrapped Bitcoin on the Ethereum network to target institutional markets. In a Thursday announcement, stablecoin issuer Circle said it plans to introduce cirBTC, a token that is backed 1:1 by bitcoin and…

KuCoin picked for Nigeria’s virtual asset pilot as sole global exchange

3 April 2026 at 00:00
The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched a pilot supervisory program for Virtual Asset Service Providers and selected a first cohort of six entities, with KuCoin standing out as the only global crypto exchange on the list. According to local…

Fundrise’s VCX fund to tokenize shares on Kraken’s xStocks

2 April 2026 at 23:00
Technology investment platform Fundrise is partnering with crypto exchange Kraken to tokenize shares of its Fundrise Innovation Fund VCX, according to reporting from Crowdfund Insider. The deal will see the publicly listed VCX vehicle, which trades on the NYSE, wrapped…

Hyperliquid whales sit on $3.4B in positions as longs edge shorts

2 April 2026 at 22:00
According to real-time data from analytics platform Coinglass, large traders on perpetual DEX Hyperliquid currently hold a combined $3.4 billion in notional positions across the venue. Of that, $1.737 billion is in long positions, accounting for 51.08% of whale exposure,…

x402 joins Linux Foundation with backing from Google, Stripe, AWS

2 April 2026 at 21:30
Coinbase’s x402 protocol has formally joined the Linux Foundation, with the goal of turning its AI-focused payments stack into an open, standardized layer for internet-native transactions, according to reporting from CoinDesk. Designed to embed stablecoin payments directly into the HTTP…

YZi Labs doubles down on Predict.fun after $1.8B volume surge

2 April 2026 at 21:00
YZi Labs has announced a strategic additional investment in prediction market platform Predict.fun following the second season of its EASY Residency program, according to an official update from the firm. The follow‑on round brings in Susquehanna Crypto, the digital asset…

Anthony Scaramucci backs Saylor’s 11.5% Bitcoin yield while teasing ‘Mooch 2028’

2 April 2026 at 20:00
Anthony Scaramucci is openly backing Michael Saylor’s high‑yield Bitcoin strategy at the same time he jolts markets with a tongue‑in‑cheek X video announcing a 2028 presidential run, sharpening the line between his crypto advocacy and broader economic message. In a…

Eightco becomes biggest public Worldcoin holder with $326M bet

2 April 2026 at 19:30
Nasdaq-listed Eightco Holdings has disclosed a $326 million position in 277 million Worldcoin tokens, plus ETH, cash, and an indirect OpenAI stake, effectively transforming the stock into a high-beta proxy on Sam Altman’s identity project and AI ecosystem. Nasdaq-listed Eightco…

Lise plans Europe’s first fully on-chain IPO for French aerospace supplier

2 April 2026 at 19:00
French stock exchange Lise is preparing to list aerospace components supplier ST Group in what is expected to be Europe’s first fully on-chain initial public offering, according to a report from CoinDesk. The listing on the Paris-based venue would mark…

Telegram wallet adds 50x perpetuals across metals, stocks, oil, crypto

2 April 2026 at 18:30
Wallet in Telegram now offers 50x perpetual futures on metals, stocks, oil, and crypto via Lighter’s hybrid stack, collapsing messaging, custody, and high-risk derivatives into one mini-app. Telegram’s embedded crypto service Wallet in Telegram has introduced perpetual contract trading inside…

SoFi rolls out ‘Big Business Banking’ to fuse fiat and crypto rails

2 April 2026 at 18:00
SoFi’s new Big Business Banking platform lets institutions manage fiat, SoFiUSD, and crypto in one Solana-powered, chartered bank stack, targeting wholesale stablecoin settlement flows. SoFi has launched an enterprise banking platform dubbed “Big Business Banking,” allowing institutions to manage fiat…

The 7 leading free crypto mining platforms in 2026

2 April 2026 at 17:54
Crypto mining shifts toward infrastructure and efficiency as Bitcoin stabilizes and institutional demand holds. In 2026, the crypto mining landscape is no longer driven by retail speculation — it’s shaped by infrastructure, efficiency, and accessibility. Over the past quarter, Bitcoin…

Vitalik Buterin warns of AI security risks, pushes for local-first systems

2 April 2026 at 17:32
Vitalik Buterin has called for a shift to a “local-first” approach to artificial intelligence. He said modern AI tools pose serious privacy and security risks. In a recent blog post, he said AI is moving beyond simple chat tools. Newer…

Drift Protocol’s $285m hack exposes social engineering threat to Solana DeFi

2 April 2026 at 16:31
Drift Protocol, a major Solana-based DeFi exchange, has suffered a $285 million social engineering-driven exploit that weaponized a compromised administrator key rather than any code flaw. Drift Protocol, a decentralized exchange built on Solana, was drained of approximately $285 million…

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