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Yesterday โ€” 18 April 2026crypto.news

AndX Enters US Crypto Exchange 2026 Market Using BitGoโ€™s Regulated Infrastructure

18 April 2026 at 17:00
BitGo announced that AndX USA LLC has launched its US crypto exchange 2026 entry on top of BitGoโ€™s Crypto-as-a-Service infrastructure, giving the global digital asset platform nationwide operations across all 50 states under an OCC-regulated custody framework backed by $250โ€ฆ

Circle Payments Network Opens Stablecoin Settlement to Banks Without Digital Asset Complexity

18 April 2026 at 16:35
Circle launched CPN Managed Payments on April 8, a fully managed stablecoin settlement solution that makes the Circle Payments Network accessible to banks, payment service providers, and fintechs without requiring them to manage digital assets, custody infrastructure, or blockchain operationsโ€ฆ

Alito and Thomas Will Not Retire This Year, Closing Trumpโ€™s Window for a Fourth Court Pick

18 April 2026 at 16:10
Supreme Court news broke Friday as sources close to both justices confirmed to CBS News that neither Justice Samuel Alito nor Justice Clarence Thomas plans to retire this year, ending months of speculation that Trump might be able to lockโ€ฆ

Trump and Pope Leo XIV Trade Escalating Blows Over the Iran War

18 April 2026 at 15:59
In Trump news today, President Trump criticized Pope Leo XIV as โ€œWEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policyโ€ in a social media post that escalated a days-long public feud with the first American pope, who has repeatedly condemned theโ€ฆ

Nebraska Supreme Court Suspends Lawyer Who Used AI to Write Brief Full of Fabricated Citations

18 April 2026 at 15:45
AI hallucinations news moved from courtroom embarrassment to career consequence as the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled to suspend Omaha attorney Greg Lake until further notice, after a court brief he submitted in a divorce appeal contained 57 defective citations outโ€ฆ

Trump Nominates Erica Schwartz as CDC Director 2026 After Fourth Leadership Change in a Year

18 April 2026 at 15:25
Trump nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director 2026 on Thursday, tapping a former Navy rear admiral and deputy surgeon general from his first term to lead an agency that has cycled through four leaders in the past 12 monthsโ€ฆ

Trump Administration Pulls $73.5M From New York Over Immigrant Trucker Licenses

18 April 2026 at 14:59
The Trump administration announced Thursday that New York will lose $73.5 million in federal highway funding after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found the state has refused to revoke nearly 33,000 commercial driverโ€™s licenses issued to immigrants whose legalโ€ฆ

Generative AI News: US Households Are Carving Out Room in Budgets for ChatGPT and AI Subscriptions

18 April 2026 at 14:00
In the latest generative AI news, CBS MoneyWatch reported that US households are actively making room in their budgets for AI subscriptions, backed by Bank of America Institute data showing the number of paying AI subscribers has surged 38% fromโ€ฆ

Bitcoin ETF News: Goldman Sachs Files for Bitcoin Premium Income ETF With SEC

18 April 2026 at 13:39
Goldman Sachs filed a registration statement with the SEC on April 14 for the Goldman Sachs Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, the first bitcoin ETF news from the Wall Street giant that proposes directly issuing its own crypto income product ratherโ€ฆ

Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Bulls Target $125,000 as Funding Rates Hit Most Negative Since 2023

18 April 2026 at 02:20
Bitcoin price prediction turned aggressively bullish early Friday as CoinDesk reported that perpetual funding rates dropped to their most negative level since 2023 on a seven-day moving average, with ZeroStack CEO Daniel Reis-Faria targeting $125,000 within 30 to 60 daysโ€ฆ

Solana News Today: DoubleZero Launches Edge to Bring Wall Street Data Infrastructure Onchain

18 April 2026 at 01:15
In Solana news today, DoubleZero Foundation launched Edge, a public beta platform that delivers raw Solana block data through a private global fiber network using multicast, bypassing the public internet to cut average delivery times by 6 milliseconds โ€” theโ€ฆ

Li Hua Yi says โ€˜no reasonโ€™ to take profits as postโ€‘Hormuz rebound rolls on

18 April 2026 at 01:00
Liquid Capitalโ€™s Li Hua Yi says thereโ€™s โ€œno reason to take profitsโ€ after the Strait of Hormuz reopens, citing S&P highs, MicroStrategyโ€™s BTC buys and altcoin rotation. Liquid Capitalโ€™s Yi leans into the peace trade Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihuaโ€ฆ

HBAR Price Prediction: Hedera and Stellar Top CoinDesk 20 as BTC Pushes Toward $76,000

18 April 2026 at 00:47
HBAR price prediction improved Friday as Hedera gained 1.4% and Stellarโ€™s XLM added 1.5% to top the CoinDesk 20 performance update, placing the index at 2,125.52, up 0.3% from Thursdayโ€™s close, with just 9 of 20 assets trading higher asโ€ฆ

Payward Acquires First Fully Licensed US Crypto Derivatives Firm for $550M

18 April 2026 at 00:10
Payward, the parent company of Kraken, agreed to acquire Bitnomial, the first US crypto derivatives platform to hold all three CFTC licenses simultaneously, for up to $550 million in cash and stock, in a deal that values Payward at $20โ€ฆ

ETH liquidation map flags $1.04B long wipeout zone at $2,323

18 April 2026 at 00:04
Fresh Coinglass heatmap data suggest Ethereum is again sitting between two sizeable liquidation walls, with leverage stacked just below and above spot. According to the latest readโ€‘out, if ETH slides below $2,323, cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream centralized exchangesโ€ฆ

Bitcoin Breaks 100-Day Moving Average as Strategy Surges on $77K Push

17 April 2026 at 23:35
Bitcoin technical analysis turned decisively bullish Thursday as BTC cleared $77,000 and climbed above its 100-day moving average for the first time since the early February selloff, triggering a 12%+ surge in Strategy shares as the companyโ€™s 780,897-BTC treasury gainedโ€ฆ

Bitcoin Price Prediction: Third $76K Rejection Extends Two-Month Stalemate

17 April 2026 at 23:20
Bitcoin price prediction turns cautious as BTC failed to sustain its third breakout attempt above $76,000, repeatedly touching the level only to reverse, while 46 consecutive days of negative funding rates on Binance have created the most compressed short positioningโ€ฆ

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Polandโ€™s Tusk says Russia-linked crypto firm is bankrolling his opponents

17 April 2026 at 23:00
Speaking in the Sejm on Friday ahead of a vote on overturning his rivalโ€™s veto, Tusk claimed that โ€œRussian money was behind the Zondacrypto cryptocurrency platform,โ€ which he alleged has โ€œsupported political and social initiativesโ€ aligned with rightโ€‘wing groups inโ€ฆ

CFTC Chairman Says AI Is Compensating for 25% Staff Cuts at Crypto Regulator

17 April 2026 at 22:58
CFTC AI news came directly from Capitol Hill Thursday as Chairman Mike Selig told the House Agriculture Committee that artificial intelligence tools, specifically Microsoftโ€™s Copilot, are filling surveillance and investigation gaps at an agency that has lost roughly 25% ofโ€ฆ

Stanfordโ€™s 2026 AI Index Shows US-China AI Gap Has Collapsed to 2.7%

17 April 2026 at 22:50
Stanfordโ€™s 2026 AI Index shows the performance gap between US and Chinese AI models has compressed to just 2.7%, down from a double-digit lead as recently as 2023, as Anthropicโ€™s Claude Opus 4.6 holds a 39-point Elo lead over ByteDanceโ€™sโ€ฆ

White House Opens Probe Into Deaths and Disappearances of 10 Defense Scientists

17 April 2026 at 22:35
President Trump said Thursday the White House is investigating the deaths and disappearances of 10 scientists with ties to classified US defense, nuclear, and aerospace research, calling the pattern โ€œpretty serious stuffโ€ after leaving a meeting on the topic โ€”โ€ฆ

Minnesota Charges ICE Agent With Felony Over Highway Gun Incident

17 April 2026 at 22:10
An ICE agent charged 2026 with two counts of felony second-degree assault faces a nationwide arrest warrant after allegedly pointing his duty weapon at the heads of two civilians in a moving vehicle during the Trump administrationโ€™s Operation Metro Surge,โ€ฆ

Bitcoin liquidation map flags $73.6K โ€˜trapdoorโ€™ and $81.3K squeeze zone

17 April 2026 at 22:00
Coinglass shows $2.221B of BTC longs below $73,610 and $913M of shorts above $81,264, turning the next $10K band into a $3.1B liquidation minefield for traders. Bitcoin (BTC) is once again wedged between two large liquidation clusters, with leverage stackedโ€ฆ

Fired FEMA Chief Cameron Hamilton Set for Renomination Under Trump

17 April 2026 at 21:55
Trump FEMA news took a sharp reversal Thursday when CNN reported the president plans to nominate Cameron Hamilton as FEMA administrator, less than a year after Hamilton was fired in May 2025 for testifying before Congress that the agency shouldโ€ฆ

20 House Republicans Force Johnson Into 2 AM Stopgap With FISA Rebellion

17 April 2026 at 21:40
A House GOP revolt 2026 collapsed both a five-year and an 18-month FISA extension in back-to-back overnight votes, with 20 Republicans joining most Democrats to kill each plan and force Speaker Mike Johnson into a last-resort 10-day stopgap passed atโ€ฆ

Senate Clears 10-Day FISA Stopgap After House Revolt Sinks Longer Deal

17 April 2026 at 21:25
The Senate passed a 10-day FISA extension 2026 by voice vote Friday, keeping the surveillance program alive until April 30 after a bloc of 20 House Republicans overnight derailed both a five-year and an 18-month renewal that Speaker Johnson andโ€ฆ

Bitcoin pierces $77k as leverage builds above and below spot

17 April 2026 at 21:00
BTC has broken $77K with 3.45% daily gains, but Coinglass shows $2.221B of longs below $73,610 and $913M of shorts above $81,264, turning the range into a leverage trap. Bitcoin (BTC) pushed through another psychological round number on Friday, withโ€ฆ

Dollar slides as Hormuz war premium evaporates

17 April 2026 at 20:00
Dollar index DXY erases its Iran war gains as Hormuz blockade scales down, safeโ€‘haven flows unwind, and traders pivot from conflict hedges to ceasefire politics. The U.S. dollar gave back all of its warโ€‘related gains on Friday after Iran declaredโ€ฆ

Gurhan Kiziloz drives $1.44b betting volume at Nexus International by independent execution

17 April 2026 at 19:00
Gurhan Kiziloz leads Nexus International with a self-sustaining, profit-focused strategy in a capital-intensive digital sector. The modern technology and digital entertainment sector is frequently characterized by aggressive capital burn, highly dilutive venture funding rounds, and entirely elusive profitability. However, Founderโ€ฆ

Gate Research flags 5x ETFs as tactical, not buyโ€‘andโ€‘hold

17 April 2026 at 19:00
Gate Research says leveraged crypto ETFs now sit at the center of liquidity and shortโ€‘term trading strategies on centralized exchanges, but warns their daily reset makes them unsuitable as longโ€‘term holdings in volatile markets. The latest report from Gate Researchโ€ฆ

Bitcoin steadies as Iran reopens Hormuz but Trump keeps cryptoโ€‘fuelled oil squeeze

17 April 2026 at 18:39
Iranโ€™s move to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz while Donald Trump keeps Iranโ€™s ships under blockade has left oil and Bitcoin trading the ceasefire headline by headline. Iranโ€™s announcement that it has fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz hasโ€ฆ

Slash hits $1.4B as stablecoin payments move into boring B2B banking

17 April 2026 at 17:59
Slash raised $100M at a $1.4B valuation as it processes over $1B in annualized stablecoin payments for 5,000+ businesses, turning crypto into backโ€‘office banking rails. Slashโ€™s $100M round and stablecoin push Slash Financial, a business banking platform built for onlineโ€‘firstโ€ฆ

Bank of AI and PKUBlockchain sketch Web4.0 rails on Tron and USDT

17 April 2026 at 17:54
Bank of AI and PKUBlockchain map Web4.0โ€™s โ€œagent economy,โ€ pitching x402, ERCโ€‘8004 and MCP while casting Tron and USDT as the default settlement rail for AI agents. Bank of AI and Peking Universityโ€™s PKUBlockchain association have released what they callโ€ฆ

NEA explores use of artificial intelligence in nuclear regulation

17 April 2026 at 17:54
The NEA Working Group on New Technologies convened a workshop on March 25โ€“26, focusing on how artificial intelligence can be applied to regulatory oversight and internal operations within nuclear authorities. The discussions centred on practical deployment rather than theory, withโ€ฆ

SECโ€™s new podcast signals softer crypto tone under Atkins, Peirce and Uyeda

17 April 2026 at 17:48
SEC Chair Paul Atkins launches โ€œMaterial Matters,โ€ with Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda using the debut to pitch a more proโ€‘innovation crypto stance and clearer rulemaking. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rolled out โ€œMaterial Matters with SEC Chairmanโ€ฆ

Paywardโ€™s $550M Bitnomial deal aims to lock up U.S. crypto derivatives plumbing

17 April 2026 at 17:36
Kraken parent Payward will buy Bitnomial for up to $550M, adding a full CFTC derivatives stack just as Deutsche Bรถrseโ€™s $200M stake backs its U.S. buildโ€‘out. Payward targets fullโ€‘stack U.S. derivatives foothold Payward Inc., the parent company of crypto exchangeโ€ฆ

Franceโ€™s Lescure backs euro stablecoins as Qivalis readies 2026 launch

17 April 2026 at 17:31
Franceโ€™s finance minister backs bankโ€‘issued euro stablecoins and Qivalisโ€™ 2026 launch, pivoting policy to keep Europeโ€™s digital rails denominated in euros, not dollars. Franceโ€™s finance minister Roland Lescure has publicly called for more euroโ€‘denominated stablecoins and urged European banks toโ€ฆ

Circle quietly wires USDC into cryptoโ€™s new settlement spine

17 April 2026 at 17:26
Circleโ€™s new USDC Bridge aims to turn crossโ€‘chain transfers into a nearโ€‘invisible backend plumbing layer for onโ€‘chain dollars, replacing fragmented bridges with a single bankโ€‘style ledger experience operated endโ€‘toโ€‘end by Circle itself. Circle turns USDC into a single ledger acrossโ€ฆ

Pi Network price breaks out of falling wedge as devs reveal mainnet v22 upgrade details

17 April 2026 at 17:20
Pi Network price rallied 8% on Friday as developers revealed a hard deadline for the Pi Network mainnet upgrade to version 22. According to data from crypto.news, Pi Network (PI) price rose to a three-week high of $0.182 on Friday,โ€ฆ

Flare eyes protocol-level MEV capture and 40% FLR inflation cut

17 April 2026 at 17:15
Flareโ€™s FIP.16 plan would capture MEV at the base layer, slash FLR inflation to 3% and route new revenues through FIRE into buybacks and aggressive token burns. Flare moves to own MEV and slash inflation Flare has tabled a sweepingโ€ฆ

NFT platform Foundation shuts down after failed rescue deal with Blackdove

17 April 2026 at 17:00
Foundation, a prominent Ethereum-based digital art hub, has permanently ceased operations after a planned rescue acquisition by the platform Blackdove collapsed. According to a Wednesday announcement on X by Foundation founder and CEO Kayvon Tehranian, the marketplace will not returnโ€ฆ

Global finance leaders flag serious concerns about Mythos AI model

17 April 2026 at 15:32
Finance ministers, central bankers, and senior financiers are increasingly focused on the potential risks posed by Anthropicโ€™s Claude Mythos model, amid fears it could expose critical weaknesses in global financial infrastructure. The model has already prompted high-level discussions and emergency-styleโ€ฆ

Sen. Tillis says Clarity Act stablecoin yield text unlikely this week

17 April 2026 at 14:50
Plans to release revised stablecoin yield language in the Clarity Act have been delayed, extending uncertainty around one of the billโ€™s most divisive provisions. According to a report from Politico, Senator Thom Tillis said the updated draft is unlikely toโ€ฆ

Ethereum price approaches $2,400 as ETFs hit six-day inflows streak

17 April 2026 at 14:28
Ethereum price climbed to an intraday high of $2,375 on Friday as Ethereum ETFs continued to draw steady institutional interest. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price was trading at $2,375 last check on Friday, April 17. The largestโ€ฆ

Hong Kongโ€™s Flow Capital taps DigiFT to migrate $150M credit fund to blockchain

17 April 2026 at 13:59
Flow Capital Partners is set to bring its $150 million private credit fund to the DigiFT tokenization platform by the end of April. Bloomberg reported Friday that the Hong Kong-based asset manager will offer on-chain shares of the fund, whichโ€ฆ

Trump says U.S. is โ€œvery close to making a deal with Iranโ€, how will Bitcoin react?

17 April 2026 at 13:00
Bitcoin held steady around $75,000 on Friday as investors digested reports that the U.S.-Iran conflict could end as early as this weekend. According to reports, U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated that the U.S. is close to coming to an agreementโ€ฆ

Researcher uncovers fake Ledger Nano S modified to siphon crypto assets

17 April 2026 at 12:34
This article has been updated with comments from a Ledger spokesperson. A Brazilian security researcher has uncovered a sophisticated counterfeit Ledger device operation after discovering modified hardware designed to siphon cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users. The security researcher, known online asโ€ฆ

Ethereum Foundation-funded project exposes 100 DPRK developers operating in crypto

17 April 2026 at 12:13
A six-month investigation backed by the Ethereum Foundation has uncovered how North Korean operatives quietly embedded themselves inside dozens of Web3 teams under false identities. The Ethereum Foundation said Thursday that its ETH Rangers initiative funded a security-focused effort thatโ€ฆ

Sanctioned crypto exchange Grinex suspends trading after $14M hack

17 April 2026 at 11:24
Sanctioned crypto exchange Grinex halted trading after a suspected state-level cyberattack drained up to $15 million in crypto. Grinex said Thursday it had suspended operations after losing more than 1 billion Russian rubles, roughly $13.7 million, from 54 wallets inโ€ฆ

Former Treasury Secretary warns of โ€œviciousโ€ fallout if U.S. Treasury demand weakens

17 April 2026 at 10:45
Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has called on U.S. policymakers to prepare an emergency response plan for a potential breakdown in demand for U.S. Treasurys, warning that the consequences could be severe. Speaking in a Bloomberg interview on Thursday, Paulsonโ€ฆ

Circle faces lawsuit as $230M in stolen USDC moved across chains after Drift breach

17 April 2026 at 10:15
A new class action lawsuit has put Circle under legal scrutiny over its response to the movement of stolen USDC following the Drift Protocol hack. According to a filing in a U.S. district court in Massachusetts, Drift investor Joshua McCollumโ€ฆ

House Rejects Resolution to End Iran War, 213โ€“214 Along Party Lines

17 April 2026 at 02:55
The House voted to reject a resolution Thursday directing President Trump to remove US armed forces from hostilities against Iran, 213 to 214, falling one vote short along almost entirely party lines. The Republican-controlled House voted 213โ€“214 Thursday to rejectโ€ฆ

RFK Jr. HHS Budget Cuts Draw Congressional Fire at Ways and Means

17 April 2026 at 02:25
RFK Jr. HHS budget cuts of roughly $16 billion faced their first major congressional test Thursday as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, fielding pointed questions on vaccine policy while defending aโ€ฆ

NJ Special Election Puts GOP House Majority Under More Pressure

17 April 2026 at 01:35
Voters in New Jerseyโ€™s 11th congressional district are heading to the polls today in a special election that could tighten the Republican House majority to its absolute limit, pitting progressive Democrat Analilia Mejia against Republican Joe Hathaway in a districtโ€ฆ

Anthropic Trust Appoints Novartis CEO to Board

17 April 2026 at 01:10
Anthropic Trust has appointed Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis, to Anthropicโ€™s board of directors, making him the first pharmaceutical industry executive to join the AI labโ€™s governing body and tipping Trust-appointed directors to a board majority for the first time.โ€ฆ

UKโ€™s FCA opens final crypto consultation ahead of 2027 regime switch-on

17 April 2026 at 01:00
The UKโ€™s FCA has opened a fresh consultation on how stablecoins, trading, custody and staking will be regulated before a full crypto regime goes live in 2027. The UKโ€™s Financial Conduct Authority is asking crypto firms and stakeholders to weighโ€ฆ

Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Begins Today After Trump Announcement

17 April 2026 at 00:41
President Trump announced Thursday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire beginning at 5 PM ET today, April 16, following direct conversations with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. President Trump announced Thursdayโ€ฆ

xAI Terafab Reaches Out to Chip Suppliers at โ€œLight Speedโ€

17 April 2026 at 00:20
xAI Terafab teams have contacted Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, and Lam Research for price quotes and delivery times on chipmaking equipment, with Muskโ€™s representatives telling suppliers the project needs to move at โ€œlight speedโ€ and offering to pay above quotedโ€ฆ

Gate brings F1 Red Bull spectacle to Hong Kong waterfront for 13th anniversary

17 April 2026 at 00:00
Gate is rolling an F1 Red Bull parade and โ€œRacing the Futureโ€ exhibition through Hong Kong as part of its 13thโ€‘anniversary push to fuse crypto branding with motorsport. Gate is leaning on Formula 1 star power to anchor its 13thโ€‘anniversaryโ€ฆ

Quantum Computing Stocks Surge After NVIDIA Ising Launch

16 April 2026 at 23:55
Quantum computing stocks surged in double digits on April 14 and 15, as NVIDIAโ€™s launch of Ising, the worldโ€™s first open-source quantum AI model family, reignited investor conviction that commercial quantum computing is accelerating faster than previously priced. Quantum computingโ€ฆ

NVIDIA Ising Launches as Worldโ€™s First Open Quantum AI Models

16 April 2026 at 23:10
NVIDIA Ising has launched as the worldโ€™s first family of open-source quantum AI models, targeting the two biggest engineering bottlenecks in quantum computing: processor calibration and error correction decoding. NVIDIA Ising launched April 15, 2026, as the worldโ€™s first open-sourceโ€ฆ

JustLend DAO takes JST burn to 13.7% of supply with $21.3m Q1 destroy

16 April 2026 at 23:00
JustLend DAOโ€™s third buyback burned 271.3m JST worth $21.3m, lifting total destroyed supply to 1.36b JST, or 13.7%, as its revenue-fed deflation plan rolls on. JustLend DAO has carried out its third major buyback and burn of JST, permanently removingโ€ฆ

Plasma Blockchain Reaches 7th by TVL on Tether Wallet Integration

16 April 2026 at 22:35
Plasma blockchain TVL has climbed to $2 billion, making it the seventh-largest blockchain by total value locked after Tether selected Plasma as one of only four networks to support its newly launched self-custody wallet. Plasma blockchain TVL has surged toโ€ฆ

BTTC Bridge adds dual-view tracking to clean up cross-chain history

16 April 2026 at 22:30
BitTorrent Chain has upgraded the BTTC Bridge record page with dual views, richer filters and clearer tags so users can track incoming, outgoing and cross-chain flows faster. BitTorrent Chain has rolled out a functional upgrade to the BTTC Bridge transactionโ€ฆ

Ripple Tokenized Bond Pilot Begins in South Korea

16 April 2026 at 22:10
Ripple tokenized bond pilot with Kyobo Life Insurance, one of South Koreaโ€™s largest insurers, targets near real-time government bond settlement using Ripple Custody, replacing a process that currently takes two days to settle. Ripple tokenized bond pilot with Kyobo Lifeโ€ฆ

Bitcoinโ€™s quantum fight pits Adam Back against coin-freeze proposal

16 April 2026 at 22:00
Bitcoinโ€™s (BTC) longโ€‘running debate over the quantum computing threat has flared again after Blockstream CEO Adam Back used Paris Blockchain Week to argue for optional, optโ€‘in upgrades instead of forcibly freezing old wallets. โ€œPreparation is much safer than hasty responsesโ€ฆ

BlockDAG goes live on BingX as $0.000000726 window tightens while BTC and DOT signal shifting market trends

16 April 2026 at 22:00
Bitcoin Cash and Polkadot show mixed trends, driving interest in early-stage projects like BlockDAG amid shifting market sentiment. Price action across major crypto names is starting to feel uneven again as traders reassess Bitcoin Cash price prediction and where range-boundโ€ฆ

SEC CLARITY Act Roundtable Opens in Washington Today

16 April 2026 at 21:40
The SEC CLARITY Act roundtable convened in Washington today, April 16, bringing regulators and industry together for a public discussion on digital asset market structure as the Senate Banking Committee targets a late-April markup of the most consequential crypto billโ€ฆ

France plans crackdown as crypto kidnappings surge to one every 2.5 days

16 April 2026 at 21:28
France has logged 41 crypto-linked kidnappings in 2026, prompting Interior Ministry plans for tougher measures after the country became Europeโ€™s hotspot for โ€œwrench attacks.โ€ French Interior Ministry representative Jeanโ€‘Didier Berger says France will introduce new measures โ€œin the coming weeksโ€โ€ฆ

XRP Spot ETF Logs Biggest Single-Day Inflow Since February

16 April 2026 at 21:20
XRP spot ETFs recorded $17.11 million in net inflows on April 15, their largest single-day intake in nearly 11 weeks, as four consecutive days of positive flows pushed combined assets under management above $1.25 billion. XRP (XRP) spot ETFs loggedโ€ฆ

Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Drifts Near $75K on Profit-Taking

16 April 2026 at 20:57
Bitcoin price prediction turns cautious on Thursday as BTC hovers near $74,921, with profit-taking slowing a ceasefire-driven rally that pulled in $597.5 million in spot ETF inflows over two days. Bitcoin (BTC) price prediction points to consolidation Thursday as BTCโ€ฆ

Bitcoin eyes $76,800 โ€˜breakeven wallโ€™ as macro tailwinds build

16 April 2026 at 20:30
Bitcoin hovers near $75k with on-chain data flagging $76,800 as key resistance, while Morgan Stanleyโ€™s cutโ€‘price MSBT ETF pulls in $100m amid easing macro headwinds. Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering around $75,000 as on-chain cost metrics cluster near $76,800, a levelโ€ฆ

Why digital payments need a better infrastructure

16 April 2026 at 20:06
Crypto payment gateways gain traction as blockchain reshapes everyday transactions. The ability to perform online payments is often taken for granted, as fiat-based methods have essentially become a part of daily life. However, cryptocurrency point-of-sale gateways are once again beginningโ€ฆ

Binance launches $200k Genius trading contest for GENIUS token buyers

16 April 2026 at 20:00
Binance Alpha is launching a two-round Genius Foundation trading competition that will hand out roughly $200,000 in GENIUS tokens to 2,520 of the platformโ€™s most aggressive buyers over the last two weeks of April. Binance is rolling out a Geniusโ€ฆ

Bitcoin think tank says US tax rules โ€˜paralyzeโ€™ everyday BTC payments

16 April 2026 at 19:30
A new Cato Institute paper argues that U.S. capital gains rules make โ€œbitcoin taxes make no sense,โ€ burying everyday BTC payments in paperwork and locking the asset into a hoarding role instead of money. The Cato Institute is calling forโ€ฆ

Gurhan Kizilozโ€™s Nexus International posts stellar 2025 run with $1.2 billion platform inflowsย 

16 April 2026 at 19:10
Nexus International turns $1.2B inflows into strong profits, defying growth-first gaming models. The ability of any business to process $1.2 billion in deposits demonstrates reach. Users trust the platform enough to move money onto it. What happens after that determinesโ€ฆ

Retail punter flips $8.50 into $9,928 as Solana memecoin BELIEF surges

16 April 2026 at 19:00
A Solana (SOL) trader has turned just $8.50 into $9,928 by buying and staking the memecoin BELIEF, locking in a 1,169x return that underscores the ferocity of risk-taking on the network. On-chain tracker Lookonchain said the wallet, labeled โ€œ7Be6hv,โ€ spentโ€ฆ

Solana-backed crypto PACs sharpen $8m attack on Ohio Senate race

16 April 2026 at 18:30
A Solana-backed super PAC is spending $8m to boost pro-crypto Jon Husted against Sherrod Brown, as crypto war chests like Fairshake and Fellowship reshape 2026 races. Sentinel Action Fund, a U.S. super PAC backed by the Solana Institute, will deployโ€ฆ

Hereโ€™s why Polkadot price rallied over 10% today

16 April 2026 at 18:30
Polkadot price rebounded over 10% on Thursday as it recovered from a sharp drop earlier this week. According to data from crypto.news, Polkadot (DOT) price rose 10.4% to an intraday high of $1.29 on April 16, while bringing its marketโ€ฆ

Real utility beyond LINK: Why BFX topped the list of best cryptos to buy now

16 April 2026 at 18:29
Chainlink gains steady traction as BlockchainFX draws attention in early-stage crypto market. Ever felt that stinging regret after watching a coin moon while your bags stayed empty?ย  Many people ignore crypto news and price charts until it is too late.โ€ฆ

Bitcoin liquidation cluster builds around $70.7k and $78k as leverage creeps back

16 April 2026 at 17:30
Coinglass flags $1.64b in BTC longs at risk below $70,721 and $1.25b in shorts above $78,068 as Bitcoin grinds in a tightly leveraged $70kโ€“$78k range. According to Coinglass, if Bitcoin (BTC) falls below $70,721, the cumulative long liquidation intensity onโ€ฆ

Orbs launches DAO to hand protocol control and revenue to token holders

16 April 2026 at 17:00
Orbs is handing control of its Layer-3 trading protocol and multi-million dollar fee stream to a new DAO, betting seasonal on-chain governance can keep pace with volatile DeFi markets. Orbs has launched a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that will shiftโ€ฆ

Chainlink price approaches bullish SMA crossover as whales accumulate, will it breakout?

16 April 2026 at 16:34
Chainlink price has remained confined in the consolidation range between $8 and $10 since early February this year as market participants weigh broader macroeconomic uncertainty against the protocolโ€™s growing fundamental utility. According to data from crypto.news, the Chainlink (LINK) priceโ€ฆ

TSMC earnings jump 58% on booming AI chip demand

16 April 2026 at 15:27
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reported strong first-quarter earnings on Thursday, as steady demand for artificial intelligence chips pushed both revenue and profit to record levels. The worldโ€™s largest contract chipmaker posted net income of $18.2 billion for the three monthsโ€ฆ

Sentinel Action Fund pledges $8M to support pro-crypto Jon Husted in Ohio Senate race

16 April 2026 at 15:00
A multi-million dollar influx from crypto-aligned donors is set to shape the 2026 Ohio Senate race as the Sentinel Action Fund commits $8 million to support Republican Senator Jon Husted. Sentinel Action Fund officials announced Wednesday that the super PAC,โ€ฆ

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