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Today — 24 April 2026crypto.news

UAE sets two-year roadmap to integrate AI into 50% of government operations

24 April 2026 at 17:30
The UAE has announced an ambitious two-year roadmap to integrate agentic artificial intelligence into 50% of its government operations.  According to a report from local news outlets, the UAE aims to shift half of all public sectors, services, and day-to-day…

XRP market sentiment heats up: SHR Miner cloud mining platform offers crypto participants a new path to easily earn $13,500 in returns

24 April 2026 at 15:09
XRP price trends draw investor focus as SHR Miner expands cloud mining access in the digital asset market. With the price movements of Bitcoin and Ethereum influencing the overall market, XRP trend prediction continues to attract investor attention, and SHR…

Ethereum price consolidates at $2,300 as ETFs break 10-day inflow run

24 April 2026 at 14:22
Ethereum price fell for the second straight day on Friday as institutional investors took a step back from the asset as they weighed rising geopolitical risks. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price fell 4% from the Wednesday high…

Wisconsin sues Kalshi, Coinbase, Polymarket, calls prediction markets illegal bets

24 April 2026 at 14:13
Wisconsin has escalated its challenge against prediction market platforms, widening a legal fight already taking shape across several U.S. states over how these products should be classified. Fresh complaints filed in Dane County name Crypto.com and its derivatives arm, Polymarket,…

Fold brings Bitcoin to employee paychecks with enterprise bonus platform launch

24 April 2026 at 13:41
Fold Holdings has rolled out a Bitcoin-based bonus program for employees, expanding its push to bring BTC into everyday workplace compensation. Fold said the new offering, launched under its enterprise arm Fold Business, allows companies to distribute recurring bonuses in…

Will crypto market crash as U.S.-Iran peace negotiations hit a deadlock?

24 April 2026 at 13:09
Crypto prices stayed muted with major assets, including Bitcoin, experiencing slight declines on Friday as hopes of peace between the U.S. and Iran began to fade. Bitcoin (BTC) price traded sideways between $77,000 and $79,000 over the past 24 hours…

U.S. sanctions Cambodian senator Kok An over alleged crypto scam network

24 April 2026 at 12:22
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Cambodian senator Kok An and a network of 28 entities over alleged ties to a large-scale crypto scam and trafficking-linked operation. The U.S. Department of the Treasury said Thursday that its Office of Foreign Assets…

Trump confirms attendance at Mar-a-Lago gala for top TRUMP memecoin holders

24 April 2026 at 11:53
U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed plans to attend a private gala for top holders of his TRUMP memecoin at Mar-a-Lago, following earlier uncertainty around his participation. According to Reuters, the White House said Trump will deliver a keynote address…

U.S. DOJ freezes $701M in crypto tied to global scam networks

24 April 2026 at 11:25
U.S. authorities have frozen more than $701 million in cryptocurrency tied to investment scams targeting Americans as part of an ongoing crackdown. The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that the funds were restrained through coordination with crypto exchanges and…

Morgan Stanley launches stablecoin reserve fund tied to money market portfolio

24 April 2026 at 11:02
Morgan Stanley has introduced a new portfolio designed to hold stablecoin reserves within its money market fund structure. According to Morgan Stanley, the “Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio” allows issuers to place backing assets into its Institutional Liquidity Funds trust while earning…

Aave leads $101M DeFi rescue effort to restore rsETH backing after Kelp hack

24 April 2026 at 10:39
Decentralized finance protocols have pledged more than $101 million in Ether to stabilize rsETH after the $293 million Kelp DAO exploit disrupted lending markets. According to Aave, the coordinated response, described as the “DeFi United” relief effort, has gathered commitments…

Deloitte Gives Chainlink Top Security Certification, Making It the Only Crypto Oracle With SOC 2 Type 2 Status

24 April 2026 at 01:40
Deloitte and Touche LLP has completed a SOC 2 Type 2 examination for Chainlink’s CCIP and Data Feeds, making Chainlink the only data and interoperability oracle platform in the blockchain industry to hold SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 2 Type…

Senator Moreno Issues End-of-May Deadline for the CLARITY Act or It Could Be Shelved for Years

24 April 2026 at 01:13
Senator Bernie Moreno declared at a Washington event on April 22 that the CLARITY Act must clear Congress by the end of May, stating plainly that missing that deadline could shelve the legislation indefinitely as midterm election politics consume the…

Pi Network’s Protocol 22 Deadline Is in 4 Days. Nodes That Don’t Upgrade Will Be Cut Off.

24 April 2026 at 01:00
Pi Network has set a hard deadline of April 27 for all Mainnet node operators to upgrade to Protocol 22, warning that any node still running version 21.2 after the cutoff will be automatically disconnected from the network. Pi Network’s…

Galaxy Research Says the CLARITY Act Has Only a 50-50 Chance of Passing in 2026

24 April 2026 at 00:40
Galaxy Digital head of firmwide research Alex Thorn has assessed the CLARITY Act’s chances of being signed into law in 2026 at roughly 50-50, and possibly lower, in a research note being published this week, warning that the bill faces…

Pi Network Launches PiRC1 Token Framework Requiring Real Apps Before Any Token Can Be Issued

24 April 2026 at 00:20
Pi Network has introduced PiRC1, a new token issuance framework launched under Protocol 22 on April 22, that bars projects from issuing tokens unless they can first demonstrate a functioning application with real user demand, a direct attempt to filter…

JPMorgan: DeFi hacks and flat TVL sour institutional appetite

24 April 2026 at 00:00
JPMorgan says repeated DeFi hacks, a $20B TVL drop after Kelp’s rsETH exploit, and flat ETH‑denominated TVL are souring institutional appetite for onchain lending and yield. JPMorgan analysts told The Block that “frequent security incidents in DeFi and the stagnation…

Over 120 Crypto Companies Send Emergency Letter to the Senate Demanding Action on the CLARITY Act

23 April 2026 at 23:45
More than 120 crypto organizations, led by the Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association, sent a joint letter to the Senate Banking Committee on April 23 demanding an immediate markup of the CLARITY Act, warning that continued congressional…

Ripple Signs Its First Korean Insurance Deal to Pilot Near Real-Time Government Bond Settlement

23 April 2026 at 23:35
Ripple has partnered with Kyobo Life Insurance, one of South Korea’s three largest life insurers with over $92 billion in assets, to pilot Korea’s first blockchain-based tokenized government bond settlement, targeting a compression of the standard two-day settlement cycle to…

Coinbase Is Launching a New Settlement-Price Futures Tool for XRP on May 1

23 April 2026 at 23:20
Coinbase has filed documentation with the CFTC confirming it will activate Trade at Settlement functionality for XRP futures on May 1, 2026, giving institutional traders a regulated mechanism to execute large block orders at the official closing price rather than…

Yesterday — 23 April 2026crypto.news

Coinbase slashes fraud response times with new AI-driven rules engine

23 April 2026 at 22:00
Coinbase has rebuilt its anti‑fraud stack by tightly integrating machine learning models with a high‑speed rules engine, slashing response times to new scam patterns from days to hours just as TRM Labs warns crypto fraud is now a tens‑of‑billions‑per‑year, AI‑supercharged…

XRP’s April seasonality, fresh ‘commodity’ label and ETF rails meet a stubborn range

23 April 2026 at 20:19
XRP is grinding in the mid‑$1.40s, trapped between stubborn resistance and strong support as fresh “digital commodity” clarity, ETF rails and April seasonality fight flat flows. XRP (XRP) is still down roughly 60% from its 2018 all‑time high near $3.65,…

Reppo lands $20m bet on using prediction markets to fix AI’s data problem

23 April 2026 at 20:13
Reppo landed a $20m strategic commitment from Bolts Capital to scale its prediction market protocol and “Datanets,” aiming to turn staked human judgment into high‑quality AI training data. Decentralized prediction market network Reppo has secured a $20,000,000 strategic investment commitment…

Bitcoin just hit $78k again, here are the 7 leading AI crypto trading bots to automate what comes next 

23 April 2026 at 19:26
As AI-powered crypto trading expands, investors are comparing platforms based on automation quality, risk controls, transparency, and the capital required to get started effectively. Those who have spent time searching for the best AI crypto trading bot already know the…

Iran denies reports of crypto tolls in Strait of Hormuz

23 April 2026 at 19:14
Iranian media have dismissed reports that Tehran is currently collecting transit tolls for the Strait of Hormuz in cryptocurrency, underscoring the confusion surrounding a wartime payment regime that has rattled global shipping and crypto markets. Tehran moves to quash ‘crypto…

Spain seizes €400K in crypto hidden in wall thermometer in manga piracy raid

23 April 2026 at 19:07
Spanish police shuttered a decade‑old manga piracy hub, arrested three people in Almería, and seized €400K in crypto cold wallets hidden inside a wall‑mounted thermometer. Spain’s National Police have shut down a decade‑old online manga piracy operation they describe as…

Passive income from crypto mining without investment (2026 guide to free Bitcoin mining)

23 April 2026 at 19:01
Passive income from crypto mining without investment has become one of the fastest-growing search trends in 2026. As Bitcoin continues to attract global attention, more users are looking for ways to participate in mining without purchasing expensive hardware or managing…

Galaxy research head says Strategy could overtake Satoshi’s BTC stack

23 April 2026 at 18:59
Galaxy’s Alex Thorn says Strategy now holds more Bitcoin than BlackRock’s IBIT and, if its pace holds, could match Satoshi’s estimated 1.1m BTC stash within two years. Galaxy Digital head of research Alex Thorn has flagged that Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings…

Crypto exchanges are morphing into ‘shadow banks,’ BIS warns

23 April 2026 at 18:46
The BIS says big crypto exchanges now function as lightly regulated “shadow banks,” turning user deposits into unsecured loans and amplifying leverage that helped trigger a $19B 2025 wipeout. Cryptocurrency exchanges are rapidly evolving into “shadow banks” that offer lending…

‘Not a storage token’ — Vytautas Mackonis on ALCUM’s industrial approach to copper, yield and the future of RWA

23 April 2026 at 18:39
ALCUM’s xCUP token doesn’t park copper in a warehouse; it tokenizes a 30‑day, hedged recycling cycle so USDC allocators earn audited industrial margin, not spot‑price roulette. In any exclusive interview with crypto.news, Vytautas Mackonis, founder of Swiss-based copper protocol ALCUM,…

Circle economist pushes for 50% USDC borrow rate on Aave after rsETH shock

23 April 2026 at 18:19
Circle economist Gordon Liao wants Aave v3’s USDC borrow cap pushed toward 50% and optimal utilization cut, betting sky‑high yields will unclog a rsETH‑driven liquidity crunch. Circle’s chief economist Gordon Liao has filed an Aave v3 governance proposal to sharply…

Spark soars 73% as Upbit listing and 500M staking, what ignited the huge rally?

23 April 2026 at 18:06
Spark’s SPK jumped 73% after an Upbit KRW listing, 500M+ tokens staked, and F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun’s public regret over selling 83.7M SPK stoked fresh speculative flow. Spark’s native token SPK (SPK) surged as much as 73% in the past…

Tether freezes $344M in USDT tied to sanctions evasion, pig-butchering scams

23 April 2026 at 17:57
Tether froze over $344M in USDT tied to sanctions evasion and pig-butchering scams, underscoring stablecoins’ role as both crime rails and regulatory choke points. Tether has frozen more than $344 million in USDT in collaboration with the U.S. Treasury’s Office…

Firelight and Sentora partner to bring native DeFi protection to XRP

23 April 2026 at 17:42
Firelight and Sentora wire native, capital-backed cover into XRP DeFi vaults on Flare, turning FXRP staking into institutional-grade exploit and oracle protection. Firelight Protocol has partnered with Sentora to embed a capital-backed protection layer directly into Sentora’s institutional DeFi vault…

Google Cloud, CVC strike multi-year deal to scale agentic AI across industries

23 April 2026 at 17:30
Google Cloud has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with global private equity and investment firm CVC Capital Partners to accelerate the adoption of AI across its portfolio companies. According to an April 23 press announcement, the collaboration spans sectors…

KPMG debuts AI agent to support finance teams in month-end closing tasks

23 April 2026 at 15:30
KPMG has unveiled a new AI-powered assistant designed to change how legal entity controllers and accounting analysts handle month-end closing processes. According to reports, the tool, called KPMG Ignite Financial Close Companion, is built on Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise and…

Crypto market outlook as Iran blames U.S. naval blockade for stalled peace talks

23 April 2026 at 14:30
Crypto prices retreated on Thursday as concerns over the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire weighed on market sentiment. Bitcoin (BTC) price fell 2% to $77,593 on Thursday as it gave up most of its gains from Wednesday when it hit above $79,000…

WLFI co-founder Zach Witkoff under spotlight after 2022 drug arrest video surfaces

23 April 2026 at 13:48
This post was updated with a statement from Zach Witkoff. World Liberty Financial co-founder Zach Witkoff has come under renewed scrutiny after body camera footage from a 2022 drug-related arrest resurfaced. According to recently surfaced footage on X, Witkoff was…

Bitcoin price retreats after reclaiming $79K, derivatives data point to further upside

23 April 2026 at 11:57
Bitcoin price rallied to a 12-month high above $79,000 on Wednesday before pulling back to $78,000 as investors booked profits. However, derivatives data suggest the asset may be building momentum for another move higher. According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin…

Blockchain Capital eyes $700M raise across early and growth crypto funds

23 April 2026 at 11:34
Crypto venture firm Blockchain Capital has moved to raise $700 million across two new funds as investment appetite shows signs of concentration despite a slowdown in overall deal flow. Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported that the…

CertiK warns AI misuse and infrastructure gaps to drive 2026 crypto hacks

23 April 2026 at 11:02
AI-driven exploits and cross-chain flaws have pushed crypto security risks into focus in 2026, experts at CertiK warn, with losses already crossing $600 million. According to the blockchain security firm, attackers have leaned on a mix of social engineering, infrastructure…

American Bankers Association pushes for more time on Genius Act feedback

23 April 2026 at 10:37
The American Bankers Association has called for more time on stablecoin rulemaking tied to the GENIUS Act, citing gaps in regulatory coordination. The American Bankers Association, in a letter sent Tuesday, urged the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Deposit…

Thailand SEC seeks to streamline crypto derivatives rules

23 April 2026 at 10:15
Thailand wants to streamline access to crypto derivatives by allowing firms to operate under a single licensed entity. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand, a new public consultation has opened on rules that would let licensed digital…

Bitcoin Hits an 11-Week High Above $78,000 but Analysts Say the Rally Is a Squeeze, Not a Shift

23 April 2026 at 02:35
Bitcoin climbed above $78,000 on April 22, reaching its highest price in 11 weeks, as a wave of short liquidations and improved macro sentiment following Trump’s ceasefire extension combined to push the asset to a key technical level that had…

April 2026 Is Already the Worst Month for Crypto Hacks Since February 2025, With $606 Million Lost in 18 Days

23 April 2026 at 02:05
Crypto protocols have lost more than $606 million to hacks and exploits in just the first 18 days of April 2026, making it the single worst month for theft in the industry since the $1.4 billion Bybit breach in February…

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Resigns, Becomes Trump’s Third Cabinet Departure

23 April 2026 at 01:50
US Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned from the Trump administration amid an active inspector general investigation into misconduct allegations, making her the third cabinet member to depart during the president’s second term. Lori Chavez-DeRemer stepped down as US Secretary…

American Bitcoin Stock Jumps 12% After Deploying 11,298 New Mining Machines

23 April 2026 at 01:30
Shares of American Bitcoin, the Trump family-linked mining company, surged approximately 12% on April 22 after the firm announced it had completed the deployment of 11,298 new ASIC miners at its Drumheller, Alberta site, expanding its active fleet to roughly…

The $290 Million KelpDAO Hack Linked to North Korea Wiped $13 Billion From DeFi in Two Days

23 April 2026 at 01:15
A $290 million exploit on KelpDAO’s cross-chain bridge on April 18, attributed by LayerZero to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, sent shockwaves through DeFi and erased more than $13 billion in total value locked across protocols within 48 hours. Attackers drained…

North Korea’s Lazarus Group Is Targeting Crypto Executives With Fake Meeting Invites

23 April 2026 at 00:49
North Korea’s Lazarus Group has launched a new macOS malware campaign called Mach-O Man that uses fake online meeting invitations to trick crypto and fintech executives into executing malicious commands on their own devices, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.…

Two CIA Agents Die in Mexico After Returning From a Drug Lab Raid

23 April 2026 at 00:29
Two CIA officers were killed in a car crash in the Mexican state of Chihuahua on April 20 while returning from a counternarcotics operation to destroy a clandestine drug lab, igniting a sovereignty dispute between Washington and Mexico City. Two…

Coinbase taps UK‑regulated tGBP in local‑currency stablecoin push

23 April 2026 at 00:00
Coinbase has listed FCA‑sandbox‑tested tGBP, letting users move pound‑pegged stablecoins across its app and exchange as it doubles down on local‑currency rails beyond USD. Coinbase is deepening its bet on non‑USD stablecoins, rolling out full support for the pound‑pegged tGBP…

Iran Seizes Ships in the Strait of Hormuz as Trump Extends the Ceasefire

23 April 2026 at 00:00
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seized two container ships in the Strait of Hormuz on April 22, hours after President Trump extended the ceasefire with Tehran indefinitely, while confirming the US naval blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place. Iran’s Islamic…

Trump’s Fed Nominee Says He Won’t Take Rate Orders. One Republican Is Holding Up the Vote.

22 April 2026 at 23:50
Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, told a Senate confirmation hearing on April 21 that he has made no commitments to the White House on interest rates and would act independently, even as Republican Senator Thom…

Virginia Voters Approve New Map That Could Give Democrats Four More House Seats

22 April 2026 at 23:35
Virginia voters have narrowly approved a new congressional map that could shift as many as four House seats from Republican to Democrat, delivering a major boost to the party’s bid to retake the House in the 2026 midterms. Virginia voters…

DOJ Charges the SPLC With Fraud Over Secret Payments to Extremist Informants

22 April 2026 at 23:15
The US Department of Justice has filed fraud charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging the civil rights organization made secret payments to extremist informants without proper disclosure. The US Department of Justice announced a federal indictment against the…

American Bitcoin boosts Trump-linked hash power to 28.1 EH/s

22 April 2026 at 23:00
American Bitcoin, co‑founded by Eric and Donald Trump Jr., has energized 11,298 new ASICs, lifting owned hash rate to 28.1 EH/s as it doubles down on low‑cost BTC accumulation. American Bitcoin Corp., the publicly listed mining company co‑founded by Eric…

US Banks Are Fighting the New Stablecoin Rules. The White House Is Not Having It

22 April 2026 at 22:45
Major US banks are lobbying to slow down new stablecoin legislation, but the White House has intervened directly, telling the banking industry to stand down. US banks are mounting resistance to proposed stablecoin legislation moving through Congress, arguing the rules…

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Kraken Filed 56 Million Crypto Tax Forms in 2025 and Wants Congress to Raise the Bar

22 April 2026 at 22:34
Kraken submitted 56 million crypto tax forms for 2025, most reporting gains under $50, and is now calling on Congress to overhaul what it calls an unworkable reporting threshold. Kraken filed 56 million crypto tax forms with the IRS for…

GSR debuts first active multi‑asset crypto staking ETF on Nasdaq

22 April 2026 at 22:00
GSR’s new BESO ETF on Nasdaq actively manages a Bitcoin‑Ethereum‑Solana basket with weekly rebalancing, a 1% fee, and built‑in staking rewards where allowed. GSR is moving from pure market‑making into the center of the ETF arms race, rolling out its…

Pyth plugs into Kalshi’s new commodities hub as oracle backbone

22 April 2026 at 21:00
CFTC‑regulated prediction market Kalshi is wiring Pyth’s oracle and Pyth Pro feeds into its new commodities hub, using first‑party prices to settle gold, oil, gas, and grain event contracts. Pyth Network is extending its oracle footprint into the heart of…

Syed Sameer steps in as power broker in Justin Sun–WLFI standoff

22 April 2026 at 20:00
Sameer Group CEO Syed Sameer is offering to broker a private deal to unfreeze Justin Sun’s blacklisted WLFI tokens, drawing backlash from retail holders shut out of negotiations. Syed Sameer, CEO of Sameer Group LLC, has put himself forward as…

RaveDAO’s vertical day surging 106% sits on top of a 95% crash scandal

22 April 2026 at 19:00
RaveDAO (RAVE) is up about 106% on $418m volume after a 95% crash that erased nearly $6b, as ZachXBT alleges insiders ran a pump‑and‑dump and OKX funds the probe. RaveDAO is in full trader mode. CoinGecko and major exchanges show…

Analyst alleges ‘on-chain insider’ front‑runs Trump speeches

22 April 2026 at 17:38
Crypto Rover says wallets with a “100% win rate” keep trading BTC, ETH and $TRUMP around President Trump’s speeches, reviving long‑running “Trump insider” whale fears. Crypto commentator Crypto Rover has escalated accusations of political insider trading, posting what he calls…

MemeCore vs Shiba Inu: who’s more diluted?

22 April 2026 at 17:33
MemeCore’s FDV sits several turns above its circulating cap, leaving heavy unlock overhang, while Shiba Inu trades closer to full dilution after years of burns. As of recent data, MemeCore’s circulating market capitalization is in roughly the $2.8–$4.3 billion range…

Memecoins and mid‑caps lead speculative rotation as traders chase alt beta: what cryptos are worth buying?

22 April 2026 at 17:27
MemeCore rips 22% as traders rotate into memecoins and mid‑caps like RAIN, PENGU, XMR, BCH and chase edgeX retrodrop hype instead of de‑risking into Bitcoin. Even with Bitcoin and Ethereum hogging the macro headlines, the most aggressive risk‑taking is happening…

Regulation squeeze: MiCA deadline, CLARITY Act, and UK/JP hardening

22 April 2026 at 17:13
MiCA’s July 2026 deadline, the US CLARITY Act plus SEC–CFTC MoU, and the UK/Japan FSMA-style regimes are squeezing out thin‑margin crypto venues in a global licensing reset. Europe’s MiCA regime is entering its endgame, with the transitional period for existing…

KelpDAO hacker launders funds from Ethereum to Arbitrum and into Tron-based USDT

22 April 2026 at 17:05
The attacker behind KelpDAO’s nearly $300 million rsETH exploit is now laundering funds from Ethereum to Arbitrum and into Tron-based USDT. The attacker behind the nearly $300 million KelpDAO exploit has begun laundering the haul, routing funds through Arbitrum and…

How to start passive income with free AI trading bots in 2026: A beginner’s guide

22 April 2026 at 17:00
AI trading bots emerge as a practical passive income tool for everyday investors in 2026. In 2026, more everyday investors are focusing on a practical question: how to build a sustainable income stream without relying on constant trading or high-frequency…

UK watchdog raids eight London sites over illegal P2P crypto trading

22 April 2026 at 16:55
UK regulator FCA raided eight London sites over alleged illegal P2P crypto trading, issuing stop notices and escalating its wider crackdown on unregistered platforms. According to Reuters, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has raided eight locations across London suspected…

North Korea’s Lazarus Group targets crypto execs with new macOS malware

22 April 2026 at 16:48
North Korea’s Lazarus Group is using “Mach-O Man” macOS malware and fake meeting invites to hijack crypto execs and fund nine-figure DeFi raids. Lazarus, the North Korean state-backed hacking outfit, has rolled out a new macOS malware campaign aimed squarely…

6 new crypto coins 2026 that could lead the next innovation wave

22 April 2026 at 15:17
Utility-driven new crypto coins gain momentum as investors target early-stage opportunities in 2026. The biggest winners in new crypto coins 2026 are emerging from projects that combine real-world utility with strong early-stage entry opportunities.  As innovation accelerates, investors are focusing…

Three reasons why Ethereum price could surge to $3,000 soon

22 April 2026 at 14:36
Ethereum price rallied nearly 5% to reclaim the $2,400 mark on Wednesday amid a broader market rebound as crude oil prices fell. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price rose 4.8% to $2,402 on April 22, extending its monthly…

UK fintech Stratiphy restores access to tax-free crypto ETNs via IF ISAs

22 April 2026 at 13:55
Stratiphy has introduced a new route for UK investors to regain tax-free exposure to crypto ETNs after recent rule changes limited access. According to the Financial Times, the fintech platform is offering crypto exchange-traded notes through Innovative Finance (IF) ISAs,…

Bitcoin rally continues as Grayscale calls bull market

22 April 2026 at 13:07
As Bitcoin price continues to march higher towards $80,000, Grayscale researchers believe the asset has likely already formed a market bottom and is entering the early phase of a new bull cycle. Bitcoin (BTC) price reached a 10-week high above…

35% of European investors would switch banks for crypto access: survey

22 April 2026 at 12:03
European investors are starting to weigh crypto offerings when choosing banks, even as regulatory gaps and low awareness continue to slow adoption. A Börse Stuttgart Digital survey found that 35% of investors across Germany, Italy, Spain, and France would consider…

Russia advances crypto bill with licensing rules and retail limits

22 April 2026 at 11:37
Russia’s State Duma has advanced a crypto regulation bill in its first reading, outlining licensing rules, investor limits, and cross-border use provisions. According to state news agency TASS, the proposed law assigns the Bank of Russia as the primary authority…

U.S. military commander flags Bitcoin’s cybersecurity role in Senate hearing

22 April 2026 at 11:26
A senior U.S. military commander has described Bitcoin as a cybersecurity tool with potential use in national defense. At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, Samuel Paparo said Bitcoin’s role goes beyond financial use cases and can support…

Fed chair pick Kevin Warsh signals pro crypto stance during committee hearing

22 April 2026 at 10:50
Kevin Warsh signaled support for integrating digital assets into the U.S. financial system during his Senate confirmation hearing to lead the Federal Reserve. During a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Tuesday, Warsh backed the idea that crypto already plays a…

Nium integrates Coinbase to enable instant USDC payouts

22 April 2026 at 10:25
Singapore-based fintech firm Nium has partnered with Coinbase to bring USDC-powered cross-border payments to its global network. According to a Tuesday announcement, the integration plugs Coinbase’s custody, liquidity, and wallet infrastructure into Nium’s platform, allowing businesses to send, receive, and…

Coinbase Spent $1.07 Million on Washington Lobbying in Q1 2026 Focused on the CLARITY Act and Stablecoin Rules

22 April 2026 at 03:00
Coinbase lobbying activity for Q1 2026 totaled $1.07 million, the company disclosed in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, targeting the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the GENIUS Act stablecoin law, and digital asset tax treatment legislation. Coinbase lobbying in…

Iran Refuses to Negotiate Under Threat as Ceasefire Deadline Arrives and Hormuz Tensions Rise

22 April 2026 at 02:40
Iran war news escalated Tuesday as parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated publicly that Tehran will not accept negotiations under conditions it considers coercive, with the 10-day US-Iran ceasefire set to expire Wednesday and both sides sharpening rhetoric ahead of…

Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues ActBlue Over Gift Card Donations and False Claims to Congress

22 April 2026 at 02:15
US election news from Texas arrived Monday as Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in Tarrant County district court against ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform, alleging it violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by continuing to accept gift…

House Homeland Security Panel Opens Hearing on Crypto Fraud and Digital Extortion by Transnational Criminal Networks

22 April 2026 at 01:59
The most urgent crypto scam news on Capitol Hill arrived Tuesday as the House Homeland Security Committee held a joint subcommittee hearing on how transnational criminal organizations use crypto fraud, online scams, and digital extortion to steal from Americans. Crypto…

Coinbase Launches Agentic.market, a Discovery Layer Where AI Agents Buy and Sell Services With Stablecoins

22 April 2026 at 01:15
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced Monday the launch of Agentic.market, a marketplace platform for Coinbase AI agents that allows autonomous software agents to discover, compare, and purchase services from other agents without API keys, paying in USDC through the x402…

Crypto hacks top $17b in a decade as attackers pivot from code to keys

22 April 2026 at 01:00
DefiLlama logs 518 crypto hacks and over $17b in losses in 10 years, with attackers shifting from smart contracts to keys, bridges and wallets, as rsETH loses ~$290m. Crypto’s security bill over the past decade has quietly climbed past $17…

Coinbase Study Finds Privacy Tools Like Railgun Are Mathematically Safe From Quantum Attacks

22 April 2026 at 00:40
study producing major crypto privacy news found that zero-knowledge proof systems including Railgun, PrivacyPools, Aleo, and Aztec are mathematically immune to quantum attacks, because they rely on information-theoretic security rather than encryption, meaning they remain safe even against infinitely powerful…

Coinbase Advisory Board Paper Warns Crypto Cannot Afford to Wait on Quantum Threats

22 April 2026 at 00:15
A 50 page quantum computing crypto risk assessment published Tuesday by Coinbase’s independent advisory board concludes that while today’s blockchains remain secure, a fault-tolerant quantum computer capable of breaking widely used encryption is increasingly plausible and that preparation must begin…

Silicon Valley’s ‘monitoring the situation’ MTS meme becomes a 24/7 news machine delivered by a16z

22 April 2026 at 00:00
a16z is backing “Monitoring the Situation,” a 24/7 X livestream born from Polymarket meme culture, as tech VCs build their own news-industrial complex. Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, the Silicon Valley venture firm that has raised more than $15…

Ripple Reveals a Four Phase Plan to Make the XRP Ledger Safe From Quantum Attacks by 2028

21 April 2026 at 23:55
Ripple announced a structured four phase roadmap for XRP quantum security on Monday, targeting full quantum-resistant cryptography on the XRP Ledger by 2028 in response to Google Quantum AI research showing that current blockchain cryptography could eventually be cracked by…

Warsh Pledges to Sell His Full Crypto and Venture Portfolio Worth at Least $192 Million

21 April 2026 at 23:40
Kevin Warsh crypto holdings disclosed in his 69-page OGE Form 278e financial filing include indirect stakes in more than 20 blockchain and digital asset companies spanning Solana, dYdX, Polymarket, Dapper Labs, and Lightning Network infrastructure, with combined assets alongside his…

GOP Senator Britt Urges a Way Forward to Confirm Warsh Before the May 15 Deadline

21 April 2026 at 23:15
The most significant Fed nomination news from Tuesday’s hearing came not from the nominee but from Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama, who signaled the first concrete Republican effort to find an offramp around the Tillis blockade, urging all parties…

Aave’s WETH unfreeze hands leverage to whales and illiquidity to everyone else

21 April 2026 at 23:00
Spark’s MonetSupply says Aave’s decision to unfreeze its Core WETH market lets LST/LRT whales farm ~45% weETH loops while aEthWETH sits at 100% utilization, trapping regular users. Aave (AAVE) has decided to unfreeze its Ethereum Core WETH market just as…

Warsh Tells the Senate Trump Never Asked for a Rate Cut Commitment and He Would Have Refused

21 April 2026 at 22:55
The most pointed Kevin Warsh news from Tuesday’s Senate confirmation hearing was his direct answer to the central question senators asked: CNBC confirmed that Warsh told the Senate Banking Committee “The president never asked me to predetermine, commit, fix, decide…

Warsh Calls the Fed’s 2021 Inflation Response a Fatal Policy Error at Senate Confirmation Hearing

21 April 2026 at 22:30
In the most consequential Federal Reserve news in years, Trump’s Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh testified before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday that the central bank committed a “fatal policy error” on inflation in 2021 and 2022, and that correcting…

Virginia Voters Decide Today on a Redistricting Plan That Could Shift the House Majority

21 April 2026 at 22:02
Virginia redistricting reaches its decisive moment today as voters in a statewide special election choose whether to approve a Democratic-drawn congressional map that would shift the state’s House delegation from six Democratic seats and five Republican seats to a projected…

‘Are we an industry of clowns?’ Curve founder urges unified DeFi security rulebook after rsETH shock

21 April 2026 at 22:00
Curve founder Michael Egorov is pushing for chain-wide DeFi security standards after the Kelp rsETH exploit exposed how “centralized” chokepoints can still wreck supposedly decentralized systems. Curve founder Michael Egorov has called for industry-wide DeFi security standards after what he…

Congressman’s PACE Act would plug fintechs directly into Fed rails

21 April 2026 at 21:00
A new PACE Act bill would let qualified non‑bank payment firms tap Fed rails directly, cutting fees and delays while dovetailing with the GENIUS Act’s stablecoin regime. A U.S. Congressman has proposed the PACE Act, a bill that would give…

New York targets Coinbase and Gemini in fresh compliance clash

21 April 2026 at 20:25
New York has sued Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan for alleged state law violations, extending the state’s aggressive campaign against major crypto platforms. New York state has filed lawsuits against Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan, accusing the crypto…

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