BridgeTower Capital has officially deployed Chainlink’s full infrastructure stack to tokenize securities tied to the DOM X Arizona Copper-Gold Project, an $11 billion US natural resource initiative, in what the companies describe as live production infrastructure rather than a pilot.…
Coinbase has filed with the CFTC to activate Trade at Settlement for XRP futures on May 1, placing XRP alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, and crude oil as an asset institutional traders can execute at the official settlement price. Coinbase filed…
Pi Network has confirmed it is an official sponsor of Consensus 2026 in Miami, with co-founders Nicolas Kokkalis and Chengdiao Fan each presenting at the event on May 7 and May 6 respectively, as the network simultaneously faces a mandatory…
DoorDash has begun building stablecoin payment infrastructure on Tempo, the Layer-1 blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, to pay delivery workers and merchants across more than 40 countries at near-instant settlement speeds and fixed US dollar fees, in one of…
Ripple released a detailed four-phase roadmap on April 20 to protect the XRP Ledger from future quantum computing attacks, with Phase 2 testing already underway, targeting full post-quantum cryptography implementation no later than 2028, as SoFi separately enabled XRP deposits…
BNB Chain has officially become the leading blockchain network for autonomous AI agents, with more than 150,000 on-chain deployments as of April 20, a 43,750% increase from the fewer than 400 agents that existed across all blockchains at the start…
Morgan Stanley Investment Management launched the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio on April 23, a government money market fund exclusively designed to hold the cash reserves backing stablecoin issuers’ outstanding tokens, positioning the Wall Street giant to capture reserve management business ahead…
A coalition of 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…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on April 24 that the US government has sanctioned multiple crypto wallets linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps under a campaign called Operation Economic Fury, with Tether executing the freeze of $344 million in…
President Trump delivered a keynote address on April 25 at a Mar-a-Lago gala restricted to the top 297 holders of his Official TRUMP memecoin, with a private VIP reception and champagne toast reserved for the top 29, as Senators Elizabeth…
As HSBC, Lloyds, and JPMorgan all commit to tokenized deposits on the Canton Network, Digital Asset Chief Product Officer Bernhard Elsner explains why the instrument is structurally distinct from stablecoins and how Canton’s architecture eliminates bridge risk rather than simply…
President Trump announced on April 23 that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks after a second round of high-level White House talks involving the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice…
The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced two bipartisan bills on April 23 that would give Congress direct oversight authority over US AI chip exports to China and other adversaries, in a direct challenge to the Trump administration’s handling of advanced…
The Senate voted 46 to 51 on April 22 to defeat a war powers resolution that would have directed the president to withdraw US armed forces from hostilities against Iran without congressional authorization, marking Democrats’ fifth consecutive failure to advance…
U.S. Treasury and Tether froze $344M in USDT tied to Iran’s IRGC, spotlighting how Tehran’s $7.8B crypto ecosystem leans on stablecoins to dodge sanctions and move oil money. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has confirmed that the United States has…
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy director Michael Kratsios circulated a memo on April 23 accusing Chinese entities of conducting deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to distil and steal US frontier AI systems, using tens of thousands of proxy accounts…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released a preview of its V4 model on April 24, explicitly optimized for Huawei’s Ascend chip platform, on the same day the White House accused China of running industrial-scale campaigns to copy and steal American frontier…
Google‑parent Alphabet will commit $10 billion in cash to Anthropic now and up to $30 billion more over time, in a package that Bloomberg reports could reach $40 billion in total if the AI lab hits aggressive performance and usage…
OpenAI released GPT-5.5 on April 23, its newest frontier model and the company’s most capable agentic system to date, designed to accept a messy multi-part task and plan, execute, and complete it without requiring step-by-step human guidance. OpenAI released GPT-5.5…
BridgeTower Capital has officially adopted Chainlink’s full infrastructure stack to tokenize $11 billion in securities from the DOM X Arizona Copper-Gold Project, making it one of the largest live production tokenized asset deployments ever announced and positioning Chainlink as the…
Pi Network co-founder Nicolas Kokkalis will take the stage at Consensus 2026 in Miami on May 7, joining a panel titled “How to Prove You’re Human in an AI World (Without Doxing Yourself)” at the Convergence Stage, as Pi positions…
DeFi heavyweights urge the SEC to turn its temporary “non‑custodial UI” safe harbor into binding broker rules that shield neutral infrastructure from creeping regulation. Humanity Foundation has effectively put more than 100 investors on the clock. By April 26 at…
US banking groups have escalated their campaign against the CLARITY Act by calling Senate offices directly, with the North Carolina Bankers Association confirmed on April 18 to be urging member banks to phone Senator Thom Tillis’s office personally to demand…
US spot Bitcoin ETFs have logged eight consecutive days of net inflows totaling $2.1 billion through April 23, the longest inflow streak since the nine-day October 2025 run that carried Bitcoin to its $126,000 all-time high, with BlackRock’s IBIT responsible…
Nakamoto Inc. is running an actively managed options program with Bitwise and Kraken, writing covered calls and buying puts on part of its Bitcoin stack to turn volatility into income and partial downside hedges. Nakamoto Inc. (NASDAQ: NAKA) has announced…
Ripple’s latest market overview confirms that US spot XRP ETFs have accumulated $1.53 billion in assets under management and 773 million XRP in custody, with Goldman Sachs leading all institutional holders through a $153.8 million position spread across four separate…
EIP‑8182 would add a shared shielded pool and ZK precompile to make private ETH and ERC‑20 transfers a native Ethereum feature, aligned with its 2026 privacy roadmap. Ethereum (ETH) is finally putting protocol‑level privacy on the table. Tom Lehman has…
AWS Marketplace now offers Chainlink’s oracle stack as a native service, letting banks and fintechs wire tokenization, stablecoins, and RWA apps into existing cloud workflows. According to a report from The Block, AWS Marketplace has integrated multiple Chainlink data services,…
DeFi heavyweights urge the SEC to turn its temporary “non‑custodial UI” safe harbor into binding broker rules that shield neutral infrastructure from creeping regulation. A broad coalition of DeFi builders and investors is pressing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…
Little Pepe gains investor attention as presale nears final stages with over $28 million already raised. With time, the cryptocurrency industry is becoming more sophisticated, and therefore, there have been changes in the kinds of coins that traders seek to…
Robin Markets raised $475k to launch a staking product that turns Polymarket positions into yield, a targeted crypto VC bet in a funding cycle otherwise dominated by AI. Robin Markets has closed a $475,000 angel financing round led by Fabric…
Polymarket catapulted Waller’s Fed chair odds from 27% to 85% after reports the DOJ will drop its criminal probe into Jerome Powell, clearing a key Senate roadblock. Prediction markets have dramatically repriced the odds that Christopher Waller will become the…
Senator Bernie Moreno’s end‑of‑May ultimatum has turned the CLARITY Act into Congress’s last credible chance this cycle to set U.S. crypto market‑structure rules before politics and bank lobbying slam the window shut. At a Washington event on April 22, Senator…
Hyperliquid whales now hold $3.66B in nearly balanced perp positions, turning the on‑chain DEX into a real‑time gauge of institutional crypto sentiment. Whale traders on Hyperliquid, one of the fastest‑growing on‑chain derivatives exchanges, are currently running $3.66 billion worth of…
$178M in crypto liquidations over 24 hours show a choppy, leverage‑heavy market where both long and short traders are getting whipsawed out of positions. Crypto traders absorbed a fresh wave of forced deleveraging over the past day, with data from…
South Africa’s 2026 capital flow draft recasts crypto as “capital,” tightening FX controls with declarations, approvals and sanctions as Africa’s biggest market matures. South Africa’s National Treasury has released its Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations for 2026, a sweeping overhaul…
Coinbase is rolling out a BLEND–USD spot pair for Fluent’s newly launched token, joining KuCoin and MEXC in a coordinated listing that could turn the tiny‑cap altcoin into a high‑beta volatility play. Coinbase is preparing to launch spot trading for…
Zcash price rallied nearly 12% on Friday, continuing its recent uptrend as buying interest picked up again after a brief pullback earlier this week. According to data from crypto.news, Zcash (ZEC) rose to an intraday high close to $360 before…
Dogecoin price prediction targets $0.50, but slow gains push investors toward Varntix for stable 20–24% returns and flexible income options. Dogecoin is up on its daily and weekly scale, showing signs of recovery after early-year losses. Dogecoin price prediction models…
ECB teams with ECPC, nexo and Berlin Group to reuse open payment standards, cutting digital euro integration costs and clearing the path to a 2027 pilot, 2029 launch. The European Central Bank (ECB) has signed agreements with three European standards…
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…
Solana is trading within an ascending channel, with $90 capping its upside over the past week and acting as a key breakout level. According to data from crypto.news, Solana (SOL) dropped from its Wednesday high of $89 to $85 on…
China’s DeepSeek is making waves again by claiming its new V4 models are now just months away from catching up to industry leaders like OpenAI and Google. Roughly a year after its previous release, the Hangzhou-based startup introduced the DeepSeek…
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 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 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 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…
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…
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…
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. 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 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…
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…
Jane Street has asked a U.S. court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of insider trading linked to the TerraUSD collapse. In a filing before the Southern District of New York, and shared with crypto.news, the trading firm and several…
GraniteShares has delayed the launch of its 3x Long and 3x Short XRP Daily ETFs from April 23 to May 7, marking the fifth postponement in three weeks and raising fresh questions about whether the SEC will ultimately clear 3x…
Ethereum opened at $2,375.12 on Thursday April 23, 2026, rising 2% from Wednesday’s open as Bitcoin led a broad morning rally past $78,000, though ETH pulled back to $2,316.88 by 7:10 a.m. ET as traders remained cautious over the lack…
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 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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 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…
XRP spot ETFs have not recorded a single day of outflows since April 9, pulling in $71.31 million so far in April and putting the month on track to be the strongest of 2026, fully erasing March’s $31.16 million loss,…
US spot ETFs absorbed 4,349 BTC, 35,736 ETH and 1,311 SOL in a day, signaling that despite choppy prices, regulated wrappers remain the preferred route into crypto exposure. US-listed spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs saw net inflows of 4,349 BTC today,…
Bitcoin’s path to $100k hinges on Kevin Warsh’s Fed bid and the CLARITY Act’s shrinking window, as Washington rewires crypto market structure. Bitcoin (BTC) at $100,000 is back on the table if its recent rally holds, but the outcome hinges…
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 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 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…
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…
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…
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 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’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…
Lido says only about 9% of EarnETH’s TVL is tied to hacked rsETH, roughly $70M has been recovered, and a $3M DAO first‑loss buffer stands between users and any final hit. Lido has outlined the fallout from the KelpDAO rsETH…
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…
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,…
Zcash price rose around 3% on Thursday, holding above the $330 level after breaking out of a descending channel pattern. According to data from crypto.news, Zcash (ZEC) was trading right around that $330 mark at the time of writing. This…
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…
Roughly 93% of GameFi projects are now effectively dead, as tokens plunge 95%, user counts flatline, VCs pivot to AI and RWAs, and even Animoca trims pure gaming bets. Roughly 93% of GameFi projects have failed, with token prices collapsing…
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 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 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 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…
XRP price is eyeing a bullish breakout from a symmetrical triangle pattern that could position it for a breakout above $1.50, a level it has remained below for the past 5 weeks. According to data from crypto.news, XRP (XRP) price…
Flying Tulip has introduced a circuit breaker to slow or queue withdrawals as DeFi losses mounted in April following a series of large exploits. According to official documentation, the safeguard is designed to limit how quickly funds can leave the…
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…
A coalition of crypto firms and advocacy groups has urged U.S. senators to move ahead with a markup of the Clarity Act, warning that delays risk pushing the industry offshore. The push came through an April 23 letter led by…
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…
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…
Xiaomi has introduced its MiMo-V2.5 model family, adding multimodal capabilities and advancing its push into top-tier AI systems. According to Xiaomi, the new MiMo-V2.5 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro models combine image, audio, and video processing into a single system, bringing features that…
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…
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…
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…
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 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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Kraken says it filed 56m 2025 crypto tax forms, most under $50, and is urging Congress to create a de minimis exemption and let users defer tax on staking rewards until sale. Kraken is using this tax season to put…
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 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 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’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…
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 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…
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, 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…
OpenAI has begun charging advertisers on a cost-per-click basis inside ChatGPT, marking its first direct move into the digital advertising market and putting it in competition with Google and Meta. OpenAI has quietly launched a pay-per-click advertising model inside ChatGPT,…
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…
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’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…
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…
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 (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…
CHIP token surged over 85% on Wednesday becoming one of the best performing crypto assets of the day. The token shot up following its listing on Binance which introduces the token with a Seed Tag, flagging it as an early-stage,…
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…
Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud has introduced a $750 million fund to help consulting firms and enterprise partners bring agentic artificial intelligence into real-world use cases. The initiative was unveiled at the Cloud Next 2026 conference in Las Vegas and is…
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…
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…
DeFi TVL and DEX volumes are rising on Solana, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, and BNB as NFT gaming races toward a $60.82B market and builders keep shipping through hacks. Capital is quietly rotating back into DeFi even as the industry digests…
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…
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…
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 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 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…
Solana price has rebounded by 6% since its Monday drop as investor confidence returns to the market. It is in the process of forming a double bottom pattern, which could position it for a significant trend reversal in the coming…
Cloud mining apps gain popularity as users seek easier access to Bitcoin and Litecoin rewards. As an increasing number of users seek easier ways to earn cryptocurrency rewards without the need to purchase expensive mining hardware, the popularity of free…
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…
Meta Platforms has started rolling out internal tracking software on devices used by its U.S.-based employees, gathering data such as mouse movements and keystrokes to support the training of artificial intelligence systems. According to reports, the rollout is part of…
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…
AI day trading bots gain popularity as traders seek faster execution and better discipline. The rise of the AI day trading bot is changing how traders approach fast-moving markets. In 2026, more active traders are using AI tools to scan…
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,…
Firefox developer Mozilla revealed that an early version of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos AI identified 271 vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser during internal testing, all of which were patched this week. The findings point to how advanced AI systems are starting…
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…
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’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…
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…
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…
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…
Core Scientific is moving to secure $3.3 billion in fresh debt as it scales data center capacity beyond bitcoin mining. According to a Tuesday disclosure from Core Scientific, the company plans to issue senior secured notes due in 2031, backed…
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
HTX stands out in the crowded crypto exchange market as traders prioritize trust and security. Exchanges are a dime a dozen. In 2025 alone, dozens of new exchanges popped up on the crypto scene. A quick survey tells us that…
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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