Aster DEX teams up with Genius to list the first GENIUS perpetuals, dangling a $200k ASTER prize pool into a thin‑liquidity, 850% meme‑rally that regulators are already watching. Decentralized derivatives platform Aster has announced it is now a strategic partner…

Kraken rebuffs a criminal extortion bid after improper internal access exposed data on about 2,000 accounts but says no systemic breach or client fund risk. Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken says it is being blackmailed by a criminal organisation that claims to…

RaveDAO jumps over 200% while Polkadot, Zcash and Dash slide, underscoring how idiosyncratic token stories now dominate a crypto market still digesting macro shocks and regulatory risk. RaveDAO (RAVE) is the standout mover in today’s crypto session, jumping 207.51% over…

William Blair says Coinbase’s 26% pullback has largely “de‑risked” the stock, with weak trading now priced in as surging USDC adoption turns the exchange into a higher‑margin, cycle‑resistant bet on crypto’s share gains versus fiat. Investment bank William Blair says…

Former CFTC chair J. Christopher “CryptoDad” Giancarlo has quit his senior role at Willkie to focus full‑time on crypto, AI and policy work, including a new book on digital money under Trump’s second term. Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman…

Foundry’s U.S.‑based, compliance‑first Zcash pool has already grown to roughly one‑third of network hashrate, giving institutional miners a regulated way into privacy coins while stoking fresh centralisation fears. Foundry Digital, operator of the Foundry USA Bitcoin mining pool, has officially…

Ondo wants the SEC to sign off on a model where tokens on Ethereum mirror existing securities entitlements at U.S. broker‑dealers. Ondo Finance has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to confirm that staff will not recommend enforcement if…

The American Bankers Association is escalating its campaign against interest‑bearing payment stablecoins, arguing they could drain deposits from community banks and cut local lending by billions of dollars even if a White House study downplays the risk. In an article…

The UK is locking in a 2026–27 crypto regime that keeps “truly decentralised” DeFi outside scope but drags any protocol with an identifiable controlling entity into full FCA authorisation. The UK is moving into the final phase of designing its…

Trump’s new naval blockade of Iranian ports at the Strait of Hormuz has sent Brent and WTI back above $100, sparked Iranian threats against Gulf ports, and knocked Bitcoin off weekend highs as traders reprice energy and geopolitical risk. A…

The U.S. CLARITY Act, the most advanced crypto market‑structure bill to reach Congress, is moving toward a Senate Banking Committee markup in the second half of April, with lawmakers targeting a potential floor vote as early as May. Also known…

Anchorpoint Financial Technology, a joint venture backed by Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), HKT and Animoca Brands, will launch a regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin called HKDAP (HKD At Par) in the second quarter of 2026 after securing a stablecoin…

Polkadot-Ethereum Hyperbridge exploit mints 1B fake DOT, but thin liquidity limits attacker haul to about $237K while exposing deep cross-chain verification flaws. An attacker exploited the Hyperbridge cross-chain gateway linking Polkadot to Ethereum to gain administrative control over a DOT-linked…

Bitcoin’s largest holders are quietly tightening their grip on supply again, and derivatives markets are starting to price that shift in conviction with a clear upside bias toward $88,000. After four days locked in a tight band between $70,000 and…

Worldcoin will cut WLD’s daily unlock rate by about 43% from July 24, halving community emissions and trimming team and investor unlocks as selling pressure concerns mount. Worldcoin’s development team has outlined a major change to the WLD token’s emission…

Circle has minted more than $10.5b USDC on Solana in a month, underscoring the chain’s rise as a high‑throughput rail for on‑chain dollars and DeFi flows. Circle has minted more than $10.5 billion worth of USD Coin (USDC) on Solana…

An Iranian delegation will join US officials in Pakistan this weekend for confidential technical talks on the Middle East crisis, a development traders hope could ease war risks that have driven up oil prices, inflation and volatility across global markets,…

US inflation rose 3.3% in March while Bitcoin traded back above $72,000, leaving crypto caught between sticky prices, war‑driven oil shocks and recurring liquidation waves. US inflation has risen to 3.3% year‑on‑year in March, matching expectations but underscoring the pressure…

Aave price is trading around $91, slipping 3–4% in 24 hours as traders derisk DeFi blue chips to chase hotter themes, even though the protocol still anchors more than $20 billion in on‑chain lending. Aave (AAVE) price is trading around…

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token is trading around $40.3 on April 10, 2026, up roughly 3.9% in 24 hours and about 10% week‑on‑week after rebounding from early April lows near $35.6. Hyperliquid’s (HYPE) 4-hour chart shows price grinding higher inside a constructive…

BTC.TOP founder Jiang Zhuoer says the US‑Iran war is America’s ‘Suez Canal moment’ and reveals a medium‑term Ethereum short opened at $2,242. Jiang Zhuoer, founder of mining outfit BTC.TOP and one of China’s better‑known early Bitcoin investors, says he has…

CZ’s memoir Freedom of Money, drafted in 15‑minute prison terminal bursts and released globally on April 8, mixes his Binance origin story with charity pledges and explosive feuds with Sam Bankman‑Fried and Star Xu. In a Binance Square post, CZ…

Zcash price is trading around $378 after a parabolic 60% weekly rally, with volume and leverage surging to levels that signal a late‑stage momentum blow‑off rather than calm accumulation. Zcash (ZEC) price is trading around $378 after a parabolic move…

Federal RICO suits say Lime chair Brad Bao helped give Cere Network cover as insiders allegedly dumped $41.78m in CERE tokens and left investors with a 99.8% price collapse. Federal prosecutors’ years‑long pursuit of a crypto wash‑trading ring has spilled…

Coinbase Asset Management and MarketVector’s COINSOV index uses inverse volatility weights to blend Bitcoin and gold, targeting better risk‑adjusted ‘store‑of‑value’ returns than static mixes. Coinbase Asset Management and global index provider MarketVector have launched the Coinbase Store of Value Index…

Animoca‑backed Anchorpoint is preparing to launch HKDAP, a regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, as part of Hong Kong’s push to make bank‑grade fiat tokens core financial infrastructure. Anchorpoint Financial Technology, a joint venture backed by Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong),…

Simplechain raises $15m to build an RWA‑first layer 1 and dataipo protocol, extending ex‑jd.com and ant group execs’ push into compliant asset tokenization. Real‑world asset (RWA) startup SimpleChain has raised $15 million in seed funding to build a dedicated Layer…

ECB backs shifting supervision of systemic crypto firms and venues from national regulators to esma as part of a wider eu capital markets integration push. The European Central Bank (ECB) has endorsed an EU plan to shift supervision of systemically…

Solana‑based Drift Protocol’s $270m exploit has become a live test of how Circle, DeFi builders and lawmakers share responsibility when stablecoins sit at the center of a hack. Circle’s chief strategy officer Dante Disparte has responded to the roughly $270…

Coinspaid has partnered with The Residency to give early-stage founders preferential access to its stablecoin and crypto payment infrastructure, usually reserved for larger fintechs. Coinspaid, one of Europe’s largest blockchain payment infrastructure providers, has entered a strategic partnership with The…

UK-led Operation Atlantic froze over $12M in crypto scam proceeds tied to “approval phishing,” identifying 20,000+ victims and $45M in suspected fraud. UK, US and Canadian law enforcement have frozen more than $12 million in suspected crypto scam proceeds in…

Bitcoin has climbed back above $72,000, keeping the short‑term uptrend intact while setting up a test between bullish targets near $78,000 and critical support around $70,000. Bitcoin has pushed back above $72,000, but the structure behind the move matters more…

CME Bitcoin futures open interest has fallen to a 14‑month low as the once‑crowded basis trade collapses, compressing yields and pushing leveraged institutions out. CME Bitcoin futures activity has fallen to its weakest level in more than a year as…

The U.S. Treasury has launched a cybersecurity information-sharing program to give U.S. digital asset firms timely, actionable intel on threats targeting their customers and networks. The U.S. Treasury Department has launched a new cybersecurity information‑sharing program aimed at hardening the…

Enhanced Labs raised a $1 million pre-seed led by Maximum Frequency Ventures to expand options-based yield strategies across on-chain and tokenized real-world assets. U.S.-based DeFi infrastructure startup Enhanced Labs has closed a $1 million pre-seed funding round to expand its…

SEC chair Paul Atkins says “Project Crypto” means the SEC and CFTC are ready to implement the CLARITY Act as soon as Congress passes comprehensive market‑structure reforms. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Paul Atkins has signaled that the…

The latest Finestel report on February 2026 shows Bitcoin’s plunge toward $60,000 was one of crypto’s deepest capitulation events yet, but disciplined asset managers cushioned most of the damage by rotating into stablecoins, cutting leverage, and selectively buying the rebound.…

AlphaTON secures about $43 million from Vertical Data to build sovereign AI and privacy computing infrastructure for TON, Telegram and Animoca‑linked applications. AlphaTON Capital has entered a strategic financing agreement worth approximately $43 million with Vertical Data to accelerate its…

Gate US launches a KYC-based crypto gift card feature, letting verified users send flexible, compliant digital asset gifts across 46 U.S. jurisdictions. Gate US has launched a new Gift Card feature that lets users create and send cryptocurrency gift cards…

US stocks opened lower as the dow, s&p 500 and nasdaq slipped, reflecting cautious sentiment amid rate worries and upcoming economic data. U.S. stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 211.74 points, or 0.44%, to…

Visa on April 8 unveiled Intelligent Commerce Connect in San Francisco, a payments infrastructure product that lets AI agents discover goods, initiate checkout and complete purchases on behalf of consumers, making a direct play for control of agentic commerce before…

Meta has unveiled Muse Spark, its first AI model from the new Meta Superintelligence Labs unit, positioning it as a step toward “personal superintelligence” that can reason, use tools and orchestrate multiple agents on behalf of users. Announced on April…

xPrime, Stretch and xStream, winners of the inaugural xStocks Hackathon, show how tokenized equities can evolve into prime brokerage, structured products and automated strategy layers built natively on-chain. The inaugural xStocks Hackathon on the French Riviera compressed the future of…

A whale wallet tied to pseudonymous trader “Techno Revenant” has just unstaked roughly 2.4 million HYPE tokens after a six‑month lock-up, freeing an estimated $93.7 million worth of supply with no immediate indication of whether the position will be dumped,…

Stablecoins processed $33t in 2025, topping Visa and Mastercard, and could clear over $50t by 2026 as corporates, banks and AI agents turn on‑chain dollars into core payment rails. Stablecoins processed $33 trillion of on-chain transaction volume in 2025, surpassing…

Iran will charge tankers $1 per barrel in bitcoin to cross the Strait of Hormuz during a two‑week US ceasefire, adding a crypto tax to the world’s key oil chokepoint. Iran will force every oil tanker transiting the Strait of…

The US Treasury plans rules forcing dollar stablecoin issuers to build kill switches and run full bank‑style AML and sanctions programs, tightening control over on‑chain flows. The US Treasury is preparing sweeping anti–money-laundering and sanctions rules that would turn dollar-pegged…

U.S. stocks ripped higher as an Iran–US ceasefire plan sparked a tech‑ and China‑led risk‑on rally, with the Dow up 2.76%, the S&P 500 up 2.64% and the Nasdaq up 3.5%. U.S. stocks opened dramatically higher on Wednesday as news…

Global markets are staging a sharp relief rally as signs of an Iran‑US ceasefire cool fears of an extended Middle East conflict, with the Russell 2000 Index surging 3.4% to its highest level in more than a month and Bitcoin…

Polymarket traders see the Israel–Hezbollah front staying hot for months despite a two-week US–Iran ceasefire, turning ceasefire wording and airstrikes into tradable risk. Polymarket traders are betting that the Israel–Hezbollah front will remain active for months, even as Washington and…

BlackRock ETF wallets moved $49m in BTC and ETH into Coinbase Prime, extending a months‑long pattern that turns ETF flows into a live gauge of institutional positioning. BlackRock moved 8,513 ETH and 416.654 BTC, worth roughly $49 million in total,…

Polygon Labs is seeking up to $100m to cement its pivot from generic L2 infra to a regulated stablecoin payments stack built around Coinme, Sequence and its Open Money Stack. Polygon Labs is seeking up to $100 million in fresh…