Bitcoin stalls near $75,000 on Gate as traders test a familiar resistance band after bouncing from $68,000 support that has repeatedly defined this cycle’s downside line. Bitcoin (BTC) surged to $75,000 on Gate’s BTC/USDT market on April 15, marking another…

Wall Street closed with S&P 500 and Nasdaq at fresh records as Tesla and Apple led a powerful tech rally while the Dow slipped. U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finishing at record levels…

Day one at Paris Blockchain Week turns into an institutional scouting mission for privacy, composability and gold‑backed tokenization plays in the heart of Paris. Day one of Paris Blockchain Week 2026 is underscoring a simple message from the buy‑side: if…

Allbirds stock explodes after the struggling shoe brand announces a $50M GPU‑fueled pivot into “NewBird AI,” sells its name for $39M, and rides the AI mania wave. Allbirds shares went vertical on Tuesday after the San Francisco‑based shoe maker said…

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire lands on the 2026 TIME100 list as USDC’s compliant stablecoin rail goes mainstream with banks, fintechs and regulators worldwide. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has been named to the 2026 TIME100 list of the world’s most influential…

WLFI governance scandal sees Justin Sun accuse Trump‑backed World Liberty Financial of “world tyranny” over coercive token lockups and anonymous control. Justin Sun has accused World Liberty Financial’s WLFI governance of “world tyranny,” alleging that a new staking proposal weaponizes…

USDT issuer Tether quietly turned its Bitcoin reserve wallet into a $7.2b war chest, built by funneling 15% of profits into BTC as USDT’s balance sheet goes quasi-sovereign. Tether has added another 951 BTC, worth roughly $70.47m, to its dedicated…

Bitget rebuilt its core trading systems to cut order‑processing latency by up to 40%, a move it pitches as the technical backbone for its Universal Exchange strategy that blends crypto and TradFi under one account. Bitget has completed a major…

AI agent ‘Valerie’ now runs a San Francisco vending machine on OpenClaw, testing how far people will trust code with pricing, marketing and real‑world cash. AI agent takes over a real‑world vending machine An AI agent called Valerie is now…

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire ruled out issuing a Korean won stablecoin for now, but called a privately led KRW token “essential” and said Circle will expand in South Korea once clear rules are in place. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has…

WLFI’s team has proposed burning up to 4.52 billion tokens and locking most of the remaining team and ecosystem allocation for 2–5 years, lifting the price about 7% to roughly $0.084 as traders bet on a cleaner supply curve. World…

Bitwise’s new BAVA product will list on the NYSE in 2026, wrapping spot AVAX exposure and an estimated 5.4% staking yield into a single, liquid ETP for traditional investors. Bitwise Asset Management plans to list a new spot Avalanche ETP…

Stables partners with Mansa to add on‑demand liquidity and compliance‑first infrastructure to Asia’s fiat‑to‑USDT corridors, targeting the region’s 60% share of global stablecoin flows. Stablecoins have quietly become Asia’s preferred digital plumbing, with payments sent from the region now accounting…

Brix raises $5.5M to tokenize emerging‑market credit strategies on MegaETH, targeting “institutional‑grade” yield products that trade like altcoins with added credit risk. Brix, a tokenization startup focused on emerging markets, has raised $5.5 million to bring what it calls “institutional‑grade”…

White House says banning stablecoin yields barely helps banks but hurts consumers, reshaping the CLARITY Act fight over interest‑bearing “digital cash.” A new White House study has concluded that prohibiting yield on stablecoins would do little to protect U.S. bank…

Ethereum is edging toward a high‑risk liquidation zone where a clean break above $2,451 would put an estimated $1.473 billion of short positions at risk across major centralized exchanges, according to derivatives tracker Coinglass. Ethereum is edging toward a high‑risk…

Austan Goolsbee has warned the Federal Reserve may need to keep interest rates on hold until 2027 if the Iran war keeps oil prices high and inflation stuck above target. Austan Goolsbee has warned the Federal Reserve may need to…

U.S. equities closed sharply higher on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq Composite climbing 1.96% and locking in gains for 10 consecutive trading days, underscoring renewed risk appetite in big‑cap technology. The S&P 500 added 1.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average…

Goldman Sachs has filed for a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF that aims to turn BTC’s volatility into yield via a covered‑call strategy built on spot ETF exposure. Goldman Sachs has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…

ECB chief economist Philip Lane warned the central bank could still raise interest rates if inflation’s impact lasts longer than expected, keeping tightening risks alive even after March’s pause. European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane has warned that interest…

ETH derivatives open interest jumps 11.59% in 24 hours to $34.165B, with Binance, Gate, Bybit and OKX carrying most of the leverage as traders pile into Ethereum. Ethereum’s derivatives market has lit up again, with total ETH contract open interest…

Japanese crypto platform Rakuten Wallet has added XRP (XRP) as a listed asset and payment method, giving the token direct access to roughly 44 million Rakuten Pay users across Japan. According to Coin Bureau on X, “Users can now buy…

Revised PARITY Act would exempt everyday regulated stablecoin payments from capital gains, aligning them with cash-like transactions in the U.S. tax code. Under a new draft of the Digital Asset PARITY Act in Washington, gains on everyday payments made with…

Deutsche Börse’s $200M stake in Kraken signals deepening TradFi consolidation around regulated crypto exchanges and accelerates Wall Street’s migration into digital asset infrastructure. Deutsche Börse, the German stock exchange operator behind Xetra and Eurex, has taken a $200 million stake…

Binance’s on‑chain perps launch collides with big BNB and Binance Life outflows. Binance Wallet has rolled out perpetual futures trading on its app and web interface, tying the launch to an “exclusive Alpha Task Points campaign” that rewards users who…

Paxos Labs, a spin‑off from Paxos, just raised $12M to help big enterprises launch their own branded stablecoins and plug into programmable dollar rails. Paxos Labs, a newly created spin‑off from stablecoin issuer Paxos, has raised $12 million to build…

Tether’s new self-custody tether.wallet puts USDT rails directly in users’ hands, blending stablecoin plumbing with a consumer payments app. Tether has launched tether.wallet, a self-custody digital wallet that connects users directly to the company’s global payments and settlement infrastructure, extending…

Crypto is trying to shake off “extreme fear” just as Hong Kong’s HKDAP stablecoin, Tether’s new wallet and big Binance-linked flows redraw the market’s risk map. Macro easing lifts BTC and ETH, but fear lingers Temporary easing of macro risks…

Tokenized commodities and equities now top $7b as gold-backed tokens lead a 600% RWA surge into live, onchain collateral. Bitfinex flags 600% surge in tokenized commodities The market for tokenized commodities has surged to roughly $7 billion, rising nearly 600%…

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…