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Today — 1 May 2026Main stream

Curve’s new bad‑debt pools turn losses into tradable claims

1 May 2026 at 18:05
Curve Finance is turning CRV‑linked bad debt into tradable onchain claims via crvUSD–debt pools, shifting bailouts from socialized rescues to market pricing of losses. Curve Finance has rolled out a bad debt recovery framework that formalizes what founder Michael Egorov…

Bitcoin open interest jumps nearly 6% as traders re‑lever into futures

1 May 2026 at 18:01
Bitcoin futures open interest has climbed 5.92% to $57.621b, signaling traders are re‑levering into BTC derivatives as open positions concentrate on a few major exchanges. The Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives market has seen a notable uptick in risk-taking over the past…

Brazil shuts crypto out of its official cross‑border payment pipes

1 May 2026 at 17:55
Brazil’s central bank has barred crypto from settlement inside regulated eFX payment rails, forcing banks and fintechs back to fiat-only channels for cross‑border flows. Brazil’s central bank has introduced a foreign‑exchange rule that prohibits regulated cross‑border payment channels from using…

Bithumb wins court stay on six‑month Korea FIU suspension

1 May 2026 at 17:51
Seoul’s Administrative Court has stayed a six‑month partial suspension against Bithumb, halting Korea FIU’s harshest crypto penalty while the exchange fights it in court. South Korea’s Seoul Administrative Court has sided with Bithumb, temporarily blocking the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit…

Fun raises $72m to wire fiat and crypto into the same checkout

1 May 2026 at 17:45
Fun raises $72m to power unified fiat and crypto rails for apps like Polymarket and Aave, after quietly processing over $18b in annual payment volume. Fun, a payment infrastructure startup that plugs both fiat and crypto rails into high-growth consumer…

MoonPay’s AI-native debit card gives agents a live stablecoin rail

1 May 2026 at 17:32
MoonPay has launched the MoonAgents Card, a Mastercard-enabled debit product that lets AI agents spend stablecoins directly at the point of sale with onchain settlement behind the scenes. MoonPay has unveiled the MoonAgents Card, a Mastercard-network debit card designed so…

Dollar slides as Iran ceasefire unwinds safe‑haven trade

30 April 2026 at 23:30
The dollar index is heading for its biggest monthly drop since June 2025 as U.S.–Iran ceasefire hopes unwind the war premium, even while oil and Fed bets keep it range‑bound. The dollar is on track for its largest monthly decline…

Yesterday — 30 April 2026Main stream

Powerus deal tightens Trump family links to Pentagon drone war

30 April 2026 at 21:44
The U.S. Air Force’s interceptor drone deal with Trump‑backed Powerus tightens family links to the Pentagon as Washington pivots to cheap AI drones against Iran. The U.S. Air Force has struck a weapons procurement agreement with Powerus, a drone company…

TRM Labs: North Korea-linked hackers drive 76% of 2026 crypto thefts

30 April 2026 at 21:31
TRM Labs says North Korea-linked hackers have stolen about $577m in 2026 so far—76% of all crypto hack losses—driven by massive hits on KelpDAO and Drift Protocol. A new report from blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs finds that organizations linked…

Polymarket rolls out on-chain integrity monitor in Chainalysis tie-up

30 April 2026 at 21:25
Polymarket is rolling out an onchain integrity monitor with Chainalysis to detect insider trading and manipulation across its prediction markets and reassure regulators and institutions. Polymarket has unveiled a comprehensive on-chain market integrity monitoring solution designed to track trading behavior…

Bitcoin stuck below $79,000 as ETF outflows and Fed split sap risk appetite

30 April 2026 at 21:17
Bitcoin is pinned near $76,000 below $79,000 resistance as ETF outflows, Fed infighting, and record shorts sap risk appetite and keep volatility unnaturally muted. Bitcoin (BTC) hovered around $76,000 on Thursday, struggling to break above a resistance band between $78,000…

Hassett says Powell’s reappointment could delay Fed rate cuts, with crypto watching closely

30 April 2026 at 21:07
Kevin Hassett warns that reappointing Jerome Powell to the Fed Board could delay or dilute Trump-era rate cuts, keeping crypto traders fixated on personnel-driven monetary policy. White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome…

Syndicate Labs suffers $380k SYND bridge exploit, pledges full user compensation

30 April 2026 at 20:52
Syndicate Labs has confirmed that a leaked upgrade key let an attacker hijack its Commons cross-chain bridge, drain about 18.5 million SYND tokens worth roughly $330,000 plus user funds, and trigger a sharp price crash before the team pledged full…

KelpDAO commits 2,000 ETH to DeFi united recovery fund for rsETH restoration

30 April 2026 at 20:05
ECB held rates at April 30 meeting but Lagarde stressed rising inflation and growth risks from Iran war, signaling June hike possibility. KelpDAO announced April 30 it has completed its committed contribution to the recovery fund, providing 2,000 ETH in treasury…

ECB signals growing rate hike inclination as Lagarde stresses rising risks

30 April 2026 at 19:55
Polymarket partners with Chainalysis to deploy on-chain surveillance targeting insider trading and manipulation as volumes hit $7B monthly and regulation intensifies. The European Central Bank maintained interest rates unchanged at its April 30 meeting, but ECB President Christine Lagarde’s press conference remarks…

Gemini Secures CFTC clearing license, gains full derivatives infrastructure

30 April 2026 at 19:41
Gemini’s Olympus unit won CFTC clearing license enabling in-house derivatives infrastructure for futures, options, perpetuals, and prediction markets. Gemini announced April 30 that its affiliate Gemini Olympus received a Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, positioning the exchange…

Polymarket taps Chainalysis for on-chain surveillance to hunt insider trades

30 April 2026 at 19:07
Polymarket partners with Chainalysis to deploy on-chain surveillance targeting insider trading and manipulation as volumes hit $7B monthly and regulation intensifies. Polymarket has partnered with Chainalysis to deploy what it calls “a first-of-its-kind on-chain solution to monitor trading activity and…

Coinbase launches CUSHY digital credit strategy with tokenized share structure

30 April 2026 at 18:55
Nexo extends its 0% APR, no‑liquidation Zero-interest Credit to Solana and XRP, targeting holders who want dollar liquidity without selling their crypto. Coinbase’s new on-chain credit push Coinbase Asset Management (CBAM) has introduced CUSHY, a new on-chain digital credit strategy…

Alex Lab hack reportedly hits SPD Bank clients after earlier $8.3M exploit

30 April 2026 at 18:36
Hack on Bitcoin DeFi protocol Alex Lab has reportedly spilled into traditional finance, with ChainCatcher saying customers of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, or SPD Bank, were among those affected in the latest incident. A recent security incident at Bitcoin DeFi protocol Alex…

Nexo adds 0% credit lines for Solana and XRP holders

30 April 2026 at 18:13
Nexo extends its 0% APR, no‑liquidation Zero-interest Credit to Solana and XRP, targeting holders who want dollar liquidity without selling their crypto. Nexo is expanding its Zero-interest Credit product to include Solana’s SOL and Ripple’s XRP as collateral, becoming the…

Experience, scale and the future of intelligent trading: BingX’s 8th anniversary story

30 April 2026 at 18:00
BingX marks eight years with its INFIN8 campaign, tying AI tools, TradFi access and gamified rewards into a more intelligent, user-driven trading ecosystem. Eight years in crypto is not a small marker. In an industry shaped by sharp market cycles,…

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Senator pushes Clarity Act forward as stablecoin yield fight nears markup

29 April 2026 at 22:11
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis is trying to haul the long‑stalled CLARITY Act into a Senate Banking markup that would simultaneously settle Washington’s stablecoin‑yield fight and advance Cynthia Lummis‑backed protections for non‑custodial crypto developers. U.S. Senator Thom Tillis is pushing to…

Fence raises $20M from Galaxy to tokenize $6T asset-backed finance market

29 April 2026 at 21:46
Fence netted $20 million from Galaxy Digital to tokenize a $6 trillion asset‑backed finance market that still runs on manual, legacy rails. Fence has secured a $20 million investment led by Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital to bring blockchain infrastructure to…

Ripple Prime to plug into Bullish Bitcoin options as OKX backs RLUSD

29 April 2026 at 21:38
Ripple Prime will route clients into Bullish’s regulated BTC options while Ripple and OKX push RLUSD into compliant markets, extending Ripple’s $1.25b prime‑broker bet. Ripple has expanded its institutional derivatives push, announcing that Ripple Prime will connect directly to Bullish’s…

Traders eye Fed and Middle East as risk appetite cools ahead rate decision

29 April 2026 at 21:21
Traders are cutting risk ahead of the Fed’s April decision as Middle East tensions, a blocked Strait of Hormuz and fragile crypto sentiment keep markets on edge. Traders are trimming exposure to risk assets ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest…

Nomura’s KAIO launches governance token to target multi‑trillion‑dollar RWA market

29 April 2026 at 20:57
Nomura‑backed RWA protocol KAIO is rolling out its KAIO governance token and foundation as it tries to turn a $100 million on‑chain beachhead into a claim on a projected $30 trillion tokenization wave. RWA tokenization protocol KAIO, incubated by Nomura…

Vitalik’s wallet is programmatically dumping “garbage” memecoins again – on‑chain data shows minute‑by‑minute liquidation

29 April 2026 at 20:43
Vitalik Buterin is programmatically dumping unsolicited memecoins again, turning airdropped “spam” into ETH while leaving thinly traded meme markets on edge. On‑chain analytics from Arkham Intelligence indicate that an address attributed to Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin (0xAb5…) has entered a new phase…

AI finance platform Rogo raises 160M USD Series D led by Kleiner Perkins

29 April 2026 at 20:35
AI finance platform Rogo raises 160M USD led by Kleiner Perkins to scale its agentic workflow OS for banks and asset managers, as AI agents sweep regulated finance. AI financial workflow platform Rogo has closed a 160 million dollar Series D round…

CertiK’s Skynet report: AML and security now define the rules of the game for crypto

29 April 2026 at 18:29
CertiK’s Skynet report shows AML enforcement and security standards have replaced securities angst as crypto’s main risk axis, with Basel and DORA baking rules into code. CertiK’s latest Skynet State of Digital Asset Regulations Report makes one thing brutally clear: the experimental…

Mezo launches institutional Bitcoin yield vaults with Anchorage Digital and Bullish, including 250 BTC anchor investment

29 April 2026 at 18:21
Mezo Prime launches with Anchorage and Bullish to route institutional Bitcoin into segregated, qualified‑custody vaults that earn onchain yield and mint BTC‑backed MUSD. Bitcoin‑native finance protocol Mezo has launched Mezo Prime, a new institutional product designed to give corporate treasuries and professional…

Solana multisig protocol Squads raises 18M USD to scale stablecoin platform Altitude

29 April 2026 at 18:16
Solana multisig leader Squads raises $18M to scale its Altitude stablecoin accounts for enterprises, reinforcing Solana’s role as plumbing for onchain dollar treasuries. Solana‑based multi‑signature protocol Squads has raised 18 million dollars in a new strategic equity round led by…

Ethereum Foundation Q1 2026 grants double down on ZK, cryptography, and core protocol infrastructure

29 April 2026 at 18:08
Ethereum Foundation’s Q1 2026 grants pour into ZK research, core clients, validator security, and public-goods infra, signaling long-term conviction in cryptography-first scaling. The Ethereum Foundation has released its latest Q1 2026 allocation report, highlighting fresh grants and ecosystem support across cryptography,…

Andre Cronje: most DeFi protocols “No Longer Truly DeFi”

29 April 2026 at 17:54
Andre Cronje blasts modern DeFi as UI-wrapped CeFi, backing circuit breakers after April’s $600M exploit wave and warning that true decentralization means no safety nets. DeFi pioneer Andre Cronje sparked industry debate, arguing that most modern DeFi protocols have drifted from their…

Blockworks raises Series A extension at $192M valuation

29 April 2026 at 17:47
Blockworks secures a $192M valuation as it pivots from news to data infrastructure, riding a VC shift toward bigger, late-stage crypto deals. Crypto data and research platform Blockworks completed a Series A extension financing round, reaching a post-money valuation of $192 million,…

Stablecoin rails slow 19%, but dollar tokens quietly keep compounding

29 April 2026 at 01:00
Stablecoin transfer volume fell 19.18% to $831B in 30 days, yet market cap and holders rose as USDT, USDC, and DAI added billions while Ethena’s USDe saw $1.1B outflows. Stablecoin transfer volume declined 19.18% to $831 billion over the past…

Over Protocol’s lights go out, leaving a “decentralized” shell behind

29 April 2026 at 00:00
Over Foundation has shut down all Over Protocol infrastructure, abandoning OverWallet, nodes and explorers, and leaving block production to any validators stubborn enough to keep running. The Over Foundation announced it will permanently cease operations of Over Protocol, a Layer…

Humanity Protocol tops gains as MemeCore’s insider-heavy float buckles

28 April 2026 at 23:00
Top‑100 crypto traded mixed today as Humanity Protocol jumped 14.5%, MemeCore slid 9.3% on 90% insider‑supply fears, and total market cap dipped 1.39% to $2.65T. The top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization recorded divergent price action during today’s trading session,…

One Matrixport whale now rides $132M in ETH leverage into resistance

28 April 2026 at 22:00
A Matrixport‑linked whale has opened a fresh 30,000 ETH long at 15x, lifting total leveraged exposure to 58,000 ETH (~$132M) after banking over $59M on prior longs. A cryptocurrency whale associated with Matrixport opened a fresh 30,000 ETH long position…

From treasuries to validators: Sharplink doubles down on Ethereum staking

28 April 2026 at 19:52
Sharplink now stakes nearly 900k ETH as institutional validators, ETFs, and JPMorgan’s tokenized funds turn Ethereum’s 30% staking era into a yield-bearing settlement layer. Ethereum treasury firm Sharplink (NASDAQ: SBET) announced it received 459 ETH in staking rewards this week, bringing cumulative…

Range-bound Bitcoin tests $80k wall as on-chain conviction builds

28 April 2026 at 19:45
Bitcoin’s drop from the $80k zone shows classic Fed‑week caution, with strong support near $75.5k, mixed on‑chain signals, and traders waiting on the FOMC decision. Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below $76,000 after encountering strong resistance around the $80,000 level, a key…

Iran poised to table new peace proposal as markets weigh risk premium for bitcoin, ether

28 April 2026 at 19:39
Iran expected to submit revised peace proposal, compressing war premium in oil markets and lifting BTC and ETH—but crypto remains hostage to headline volatility. According to CNN, sources say Iran is expected to submit a revised peace proposal soon, following…

Regulation turns the screw: AML becomes crypto’s kill‑switch, audits turn into licenses

28 April 2026 at 19:23
CertiK’s 2026 report argues that the age of arguing whether a token is or isn’t a security is no longer the core battlefield; the real threat now is AML. CertiK’s 2026 report argues that the age of arguing whether a…

Visa and WeFi wire self-custody stablecoins straight into card payments

28 April 2026 at 19:17
Visa partners with WeFi to enable direct stablecoin spending from self-custody wallets on Visa’s network, bypassing exchanges and pressuring banks’ FX roles. Visa’s new partnership with WeFi is designed to make stablecoin balances in self‑custody wallets spendable anywhere Visa is…

Startale taps Privacy Boost to bring self-custodial privacy to Sony-backed Soneium app

28 April 2026 at 18:51
Startale Group is integrating Sunnyside Labs’ Privacy Boost directly into its Sony-backed Soneium super app, giving users fast, self-custodial shielding and zk-powered private payments without sacrificing auditability or everyday UX. Startale Group has named Privacy Boost as the official privacy…

Polymarket rolls out CLOB v2 with $1M liquidity rewards to harden prediction markets

28 April 2026 at 18:34
Polymarket’s CLOB v2 upgrade ships new exchange contracts, pUSD collateral, and $1M in liquidity rewards to deepen books and court professional market makers. Polymarket’s CLOB v2 upgrade went live on April 28 at around 11:00 UTC, after a brief maintenance…

Tether pushes deeper into Bitcoin with open-source MDK mining stack

28 April 2026 at 18:25
Tether’s open-source MDK unifies Bitcoin mining control in a JS and React stack, aiming for AI-ready, vendor-agnostic automation from home rigs to gigawatt farms. MDK turns mining stack into programmable software layer Tether has released its Mining Development Kit as…

Galaxy Digital posts $216M Q1 loss as crypto slump hits, data centers switch on

28 April 2026 at 18:17
The CFTC is turning to artificial intelligence and a new Innovation Task Force to police explosive crypto and prediction markets as its workforce shrinks and jurisdictional battles over event contracts intensify. Galaxy Digital (Nasdaq: GLXY) swung to a Q1 2026…

CFTC deploys AI to police crypto as Innovation Task Force targets prediction markets

28 April 2026 at 18:02
CFTC turns to AI tools and a new Innovation Task Force to police booming crypto and prediction markets as staff shrinks and CLARITY Act hangs over federal turf wars. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is turning to artificial intelligence…

Are stablecoins now the core plumbing of global finance?

28 April 2026 at 01:00
Stablecoins have “quietly become core financial plumbing” and pushed on‑chain finance past a “point of no return,” according to a new a16z crypto framework that recasts programmable dollars as the base layer for a multi‑chain, banking‑as‑a‑service stack and a coming…

Will Ethereum hold $2,300 or slip lower from here?

28 April 2026 at 00:00
Ethereum has slipped back below $2,300, leaving traders to decide whether a fragile band between roughly $2,100 support and $2,350–$2,400 resistance is a simple shakeout or the prelude to a deeper retrace before any long‑promised run toward $4,000. Ethereum (ETH)…

Strive asset management now 9th-largest public Bitcoin treasury — 14,557 BTC

27 April 2026 at 22:14
Strive Asset Management has raced from zero to 14,557 BTC in months, becoming the 9th‑largest public Bitcoin treasury and turning its balance sheet into a levered bet on BTC. Strive Asset Management has added another 789 BTC to its balance…

Canada to Launch $25B ‘Canada Strong Fund’ — Crypto Asks if Bitcoin Is Next

27 April 2026 at 21:13
Canada’s new C$25B Canada Strong Fund aims to back “nation‑building” projects, but crypto circles instantly seized on one question: will Ottawa ever buy Bitcoin? Canada’s new government is launching the Canada Strong Fund, a national sovereign wealth fund seeded with…

Stablecoins quietly out‑settle Visa as Coinbase crowns them the internet’s real money

27 April 2026 at 20:57
Coinbase says stablecoins settled $33T in 2025, eclipsing Visa’s $16.7T and turning on‑chain dollars into the internet’s real‑time, low‑fee payment backbone. Coinbase’s official account ignited a fresh round of payments‑wars discourse on X with a comparison thread claiming that “$33T…

TRUMP memecoin gala returns to Mar‑a‑Lago at fire‑sale on‑chain prices

27 April 2026 at 20:22
Trump’s second Mar‑a‑Lago TRUMP memecoin gala goes ahead as the token crashes, turning “exclusive” on‑chain access into a cut‑rate lesson in political token risk. The second annual Trump memecoin conference at Mar-a-Lago proceeded on April 25 even as the president’s…

Tether’s new open-source mining kit is a power grab over Bitcoin’s industrial stack

27 April 2026 at 19:41
Tether has launched an open-source Mining Development Kit that collapses Bitcoin mining’s fragmented hardware dashboards into a single JavaScript and React-based stack. Tether pushes deeper into mining software stack Stablecoin issuer Tether has launched a new open-source Mining Development Kit…

The Block’s new CEO bet: Azuki’s Steve Chung and a $10M institutional push

27 April 2026 at 19:05
The Block taps ex‑Azuki COO Steve Chung as CEO and takes another $10M from Foresight Ventures, doubling down on an institutional data, research, and AI‑driven media pivot. The Block’s decision to install former Azuki COO Steve Chung as CEO, backed…

Why moving IP on-chain is right for the entertainment industry

27 April 2026 at 18:48
Onchain IP turns static, illiquid rights into transparent, tradable assets, letting games like My Pet Hooligan convert fans from passive consumers into real economic stakeholders The entertainment industry has long treated intellectual property like the paranoid owner of a rare…

Consensys and Joseph Lubin Deploy 30K ETH for rsETH Recovery

27 April 2026 at 18:27
Consensys and Joseph Lubin pledge up to 30K ETH to DeFi United’s rsETH rescue stack, shoring up Aave and DeFi after Kelp DAO’s $293M exploit left deep collateral holes. Ethereum infrastructure firm Consensys and its founder Joseph Lubin have joined…

Whale Accumulates 72K HYPE Worth $30.6M

27 April 2026 at 18:10
Whale pulls 72K HYPE off Gate.io, expanding a $168M stash as spot buyers face off against crowded leveraged shorts around the key $40 support zone. A crypto whale controlling the address 0xEe0A18B394ecE1D7bE81Be15d6cEc3Ac7707b71C has withdrawn 72,264 HYPE from centralized exchange Gate.io,…

US freezes $344M in crypto tied to Iran as Treasury targets IRGC flows

25 April 2026 at 01:00
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…

Google’s $40B Anthropic bet shows where the real crypto rails are being built

25 April 2026 at 00:00
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…

Humanity Foundation forces $H investors into a brutal choice before April 26

24 April 2026 at 23:00
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…

Nakamoto rolls out actively managed Bitcoin options program with Bitwise and Kraken

24 April 2026 at 22:00
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…

Ethereum draft EIP-8182 aims to make private transfers a native feature

24 April 2026 at 21:21
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…

Chainlink data services go live on AWS Marketplace to bridge cloud and blockchain

24 April 2026 at 21:02
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 press SEC for formal broker rules after ‘non-custodial UI’ guidance

24 April 2026 at 20:52
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…

Robin Markets raises $475,000 as VC backs Polymarket yield infrastructure

24 April 2026 at 19:33
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 odds for Waller Fed chair confirmation surge on Powell probe U-turn

24 April 2026 at 19:27
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…

CLARITY Act deadline turns into Congress’s last real shot at crypto rules

24 April 2026 at 19:20
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 park $3.66B as long/short ratio hovers near neutral

24 April 2026 at 19:09
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…

South Africa moves to pull crypto into strict capital flow rules

24 April 2026 at 18:57
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 to list Fluent (BLEND) spot pair against USD

24 April 2026 at 18:48
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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

‘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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