The Take It Down Act has secured its first federal conviction, with an Ohio man pleading guilty to using more than 100 AI models to create and distribute nonconsensual deepfakes of women and children, putting the first real enforcement stamp…

OpenAI circulated an internal memo this week directly attacking rival Anthropic, accusing it of inflating its $30 billion revenue figure by roughly $8 billion as Claude’s grip on enterprise AI becomes increasingly hard for the company to dismiss. OpenAI’s chief…

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…

President Trump disclosed Wednesday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged letters over China’s alleged weapons transfers to Iran, with Xi denying the claim in writing and Trump calling it a positive step ahead of their May summit. President…

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…

CLARITY Act gridlock is mounting on Capitol Hill as House Republicans remain split over FISA surveillance reauthorization and budget reconciliation, burning the limited legislative bandwidth that crypto’s most important bill in a generation needs before midterm politics consume the calendar…

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…

IRS 1099-DA crypto reporting requirements take effect for the first time on Tax Day 2026, requiring every American who sold or traded digital assets in 2025 to account for those transactions, while Treasury reports 53 million filers already claimed new…

Eric Swalwell resignation took effect April 15 as the California Democrat stepped down from his seven-term House seat, capping a political collapse that erased both his congressional career and his frontrunner status in the California governor’s race in under one…

Iran nuclear deal bitcoin implications are coming into focus as the US has proposed a 20-year pause on Iran’s nuclear program as part of ongoing peace negotiations, a concession that, if accepted, could bring oil below $80 a barrel and…

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…

US Iran talks bitcoin and oil markets are watching their most consequential diplomatic moment yet as American and Iranian officials meet face-to-face for the first time, with WTI crude at $92 a barrel and BTC at $74,000. US Iran talks…

Hormuz oil bitcoin dynamics shifted Tuesday as the Rich Starry, a Chinese-owned, U.S.-sanctioned tanker, slipped through the Strait of Hormuz in the first known breach of the U.S. naval blockade, sending WTI crude to $90.4 a barrel on April 15.…

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…

Kevin Warsh crypto holdings in more than 20 blockchain companies are now public record after Trump’s Fed chair nominee filed a 69-page financial disclosure with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, with his Senate confirmation hearing set for April 21.…

The ETH/BTC ratio climbed to 0.0313 on Wednesday, its strongest reading since January, as record Ethereum network activity and a $180 billion stablecoin milestone signal a potential shift in market momentum. The ETH/BTC ratio is making its clearest recovery move…

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…

Projects like BlockchainFX are gainining traction as investors target early-stage crypto presales for potential upside during market uncertainty. Some months in crypto feel like noise, and some genuinely matter. April 2026 is the latter. The top crypto presales commanding serious…

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…

Bitcoin price prediction grows increasingly complex as BTC was turned away at $76,000 for the third consecutive time, sliding back toward $74,000 while a closely watched derivatives signal flashes what could be a major setup. Bitcoin price prediction turns increasingly…

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…

Worldcoin price jumped sharply over the past 24 hours, climbing nearly 12% and bringing the token back into focus after weeks of muted performance. According to data from crypto.news, Worldcoin (WLD) staged a strong intraday rebound but still trades significantly…

Aave price has rallied over 7% this week amidst a surge in institutional interest and critical governance breakthroughs. Will it extend gains now that it has confirmed a bullish reversal pattern on charts? According to data from crypto.news, Aave (AAVE)…

Nexus International converts high betting volume into strong profitability through efficient operations. The online gaming industry measures itself in volume. Platforms compete to report the largest betting handles, the most deposits, and the highest user counts. These figures make for…

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…

BNB price has broken out of a falling wedge pattern, which positions it for significant upside over the coming weeks. According to data from crypto.news, BNB (BNB) price was hovering around $620 last check on Wednesday, April 15. The token…

AI trading bots gain momentum as investors seek consistency in fast-moving crypto and stock markets. Whether it’s the stock market or cryptocurrency, one thing remains the same: Markets move fast. Price volatility, breaking news, and shifting sentiment create endless opportunities,…

XRP price has been trading within the consolidation zone of $1.20 to $1.40 for nearly 4 weeks as demand for the token faltered amid war tensions. According to data from crypto.news, XRP (XRP) price rose to a two-week high of…

Pakistan has officially ended its long-standing freeze on the digital currency sector by allowing banks to facilitate licensed virtual asset providers. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) issued a circular on April 14 authorizing regulated financial institutions to open accounts…

U.S. spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds recorded their fourth straight day of inflows on Tuesday as Ethereum touched $2,400 for the first time since February. According to data from SoSoValue, the ten spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $53.03 million in net inflows…

Bitcoin price fell nearly 3% on Wednesday as investors booked profits following its sharp rally above $75,000 the previous day amid renewed hopes of U.S.-Iran peace talks.  Bitcoin’s price fell today as investors booked profits following the sharp rebound yesterday.…

South Korean insurance giant Kyobo Life is moving to modernize its fixed-income operations through a new partnership with Ripple to tokenize government bonds. According to a company statement released Wednesday, the collaboration focuses on integrating Ripple Custody to manage the…

A new social engineering scheme is leveraging the Obsidian note-taking app to deploy stealthy malware targeting cryptocurrency and finance professionals. Elastic Security Labs released a report Tuesday detailing how attackers use “elaborate social engineering on LinkedIn and Telegram” to bypass…

X is transforming its interface into a financial dashboard with the launch of “smart cashtags” for iPhone users in the US and Canada. According to an announcement from X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, the feature allows users to select…

AI crypto trading bots become essential as markets grow faster and more complex in 2026. AI crypto trading bot tools are transforming how people trade in 2026, and they’re quickly becoming the go-to solution for beginners and experienced investors alike.…

XRP volatility drives demand for alternative income models like cloud-based crypto platforms. With increased volatility in the cryptocurrency market recently, the price of XRP has shown clear range-bound fluctuations. As market sentiment continues to shift, more and more investors are…

Bitcoin’s potential to challenge the dominance of traditional assets is growing as its utility expands from a digital version of gold to a functional tool for international trade, according to Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan. According to a Tuesday…

North Korean hackers are increasingly bypassing high-tech security barriers by weaponizing artificial intelligence to manipulate the employees behind the code. Zerion, a popular crypto wallet provider, confirmed on Wednesday that a long-term social engineering campaign linked to the DPRK successfully…

Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi confirmed on Tuesday that the cryptocurrency exchange has moved forward with a confidential filing for an initial public offering in the United States. Semafor reported from the World Economy 2026 conference that Sethi verified the filing…

Federal Reserve nominee Kevin Warsh disclosed a diverse portfolio of private technology investments, including stakes in artificial intelligence and digital assets, as he prepares for a high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing. According to a filing with the U.S. Office of Government…

XRP price is at $1.3575 on April 14, down 1.32% on the session, as a symmetrical triangle converges toward its apex on the daily chart. A daily MACD bullish crossover has printed simultaneously, with the histogram turning positive for the…

Solana price is at $83.37 on April 14, down 3.63% on the session, as a symmetrical triangle formed on the daily chart over the past two months continues to compress price action toward its apex. A daily MACD bullish crossover…

A crypto scam posing as the official Ledger Live hardware wallet app passed Apple’s App Store review process and drained at least $9.5 million from more than 50 victims across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Tron, and XRP between April 7 and…

The BNB price reclaimed fourth place in the global crypto market cap rankings from XRP on Tuesday as seven straight months of XRP losses combined with BNB’s completed 34th quarterly burn and a broad Tuesday market rally pushed Binance’s native…

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…

The Chainlink price narrative shifted this week when the protocol upgraded its Data Streams infrastructure to deliver near-real-time pricing for US stocks and ETFs on a 24/5 basis, giving DeFi protocols access to the same equity data that covers roughly…

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…

The PI network is heading toward its most consequential technical upgrade yet as Protocol 23 prepares to go live on May 18, bringing smart contracts, real-world asset tokenization, and AI App Studio integration that analysts say could shift how institutional…

The PI price is flashing a falling wedge chart pattern on its 12-hour chart that analysts at Invezz say could push the token 22 percent higher toward the $0.200 resistance level, with smart contract catalysts and a Kraken listing adding…

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…

The stablecoin news out of JPMorgan’s Q1 2026 earnings call Tuesday landed directly in the middle of the CLARITY Act negotiations when CFO Jeremy Barnum warned that yield-bearing stablecoins risk becoming a tool for regulatory arbitrage unless they are held…

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…

The Ethereum price jumped 8 percent to $2,370 Tuesday morning as Trump’s signals about potential Iran peace talks triggered a broad risk-on rally across crypto markets, with bitcoin touching $74,900 and the total crypto market cap approaching $2.6 trillion. Yahoo…

Bitcoin mining operations in the US are absorbing a 47 percent increase in deployment costs after Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper stacked on top of an existing 21.6 percent duty on ASIC miners from Southeast Asia, pushing…

The bitcoin price surged more than 5 percent Tuesday morning to touch $74,901 before settling around $74,400, its highest level since March 17, after Trump signaled Iran may be interested in resuming peace talks and CENTCOM clarified the naval blockade…

Blockaid flags CoW Swap’s cow.fi frontend as malicious, urging users to revoke token approvals and avoid the dApp amid a broader wave of DeFi interface attacks. Blockchain security firm Blockaid has warned that CoW Swap’s primary website COW.FI has been…

The crypto regulation standoff over the CLARITY Act shifted Monday when White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt told an interviewer that negotiations have cleared most remaining obstacles and that he is confident the final issues can be resolved, saying “we’re…

This is an interview with Jonathan Levin, the co-founder and CEO of Chainalysis, a leading blockchain data platform used by over 1,500  government agencies and financial institutions to track cryptocurrency transactions and combat illicit activity conducted by Selva Ozelli exclusively for crypto.news. Jonathan Levin officially assumed…

The CLARITY Act entered what analysts are calling a do-or-die window Tuesday as the Senate returned from Easter recess with roughly 14 working days before midterm politics consume the calendar and the biggest piece of US crypto legislation in history…

XRP ETF and investment product inflows reached $119.6 million for the week ending April 11, the strongest weekly figure since December and more than half of all global crypto fund flows, with Europe rather than the US driving virtually the…

The XRP price debate took a new turn Tuesday when Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse publicly argued that XRP has a realistic shot at overtaking Ethereum in market capitalization, pointing to its cross-border payment utility as the structural foundation for a…

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…

This is an interview with Jonathan Levin, the co-founder and CEO of Chainalysis, a leading blockchain data platform used by over 1,500  government agencies and financial institutions to track cryptocurrency transactions and combat illicit activity conducted by Selva Ozelli exclusively for crypto.news. Jonathan Levin officially assumed…

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%…

Pi Network has completed a major protocol update that brings it even closer to launching full smart contract capabilities on the network. In an April 14 X post, the Pi Network team revealed that the Pi mainnet has successfully been…

Nexo partners with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, reinforcing the company’s expansion in South America. Nexo, the digital assets wealth platform, has announced a partnership with the Argentine Football Association (AFA), becoming the…

Chainlink price is forming a major bullish reversal pattern that could ultimately lead to a potential surge to $12 over the coming weeks. According to data from crypto.news, Chainlink (LINK) price rallied nearly 8% to $9.40 on Tuesday, locking in…

Gurhan Kiziloz credits Nexus International’s $1.2B growth to “brutal simplicity” strategy. Gurhan Kiziloz attributes Nexus International‘s growth to $1.2 billion in annual revenue to what he terms brutal simplicity in management and operations. The Turkish-British entrepreneur maintains 100% ownership of…

Ethereum price rose over 9% on Tuesday amid a broader market rally fueled by renewed hopes of a more stable U.S.-Iran ceasefire soon.  According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price rose 9.2% to a 10-week high of $2,393 on…

Cardano holds attention as investors rotate toward early-stage crypto presales like BlockchainFX. How many people ignore the signs of a massive crypto shift and fail to invest at the right time? Watching others turn small change into life-changing wealth while…

Senhwa Biosciences, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Taiwan, has entered a partnership with a global investment group to accelerate its artificial intelligence-related drug development. According to an April 14 report, Senhwa Biosciences has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)…

BNB holds steady as BlockchainFX presale draws attention from early-stage investors. Timing is everything in crypto, and right now, two names are making serious noise — BNB holding steady around $600, and BlockchainFX (BFX) sitting at just $0.035 in what…

Nigel Farage is facing calls for a formal regulatory probe into his financial involvement with the cryptocurrency firm Stack BTC following his appearance in the company’s promotional content. The Liberal Democrats sent a letter to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)…

Bitcoin price edged closer to the $75,000 mark after news reports suggested a potential de-escalation of the U.S.-Iran war. Bitcoin is now close to breaking out of an ascending triangle that could push it higher this week. According to data…

A bipartisan effort to bridge the divide between Wall Street and the digital asset industry could see a breakthrough as early as this week. Politico reports that Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is preparing to unveil a draft agreement aimed at…

Former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo is leaving the legal profession to commit himself fully to the digital asset space as a strategic adviser for fintech and cryptocurrency startups. The announcement came via a social media post on Sunday, where Giancarlo…

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is gaining fresh momentum in the U.S. Senate as negotiators work to solidify a bipartisan compromise on stablecoin regulations. Patrick Witt, the executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, told…

The crypto market rose 4.3% on Tuesday, moving above the $2.6 trillion mark after reports emerged that Iran could be considering ending the war, as the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continues to apply…

Victims of the multi-billion-dollar OneCoin fraud can now apply for reimbursement through a federal compensation program funded by seized assets. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that over $40 million in forfeited funds has been set aside for investors…

The American Bankers Association has warned that allowing stablecoins to offer interest could trigger a massive exodus of deposits from the traditional banking system. The American Bankers Association (ABA) issued this warning on Monday, countering a recent White House research…

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that Iran will no longer be allowed to “extort the world” as a naval blockade of the country’s ports officially commenced on Monday evening. We can’t let a country blackmail or extort the world,…

South Korean financial regulators have issued a multi-billion won fine and a three-month business suspension against Coinone following a probe into systemic anti-money laundering failures. The Korea Times, Chosun, and Yonhap News reported on Monday that the Financial Intelligence Unit…

Ethereum is trading at $2,255.04 in April 2026, up 7.09% on the monthly chart, after the $2,017.09 monthly low tested and held the ascending support trendline connecting Ethereum’s major lows since 2019. The monthly MACD histogram has turned positive at…

Hyperliquid is trading at $43.60 on April 13, up 2.76% on the 4H session, after printing a high of $46.22 that marks the upper boundary of an ascending channel built from the December 2025 lows near $22. The 4H MACD…

Bitcoin is trading at $72,330 on April 13, pressing the upper trendline of a 4H ascending channel that has been building since the late March lows near $65,000. Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows of $786 million last week, led by BlackRock’s…

The AI stocks that drove three consecutive years of outsized market gains have gone flat in 2026 while the energy sector is up nearly 30 percent, as the Iran war’s energy shock has forced a sector rotation that is rewriting…

The Iran escalation threat that legal experts have called a potential war crime is back on the table Monday as Trump’s naval blockade goes live and his earlier threats to destroy Iran’s power plants, bridges, and water desalination facilities remain…

The memecoin news shaking Washington this week is a formal Senate investigation into an April 25 conference at Mar-a-Lago where attendance is restricted to the top 297 TRUMP token holders and the top 29 receive VIP access to the president,…

The AI jobs data inside Stanford HAI’s 2026 AI Index, released Monday, confirms what many entry-level workers have been experiencing: employment for software developers aged 22 to 25 has fallen nearly 20 percent since late 2022, the exact moment generative…

The US politics story with the most direct impact on American households went live Monday morning when the Navy blockade of Iranian ports took effect at 10 AM ET, pushing Brent crude above $103, WTI to $104, and keeping average…

Bernstein says recent Bitcoin volatility already reflects “real but manageable” quantum‑attack risk, giving developers roughly 3–5 years to roll out a post‑quantum migration path anchored around BIP‑360. Wall Street broker Bernstein argues that the latest pullback in Bitcoin (BTC) has,…

The AI models at the frontier of performance are also the least transparent about how they are built and tested, according to Stanford HAI’s 2026 AI Index released Monday, which found that companies are sharing progressively less about training data…

A new AI spending study published by PwC on April 13 finds that nearly three-quarters of all AI economic value is captured by just one-fifth of organizations, revealing a stark and widening divide between a small group of companies turning…

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…

The AI report that the industry watches most closely landed Monday when Stanford HAI released its 2026 AI Index, revealing that the US performance lead over China has nearly evaporated, with Anthropic’s top model leading the nearest Chinese competitor by…

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…

Bitcoin tax season is reaching its final 48 hours, with the April 15 IRS filing deadline arriving Wednesday and analysts estimating up to $2.8 billion in crypto-related selling pressure entering a market already dealing with Iran war uncertainty, CME futures…

Bitcoin futures open interest on the CME has fallen to a 14-month low of approximately $7.2 billion in early April, extending a five-month decline as the basis trade that drove institutional demand unwinds and the Crypto Fear and Greed Index…

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…

The latest crypto signal on Monday morning came not from a chart but from a diplomatic report: Iran is considering abandoning uranium enrichment as a concession to end the war, a development that lifted bitcoin off its worst weekend levels…

The bitcoin price is range-bound between $68,000 support and $75,000 resistance heading into the most consequential two-week window of 2026, with three catalysts arriving back to back: the Iran ceasefire expiry on April 22, the CLARITY Act Senate markup targeted…

The crypto market entered a new phase of geopolitical stress on Monday morning when the US Navy began enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports at 10 AM ET, sending Brent crude above $103 a barrel and keeping bitcoin pinned near…

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…

AI trading bots emerge as essential tools for navigating fast-moving crypto and stock markets. The cryptocurrency market is a highly dynamic system. It operates around the clock, with price movements influenced by breaking news, emerging trends, and rapidly shifting investor…

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…

RAVE crypto surged over 270% today, reaching a new all-time high of $9.79, due to a massive short squeeze and suspected market manipulation. According to data from crypto.news, RaveDAO (RAVE) price rallied to an all-time high of $9.79 earlier today…

BlockchainFX gains attention as investors seek early-stage opportunities beyond top cryptocurrencies. Missed the boat when a small move could have turned a few hundred bucks into a retirement fund? Many people ignore crypto news and fail to grab the right…

Meta Platforms is experimenting with AI to develop a new way for its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, to communicate with his staff without being physically present. A recent report by the Financial Times says the company is building a photorealistic,…

Investors shift to utility-meme hybrids as projects like DOGEBALL gain traction in the 2026 presale market. Financial freedom in the blockchain space has always favored the fast and the focused. While most retail traders are distracted by fading trends, a…

Hyperliquid price has rallied over 12% in the past seven days, supported by high-profile institutional filings and a surge in commodities trading on the platform. According to data from crypto.news, Hyperliquid (HYPE) price was trading at $41.5 at press time,…