Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden sent letters to Howard Lutnick and Tether CEO Paulo Ardoino asking about a loan Tether reportedly made to Lutnick's family.
XRP Las Vegas 2026 opened its doors Thursday, drawing the XRP community together for what has become one of the most anticipated dedicated gatherings in the digital asset calendar. Running April 30 to May 1, the event follows directly on the heels of the Bitcoin 2026 Conference that wrapped up at the Venetian earlier this …
Bitcoin has climbed roughly 30% from its February lows and bulls have been feeling good about it for weeks. The problem, according to one analyst who has held the same macro thesis unchanged for months, is that this is exactly how it felt before the last two major drops. The bigger picture has not changed. …
Senator Thom Tillis told Fox Business this week that he will push the Senate Banking Committee to schedule a markup for the Clarity Act when lawmakers return from recess on May 11, marking the clearest public commitment yet on timing from one of the bill’s key negotiators. “I’m going to ask the chair to move …
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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss' crypto exchange now holds licenses allowing it to expand into regulated derivatives and prediction markets, the fastest-growing sectors in crypto.
By partnering with Chainalysis to monitor its blockchain data in real-time, Polymarket is signaling to both users and regulators that it is serious about eliminating insider trading and market manipulation.
Sui is a differentiated Layer-1 blockchain, combining novel object-based architecture and parallel execution for high throughput. It's optimized for consumer Web3 apps.
Anchorage seeks to expand its issuance platform through M0, and opens the door to a broad range of firms looking to launch U.S.-regulated stablecoins.
The fund, dubbed CUSHY, targets yield from onchain lending and private credit, offering tokenized access through Superstate for institutional investors.
U.S. banks are looking to delay landmark stablecoin legislation even as crypto firms like Agora push ahead.
Internet Computer (ICP), up 2.4% from Wednesday, joined Aptos (APT) as a top performer.
April 2026 turned into a nightmare for the crypto world. According to CertiK, a blockchain security company, the total amount lost to hacks, scams, and exploits this month crossed $650.9 million. That makes it the worst month for crypto losses since March 2022, when the industry lost roughly $715 million Major Exploits Drove the Losses …
The security intelligence research firm said North Korean-state-backed hackers account for 76% of all crypto scam and hack losses in 2026 and have stolen $6 billion since 2017.
The deal includes a 505 MW gas plant and 1,600 acres in Ohio, offering over 1 GW power capacity for future AI and IT buildout.
The firm's MiCA-compliant euro token aims to speed up euro transfers and support regulated onchain finance as the euro stablecoin market doubled since early 2025.
New data shows unusually high win rates in defense bets, building on research that 3% of traders drive prices and under 1% capture most profits.
Bitcoin is trading near $76,000 after recent selling pressure, while big investors continue to show interest. This shows a growing gap between weak retail confidence and strong long-term buying by major players. Crypto analyst Michael van de Poppe says Bitcoin is now at an important stage, with mixed signals showing a big move could come …
Fresh excitement around Ripple and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) picked up after viral posts claimed XRP is now tied to trillions in global transactions. But analyst Arthur has stepped in to bring clarity as the narrative began to run ahead of reality. Real Progress, But Not What You Think The buzz began …
Your day-ahead look for April 30, 2026
Bitcoin faces profit-taking pressure near $80,000, backed up by a U.S. inflation report that comes as high oil prices and rising bond yields weigh on risk assets.
The exploit used a similar playbook as Drift's $285 million breach earlier this month — a compromised deployer key with no timelock or multisig that resulted in a drain of funds.
MegaETH (MEGA), a new Ethereum Layer 2 network focused on real-time performance, is listing across multiple major centralized and decentralized exchanges simultaneously, including KuCoin, Bitget, Bithumb, Upbit, and Coinbase on 30th April 2026.According to CoinMarketCap, Mega token’s pre-launch price surged past $0.195, jumping over 8% in a day. MegaETH (MEGA) Goes Live on Exchanges MegaETH …
Backed by 20VC, Picus Capital and Coinbase Ventures; XO lets users create and profit from their own prediction markets, and plans to rollout a new vault product to democratize market making.
The conversation around Bitcoin at the Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas took a decisive turn this week after Eric Trump confirmed that the U.S. government is sitting on a massive stash of Bitcoin, and isn’t planning to sell. “The US government holds 300,000 BTC and will not sell it,” Trump said during a panel, reinforcing …
XRP's positive-to-negative sentiment ratio on social media spiked into the FOMO zone on April 29, the same level that has historically marked local tops in the token, per Santiment data.
Open interest in DOGE-tracked futures climbed to 15.36 billion tokens, a sign that traders are adding fresh leverage as the memecoin’s price surges.
Proposal introduces vesting for 40.7 billion insider tokens after 2-year cliff, even as voting power remains concentrated among a handful of large holders
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, but the decision itself was almost beside the point. What rattled crypto markets was a single phrase buried in the policy statement that traders and analysts pulled apart within minutes of its release. Gone was the familiar characterisation of inflation as “somewhat elevated.” In its place, the Fed …
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have now recorded their third straight day of outflows, with total withdrawals crossing $490 million. Following this selling pressure, Bitcoin price dropped 3% after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, and is now trading at $75,621. This shows that short-term institutional confidence in Bitcoin is weakening as several market pressures …