Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, has now surpassed BlackRock IBIT Fund in Bitcoin holdings, which holds 802,823 BTC. The company now controls more than 4% of Bitcoin’s entire supply, with an estimated unrealized profit of $242 million returning to the books. This indicates rising institutional competition and stronger long-term conviction in Bitcoin. Strategy …
A survey by Nomura reveals that roughly 80% of Japan's investment professionals plan to allocate up to 5% of their portfolios to digital assets by 2029.
What you need to know for April 21, 2026
Aave is sitting on up to $230 million in bad debt from the Kelp DAO exploit. The Umbrella safety reserve holds $80 to $100 million, according to analyst estimates. That gap has to come from somewhere, and right now, the options on the table are ugly for everyone involved. Depositors could take a haircut. stkAAVE …
Bitcoin advanced while altcoins continued to struggle after the weekend's DeFi exploit, with markets eyeing Middle East tensions and shifting risk sentiment.
Marisks, a maritime risk company, alerted ships stranded by the Hormuz blockade to scammers posing as Iranian authorities asking for bitcoin or USDT.
The crypto market has slipped into green today, with Bitcoin trading around $75,900, up over 2% in the last 24 hours. The total market cap has climbed to roughly $2.5 trillion. Despite the upside, the market is still in a “Bitcoin season,” with the Altcoin Season Index sitting below 40, meaning most altcoins are still …
The Reddit XRP community is divided over whether a proposed U.S. crypto bill could change the outlook for XRP. One Reddit user started the discussion if the bill actually changes anything for XRP adoption or if it’s more of a symbolic thing? The draft law, called the “Clarity Act,” aims to set clear rules for …
The BOK will increase scrutiny of crypto markets and non-bank finance, and will also modernize currency markets for 24-hour foreign exchange trading, he said.
A Reddit post has sparked debate inside the XRP community after a user spent two to three hours running XRP’s investment thesis through both Claude and DeepSeek, prompted by a German finance analyst setting a $9 mid-term price target for the token. What the AI returned was not reassurance. It was a list of structural …
Leveraged accumulation and new capital tools push MSTR ahead of the world’s largest spot bitcoin ETF.
The KelpDAO exploiter moved 75,700 ETH (approximately $175 million) across two new wallet addresses on April 21, 2026. This happened just hours after Arbitrum’s Security Council announced that froze 30,766 ETH linked to the same hack. Meanwhile, this suggests the attacker is actively trying to stay ahead of recovery efforts. KelpDAO Exploiter Moves $175M ETH …
Bitcoin's comparative stability during geopolitical turmoil has reinforced its appeal as a hedge.
KelpDAO hackers are moving $290M in stolen crypto across blockchains, using privacy tools to mask the trail as DeFi contagion fears move through the sector.
Imagine your grandmother puts her life savings into Aave – one of the biggest DeFi protocols on the planet. Then on Monday morning she tries to withdraw and cannot. Not because Aave was hacked. Aave says it is operating as intended. Not because rsETH was hacked. rsETH says all code is safe. Not because LayerZero …
The Arbitrum Security Council has taken emergency action to freeze 30,766 ETH (worth $70 million) connected to the KelpDAO exploit. The action was taken to block attacker access and protect user funds, but it has also raised concerns over decentralization in crypto systems. Arbitrum Freezes 30,766 ETH After KelpDAO Exploit Today on X, the Arbitrum …
The Qivalis consortium is made up of: Banca Sella, BBVA, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Danske Bank, DekaBank, DZ BANK, ING, KBC, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, and UniCredit.
The fate of the U.S. crypto market structure bill, known as the CLARITY Act, hangs in the balance as lawmakers run out of time to advance it in the Senate. The legislation, which passed the House of Representatives in July 2025 with bipartisan support, has yet to clear a key procedural step. With no date …
The layer-2 network's security council moved 30,766 ETH to a frozen intermediary wallet, accessible only via further governance action.
Bitcoin traded at $75,733 on Tuesday morning, up 1.5% over 24 hours, as Iran signaled it will send a team to Pakistan talks and Brent crude slipped ahead of the Wednesday ceasefire deadline.
Ripple has laid out a four-phase plan to make the XRP Ledger quantum-resistant by 2028.
Ice Open Network has confirmed a security breach involving its identity database, shaking user confidence while highlighting growing risks tied to third-party service providers in crypto. The April 15 breach came from four former partners tied to a third-party service provider, who leaked user data like emails and 2FA phone numbers after accessing an external …
Something is clearly shifting inside the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse isn’t staying quiet about it. Responding to recent comments from Paul Atkins, he described the new direction as a long-overdue reset, especially after what he sees as a difficult period for the crypto industry under earlier leadership. From “War …
ASTEROID’s extraordinary run changed the conversation. A token that sat at a $50,000 market cap before Elon Musk replied to a girl’s SpaceX mascot request briefly touched a $20 million market cap within hours and posted a 68,428% weekly gain according to CoinGecko data before pulling back roughly 40%. The question traders are now asking …
Pi Network co-founder Nicolas Kokkalis is set to speak at Consensus 2026 in Miami on May 7, joining a panel titled “How to Prove You’re Human in an AI World Without Doxing Yourself” at the Convergence Stage from 10:15 to 10:45 AM EDT. The session addresses what Pi’s core team describes as one of the …
Under the 2012 STOCK (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge) Act, congressional members and other government employees are mandated to report stocks, bonds, and cryptocurrency trades of over $1,000 within 45 days of executing them. Here is a compilation of the top 5 crypto choices, and a few little-known extra choices: Top 5 crypto choices in …
Leading asset manager Grayscale has now updated its HYPE ETF (ticker: GHYP) filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to designate Anchorage Digital as its custodian, replacing Coinbase. HYPE ETF: Why Grayscale has replaced Coinbase with Anchorage Digital Notably, Grayscale has decided to replace Coinbase with Anchorage Digital, mainly for competition, concentration, and …
More than $500 million was siphoned across the Drift and Kelp exploits in just over two weeks. What once looked like isolated breaches now resembles a sustained campaign, likely driven by the financial needs of a sanctioned state.
Aave published a report outlining two possible outcomes: around $123 million in losses if damage is shared across all rsETH, or up to $230 million if confined to Layer 2s, with the final impact depending on how Kelp DAO allocates the shortfall.
Crypto steadied despite rising Iran tensions, but DeFi is reeling from one of the largest exploits of the year.