US DOJ strike force ‘restrains’ $701M in crypto in ongoing scam crackdown
Besides freezing crypto, the strike force also seized a Telegram channel used to recruit unsuspecting job seekers and took down...
Month: April 2026
AI-driven hacks could kill DeFi — unless projects act now
In future, DeFi protocols will either become unhackable…. or they will cease to exist. Both outcomes are now possible due...
Morgan Stanley launches stablecoin offering through money market fund
Stablecoin issuers must invest a minimum of $10 million into Morgan Stanley’s money market fund, MSNXX, to access the stablecoin...
US vows to fight ‘industrial scale’ AI theft by Chinese firms
The White House’s office of technology policy said that foreign entities are using proxy accounts and jailbreaking techniques to distill...
Jane Street asks US court to toss Terraform’s insider trading suit
Jane Street has filed to dismiss Terraform’s insider trading suit, arguing the reasons for Terra’s collapse have already been litigated.Trading...
Crypto protocols pledge 43K ETH to restore rsETH backing
Mantle, EtherFi Foundation, Golem Foundation, Lido DAO, Ethena, LayerZero, Ink Foundation and Tyrdo have all made pledges to the “DeFi...
Ethereum Holds Near $2.3K as BitMine Buys 100K ETH and Momentum Weakens
TLDR: BitMine acquired 100,000 ETH, worth about $233.7M, signaling continued large-scale accumulation activity. Ethereum trades near its realized price of...
US soldier charged over $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro’s capture
US prosecutors alleged that Gannon Ken Van Dyke asked Polymarket to delete his account after profiting from trades tied to...
Critical Bitcoin trend change in works, but analysts say daily close above $80K required
Bitcoin’s rally above $79,000 may be a sign that the downtrend is ending, but a multi-day candle close above $80,000...
Altcoins have ‘30% to 60%’ upside if Bitcoin taps $86K: Analyst
MN Trading Capital founder Michael van de Poppe doesn’t expect Bitcoin to drop below $75,000 in the near term, even...
53 DeFi projects infiltrated, 50M NEO tokens could be ‘given back’: Asia Express
Neo founder proposes giving back 50M tokens, more than 50 crypto projects warned they have been infiltrated by North Korea....
BIS Report: Crypto Earn Products Resemble Deposits With No FDIC Protection
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published a Financial Stability Institute report in April 2026, warning that the largest crypto...
Hong Kong Signals Web3 Push as $2B Tokenized Bonds Boost Efficiency
Hong Kong is embedding digital assets deeper into mainstream finance, with tokenization and stablecoins gaining stronger regulatory backing as market...
Tokenized Assets Near $30 Billion as Institutions Expand On-Chain Capital Markets Activity
Tokenized real-world assets are becoming core infrastructure for institutional portfolios as on-chain asset-backed credit and Treasury products scale faster than...
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Turn Fully Positive Across Key Timeframes, Led by Blackrock’s IBIT
Bitcoin ETF inflows have turned positive across all tracked periods, signaling renewed institutional demand for bitcoin exposure. Sustained inflows matter...
