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North Korean hackers stole $6 billion in cryptocurrency through April, capturing 76% of 2026's total hack value, while U.S. senators banned themselves from prediction market trading amid insider trading concerns. Stablecoins are overtaking Bitcoin in Latin America adoption, and lawmakers are advancing crypto market structure legislation despite ethics disputes, with major financial institutions including Morgan Stanley and Visa quietly integrating crypto infrastructure.
North Korean hackers stole $6 billion in cryptocurrency, with April attacks accounting for 76% of the year's total theft value through mid-April, according to TRM Labs data.
The U.S. Senate voted to prohibit senators and staff from trading on prediction markets, citing insider trading concerns after members made bets on election outcomes and policy decisions.
According to Bitso data, stablecoin purchases have surpassed Bitcoin transactions in Latin America, marking a shift in regional crypto adoption patterns.
A crypto market structure bill is moving toward a May legislative push, though progress has been complicated by ethics disputes and connections to prominent political figures.
Visa is integrating stablecoins into mainstream payment systems, while Coinbase is launching a tokenized share class fund via Superstate in Q2, and Senators Warren and Wyden are pressing Tether regarding a loan to a Commerce Secretary's family trust.
Bitcoin was trading at $75,900 on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve’s latest rate decision sent a chill through crypto markets, capping three straight days of withdrawals from US spot Bitcoin
Bitcoin was trading at $75,900 on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve’s latest rate decision sent a chill through crypto markets, capping three straight days of withdrawals from US spot Bitcoin
The Senate agreed unanimously to revise its rules to ban members and their staffs from wagers on prediction markets platforms.
Morgan Stanley’s Amy Oldenburg said a future move by major banks to put Bitcoin on their balance sheets is “not totally out of the question,” pointing to regulatory progress while warning that capital
A new crypto crime report by TRM Labs paints a stark picture of how North Korean hacking groups have been operating in 2026 so far. Through April, they were responsible for 76% of all losses tied to c
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the rare Western entry in the open-source top tier, but it costs multiples more than Chinese rivals that beat it on benchmarks.
A Bitso report shows shifting user behavior as dollar-linked stablecoins gain traction for everyday financial use across Latin America’s inflation-hit economies.
Crypto legislation is gaining momentum, with lawmakers eyeing a potential mid-May markup—even as key disputes remain unresolved.
The Arbitrum Security Council froze 30,766 ETH that the Kelp DAO attacker had moved to an Arbitrum One address.
The admission in federal court is a rare acknowledgment of the use of distillation techniques as AI firms compete to build more capable and cheaper models.
A crypto analyst is sounding the alarm about Bitcoin (BTC), warning investors to sell their coins before the next price crash. According to the market expert, Bitcoin could be preparing for another ma
Analysts warn that the Bitcoin rally was fueled by speculative futures trading, mirroring conditions that preceded the 2022 crypto crash.
OpenAI's new opt-in security feature requires passkeys, limits recovery options, and excludes chats from training.
With the end of April in sight, another exploit involving dormant Ethereum mainnet addresses appears to have occurred.
Canonical announced plans to bake AI into Linux's most popular distro. The community that chose Ubuntu specifically to avoid this kind of thing was not thrilled.
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest snapped up over 500,000 shares of Robinhood on Wednesday, joining a wave of analysts who believe a surge in April trading activity will outweigh a recent earnings disappointme
S. Res. 708 prohibits senators and staff from using prediction markets, and became effective immediately upon passage.
Visa said its settlement pilot for stablecoins now supports nine blockchains and has reached a run rate of $7 billion a year. The company announced on April 29 that it added Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon
Bitcoin’s recent rejection near key resistance has raised fresh concerns about the strength of its ongoing rally. After a steady climb, signs of selling pressure are beginning to emerge, hinting that
Bitcoin found support above a key investor cost-basis level as spot BTC ETF flows and spot positioning compressed BTC’s price range in preparation for the next trending move.
Pyongyang-linked hackers drained $577 million from two DeFi platforms in April, underscoring an escalating threat to crypto markets.
U.S. senators are now barred from trading on prediction markets following the unanimous passage of a resolution on Thursday.
Polymarket has selected Chainalysis to flag suspicious trades as insider betting concerns mount and regulators tighten scrutiny on prediction markets.
Why did OpenAI have to write "never mention goblins" into its production code on ChatGPT? The company has published a post-mortem.
Sens. Warren and Wyden are pressing Tether and Commerce Secretary Lutnick over a reported loan made to a trust tied to Lutnick’s children.
Veteran trader Peter Brandt has shared a weekly chart and asked traders how deep they think XRP could fall into support. The post matters because Brandt’s chart frames XRP not as a clean momentum brea
The Coinbase Stablecoin Yield Fund aims to generate yield by lending stablecoins and private credit investment opportunities.
Sentora has announced that Sentora Smart Yield is now publicly available, opening access to its DeFi vault discovery and monitoring platform to all users.
Long-term memory limits what AI agents can do. Walrus is going after it with MemWal plus new OpenClaw and NemoClaw integrations.
Internal data shows users mute crypto more than politics and global conflict on X’s For You feed.
The team-up between Polymarket and Chainalysis aims to bring institutional-grade compliance monitoring to crypto prediction markets.
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.
World Liberty Financial’s native token WLFI lost roughly 17% of its value on Wednesday as a governance proposal affecting more than 62 billion WLFI tokens officially opened for community voting
X has given users a new way to turn down the noise in their For You feeds. The first signal from that tool should make the crypto industry uncomfortable. According to X product executive Nikita Bier,
Ethereum layer-2 network MegaETH will unlock its native MEGA token over time, and reward it to users, as key benchmarks are met.
Despite Ether’s 8% deviation from 10-week highs above $2,460, data suggests that ETH's price could still rise toward $3,000 as a new month begins.
USDT0 is now the third-largest holder of Tether's USDT stablecoin, which it uses to back its multi-chain asset 1:1.
Bitcoin price action risked repeating January's breakdown despite April being poised to offer the best monthly BTC price gains in a year.
The latest holder data from Santiment shows that crypto adoption is still increasing, even as prices are without a clear bullish trend across the market. Bitcoin is approaching a major wallet mileston
Some market watchers liken Strategy's STRC preferred stock to a "circular" Ponzi scheme model, but Benchmark disagrees.
HederaCon 2026 will take place on May 4 at the Faena Forum in Miami Beach, bringing together leaders from global finance, policy, and enterprise to explore how tokenization, stablecoins, interoperabil
Tether Investments proposed a three-way merger to create a Bitcoin platform combining mining, treasury management, and financial services
The incident shows that as more real-world outcomes become tradable, the real bottleneck is not trading itself, but the integrity and certification of the data used for settlement, argues Hallali.
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.
Solana Ventures, Solana Labs' Anatoly Yakovenko and Solana Foundation’s Nick Ducoff have all participated in the round.
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 manipul
A DCO license will now allow crypto exchange Gemini to act as a clearinghouse for its derivatives-related businesses.
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