- Texas man gets 23 years for $20 million crypto scam supposedly backed by Picasso and Van Gogh artwork - Bored Apes-creator Yuga Labs taps new CEO as Greg Solano moves to chairman role - Russia-linked Grinex exchange suspends operations after $15 million hack, blames 'hostile states' - Circle hit with class action lawsuit over alleged inaction in $280 million Drift exploit - Clarity Act's stablecoin yield language pushed back; ban on idle balances still intact - Hong Kong's Flow Capital plans to bring $150 million private credit fund onchain: report - Citadel Securities president says firm could enter prediction markets, eyes non-sports use cases - Bitcoin outlook still clouded by 'extreme fear' amid macro uncertainty and profit-taking despite rally to $76K, analysts say - A Look at ChangeNOW's Enterprise Infrastructure: Liquidity, Monetization, and Non-Custodial Scaling - Kraken parent Payward agrees to acquire Bitnomial for up to $550 million - Polish PM says crypto firm tied to Russian mafia and secret service backed political rivals - French minister urges banks to expand euro stablecoins, tokenized deposits: report - Circle rolls out USDC Bridge for native cross-chain stablecoin transfers - Sen. Blumenthal presses DOJ and Treasury on Binance monitor amid Iran sanctions concerns - Bitcoin retakes $78,000 as Trump declares Hormuz 'open and ready for business' - Crypto Council for Innovation adds Digital Energy Council as its first energy-focused member - X exec says Cashtags crypto, stock token feature has driven $1 billion in trading volume - World rolls out World ID 'proof of human' upgrade with Tinder integration, Zoom feature and ticketing tools - Congresswoman Biggs discloses six-figure BlackRock bitcoin ETF buy as BTC rebounds - Alcoa nears deal to sell dormant New York smelter site to Bitcoin miner NYDIG: Bloomberg - Kelp DAO's rsETH bridge apparently exploited for roughly $292 million in LayerZero-based attack - RaveDAO team denies role in RAVE token pump as Binance, Bitget open investigations - EasyDNS accepts responsibility for the eth.limo hijack, its first social engineering breach in 28 years. - Web3 hosting backbone Vercel confirms breach as supposed hacker demands $2 million ransom - Singapore-based Cobo launches agentic wallet with guardrails for AI-led onchain execution - The Funding: Why the bar for crypto VC is higher than ever - Polymarket seeks $400 million raise at $15 billion valuation: report - LayerZero says North Korea's Lazarus likely behind Kelp DAO exploit; blames single-point setup - Coinbase tests AI agents that offer high-level feedback to staff - Spot bitcoin ETFs log nearly $1 billion in weekly inflows, highest since mid-January - Coinbase expands USDC borrowing to the UK, allowing loans against Bitcoin and Ether - Global crypto funds see $1.4 billion in weekly inflows as bitcoin rebound boosts risk appetite: CoinShares - Think even bigger: Michael Saylor's Strategy buys 34,164 bitcoin for $2.5 billion as total holdings top 800,000 BTC - BIS says stablecoins act more like ETFs than money, warns of fragmentation without global rules: report - Bitcoin holds a 'fragile equilibrium' near $75K as ETF demand cushions the crypto market despite Hormuz tensions: analysts - UK gas firm downplays bitcoin mining plans after report suggested pivot - Tom Lee says 'crypto winter is much closer to ending' as Bitmine buys another 101,627 ETH - Ripple races to make XRP Ledger quantum-ready as computing threat turns 'credible' - Tether discloses nearly 2 million-share stake in Bitmain-linked Antalpha - Tether joins $8 million strategic funding round in RWA firm Kaio - Coinbase-incubated x402 protocol unveils app-store for AI bots - A Year Under Paul Atkins: SEC Crypto Embrace Grows as Prediction Markets Draw Scrutiny - Justin Sun Presents Proposals to President Japarov to Advance Kyrgyzstan’s Vision as a Web3, AI Innovation Hub - Grayscale's amended Hyperliquid ETF filing drops Coinbase as custodian, names Anchorage - DeFi losses top $600 million in weeks as Kelp DAO exploit drags TVL to one-year low - Inside Bitwise’s Avalanche ETP and institutional strategy with Matt Hougan - Pokémon TCG marketplaces near record as tokenized collectibles show staying power - Senate crypto bill faces April setback amid growing pressure to get legislation through: report - Kelp DAO shifts blame to LayerZero for $292 million exploit; Aave examines bad debt scenarios - Arbitrum freezes $71 million worth of ETH stolen in Kelp DAO exploit