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April 2026

Every story TheChainPost published in April 2026. Most recent first.

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ONDO technical read on 30 April 2026: MACD histogram positive, RSI neutral

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North Korean-linked hackers siphon $577M from DRIFT and Kelp, leaving 76% of 2026 hacks

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Galaxy Digital-linked wallets move 45,000 ETH to exchanges as ETH slides

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APT volume stays below average as support sees accumulation signals, CoinDesk flags distribution risk

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security

April’s crypto hacks set records, with Aave hit via KelpDAO and Drift losing $280M

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regulation

Apple Mac AI demand spikes, Tim Cook says models are sold out and forecasts missed

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security

EUR/USD slides as higher oil prices boost US dollar support, Societe Generale says

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AUD/USD jumps toward 0.7200 after Japan intervention drains USD

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stablecoins

Stablecoins hit 40% of crypto purchases in Latin America, CoinTurk reports

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TAO trades sideways near $248 as $232 support tests, with BTC correlation raising risk

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macro

Taiwan growth stays resilient as CBC keeps a cautious, measured policy stance, UOB says

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‘Yentervention’ jolts FX markets as Japan intervenes and the US dollar drops

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Ethereum Foundation opens EPF7 fellowship with a 92,000 ETH reserve

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stablecoins

Dem senators press Commerce Sec Howard Lutnick on alleged Tether-backed loans to his children

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regulation

U.S. Senate bans members and staff from betting on prediction market platforms

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HBAR technicals: downtrend persists as 0.0876 support draws attention

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Bitcoin in wartime claim boils down to a random tweet, not “BTC bears” data

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Musk says xAI used OpenAI models in Grok, via distillation, in court testimony

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Real-World Assets (RWA) aim to connect siloed markets with programmable access

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Polymarket’s $16M clavicular pregnancy bet tests UMA oracle, with traders calling the resolution layer “disinformation engine”

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XRP slips to $1.37 after 4.2% weekly drop, analysts spot fragile momentum

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Mesh appoints Jason Ne Win as first CEO of APAC as it ramps up Asia-Pacific expansion

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Ethereum’s momentum stays mixed as traders eye whale activity and key levels

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security

Hundreds of dormant ETH wallets drained for $800,000 via ThorChain obfuscation

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Jumio Watch aims to spot identity risk after onboarding, says early studies flag 25% more risk

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Arbitrum DAO votes to return 30.766 ETH from Kelp hacker to DeFi United

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regulation

China manufacturing output holds up as demand cools, UOB flags uneven recovery

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macro

ECB keeps key rates unchanged, euro stable as markets treat the move as expected

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Hawkish RBA bets lift the Australian dollar, even as global peers turn dovish

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Bitcoin slips from $76,200 to $75,000 after Fed keeps rates steady

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Stablecoins beat Bitcoin for Latin America purchases as dollar-linked usage rises, Bitso report says

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Mistral AI’s Medium 3.5 lands as open-source top tier, but critics point to a price gap

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Analyst links crypto trust loss to Gensler exit, warns Powell could trigger a similar credibility hit

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Bitcoin ETF outflows hit a third straight day as IBIT leads $137.8M exits

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RAVE drops 10% as liquidations spike and open interest falls

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CryptoQuant flags speculative signals in Bitcoin’s April rally as spot and futures metrics diverge

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stablecoins

Tether leans into USDT infrastructure with new self-custody push and 140,000+ BTC treasury claim

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macro

Summer lull hits BTC as BAT drops 60% in 5 months amid macro jitters

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regulation

Crypto market structure bill nears mid-May markup as disputes and political ties stall clarity

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Bitcoin hovers near $76,350 as $2.69B in long positions sits close to $74,000

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regulation

Apple tops March-quarter targets as Services hits record, iPhone revenue misses forecast

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Arbitrum Security Council votes to release 30,766 frozen ETH after Kelp DAO attacker move

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macro

US stocks close higher as Alphabet hits all-time high on broad rally

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Analysts warn of another Bitcoin crash, pointing to a possible $40,000 correction

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regulation

Lawsuit claims OpenAI failed to report ChatGPT’s violent plans after Tumbler Ridge attack

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Solana yield protocol Carrot shuts down after Drift exploit losses

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Analysts warn Bitcoin rally rests on speculative futures, echoes 2022 crash conditions

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exchanges

Kraken launches bundled portfolios for crypto and tokenized stocks with automatic rebalancing

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KAS technical view: tight range, $0.0317 marked as critical stop level

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse praises UAE expansion amid “leaders attract leaders” push

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mining

Riot Platforms reports mixed Q1 results during leadership transition period

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21Shares lists a physically backed Dogecoin ETP on Xetra, expanding DOGE access in Europe

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Crypto markets pause after three-day slide as Big Tech earnings and FOMC pressure cool

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security

DefiLLama reports April 2026 as crypto’s most-hacked month by incident count

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Elon Musk says most crypto projects are scams in OpenAI testimony, citing Bitcoin and Dogecoin

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WLFI and Genesis Trading move 9,982 ETH as Ethereum tests $2.2K

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regulation

Ant International’s AI commerce push links payment, accounts, and embedded finance

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Bitcoin dips as oil jumps on Iran tensions, risk assets unwind

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macro

Bank of England expected to keep rates steady as inflation fears rise

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Bitcoin’s Iran-war rally leaves it split between safe haven and risk asset

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exchanges

HTX opens trading for GENIUS as exchange adds new listing

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Nigeria leads Africa on Solana as a blockchain hub, report cites $162,000 inflows

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How provably fair systems aim to cut “trust me” in crypto casino games

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OpenAI adds opt-in passkey security for ChatGPT users

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stablecoins

US stocks hit new highs while BTC lingers under $80,000, spotlighting USDC payments

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regulation

X rebuilds its AI advertising platform, aiming to regain advertisers

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macro

EUR/USD stalls below 61.8% Fibonacci, buyers test the 200-day SMA

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Trump extends Iran ceasefire as stock market hits record

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stablecoins

OKX signs on as key sponsor for XRP Las Vegas 2026 as Ripple promotes RLUSD

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Dogecoin and Shiba Inu traders move more assets to exchanges, profit-taking jitters rise

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regulation

US Senate votes to ban sitting senators from trading prediction markets

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security

Commerzbank flags growing India risks under resilient growth, citing inflation, deficits, and global headwinds

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Bitcoin holds above $75K cost-basis as spot ETF flows tighten BTC’s trading range

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Ark Invest bought Robinhood shares as analysts frame crypto slump as temporary

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WLD technical review flags consolidation near $0.25, warns bearish signals and $0.2375 support risk

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XRP sees a volume jump while price stalls, suggesting traders are moving without a breakout

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Franklin Templeton points to a 2026 Bitcoin path back above $100,000

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regulation

US Senate bars senators and staff from using prediction markets via S. Res. 708

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regulation

Hoskinson warns the CLARITY Act could block new ADA rivals

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MegaETH MEGA token starts trading with 13 exchange spot listings and DEX access

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ASTER price is testing key support near 0.6435, with 0.6634 resistance in focus

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stablecoins

RLUSD adoption grows, but XRP price stays stuck under $1.40

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Consensus 2026 in Miami brings TradFi firms into crypto’s RWA, stablecoins and prediction markets

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Polymarket hires Chainalysis for on-chain monitoring aimed at insider trading enforcement

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Strategy CEO compares 11.5% STRC dividends to a paycheck and suggests “mortgage” leverage

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macro

Fed keeps rates steady, BTC rebounds to about $76.3K as Warsh candidate draws crypto attention

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stablecoins

Analyst claims XRP fundamentals are accelerating despite months of weak price action

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security

Pyongyang-linked hackers drain $577M from two DeFi platforms in April

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stablecoins

Moonpay pays $100M for Sodot in an all-stock deal, launching Moonpay Institutional

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ICP technical levels: $2.318 support in focus, $2.4285 resistance on deck

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web3

OMI adds a pre-outreach decision layer, aiming to fix how PR teams pick media targets before they use databases

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regulation

Crypto faces its toughest challenges yet as regulation, security risks, and volatility pile up

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New Fed chair pick raises short-term risks for Bitcoin, per CoinDesk

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CryptoAppsy pitches instant market tracking, alerts, and unified portfolio balance

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stablecoins

ARK buys $39M Robinhood after Q1 miss, while Bitcoin wrestles with resistance

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stablecoins

US senators probe reported $USDT loan tied to Howard Lutnick family foundation

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regulation

White House drafts a federal access plan for Anthropic Mythos amid Pentagon limits

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OpenAI explains why ChatGPT kept bringing up “goblins” in production code

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security

ZetaChain alleged bug-report miss as $334K exploit emerges in DeFi’s worst month in 13 months

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Hoskinson blasts CLARITY Act, says it could cement “winners and losers” in crypto regulation

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Bitcoin faithful hit Las Vegas, but the rally failed to arrive

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Crypto apathy brings 2019-style conditions, analyst Flood says AI rotation could be the catalyst

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Long steel market eyeing robust growth as infrastructure and construction demand rise

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Bitcoin under $80K as institutions step in, Ethereum holds range, XRP edges up

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macro

Stocks slip as oil jumps, with hawkish FOMC stoking rate-fear risk

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ETC technicals point to support test near $8.35 as RSI stays neutral and MACD turns bearish

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Lucintel: building information modeling market forecast points to $24,334M by 2035

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Rakuten Wallet adds direct XRP access for 44M Rakuten Pay users, RippleX says

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Solana slips toward $78 as XRP records $250M+ net ETF inflows

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macro

Fed keeps rates at 3.50%–3.75%, Powell’s hawkish tone meets a mildly green BTC

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AAVE at key $93.19 support, CoinDesk flags two break scenarios

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regulation

Global Settlement Network joins Canton as validator, rolls out GSX ID compliance credentials

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Bitcoin claws back $76K after Fed hold, but liquidation whiplash hits $266M in longs

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Avalanche podcast spotlights Tassat and Lynq, plus institutional workflow themes

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AUD/USD jumps on stronger China PMI data as US dollar slides

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macro

USD/CAD drops after dollar weakens on Japan FX intervention speculation

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mining

MARA shares pop after $1.5B Ohio deal adds 505-MW power plant and AI data center site

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Walrus’ MemWal targets long-term memory limits for AI agents with new OpenClaw and NemoClaw integrations

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3K ETH chatter returns for May as price slips from 10-week highs

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NEAR technical picture April 30, 2026 turns neutral as MACD stays negative

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macro

Powell says he will stay at the Fed as rates hold near 3.5% to 3.75%

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Crypto gets muted on Elon Musk’s X, internal data says — politics still louder

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stablecoins

Circle launches gas-free Nanopayments on mainnet, enabling tiny USDC transfers across 11 networks

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Dubai to host RWA Summit on May 1, part of Global RWA Week initiative

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stablecoins

Meta rolls out USDC creator payments, adds Solana and Polygon support

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stablecoins

Ripple’s RLUSD nears $1.6B market cap as Fed reviews policy for XRP-linked stablecoin access

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stablecoins

Meta adds USDC creator payments in Colombia and the Philippines via Stripe, using Solana and Polygon wallets

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Hyperliquid whale sits on 1,500% XRP short profit as a ‘Sell in May’ correction plays out

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stablecoins

Solana funds Swiss research institute after $650B stablecoin transfer surge

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Elon Musk likes Bitcoin but calls most crypto “scams” in OpenAI lawsuit testimony

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MEGA TGE holders still in the game, Bubblemaps says 50% remain holding tokens

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Sui pitches object-based parallel execution for consumer Web3 apps, analyst says

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Talkie-1930 claims 13B parameters and 260B tokens, with tests for generalization

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Bitcoin price action risks a repeat of January’s breakdown, Cointelegraph warns

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defi

Centrifuge tokenizes credit and treasury products, adds Apollo and Janus on Monad

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HederaCon 2026 set for May 4 in Miami Beach, spotlighting tokenization, stablecoins and interoperability

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Bitcoin stalls below $80,000 as roughly $390M exits from BTC ETFs

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stablecoins

XRP slips back after “clean rejection” and loses mid-April breakout momentum

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stablecoins

Coinbase Asset Management rolls out CUSHY, a tokenized fund aimed at qualified investors

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Vitalik-backed MegaETH MEGA drops 55% on day one after a brief spike

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MegaETH plans a timed MEGA token unlock and user rewards as it tests its Layer-2 milestones

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stablecoins

XRP faces ‘two forces’ holding it back as traders lean macro-first

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stablecoins

99.2% of omni-chain Tether-backed stablecoin holders hold under $1,000 USDT0

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Bitcoin and XRP adoption rises on-chain as wallets near milestones, Santiment data shows

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security

276 arrested as crypto scams surge, millions lost in U.S. pig butchering probe

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AIMCo buys $219M of MSTR shares, its first bitcoin-linked allocation

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regulation

Gemini lands CFTC license, aiming for full-cycle clearing on its XRP-focused market

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web3

April in blockchain: how April’s mainnet changes point to future protocol architecture

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stablecoins

Shinhan Card starts a Solana stablecoin payment trial for 28 million users

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Bitcoin holds up as risk assets wobble, briefly nears $80,000

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CC technical picture: support near $0.1507, resistance around $0.1525 as MACD turns bearish

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X’s “Snooze Topics” hits crypto hardest as users mute cryptocurrency

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memecoins

Shiba Inu jumps 30% since February, but $0.0000065 resistance still holds

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Musk testifies in OpenAI trial as AI safety and governance take center stage

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India’s fractional ownership boom runs into GST uncertainty, with REIT tax and ITC traps in focus

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Cyberport signs MoU with Thailand Science Park to expand Hong Kong–Thailand I&T collaboration

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stablecoins

Tether Investments pitches three-way merger to build a Bitcoin platform with mining and financial services

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Bitcoin tests the 100-day MA near $72K as $80K breakout fails

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regulation

1.1 billion XRP moved by whales as large-wallet supply drops, analyst flags redistribution risk

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stablecoins

Warsh-led “contested” Fed narrative reshapes crypto risk pricing, HTX Research says

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Nordea analysis boosts odds of an ECB June rate hike as core inflation and wages stay hot

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regulation

Speaker Mike Johnson says US isn’t in a war with Iran, Congress vote not required

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ASSET (REAL Finance) goes live on Kraken for funding and trading from April 30, 2026

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REAL Finance launches $ASSET token on OKX, KuCoin, Kraken and MEXC in coordinated debut

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TON technical levels tighten near $1.32 as traders watch breaks above $1.3603 or below $1.3041

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regulation

65% of institutions cite CLARITY Act clarity as XRP demand catalyst

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WLFI technicals flag higher risk after a downtrend, support at 0.0593 in focus

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memecoins

Dogecoin jumps as futures open interest hits a yearly high

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regulation

Polymarket-style real-world bets spotlight a data integrity problem

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Gemini secures derivatives license, signals expansion into prediction markets

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Incrypted Conference 2026 returns to Kyiv on June 13 with 3,000+ participants

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XRP sentiment jumps, but weaker participation keeps price stuck in consolidation

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memecoins

Shiba Inu open interest jumps 15% as whales add, CoinTurk says

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Coinbase launches tokenized credit fund aimed at linking traditional credit and digital assets

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Solana yield exchange Exponent raises $5M seed, with Solana Ventures and Labs backers

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regulation

Gemini wins CFTC approval, can clear derivatives through new DCO license

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Polymarket brings Chainalysis monitoring onboard for tighter oversight of prediction markets

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regulation

Anchorage Digital teams with M0 to expand a US-regulated stablecoin issuance platform

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Crypto for Advisors: Sui’s object-based design aims at fast, consumer Web3 apps

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Bitcoin posts 40% jump vs gold since March as macro and technical risks loom

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regulation

Polymarket brings in Chainalysis to curb insider trading as it targets $15B valuation

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stablecoins

Tether eyes XXI-STRK-Elektron merger, floats plan for a broader BTC platform

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Gold ticks up as USD softens, but “higher-for-longer” rates keep upside in check

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Grok AI price ranges for BTC, ETH, and XRP hinge on specific support levels by May 2026

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macro

Hassett warns central banks against new rate hikes, frames it as a policy mistake for the Fed and ECB

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macro

CAD growth momentum underpins Bank of Canada hold, says RBC Economics in 2025 outlook

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stablecoins

Spain leads Europe in EURC retail stablecoin payments, per Brighty data cited by Cointelegraph

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regulation

South Korean prosecutors seek 20-year prison for Delio CEO over FTX fallout

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Bitcoin’s drop after Gensler leaves undercuts the “regulation is the blocker” storyline

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Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF gains traction as BlackRock’s IBIT sees $167M weekly outflows

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Standard Chartered forecasts $2T tokenized asset market by 2028 as banks, exchanges push infrastructure

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MARA to buy Long Ridge gas plant in $1.5B deal, pivoting from bitcoin mining

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Solana launches Swiss research institute to help European firms evaluate its blockchain

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BTC stays below $80K as analysts cite overhead supply, profit-taking, and ETF outflows

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regulation

Spain leads EURC retail usage in Europe, Brighty data points to early MiCA-era adoption

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HYPE technical snapshot shows bearish short-term bias, RSI sub-50 and MACD momentum negative

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macro

Fed rate cut hopes fade as PCE inflation holds at 3.5%

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CLARITY Act seen as XRP’s regulatory unlock, Yahoo survey cited by analysts

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Wasabi Protocol reports $5M+ cross-chain hack across Ethereum, Base, and more

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exchanges

Binance to delist 23 cryptocurrencies from its Alpha platform

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