Capital B secures $1.28M from Adam Back to build Bitcoin stash

Capital B has secured fresh backing from Blockstream CEO Adam Back through a 1. 1 million euro ($1. 28 million) warrant issuance, deepening the cryptographer’s exposure to the French-listed Bitcoin treasury firm. дальше »

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Bitcoin Holds Firm At $78,463, Ready For A 10% Upside As On-Chat Data Shows Powerful Smart Money Inflows 

Smart money is positioning itsefl in Bitcoin as whale wallets are consistently buying tokens, an accumulation trend that is set to trigger BTC price rises. дальше »

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Bitcoiners Agree Satoshi’s Coins Must Remain Untouched

A firm consensus is emerging among developers and crypto advocates to leave Satoshi Nakamoto's original Bitcoin stash completely untouched. дальше »

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Ethereum Foundation Sells 10,000 ETH Again

The Ethereum Foundation has completed its third OTC ETH sale to BitMine Immersion Technologies, with Tom Lee’s firm continuing to accumulate large amounts of Ethereum. дальше »

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TRM Labs: North Korea-linked hackers drive 76% of 2026 crypto thefts

TRM Labs says North Korea-linked hackers have stolen about $577m in 2026 so far—76% of all crypto hack losses—driven by massive hits on KelpDAO and Drift Protocol. A new report from blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs finds that organizations linked… дальше »

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Polymarket taps blockchain data firm Chainalysis to curb insider trading

Polymarket is moving to tighten oversight on its fast-growing prediction market platform through a new partnership with blockchain analytics company Chainalysis. The move comes as the firm seeks to strengthen market integrity while pursuing a reported $15 billion valuation. дальше »

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XRP price stuck below $1.5, but bullish signals are piling up

XRP is entering May with rising bullish sentiment and renewed trader activity following a series of April developments tied to retail adoption and institutional use cases. According to Santiment, XRP’s social sentiment has reached its second-highest level in two years, with the firm linking the surge in part to Rakuten’s recent integration of XRP into its ecosystem. дальше »

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The long con: How North Korean spies spent months in-person to drain $285 million from Drift

The security intelligence research firm said North Korean-state-backed hackers account for 76% of all crypto scam and hack losses in 2026 and have stolen $6 billion since 2017. дальше »

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Germany’s AllUnity expands EURAU to Solana as euro stablecoins gain traction

The firm's MiCA-compliant euro token aims to speed up euro transfers and support regulated onchain finance as the euro stablecoin market doubled since early 2025. дальше »

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XRP Sees 2nd-Highest Bullish Sentiment in 2 Years: What It Means for the Price

XRP (XRP) bullish social sentiment on social media has reached its second-highest level in the past two years, according to Santiment. According to the analytics firm, Rakuten’s recent announcement was a key driver behind the surge. дальше »

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South Korea’s Hashed secures ADGM license to enter Middle East crypto market

South Korea-based crypto venture firm Hashed has secured regulatory approval to operate from Abu Dhabi Global Market, expanding its presence into the Middle East’s regulated financial zone. According to a company announcement, Hashed’s group entity, Hashed Global Management Limited, has… дальше »

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Tapbit Reinforces Transparency with Proof of Reserves and Independent Security Validation by CertiK

Tapbit today announced it has integrated real-time infrastructure monitoring from blockchain security firm CertiK, complementing its existing Proof of Reserves (PoR) framework to meet institutional demands for verifiable exchange data. дальше »

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Breaking: Ripple Expands Its Presence in Middle East with New HQ

Enterprise blockchain firm Ripple is significantly expanding its Middle East and Africa (MEA) operations by launching a new regional headquarters in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). дальше »

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Peter Schiff Continues to Go After MicroStrategy, But Is He Right This Time?

Peter Schiff renewed his attack on Strategy’s Bitcoin accumulation playbook. He argued the firm’s growing share of the supply has done nothing to support the BTC price. The longtime gold advocate posted from outside the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas. дальше »

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Morgan Stanley Executive on Bitcoin: ‘We Are Still So Early on This Journey’

Bitcoin Magazine Morgan Stanley Executive on Bitcoin: ‘We Are Still So Early on This Journey’ Amy Oldenburg, head of digital assets at Morgan Stanley, says client education — not product design — is the central challenge facing bitcoin adoption at the firm and across the industry. дальше »

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Everyone is watching America’s crypto boom but Israel and Pakistan may be showing what comes next

This month, Israel and Pakistan supplied a quieter test for crypto than the one playing out in US capital markets. What if the more important 2026 shift is happening where digital assets meet local money and bank accounts? Israeli crypto firm Bits of Gold said Israel's Capital Market Authority approved the issuance and distribution of […] The post Everyone is watching America’s crypto boom but Israel and Pakistan may be showing what comes next appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Ripple Prime Adds BTC Options via Bullish

Enterprise blockchain firm Ripple has significantly expanded its institutional offerings by deepening the integration between its prime brokerage arm, Ripple Prime, and the digital asset exchange Bullish. дальше »

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MoonPay buys Sodot to power new institutional crypto services unit

Crypto payments firm MoonPay is stepping further into institutional services after acquiring Sodot, a startup focused on digital asset security. The company said Wednesday that it will use Sodot’s key management technology as the backbone of a newly formed division… дальше »

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Giant XRP Billboard Takes Over Las Vegas

Enterprise blockchain firm Ripple has lit up the Las Vegas Strip with a towering "Raise the Standard" billboard ahead of the highly anticipated XRP Las Vegas 2026 conference. дальше »

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Strategy Tops Bitcoin Holdings With $255 Million Purchase

Strategy doesn’t miss on its regular Monday purchases as the firm scoops another $255 million worth of Bitcoin this new week. дальше »

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Consensys and Joseph Lubin Deploy 30K ETH for rsETH Recovery

Consensys and Joseph Lubin pledge up to 30K ETH to DeFi United’s rsETH rescue stack, shoring up Aave and DeFi after Kelp DAO’s $293M exploit left deep collateral holes. Ethereum infrastructure firm Consensys and its founder Joseph Lubin have joined… дальше »

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Ripple’s CTO  flags phishing emails targeting Robinhood users

Ripple’s former CTO David Schwartz has warned that a targeted phishing campaign has begun exploiting Robinhood users through seemingly legitimate emails ahead of the firm’s earnings report. According to Schwartz, the attack involves emails that appear to originate from Robinhood’s… дальше »

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Luxor expands MicroBT partnership with $100 million mining rig deal

Luxor committed $100M to buy MicroBT WhatsMiner rigs as MicroBT signed a term sheet to invest in the mining firm. дальше »

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OpenAI eyes AI smartphone with MediaTek, Qualcomm support: report

OpenAI has reportedly partnered with chipmakers and a manufacturing firm to develop an AI-focused smartphone, with mass production targeted for 2028. According to a recent post from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company is working with MediaTek and Qualcomm to co-develop… дальше »

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Jane Street seeks dismissal of Terraform lawsuit tied to Terra crash

The trading firm has rejected insider trading claims, saying Terraform’s own fraud drove the collapse. дальше »

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XRP Price Prediction Climbs to $8 on $1.28B ETF Stack While Pepeto Lines Up a 100x Exit Before Binance

XRP price prediction models shifted sharply higher this week after U. S. spot XRP ETFs stretched cumulative net inflows to $1. 28 billion with an added $3 million on Tuesday per FXStreet, while Standard Chartered’s $8 year end mark holds firm as XRP sits at $1. дальше »

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Strategy to Surpass Satoshi in Bitcoin Holdings Within 2 Years, Predicts Galaxy Head of Research Alex Thorn

Strategy (MSTR) now holds more BTC than BlackRock's IBIT. Based on Alex Thorn's latest Galaxy Research analysis, the firm is on track to surpass Satoshi Nakamoto's 1.1M BTC holdings by late 2026. дальше »

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Google Cloud, CVC strike multi-year deal to scale agentic AI across industries

Google Cloud has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with global private equity and investment firm CVC Capital Partners to accelerate the adoption of AI across its portfolio companies. According to an April 23 press announcement, the collaboration spans sectors… дальше »

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Pantera urges Satsuma to sell $50M Bitcoin and return capital

Pantera Capital urged Satsuma to sell its 646 BTC and return capital as the LSE-listed firm's Bitcoin strategy comes under pressure. дальше »

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Peter Schiff Challenges Saylor to Debate Involving STRC

Peter Schiff continues to troll Michael Saylor since the firm released a report on the impressive growth of STRC which has become the world’s largest preferred backed by Bitcoin. дальше »

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Blockchain Capital eyes $700M raise across early and growth crypto funds

Crypto venture firm Blockchain Capital has moved to raise $700 million across two new funds as investment appetite shows signs of concentration despite a slowdown in overall deal flow. Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported that the… дальше »

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CertiK warns AI misuse and infrastructure gaps to drive 2026 crypto hacks

AI-driven exploits and cross-chain flaws have pushed crypto security risks into focus in 2026, experts at CertiK warn, with losses already crossing $600 million. According to the blockchain security firm, attackers have leaned on a mix of social engineering, infrastructure… дальше »

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American Bitcoin Stock Jumps 12% After Deploying 11,298 New Mining Machines

Shares of American Bitcoin, the Trump family-linked mining company, surged approximately 12% on April 22 after the firm announced it had completed the deployment of 11,298 new ASIC miners at its Drumheller, Alberta site, expanding its active fleet to roughly… дальше »

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North Korea’s Lazarus Group Is Targeting Crypto Executives With Fake Meeting Invites

North Korea’s Lazarus Group has launched a new macOS malware campaign called Mach-O Man that uses fake online meeting invitations to trick crypto and fintech executives into executing malicious commands on their own devices, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.… дальше »

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New Mac Malware 'MacSync' Stealing Crypto Wallets

Blockchain security firm SlowMist has warned about "MacSync Stealer," a highly destructive new macOS malware campaign designed to drain cryptocurrency wallets and exfiltrate sensitive infrastructure credentials. дальше »

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ETH to $250,000 — New Thesis Calls Bitcoin and Gold Dead Capital

Etherealize, the institutional-focused Ethereum (ETH) firm, published a new thesis modeling a long-term price above $250,000 per ETH if Ethereum absorbs the monetary premium currently held by gold and Bitcoin. дальше »

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Silicon Valley’s ‘monitoring the situation’ MTS meme becomes a 24/7 news machine delivered by a16z

a16z is backing “Monitoring the Situation,” a 24/7 X livestream born from Polymarket meme culture, as tech VCs build their own news-industrial complex. Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, the Silicon Valley venture firm that has raised more than $15… дальше »

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TheSportExchange, Algoz join forces to build liquidity for sports digital assets

TheSportExchange (TSE), which operates in Europe as TSE Marketplace Ltd, has announced a partnership with Algoz, a digital asset trading firm with international operations, as mentioned in a press release shared with Invezz. дальше »

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Securitize adds former IMF representative Sunil Sabharwal to board

Securitize named former IMF representative Sunil Sabharwal to its board as the tokenization firm pursues a public listing. дальше »

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U.K. energy firm Reabold to explore Bitcoin mining as an early-stage funding tool

Reabold Resources is considering a plan to use gas from its Yorkshire site to power a small Bitcoin mining operation. However, the company says it is more of an early-stage test rather than a pivot away from energy production. According… дальше »

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Crypto Fraudsters Target Stranded Seafarers With Fake Hormuz Toll Scheme

Scammers are exploiting the Hormuz crisis amid the US-Iran war.  Greek maritime risk firm MARISKS issued the scam warning on Monday. According to the firm, fraudsters posing as Iranian authorities are messaging shipping companies whose vessels are stranded, demanding digital asset payments for supposed “safe-passage” clearance. дальше »

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Japan’s JSCC tests using government bonds as digital collateral on blockchain

Japan’s clearing arm JSCC has begun testing whether government bonds can function as digital collateral on blockchain infrastructure. According to a Monday announcement from Japan Securities Clearing Corporation, part of Japan Exchange Group, the firm has partnered with Mizuho Financial… дальше »

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Tether becomes major Antalpha holder with nearly 2 million shares

Tether disclosed an 8.2% stake in Antalpha, a bitcoin mining finance firm, after the company’s May 2025 Nasdaq IPO. дальше »

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The AI Agent Economy Has an Identity Bottleneck: Blockchain Rails Could Solve It

Artificial intelligence agents are becoming economic actors at a pace that outstrips the infrastructure around them, according to a16z crypto. In a recent post, the firm argued that the real bottleneck in the agent economy is no longer intelligence, but identity. дальше »

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Ripple CTO Emeritus Clears up Misconceptions on Retirement

David Schwartz explains his current role with Ripple as questions about his retirement from the firm surface, clearing up misconceptions on the matter. дальше »

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Mysterious Crypto PAC Receives Massive Contributions From US Commerce Secretary’s Old Firm

The Fellowship political action committee (PAC), crypto’s newest lobbying player, recently unveiled in its first fundraising disclosure that it received $10 million dollars in contributions from Cantor Fitzgerald. дальше »

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Payward Acquires First Fully Licensed US Crypto Derivatives Firm for $550M

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, agreed to acquire Bitnomial, the first US crypto derivatives platform to hold all three CFTC licenses simultaneously, for up to $550 million in cash and stock, in a deal that values Payward at $20… дальше »

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Fake Token Pools Reveal NEAR DeFi Oracle Vulnerabilities; $7.6M Drained from Rhea Finance Exploit

A huge security breach has hit NEAR Protocol ecosystem after decentralized finance platform Rhea Finance exploited, causing losses of roughly $7.6 million. Utilizing the information from blockchain security firm CertiK, The attacker was able to withdraw multiple assets from the protocol including the likes of USDC, USDT, ZEC and NEAR. As the breach involves the [...] дальше »

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eToro Buys Self-Custody Wallet Firm Zengo for $70 Million

eToro Acquires Self-Custody Wallet Zengo for $70 Million

The post eToro Buys Self-Custody Wallet Firm Zengo for $70 Million appeared first on Coinspeaker.

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CoW Swap users warned after Blockaid flags COW.FI frontend attack

Blockaid flags CoW Swap’s cow.fi frontend as malicious, urging users to revoke token approvals and avoid the dApp amid a broader wave of DeFi interface attacks. Blockchain security firm Blockaid has warned that CoW Swap’s primary website COW.FI has been… дальше »

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