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Crypto ETPs shed $240M last week amid US trade tariffs — CoinShares

Crypto ETPs shed $240M last week amid US trade tariffs — CoinShares

Cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw renewed outflows last week, with $240 million in investor capital pulled, according to an April 7 report from digital asset manager CoinShares. The outflows reversed two consecutive weeks of inflows that totaled $870 million, leaving total digital asset ETP holdings at about $133 billion, CoinShares reported. The new outflows likely […]

Hong Kong introduces crypto staking rules, reaffirms Web3 commitment

Hong Kong introduces crypto staking rules, reaffirms Web3 commitment

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has introduced new guidelines for crypto exchanges offering staking services. In an April 7 announcement, the SFC announced new guidelines for crypto exchanges offering staking services and locally authorized funds exposed to digital assets involved in staking. The announcement follows recent remarks from Christina Choi, the SFC’s executive […]

Whale makes $14M Ether emergency deposit to avoid $340M liquidation

Whale makes $14M Ether emergency deposit to avoid $340M liquidation

An unidentified cryptocurrency whale injected millions of dollars in emergency capital to avoid a potential liquidation of more than $300 million in Ether as markets slumped amid renewed macroeconomic pressure. The whale is reportedly close to liquidation on a 220,000 Ether (ETH) position on MakerDAO, a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform. To stave off liquidation, […]

How to use Render Network for decentralized GPU rendering

How to use Render Network for decentralized GPU rendering

Key takeaways Render Network connects GPU owners with creators, allowing users to rent idle graphics power for AI training, 3D rendering and crypto-related projects. The RNDR token powers the ecosystem, enabling fast, transparent and decentralized transactions between creators and node operators. Decentralized rendering is more accessible and cost-effective than traditional centralized GPU services, solving issues […]

The future of American dynamism depends on cryptography

The future of American dynamism depends on cryptography

Opinion by: Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh, co-founder and CEO of Lagrange Trade wars and proxy wars are underway in the current geopolitical power realignment, but the next phase won’t be fought with tariffs or drones. It will be decided by who leads in cryptography. Just as past industrial and technological revolutions in its private sector yielded the […]

Black Monday 2.0? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

Black Monday 2.0? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

Bitcoin (BTC) is turning back the clock this week as tariff mayhem drags BTC price action toward 2021. Bitcoin is giving up bull market support lines left and right as a new “death cross” completes on the BTC/USD daily chart. CPI week is firmly overshadowed by US trade tariffs and their increasingly global impact on […]

Trader stakes $0.05 of SOL for 3,000 years: Here’s what it’ll be worth in 5138

Trader stakes $0.05 of SOL for 3,000 years: Here’s what it’ll be worth in 5138

A crypto user has gone very long on Solana, staking a very small portion of the token for the next 3,000 years, according to blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence. The unknown user staked $0.05 Solana (SOL) in 2023, and it will unlock in the year 5138, Arkham said in an April 5 post to X. […]

Ethereum whale gets liquidated $106M on Sky amid crypto bloodbath

Ethereum whale gets liquidated $106M on Sky amid crypto bloodbath

An Ether investor who had a large position on decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform Sky has been liquidated to the tune of more than $100 million as the price of Ether crashed.  The Ether (ETH) whale lost 67,570 ETH worth around $106 million when the asset crashed by around 14% on April 6, liquidating his […]

A defendant tried to use an AI avatar in a legal appeal. It didn't work

A defendant tried to use an AI avatar in a legal appeal. It didn't work

A defendant in a New York appeals court has been slammed by a judge for using an artificial intelligence avatar to represent himself in a recent case.  A New York appeals court faced an unusual situation in late March when Jerome Dewald, representing himself in an employment dispute, submitted an AI-generated avatar to present his […]

Bitcoin hashrate tops 1 Zetahash in historic first, trackers show

Bitcoin hashrate tops 1 Zetahash in historic first, trackers show

The Bitcoin network hashrate has topped 1 Zetahash per second (ZH/s) for the first time in Bitcoin’s 16-year history, according to several blockchain data sources. Bitcoin’s hashrate crossed the milestone on April 5 at a peak of 1.025 ZH/s, according to mempool.space data, while BTC Frame data said it hit 1.02 ZH/s a day earlier. […]

Memecoin platform Pump.fun brings livestream feature back to 5% of users

Memecoin platform Pump.fun brings livestream feature back to 5% of users

Alon Cohen, co-founder of the Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun, is set to bring back live streaming on the platform — five months after suspending the feature after several incidents involving harmful content.  Posting on X on April 4, Cohen said the feature has returned with “industry standard moderation systems in place and transparent guidelines.” He […]

Crypto plunges as Trump tariff 'medicine' brutalizes global stock markets

Crypto plunges as Trump tariff 'medicine' brutalizes global stock markets

Cryptocurrency prices tumbled as the US stock futures market opened sharply lower on April 6 as the Trump administration doubled down on its global tariff strategy. The Trump administration hit all countries with a 10% tariff starting April 5, with some slapped at higher rates, including China at 34%, the European Union at 20%, and […]

Conor McGregor’s token creators to refund bidders after failed launch

Conor McGregor’s token creators to refund bidders after failed launch

Investors who bid on the REAL (REAL) token promoted by former UFC champion Conor McGregor will receive a full refund after the project failed to raise above its $1 million minimum requirement. “We need to be real. We didn’t hit our minimum raise,” the developers of the Real (REAL) token, Real World Gaming said in […]

Jameson Lopp sounds alarm on Bitcoin address poisoning attacks

Jameson Lopp sounds alarm on Bitcoin address poisoning attacks

Jameson Lopp, the chief security officer at Bitcoin (BTC) custody company Casa, sounded the alarm on Bitcoin address poisoning attacks, a social engineering scam that uses similar addresses from a victim’s transaction history to fool them into sending funds to the malicious address. According to Lopp’s Feb 6 article, the threat actors generate BTC addresses […]

Bitcoin falls below $80K — Will PI, OKB, GT and ATOM outperform BTC and altcoins?

Bitcoin falls below $80K — Will PI, OKB, GT and ATOM outperform BTC and altcoins?

Last week, Bitcoin (BTC) began showing early signs of decoupling from the US stock markets. Bitcoin was relatively flat over the week, while the S&P 500 plunged by 9%. The sell-off was triggered following US President Donald Trump’s April 2 global tariff announcement, which escalated further on April 4 as China retaliated with new tariffs […]

Stablecoins are the best way to ensure US dollar dominance — Web3 CEO

Stablecoins are the best way to ensure US dollar dominance — Web3 CEO

Stablecoins are the single best tool for the United States government to maintain the US dollar’s hegemony in global financial markets, according to LayerZero Labs CEO and founder Bryan Pellegrino. In an interview with Cointelegraph, the CEO of LayerZero Labs, which created the LayerZero interoperability protocol recently chosen by Wyoming to be the distribution partner […]

Bitcoin price drops below $80K as stocks face 1987 Black Monday rerun

Bitcoin price drops below $80K as stocks face 1987 Black Monday rerun

Bitcoin (BTC) turned up volatility into the April 6 weekly close as fears of a stock market crash contrasted with bullish BTC price targets. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView CNBC’s Cramer: 1987 crash not “off the table yet” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dropping below $80,000 on the day, down 3% […]

CFPB likely to step back from crypto regulation —attorney

CFPB likely to step back from crypto regulation —attorney

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will likely see a reduced role in crypto regulations as other federal agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and state-level regulators assume a bigger role in crypto policy, according to Ethan Ostroff, partner at the Troutman Pepper Locke law firm. « I think with the current administration, my […]

As gaming giants crumble, onchain gaming promises remain unfulfilled

As gaming giants crumble, onchain gaming promises remain unfulfilled

Opinion by: Daryl Xu, co-founder and CEO, NPC Labs While gaming has been on a steady decline since the end of COVID-19 lockdowns, 2024 hit the industry especially hard, with layoffs and studio closures hitting even the most prominent studios.  While unsustainable development costs and an innovation crisis seem to be the main culprits behind […]

Trump’s Liberation Day: ‘Climax of uncertainty’ before crypto market recovery

Trump’s Liberation Day: ‘Climax of uncertainty’ before crypto market recovery

Cryptocurrency markets could be on track for recovery as investor sentiment begins to stabilize following US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement — what some analysts are calling the peak of recent market uncertainty. Trump announced his reciprocal import tariffs on April 2, which sent tremors across global markets. The S&P 500 lost more than […]