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Funds flow into RWAs as DeFi security risks lead to capital flight
DeFi liquidity outflows may undermine the industry, as more whales withdraw from Aave, while smaller protocols also lose their backing. Funds are still flowing into tokenized bonds, commodities and other RWA.
Mon, Apr 20
Bitcoin slacks at $75,000 as global stocks take a break from post-ceasefire rally
Bitcoin stayed soft near $75,000, with BTC down 0.29% as market momentum cooled and the crypto sentiment stays neutral. Open interest stood at $119.56 billion and dipped 0.46%, while liquidations jumped 51.36% to $419.14 million. Global stocks lost steam after the ceasefire bounce, U.S. futures turned lower, Europe fell, Asia was mixed but somewhat up, […]
Mon, Apr 20
UDS, ZRO, RAIN lead unlock categories as $723M new tokens enter circulation this week
Token unlocks worth more than $723.89 million are scheduled for the April 20 to April 27 window, according to data from Tokenomist. For this week, there are eleven major cliff events and five big linear vesting events, while Undeads Games and LayerZero lead the pack for the single-time unlocking category. At the same time, RAIN […]
Mon, Apr 20
Kenyan users turn on Binance as DCI requests lock out traders
Kenyan crypto traders have gone on record about the freezing of their Binance accounts, which has persisted for over two months since the DCI made its request. No charges have been filed, no court order has been issued, and no time frame has been given for when the problem will be resolved. This has sparked […]
Mon, Apr 20
Aave under pressure as full utilization sparks risk debate
Aave saw continued outflows, leading to 100% vault utilization on selected markets. WETH was the most borrowed token, with stablecoin utilization also rising.
Mon, Apr 20
RAVE plunges as probe opens into Rave DAO
RAVE crashed another 66% on Monday, in total wiping out over 90% of its value from the peak. The token drew a formal investigation after a signal from investigator ZachXBT.
Mon, Apr 20
Axios: US intelligence uses Anthropic’s Mythos AI despite Pentagon ban
US intelligence agencies are using Anthropic’s Mythos AI despite a Pentagon ban.
Mon, Apr 20
Iran tightens grip on Hormuz, says Trump acting in bad faith
Iran moved back into full control of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday while still considering closing of negotiations open with the Trump administration.
Mon, Apr 20
Cloud Dev platform breach tied to compromised AI tool raises alarm for crypto frontends
Vercel confirmed that attackers accessed parts of its internal systems via a compromised third-party AI tool that used Google Workspace OAuth.
Mon, Apr 20
KelpDAO’s $300 million exploit appears to be concentrated on Layer 2 routes
KelpDAO’s $300 million exploit now looks more like a Layer 2 failure than a direct break on the Ethereum mainnet, as fears of DeFi contagion from interactions across chains rise in the community. Sources who have been granted anonymity reached out to Cryptopolitan and said they had “confidence that Core L1 ETH is not impacted” […]
Sun, Apr 19
How 2026 is the year of AI agent crisis?
Nearly every major company in America has rushed to put artificial intelligence agents to work over the past year, but the technology is delivering far less than promised while creating serious new problems inside organizations, according to new research and industry experts. Almost all business leaders, 97 percent, say their companies put AI agents into […]
Sun, Apr 19
For the first time in 30 years, Nvidia won't release a new GeForce GPU generation
Nvidia has released new gaming processors every single year since the 1990s. That streak ends now. 2026 marks the first year without a fresh GeForce lineup since the company’s founding. “The gaming segment is no longer the driving force of the company. There was one point when it clearly was,” said Stacy Rasgon of Bernstein […]
Sun, Apr 19
Is the CLARITY Act a surveillance bill in disguise?
The cryptocurrency sector has been clamoring for regulatory clarity, but concerns about the contents of the CLARITY Act have risen. Galaxy Digital’s (NASDAQ: GLXY) research head, Alex Thorn, highlighted sanctions data and surveillance concerns, warning that the CLARITY Act may not be all good news as the community is hoping. Is the CLARITY Act a […]
Sun, Apr 19
Zeller’s warning tweet sparks over $6B in withdrawals from Aave
The DeFi community is divided in how they perceived Marc Zeller’s message when eh wrote, “If you have WETH on Aave V3 Core, withdraw now, ask questions later” on X on Saturday, April 18. The two options: a genuine alarm or an act of sabotage. However, a few hours later, more than $6.6 billion had […]
Sun, Apr 19
ZRO endures 18% drop in fallout of $300M Kelp DAO exploit
Security experts on Saturday flagged nearly $300 million leaving Ethereum-based Kelp DAO on Saturday. Cryptopolitan reported that Kelp DAO said it had “identified suspicious cross-chain activity involving rsETH” and paused rsETH contracts while it worked with security experts. ZRO dropped fast, sliding 18% from $2 to $1.4. At the same time, a whale running a […]
Sun, Apr 19
XRP DeFi push to Cardano sparks value debate by Hoskinson
Hoskinson says Midnight’s mechanisms and tokenomics differ from those of XRP.
Sun, Apr 19
Big Tech’s AI debt binge is colliding with a $3.6 trillion refinancing wall
Big Tech’s AI debt binge is colliding with a $3.6 trillion refinancing wall across the US and global system as old cheap money turns into expensive refinancing pressure. The tech sector is sitting on more than $330 billion in high-yield, leveraged loan, and business development company-linked software and technology debt that must mature through 2028. […]
Sun, Apr 19
Why is Berkshire Hathaway stock performance now the worst this century?
Berkshire Hathaway is moving like it forgot how to compete while the market is flying. Cryptopolitan reported on Friday that the S&P 500 closed above 7,100 for the first time, pushed by rising confidence that the U.S. and Iran are getting closer to ending their conflict. Wall Street’s alpha index is already up more than […]
Sun, Apr 19
Trump-Iran war cut global oil supply by 500 million barrels and cost $50 billion in just seven weeks
Trump-Iran war has wiped out over 500 million barrels from global supply and erased more than 50 billion dollars in crude value in about seven weeks. The disruption started in late February and has not slowed.
Sun, Apr 19
KelpDAO hit as Tornado Cash-funded wallet steals 116,500 rsETH
A hacker executed a transaction that siphoned $292 million from KelpDAO.
Sat, Apr 18
