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RAIN joins APT, BABY to lead $190M token unlock week
Token unlock events totaling over $190 million are scheduled between April 6 and April 13, with Aptos and Babylon leading the week’s one-time cliff releases. Data from Tokenomist covers two cliff events, each exceeding $5 million, and seven linear unlock streams, each producing over $1 million in daily releases across the seven-day window. The week’s […]
Mon, Apr 6
North Korea Manufactured a Fake Token to Steal $286M From Drift Protocol and AI Is Making These Attacks Cheaper
The largest DeFi hack this year took place last week on April 1 as Drift Protocol, one of the largest perp DEXs on the solana network, experienced an exploit that saw roughly $286 million vanish from the protocol. The attack was tied to North Korean-linked hackers and the entire hack transpired in just 10 seconds. […]
Mon, Apr 6
Saylor beats Schiff as Bitcoin’s returns take the lead
Saylor says Bitcoin's annualized returns are 36%, compared to gold’s 16%.
Mon, Apr 6
Will Binance’s liquidity push revive altcoins?
Binance launched a new round of its altcoin liquidity, expanding its range to 40 assets.
Mon, Apr 6
Bitcoin and Ethereum Outperform Gold and Equities in March, Marking Crypto’s “Geopolitical Resilience” Milestone
Binance Research April 2026 Report: BTC and ETH demonstrate safe-haven characteristics as institutional inflows return and long-term holder accumulation signals market reset 06 April 2026 — Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) outperformed traditional safe-haven assets and major equity indices during the 2026 US-Iran conflict, according to Binance Research’s Monthly Market Insights: April 2026 released today. […]
Mon, Apr 6
Drift Protocol faces backlash as months long hack hits $280M
Crypto attorney Ariel Givner criticizes Drift Protocol for civil negligence.
Mon, Apr 6
Trump’s March 2026 jobs numbers raises skepticism, yet again
Despite every single month of downward revisions in the jobs data released every month, the Trump administration has decided to continue printing numbers that fall apart once revisions, industry breakdowns, and labor force numbers are added up. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report said the economy added 178,000 jobs in March 2026, with 186,000 […]
Sun, Apr 5
IMF approves Japan interest rate hikes as Middle East conflict adds new economy risks
Japan is heading into a harder patch, but the IMF still says the Bank of Japan should keep raising interest rates. In a statement released from Washington on Friday after its policy consultation with Japan, the fund said the war in the Middle East has created “significant new risks” for the country’s economic outlook. Even […]
Sun, Apr 5
Russian authorities to exempt crypto trading services, custodial platforms from VAT
The Russian government is preparing to exempt cryptocurrency trading and custodial services from value-added tax (VAT) as part of a major push to regulate coin operations in the country. The necessary legislation has been drafted already. It also determines the taxation of profits generated by entities engaged in these activities and of the personal income […]
Sun, Apr 5
IMF directs central banks to rethink role in tokenization as infrastructure develops
The IMF says central banks may have to rethink their role as tokenization infrastructure further develops.
Sun, Apr 5
Crypto braces for volatility as Warsh hearing nears and rate cut odds slide
Crypto faces pressure as Warsh hearing adds uncertainty and Fed rate cut expectations fall.
Sun, Apr 5
Can space solve AI's crisis? Oracle cuts 30,000 workers while half of Earth projects remain stuck
Big tech companies are running into serious problems as they rush to build the massive computer facilities needed for artificial intelligence, with projects getting canceled, workers losing jobs, and some firms even proposing to move operations into space. OpenAI’s plan to build a major facility in Britain has ground to a halt months after the […]
Sun, Apr 5
Saylor warns of internal risks as Bitcoin enters new institutional era
As Bitcoin enters a new era of institutional adoption, Michael Saylor is raising concerns about internal risks
Sun, Apr 5
X now auto-locks accounts posting about crypto for the first time
Elon Musk’s X is now locking user accounts the second they post about cryptocurrency for the first time. Users have to verify their identity before they can post again. The company says it’s going after hackers who break into accounts and use them to push fake investment schemes. Nikita Bier runs product development at X. […]
Sat, Apr 4
Iran begins striking US Big Tech companies, with Oracle as the first victim
Iran on Saturday opened a new front in this war by putting U.S. tech operations in the region under direct threat. Missile and drone attacks kept moving across the Middle East, and the United Arab Emirates said it intercepted dozens of incoming threats in the past 24 hours. In Dubai, debris from one interception hit […]
Sat, Apr 4
Pavel Durov sends defiant message as Russian authorities move to ban Telegram
Telegram founder Pavel Durov urged “Russian brothers and sisters” to return to “digital resistance” in the face of Moscow’s attempts to block the popular messenger. Durov’s call comes amid mounting reports of outages in the past weeks coming from many corners of the huge country, which has intensified efforts to cut access to the platform. […]
Sat, Apr 4
Ethereum Foundation eyes up to $5.4M annual revenue as 70K ETH staking goal nears
The Ethereum Foundation has now staked about 69,500 ETH after its latest deposits.
Sat, Apr 4
Charles Schwab eyes Bitcoin launch after crypto’s worst quarter since 2018
Charles Schwab is looking to launch BTC after the cryptocurrency experienced its worst quarter since 2018.
Sat, Apr 4
Hoskinson praises Midnight Ad as privacy tech drives institutional crypto adoption
Charles Hoskinson praises a new Midnight ad and highlights the need for privacy in blockchain.
Sat, Apr 4
China’s economy, tech, and markets are having a great month already
China is opening the month with strength across trade, chips, and money markets. Chinese companies tied to cross-border transactions saw their stocks surge after the commerce ministry said the yuan is being used to pay tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz. That news sent traders straight into names linked to moving money across […]
Fri, Apr 3
