April 24, 2026
Polymarket catapulted Waller’s Fed chair odds from 27% to 85% after reports the DOJ will drop its criminal probe into Jerome Powell, clearing a key Senate roadblock. Prediction markets have dramatically repriced the odds that Christopher Waller will become the… …
Robin Markets raised $475k to launch a staking product that turns Polymarket positions into yield, a targeted crypto VC bet in a funding cycle otherwise dominated by AI. Robin Markets has closed a $475,000 angel financing round led by Fabric… …
Little Pepe gains investor attention as presale nears final stages with over $28 million already raised. With time, the cryptocurrency industry is becoming more sophisticated, and therefore, there have been changes in the kinds of coins that traders seek to… …
Crypto protocols have lost more than $606 million to hacks and exploits in just the first 18 days of April 2026, making it the single worst month for theft in the industry since the $1.4 billion Bybit breach in February… …
Bitcoin climbed above $78,000 on April 22, reaching its highest price in 11 weeks, as a wave of short liquidations and improved macro sentiment following Trump’s ceasefire extension combined to push the asset to a key technical level that had… …
Kalshi suspended three political candidates after finding they bet on their own races, citing exchange rule breaches and fines after review. …
A new PACE Act bill would let qualified non‑bank payment firms tap Fed rails directly, cutting fees and delays while dovetailing with the GENIUS Act’s stablecoin regime. A U.S. Congressman has proposed the PACE Act, a bill that would give… …
Curve founder Michael Egorov is pushing for chain-wide DeFi security standards after the Kelp rsETH exploit exposed how “centralized” chokepoints can still wreck supposedly decentralized systems. Curve founder Michael Egorov has called for industry-wide DeFi security standards after what he… …
Virginia redistricting reaches its decisive moment today as voters in a statewide special election choose whether to approve a Democratic-drawn congressional map that would shift the state’s House delegation from six Democratic seats and five Republican seats to a projected… …
Crypto ETFs saw strong inflows with Bitcoin nearing $1B, while Ethereum and XRP funds also posted multi-month highs. …
Coinbase tests AI agents on Slack and email as CEO Brian Armstrong predicts they may soon outnumber human employees. …
Polymarket is reportedly negotiating a fresh capital injection of $400 million that would propel the prediction market platform’s valuation to a staggering $15 billion. The Information reports that the funding round could eventually climb to $1 billion as the company… …
Supreme Court news broke Friday as sources close to both justices confirmed to CBS News that neither Justice Samuel Alito nor Justice Clarence Thomas plans to retire this year, ending months of speculation that Trump might be able to lock… …
Circle launched CPN Managed Payments on April 8, a fully managed stablecoin settlement solution that makes the Circle Payments Network accessible to banks, payment service providers, and fintechs without requiring them to manage digital assets, custody infrastructure, or blockchain operations… …
BitGo announced that AndX USA LLC has launched its US crypto exchange 2026 entry on top of BitGo’s Crypto-as-a-Service infrastructure, giving the global digital asset platform nationwide operations across all 50 states under an OCC-regulated custody framework backed by $250… …
Police in Zanzibar are continuing to question crypto fund founder Joe McCann after the death of his fiancée during a vacation on the island. NBC News reported that Ashly Robinson, 31, died in the hospital on April 9, a day… …
A six-month investigation backed by the Ethereum Foundation has uncovered how North Korean operatives quietly embedded themselves inside dozens of Web3 teams under false identities. The Ethereum Foundation said Thursday that its ETH Rangers initiative funded a security-focused effort that… …
A Brazilian security researcher has uncovered a sophisticated counterfeit Ledger device operation after discovering modified hardware designed to siphon cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users. The security researcher, known online as “Past_Computer2901,” shared findings on Reddit after purchasing what appeared to be… …