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Bitcoin rally faces test as funding rates stay flat

Bitcoin nears $76K, but Binance funding rates stay flat and taker buy volume falls, raising doubts over rally strength. …

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Google’s AI bets pay off while Meta faces investor skepticism

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, is starting to show measurable gains from its AI investments, while Meta Platforms Inc. is still working to convince investors that its heavy spending will pay off. The updates came within minutes of… …

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MegaETH launches MEGA token as major exchanges open trading

MegaETH launched MEGA trading after meeting its first KPI, with Binance, KuCoin and Bitget listing the token. …

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Over Protocol’s lights go out, leaving a “decentralized” shell behind

Over Foundation has shut down all Over Protocol infrastructure, abandoning OverWallet, nodes and explorers, and leaving block production to any validators stubborn enough to keep running. The Over Foundation announced it will permanently cease operations of Over Protocol, a Layer… …

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Stablecoin rails slow 19%, but dollar tokens quietly keep compounding

Stablecoin transfer volume fell 19.18% to $831B in 30 days, yet market cap and holders rose as USDT, USDC, and DAI added billions while Ethena’s USDe saw $1.1B outflows. Stablecoin transfer volume declined 19.18% to $831 billion over the past… …

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Bitcoin 2026 Conference Exposes a Growing Rift Between Wall Street and Early Adopters

The Bitcoin 2026 Conference drew more than 40,000 attendees to The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas from April 27 to 29, but the institutional-heavy speaker lineup sparked a sharp backlash from early adopters who accused the event of abandoning its… …

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Luxembourg-licensed Banking Circle expands into fiat-to-stablecoin settlement

Banking Circle has rolled out institutional stablecoin settlement services after securing regulatory approval in Luxembourg. According to a Monday announcement from the Luxembourg-based bank, the expansion follows its April 15 registration as a Crypto Asset Service Provider with the country’s… …

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In conversation with Vasily Shilov, CBDO at SwapSpace: Privacy, DEXs, and what the conference season actually revealed

SwapSpace’s CBDO, Vasily Shilov, highlights market trends and industry direction following EthCC and Paris Blockchain Week insights. In April, the SwapSpace team attended two major crypto events: EthCC and Paris Blockchain Week. The company’s CBDO, Vasily Shilov, shared some insights… …

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Whale Accumulates 72K HYPE Worth $30.6M

Whale pulls 72K HYPE off Gate.io, expanding a $168M stash as spot buyers face off against crowded leveraged shorts around the key $40 support zone. A crypto whale controlling the address 0xEe0A18B394ecE1D7bE81Be15d6cEc3Ac7707b71C has withdrawn 72,264 HYPE from centralized exchange Gate.io,… …

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Pi Network Sponsors Consensus 2026. Both Founders Will Speak.

Pi Network has confirmed it is an official sponsor of Consensus 2026 in Miami, with co-founders Nicolas Kokkalis and Chengdiao Fan each presenting at the event on May 7 and May 6 respectively, as the network simultaneously faces a mandatory… …

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Coinbase Is Giving XRP the Same Institutional Futures Tool It Gives Bitcoin and Gold

Coinbase has filed with the CFTC to activate Trade at Settlement for XRP futures on May 1, placing XRP alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, and crude oil as an asset institutional traders can execute at the official settlement price. Coinbase filed… …

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Chainlink Is Now the Backbone of an $11 Billion Arizona Mine Tokenization

BridgeTower Capital has officially deployed Chainlink’s full infrastructure stack to tokenize securities tied to the DOM X Arizona Copper-Gold Project, an $11 billion US natural resource initiative, in what the companies describe as live production infrastructure rather than a pilot.… …

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Polymarket odds for Waller Fed chair confirmation surge on Powell probe U-turn

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… …

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Robin Markets raises $475,000 as VC backs Polymarket yield infrastructure

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… …

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5 cryptos with 50x potential: Little Pepe gains spot as presale demand surges

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… …

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April 2026 Is Already the Worst Month for Crypto Hacks Since February 2025, With $606 Million Lost in 18 Days

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… …

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Bitcoin Hits an 11-Week High Above $78,000 but Analysts Say the Rally Is a Squeeze, Not a Shift

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… …

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New Kalshi safeguards catch three political insider trading cases

Kalshi suspended three political candidates after finding they bet on their own races, citing exchange rule breaches and fines after review. …