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Digital South Trust Helps India Fight Crypto Crime With Blockchain Training
Digital South Trust trained 26 Tamil Nadu DSP trainees in Chennai on blockchain forensics and crypto crime investigation, including hands-on…

Standard Chartered Confirms Acquisition of Zodia Custody Crypto Unit
The acquisition caps a multi-year digital asset buildout by Standard Chartered spanning custody, spot trading, prime brokerage, stablecoins, and a…

Bitcoin Depot Files Chapter 11 and Shuts Down 9000 Crypto ATMs
CEO Alex Holmes said the company's current business model is unsustainable due to increasingly stringent state compliance obligations, new transaction…

Harvard Trims Exposure in BlackRock IBIT by 43%, Fully Exits Ether ETF
Recent SEC filings show major academic institutions actively rebalancing exposure across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana-linked funds.

Royal Bank of Canada Discloses Stake in Bitwise XRP ETF
RBC’s latest SEC filing shows the Canadian banking giant purchased 2,000 shares of the Bitwise XRP ETF amid rising institutional…

Sam Bankman-Fried Responds After Drake Name-Drops FTX on New Album
The former FTX CEO joked from prison after Drake opened a track on ICEMAN with lyrics referencing FTX and Bitcoin.

Grayscale Advances Spot BNB ETF Bid With Updated SEC Filing
The updated filing addresses SEC feedback and outlines custody, redemption, and operational details for the proposed Nasdaq-listed GBNB ETF.

Trump-Backed WLFI Token Slides After Sen. Warren Calls for SEC Probe
Warren’s letter cites a $75 million token-backed loan, governance changes, and investor lockups at World Liberty Financial.

Terrorism Victims Ask Court to Force Tether to Release $344M Frozen USDT
The plaintiffs argue that because Tether has the power to freeze wallets, the company should also be able to transfer…

HypurrFi Announces Wind Down as Euler Finance Takes Over
HypurrFi confirmed no exploit or security breach behind the transition, with Euler Finance set to maintain lending markets and vault…

ICE & CME Urge US to Curb Hyperliquid Oil Trading
ICE and CME warned the CFTC that Hyperliquid’s anonymous oil derivatives trading could impact global pricing benchmarks.

Dune Finds New Template for Institutional Yield Live on Solana
Bitwise’s Jupiter Lend role signals deeper institutional participation in Solana-based leveraged yield strategies and on-chain lending markets.

Kraken Parent Payward Cuts 150 Jobs as IPO Plans Stay on Ice
The layoffs represent a small portion of its roughly 3,000-person workforce and are part of broader cost and structure adjustments.

Hyperbridge Offers $50,000 for Critical Vulnerabilities
The program covers smart contracts, runtime logic, and cross-chain vulnerabilities with payouts based on severity levels.

Bitwise Launches Hyperliquid ETF With Built-In Staking
The new ETF gives investors exposure to Hyperliquid’s HYPE token as institutional interest continues to grow.

Tempo Brings Coinbase’s $5B cbBTC to Its Layer 1 via Chainlink CCIP
The Stripe- and Paradigm-backed blockchain has integrated Chainlink CCIP to bring Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin to its ecosystem for enterprise DeFi…

Drake Mentions Bitcoin, FTX & Sam Bankman-Fried on Dust From New Album ICEMAN
On “Dust” from his new album ICEMAN, rapper Drake references FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried before calling himself “a BTC, crypto…
Bithumb’s Operating Profit Sees Steep 95% Decline in Q1 2026
The South Korean crypto exchange attributed the sharp earnings decline to weaker trading activity, investor caution, and rising regulatory costs…

Why Crypto Exchange BitDelta’s India Launch is Different from the Rest
At its India launch, BitDelta stood out for its boots-on-the-ground strategy, with plans to hire 100 employees, expand beyond Mumbai…

Gold Rush or Landmine? DWF Labs Exposes Risks in Tokenized Pre-IPO Market
Across most platforms, pre-IPO tokens trade at stubborn 20-40% premiums to the last known private valuations. In conventional markets, such…

Trump OGE Filing Reveals Major Q1 Buys in Coinbase, MARA, Strategy
The 113-page OGE filing shows the Trump family executed multiple purchases of crypto-linked stocks in Q1 2026, with nine buys…

Dune’s AI Pivot Comes With a 25% Workforce Reduction
Dune has laid off 25% of its workforce as part of a restructuring aimed at tightening its focus on core…

Trump-Linked WLFI’s USD1 Heads to Binance Futures Market
The Binance listing would allow traders to use USD1 directly for BTC perpetual contracts with up to 100x leverage and…

Kraken Switches from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP to Power kBTC
The move is aimed at improving security and risk management across DeFi networks, especially after the $292M exploit on Kelp…

Crypto Stock Rally: Coinbase Surges 10%, Mara 7%, Strategy 6.6% as CLARITY Act Clears Senate Committee 15-9
Senate Banking Committee advances landmark crypto market structure bill with bipartisan support as exchange and treasury stocks lead the rally…

Coinbase Deepens India Push With Direct BTC-INR Trading
The new BTC-INR pair simplifies crypto access for Indian users by reducing reliance on USD conversions and intermediary fiat trading…

Forged Proof, Drained Funds: Hyperbridge Breaks Down April 13 Exploit
Security audits identified 14 vulnerabilities across Hyperbridge’s verification stack, prompting patches, refactoring, and a new bug bounty program.

Interactive Brokers Brings Kalshi, CME, and ForecastEx Under One Roof
The new IBKR Prediction Markets platform claims to offer consolidated access, best-price routing, and portfolio management for event contracts.

Platov Expands African Footprint With Nigerian Naira (NGN) Support
The new integration enables direct NGN conversions for more than 40 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT.

$450M Frozen: Tether, TRON, and TRM Tighten the Net on Crypto Crime
The anti-crime initiative targets hacks, terrorist financing, DPRK-linked operations, and crypto-enabled extortion with rapid asset freezes.