Aave TVL Drops $8B After Kelp DAO Hack Aave’s total value locked fell from $26.4 billion to $18.6 billion over the weekend following the $293 million…
X Cashtags Hits Nearly $1B Volume in First 48 Hours X’s Cashtags feature generated nearly $1 billion in trading volume during its first 48 hours, limited…
SEC Charges $16M Fraud Over Insured Token The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges on April 17, 2026, against crypto executive Donald Basile for allegedly…
Circle USDC Bridge Debut and Stablecoin Liquidity Split Circle launched the USDC Bridge for native cross-chain transfers, addressing fragmentation in stablecoin liquidity that mirrors FX-style behavior…
Joseph Lubin Warns of AI Centralization Risks as OpenAI Advances Model Development Joseph Lubin, Ethereum co-founder and ConsenSys CEO, has issued a pointed warning about the…
Ethereum Foundation’s ETH Rangers Program Exposes 100 North Korean Operatives in Crypto The Ethereum Foundation’s six-month ETH Rangers Program concluded in mid-April 2026 by identifying approximately…
Coinbase Ventures 2026 Crypto Trends: Funding Dip and Key Focus Areas Coinbase Ventures outlined its 2026 investment priorities in a recent blog post, highlighting nine areas…
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drop with AI Competition Bitcoin’s mining difficulty recently dropped sharply due to miners pivoting resources to AI infrastructure amid profitability pressures.[1][5] This shift…
Wrapped XRP Launches on Solana, Boosting DeFi Access Wrapped XRP (wXRP) launched on Solana on Friday, April 17, 2026, enabling XRP holders to access Solana’s DeFi…
