Starknet Layoffs Amid Revenue Collapse and Restructuring StarkWare, the company behind the Ethereum Layer-2 network Starknet, announced layoffs and a split into two business units on April 13, 2026, following a revenue drop from nearly $6 million per month in late 2023 to…
Bank of Korea Pushes Circuit Breakers After Bithumb Error The Bank of Korea recommended circuit breakers for South Korean crypto exchanges in its 2025 Payment and Settlement Report released April 13, 2026, following a February employee error at Bithumb that credited users with…
Binance Flags 7 Tokens on Watchlist Amid BTC Recovery Binance applied its Monitoring Tag to 7 tokens on April 14, signaling potential delisting risks as Bitcoin holds above $70,000 in a multi-week recovery phase.[8] This move coincides with BTC trading between $67,000 and…
SEC Clears DeFi Wallets From Broker Rules The SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets issued staff guidance on April 14, 2026, clarifying that certain self-custodial crypto wallet interfaces and DeFi front-ends do not require broker-dealer registration if they meet specific neutral criteria.[1][2] This…
Circle CEO Explores Arc Token Amid Paxos-Like Yield Push Circle’s CEO Jeremy Allaire is exploring native governance token options for its new Layer-1 blockchain, Arc, as the firm reports a $428 million Q2 loss while advancing USDC-centric infrastructure.[1] Separate from Circle’s moves, Docyt-a…
BlackRock Near $1B BTC ETF Inflows U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $1.2 billion net on Monday, with BlackRock’s IBIT grabbing $970 million of that-its biggest single-day haul yet.[1] BlackRock Near $1B BTC ETF Inflows hit headlines as IBIT nears $100 billion in…
Aave DAO Revenue Vote Resolves Governance Dispute Aave DAO’s recent “Aave Will Win” proposal passed on April 13, 2026, directing 100% of revenue from Aave-branded products to the treasury and token holders, ending a months-long Aave DAO revenue vote tension.[1][5] This vote, described…
GameStop $1.3B BTC Buy Echoes Saylor Strategy GameStop plans to raise $1.3 billion through convertible bonds, primarily to buy Bitcoin, mirroring MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor approach to corporate treasury diversification.[1] This Saylor $1B BTC buy tactic-scaled here to $1.3 billion via hybrid securities-marks a…
GMX Gold and Silver Perp Markets Launch GMX, a decentralized perpetual exchange, launched synthetic perpetual markets for gold (XAU/USD) and silver (XAG/USD) powered by Chainlink Data Streams.[1][3] These 24/7 markets allow traders to open and settle positions using WETH-USDC liquidity onchain, with primary…
