Zcash 62% Weekly Spike Fuels $420 Trader Predictions Zcash notched a 62% weekly price spike, outpacing Bitcoin’s push toward $73K amid easing Middle East tensions.[1][2] Traders are eyeing $420 as a potential target, though the rally lacks backing from primary on-chain metrics or…
TON 10x Speed Upgrade and TRON Securitize Integration Pavel Durov announced the TON blockchain’s latest upgrade, delivering a 10x speed increase with block production up 6x and sub-second transaction confirmations.[1][2] This mainnet rollout hit on April 10, 2026, aligning closely with Securitize’s integration…
MoonPay WalletConnect Deal Boosts Stablecoin Retail Access MoonPay’s fresh partnership with WalletConnect and Ingenico unlocks stablecoin payments at physical retail points, converting USDC, USDT, and DAI to fiat on the spot for merchants.[1][2] Announced this week, the MoonPay WalletConnect deal bridges crypto wallets…
Circle’s USDC Freeze Failure: The $285M Drift Hack Reckoning Circle withheld intervention on $275M in stolen USDC despite having the technical capability to freeze funds, a decision that exposed critical gaps in stablecoin governance when a $285 million exploit drained Drift Protocol on…
France Tightens MiCA Stablecoin Rules as European Banks Surge Into Crypto The Bank of France is now demanding stricter limits on stablecoin payments under Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, escalating regulatory pressure at a moment when traditional financial institutions have seized nearly a…
Aethir $90K Bridge Exploit: Compensation Pledge Confirmed Aethir contained a cross-chain bridge exploit on April 9-10, 2026, capping user losses under $90,000 and pledging full compensation next week.[1][2][6] The decentralized GPU cloud project isolated the AethirOFTAdapter contract vulnerability swiftly, protecting its main Ethereum…
TD Cowen Frames PBTCs as Investable Equity Category TD Cowen launched equity research coverage this week on public Bitcoin treasury companies (PBTCs), explicitly positioning them as a distinct investable equity category separate from spot Bitcoin ETFs and traditional tech stocks.[1][2] Analysts led by…
CoreWeave Anthropic Deal Boosts Shares Amid AI Sector Shifts CoreWeave sealed a multibillion-dollar, multi-year agreement with Anthropic for production-scale AI workloads, sending its shares up sharply on April 10, 2026[1][2]. The CoreWeave Anthropic workload pact underscores the cloud provider’s push into specialized AI…
Velora DAO Winds Down, Hands Ops to Laita Velora DAO is shutting down operations and transferring control to Laita Labs amid broader DeFi project consolidations.[2] This move returns the treasury intact, marking a rare clean exit without hacks or rugs in a sector…
