South Korea Deploys AI Surveillance as Crypto Enforcement Intensifies South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service is escalating cryptocurrency market oversight through AI-driven surveillance systems designed to detect…
White House Stablecoin Yield Report Counters Bank Concerns The White House’s Council of Economic Advisers released a report on April 8, 2026, modeling the effects of…
Coinbase-Bybit Tokenize U.S. Stocks, Moody’s on Stablecoin Banks Coinbase and Bybit are collaborating on tokenization, custody, and distribution of U.S. stocks, while Moody’s analysts state stablecoins…
Strategy Overtakes BlackRock as Largest Bitcoin Holder with $2.54B Purchase Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has surpassed BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) as the largest institutional holder of…
Alcoa Smelter Sale to NYDIG Advances Alcoa is in advanced discussions to sell its idle Massena East smelter site in upstate New York to NYDIG, a…
North Korea’s Lazarus Behind Kelp Exploit, LayerZero Flags Setup Flaw LayerZero’s investigation points to North Korea’s Lazarus Group as the likely actor in the Kelp Exploit,…
BTC Weekend Rally Erased Amid Iran Ceasefire Strain Bitcoin’s weekend rally to above $78,300 faded as US-Iran tensions escalated, with the cryptocurrency dipping below $74,000 on…
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…
Iran’s BTC Strategic Asset View but USDt Dominates Oil Toll Payments Iran’s government has designated Bitcoin as a payment option for oil tolls through the Strait…