Uzbekistan has established a specialized district designed to regulate and expand the nation’s cryptocurrency mining industry.

A large ethereum whale sold 10,829 ether worth $24.91 million three days ago and has now re-entered the market, purchasing 7,448 ether worth $17.5 million at $2,350, according to data shared by Lookonchain.

Bitmine, the ethereum treasury firm led by Fundstrat founder Tom Lee, has added 101,627 ether worth approximately $233 million to its holdings via Bitgo.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong declared Base as the leading blockchain for trading, payments, and artificial intelligence (AI) agents, as the layer-2 ( L2) holds its position as the largest Ethereum rollup by total value locked (TVL).

Robinhood’s investment fund has taken a $75 million stake in OpenAI, deepening its push to give retail investors access to private markets. The move highlights growing demand for exposure to leading artificial intelligence (AI) firms.

Coingecko, the independent crypto data aggregator founded in 2014, on Wednesday rolled out a suite of AI-driven market intelligence features and a unified Partner Platform aimed at both retail investors and crypto projects seeking broader reach.

South Korea’s new Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song used his April 21 inaugural address to plant a firm stake in the ground: the country’s digital money future runs through central bank digital currency ( CBDC) and bank-issued deposit tokens, not private stablecoins.

Paolo D’Amico of Tools for Humanity explains how the rise of artificial intelligence is fundamentally breaking traditional digital security. He predicts identity management will move to the center of the internet, hence the need for stronger “trust anchors” for humans.

Institutional access to digital dollar liquidity is growing as cross-border settlement demand rises and stablecoins gain a larger role in market infrastructure. OSL Group and Circle are expanding USDC use across trading, payments, and settlement in Asia.

Bitcoin markets are showing signs of a potential bottom as improving price action brings recent buyers back to breakeven. Grayscale points to strengthening positioning as a key signal that sentiment may be shifting toward more bullish conditions.

Industry participants are urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to formalize its crypto guidance on decentralized tools, arguing clearer rules would reduce uncertainty and better align oversight with blockchain infrastructure.

Someone may have used a hair dryer near a Paris airport weather sensor to win $34,000 on the prediction market platform Polymarket, prompting France’s national meteorological service to file a criminal complaint.

New research from the World Advertising Research Center, published April 21, suggests that the UK’s black-market operators will outpace the regulated market in advertising spending in the next year and a half. The forecast lands one day ahead of a scheduled Westminster Hall debate on gambling advertising in Parliament, where MPs are expected to examine how the incoming regulatory landscape is reshaping the advertising market.

Input Output (IO), the engineering organization behind Cardano, submitted nine treasury funding proposals on Wednesday totaling $38.9 million, nearly 50% less than the $97.5 million it requested from the community last year.

U.S. lawmakers have introduced the PACE Act to modernize payment systems and reduce transaction costs. The bill could open federal payment rails to regulated nonbank providers, including crypto firms.