Cow Swap, a decentralized exchange aggregator built on Cow Protocol, paused its protocol Monday after attackers hijacked the DNS records for its main frontend at swap.cow.fi.

Strategy Inc.’s perpetual preferred stock STRC just posted its busiest day yet, and the real headline is not the ticker tape theater but the simple fact that the company’s bitcoin buying machine found another way to run hotter.

The Liberal Democrats have formally requested that the Financial Conduct Authority investigate Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, over his cryptocurrency activities.

Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh disclosed more than $192 million in combined assets through a U.S. Office of Government Ethics filing, revealing a sprawling portfolio that includes crypto investments in Solana, Dydx, Optimism, Polychain Capital, and Dapper Labs, with Warsh pledging to divest certain holdings if confirmed.

Asset manager and financial giant Goldman Sachs filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday, for a new actively managed fund called the Goldman Sachs Bitcoin Premium Income ETF.

Bitcoin reached $76,000 on Tuesday, as optimism over a potential U.S.-Iran diplomatic opening lifted risk appetite across global markets. After reaching $76,120 on Bitstamp, the leading crypto asset has pulled back to just above $75,000.

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a compensation process for victims of the $4 billion Onecoin fraud. More than $40 million in recovered assets will be distributed to eligible claimants.

Onchain investigator ZachXBT publicly alleged that more than $9.5 million stolen through a fraudulent Ledger Live app on Apple’s App Store was laundered through over 150 Kucoin deposit addresses.

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Bitcoin is testing breakout levels amid geopolitical tensions and macro uncertainty, as price action builds pressure at key resistance. Market pressure from energy spikes and shifting sentiment has yet to trigger a decisive move, with Wintermute pointing to unresolved structural risks.

Deutsche Börse has acquired a $200 million stake in Kraken, valuing the crypto exchange at $13.3 billion. The partnership aims to expand institutional access to digital assets and bridge traditional finance with crypto markets.

The world’s largest stablecoin issuer, Tether, launched tether.wallet on Tuesday, giving hundreds of millions of users direct access to a self-custodial digital wallet built on the company’s existing global financial infrastructure.

Colombia’s Constitutional Court has declared President Gustavo Petro’s economic emergency decree unconstitutional, ending a 13-month effort to impose value-added taxes on the country’s online gambling sector through executive action. The April 9 ruling forces the government to pursue any future gambling tax through Congress. The presidential election is now less than seven weeks away.

The crypto market surged past a $2.6 trillion valuation on April 14, led by bitcoin’s climb to nearly $75,000 and a significant rally in altcoins like ethereum and RAVE.

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