Ether led with strong inflows of $43 million, as bitcoin edged forward with limited gains. However, both XRP and solana remained on the sidelines with no trading activity.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is running a live Bitcoin node and conducting operational tests on the Bitcoin protocol to secure military networks, the command’s top officer told the Senate Armed Services Committee this week.

Gensyn officially launched Delphi on its mainnet on Wednesday, making it the first application to go live on the decentralized compute network and introducing real economic value to a platform that processed millions in test volume during its trial run.

Bitcoin added $5,000 to its value in 72 hours, reaching its highest level since February. The total market cap rose to $1.58 trillion while the rapid price jump triggered a short squeeze, liquidating $207 million in short bets.

Traders placed a $430 million bet on falling oil prices in a two-minute window on April 21, 2026, roughly 15 minutes before President Donald Trump announced an indefinite extension of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire.

Two hooded men armed with a pistol held a Brittany family hostage for more than three hours on April 20, 2026, forcing the transfer of approximately $820,000 in cryptocurrency before fleeing in a stolen vehicle.

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Bitcoin climbed to an 11-week high above $79,000 on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump extended the U.S.-Iran ceasefire indefinitely, easing fears of renewed conflict in the Middle East that had been pressuring global markets for weeks.

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority targeted eight premises suspected of running illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading operations on Wednesday, marking the agency’s first coordinated enforcement action of this kind.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, chaired by Fundstrat founder Tom Lee, staked an additional 61,232 ether ( ETH) worth $142 million, bringing its total staked position to 3.39 million ETH valued at $7.88 billion.

North Korea’s Lazarus Group has deployed a modular macOS malware kit called Mach-O Man that uses fake meeting invites to steal credentials and crypto wallet access from fintech executives and developers.

Volo Protocol, a liquid staking and BTCFi platform on the Sui blockchain, confirmed a $3.5 million security exploit this week, tied to a compromised vault admin private key.

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Core Scientific is seeking to raise $3.3 billion through a debt offering as it pivots toward AI-focused data centers. The move underscores a broader shift away from bitcoin mining.

The Greek maritime risk management firm MARISKS has issued an urgent warning regarding a cryptocurrency scam targeting shipping companies stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.