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BitMine, led by Tom Lee, staked $320 million in Ethereum, pushing over 70% of holdings into yield strategies and potentially tightening market liquidity.

MicroStrategy Inc. (MSTR) has officially become the largest single holder of Bitcoin (BTC), surpassing BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). The business intelligence firm now holds an impressive 815,061 BTC, exce…

JPG Store, widely recognized as the leading NFT marketplace on the Cardano (ADA) blockchain, has announced it will permanently shut down operations on May 23, 2026. The closure also includes its Comet platform, markin…

Robinhood Markets is accelerating its global expansion and product innovation in 2026, unveiling plans to broaden retail access to private markets while moving forward with regulatory approval to launch brokerage serv…

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has reached a new milestone, accumulating approximately 806,700 Bitcoin (BTC) valued at around $63.7 billion. This achievement marks an all-time high for the largest spot Bitco…

Circle’s Chief Economist Gordon Liao has introduced a proposal to recalibrate Aave’s USD Coin (USDC) interest rate model, aiming to resolve the ongoing liquidity crunch on Aave v3 Ethereum. The proposal comes after US…

Coinbase has officially listed Tokenised GBP (tGBP), marking April 22 as the launch date of its first British pound-backed stablecoin available to users worldwide. Issued by FCA-registered BCP Technologies, tGBP is fu…

Robinhood stock (HOOD) surged more than 3% during early U.S. trading hours, reflecting renewed investor confidence as the company expands into artificial intelligence. The rally follows Robinhood’s announcement that i…

Tesla (TSLA), led by Elon Musk, maintained its bitcoin (BTC) holdings at 11,509 BTC during the first quarter of 2026, signaling continued confidence in its long-term crypto strategy despite market volatility. The elec…

Tether purchased 951 BTC, bringing holdings to 97,141 Bitcoin as it continues a profit-driven accumulation strategy tied to its stablecoin business.

Chinese crypto billionaire Li Lin is taking a strategic step to expand his digital asset footprint by shifting part of his private trading operations into a publicly listed Hong Kong company. The move reflects rising …

Polymarket has officially announced the launch of perpetual futures trading, introducing a new way for users to go long or short on prediction markets 24/7. The update, revealed on April 21, positions the platform at …

Prediction markets are emerging as a key growth opportunity for Coinbase (COIN) and Robinhood (HOOD), even as both companies face weaker crypto trading activity in early 2026. According to Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Ra…

Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ) is preparing to raise $3.3 billion through a high-yield, or junk bond, offering as it accelerates its transition from bitcoin mining to artificial intelligence (AI) data center operation…

Entrepreneur Kim Dae-sik launched Xcoin in 2014 after acquiring BTC Korea, reflecting South Korea’s early push to build a competitive local crypto exchange ecosystem amid Bitcoin’s global rise.

Arbitrum’s Security Council has frozen 30,766 ETH, valued at approximately $71 million, in response to the recent Kelp DAO exploit involving its liquid restaking token, rsETH. The emergency action followed a $292 mill…

Ripple has unveiled a comprehensive four-phase roadmap to make the XRP Ledger (XRPL) quantum-resistant, aiming for full implementation by 2028. As one of the leading blockchain platforms, XRPL powers XRP, currently am…

XRP steadies amid rising ETF exposure led by Goldman Sachs and expanding Ripple-led payments infrastructure in Japan, supporting longer-term demand outlook.

Polymarket is negotiating a $400 million funding round that could value the prediction market platform at $15 billion amid rising institutional interest and regulatory uncertainty.

Institutional investors boosted exposure to Bitcoin miner IREN despite weak earnings and declining revenue, reflecting long-term confidence in crypto cycle leverage.

Circle stock declined amid legal concerns tied to a $280 million hack response even as the firm expanded USDC infrastructure and cross-chain capabilities.

On April 18, TRON blockchain founder Justin Sun paid an official visit to Kyrgyzstan, where he met with President Sadyr Japarov to explore opportunities in blockchain development and digital asset adoption. The high-p…

Alcoa, the largest aluminum producer in the United States, is reportedly close to offloading its dormant Massena East smelter in upstate New York to bitcoin mining company New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG). CE…

Binance and Bitget, two of the world's leading cryptocurrency exchanges, have launched separate investigations into suspicious trading activity surrounding RaveDAO's RAVE token. The probe follows allegations by promin…

The long-anticipated collaboration between Ripple and Solana has officially launched, with the Solana network announcing the debut of Wrapped XRP (wXRP) across multiple decentralized applications. This milestone marks…

The XRP Ledger community is preparing to vote on two significant protocol upgrades — XLS-65 and XLS-66 — that could bring native lending and asset pooling capabilities to the network. Both amendments are currently ope…

XRP rose to a three-week high as Rakuten integrated the token into its payments and wallet ecosystem, signaling growing real-world adoption in Japan.

South Korean industry leaders say Ethereum’s strong on-chain activity and $8.5 billion stablecoin inflows contrast with lagging prices as institutional adoption and AI-driven payment use cases expand.

Executives from Sharplink, HODL1, and Parataxis argued at Ethereum Korea One that Ethereum is emerging as core financial infrastructure, highlighting staking growth, institutional adoption, and ecosystem resilience.

The Ethereum Korea Consortium launched in Seoul with major financial institutions and ecosystem leaders to drive institutional adoption and increase Korea’s contribution to Ethereum development.

XRP trades near $1.40 as Rakuten’s large-scale integration and $119.6 million in institutional inflows highlight growing real-world demand despite regulatory and technical headwinds.

Hanwha Investment & Securities launches an internal AI competition to build deployable tools that improve workflows and client services.

X has launched ‘Smart Cashtags’ featuring real-time crypto and stock data, signaling Elon Musk’s broader push into integrated trading and financial services.

TokenPost reports Bithumb’s early development was shaped by Lee Jung-hoon’s experience in gaming item markets, highlighting how Korea’s digital commerce culture influenced the exchange’s foundation.

Coinbase is reportedly in talks with Anthropic to secure access to Claude Mythos Preview, a highly restricted frontier AI model built with advanced cybersecurity capabilities. The outreach, first reported by The Infor…

Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi confirmed at the Semafor World Economy Summit in Washington, D.C., that the cryptocurrency exchange has submitted a confidential IPO filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. T…

Goldman Sachs filed with the SEC on April 14 to launch its first proprietary Bitcoin fund, a Premium Income ETF that signals a major shift in how Wall Street is packaging cryptocurrency for traditional investors. The …

Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy and trading under NYSE: MSTR, saw its stock climb more than 5% during Tuesday's intraday session on April 14 after the company confirmed its first quarter 2026 earnings releas…

Japan's e-commerce and fintech powerhouse Rakuten has officially integrated XRP into its Rakuten Pay app, marking a major milestone for Ripple's cryptocurrency and digital asset adoption in one of the world's most tec…

Goldman Sachs Asset Management filed for a Bitcoin ‘Premium Income’ ETF using options strategies, signaling a shift by institutions toward yield-focused crypto products amid volatile market conditions.