Trump’s Fed Pick, Kevin Warsh, Warns of Tighter Liquidity: What It Means for Bitcoin
On Tuesday, Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump’s choice to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, testified before the Senate Banking Committee. He promised to be independent from the White House but did not promise to cut rates right away, leaving market watchers to try and figure out what a Warsh-led Fed would mean for liquidity and […]
Is Bitcoin 21 days away from a real bull market rally? Shorts pile in but spot demand is pushing back
Bitcoin is stuck in a stand-off between traders and capital. Derivatives markets are still paying investors to stay short, even as spot buyers and ETF flows quietly push back. Bitcoin is approaching a point where the market may have to choose between two very different outcomes. Traders are still paying to stay short, yet price, […]
PENGU Eyes $0.009 as Open Interest Surge Signals Breakout
PENGU is entering a decisive phase as technical compression and derivatives activity converge, pointing toward a potential breakout in the near term. The token continues to trade within a tight range while volatility narrows, signaling a buildup of momentum. Besides, the current setup reflects a classic squeeze pattern that often leads to sharp price movements […]
CEX.IO Selects OpenPayd to Power Real-Time Settlements for Institutional Clients
[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, April 22nd, 2026] -Integration delivers multi-currency accounts, including SEPA Instant-enabled EUR payments, and FX infrastructure across CEX.IO’s global operations. OpenPayd, a leading provider of financial infrastructure, has been selected by global cryptocurrency exchange CEX.IO to underpin its fiat payment operations and institutional settlement activity across its global platform. CEX.IO […]
XRP Breakout Holds as XRPL Lending Vote Gains Momentum
XRP traded at $1.4284 on April 17, slipping 1.73% on the day while maintaining a 6.4% weekly gain. Besides, the token outperformed Bitcoin, Ether, and BNB over the same period. The move reflects steady momentum as broader market conditions remain mixed. Price action shows a confirmed breakout from a descending wedge formed since the August […]
Banks seek to slow down implementation of crypto’s GENIUS Act on stablecoin oversight
U.S. banking groups argued that a number of federal agencies are moving quickly on stablecoin regulations, making it hard to understand how rules will interact.
The Protocol: Kelp DAO exploited for $292 million
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Russia’s Sberbank Ready to Enter Crypto Trading as Russia Moves Toward Regulation
Bitcoin Magazine Russia’s Sberbank Ready to Enter Crypto Trading as Russia Moves Toward Regulation Sberbank will provide access to crypto trading once regulation and organized exchange trading begin, Senior Vice President and Head of Wealth Management Ruslan Vesterovsky said at the Moscow Exchange forum, according to Russia’s TASS. The Bank of Russia maintains a view […]
Justin Sun Sues Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial Over Frozen WLFI Tokens
Tron founder Justin Sun has filed a lawsuit in a California federal court against the Donald Trump-linked crypto project, World Liberty Financial, to protect his legal rights as a holder of WLFI tokens. He acknowledged being a supporter of President Donald Trump and his administration’s push to make the United States more crypto-friendly, and that […]
Crypto Long & Short: Protecting the people building DeFi infrastructure
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Jennifer Rosenthal writes on the need to protect the people actually building DeFi infrastructure. Then, Alexis Sirkia comments on how Ethereum’s L2 strategy is failing due to a fundamental design flaw.
The $292 million Kelp DAO exploit shows why crypto bridges are still one of the industry’s weakest links
The problem is structural and as long as bridges depend on complex systems with shared infrastructure and hidden trust assumptions, they will remain vulnerable.
Trump-linked American Bitcoin shares spike over 12% after announcing more mining power
The Trump family-linked mining and treasury company announced 11,298 additional bitcoin mining ASICs at its Drumheller site.