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
Also: DPRK hacking crypto, Aave contagion and Coinbase on quantum computing.
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.
Coinbase Shifts Prediction Markets Lawsuit to Federal Court
The prediction markets reached a federal legal phase when Coinbase took out of state court a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The company appealed to the federal court, claiming jurisdiction under federal laws and bringing up concerns related to national regulation. Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal announced the transition. In
SUI Crypto DeFi Protocol Volo Exploited as Team Commits to Absorbing User Losses
Volo Protocol, a liquid staking platform on Sui crypto, was exploited on April 22, 2026, for approximately $3.5 million across its WBTC, XAUm, and USDC vaults, the protocol’s first material security breach in its 18-month history. The team has pledged to absorb the losses in full, and roughly $28 million in TVL across unaffected vaults […]
Bitcoin Set For Stronger Week, Eyes $88K On Stable Macro Backdrop: Analyst
Institutional investors poured nearly $1 billion into Bitcoin exchange-traded funds last week, signaling a massive appetite for the asset even as prices fluctuated. Data shows that 13 different US spot ETFs brought in roughly $996 million over those five days. This trend did not slow down as the new week began. On Monday alone, these […]