CoinDesk 20 performance update: index drops 2.4% as all constituents trade lower
Aave (AAVE) dropped 8.5% and Avalanche (AVAX) fell 7.6%, leading the index lower from Monday.
‘A whole civilization will die’: Crypto markets under pressure as Trump ups rhetoric towards Iran
Weekend gains for bitcoin have been mostly erased ahead of the president’s Tuesday night deadline for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
Crypto Trust Crisis — The “Kim Jong‑Un Test” Is Exposing Secret North Korean Moles
Amidst yet another big hack attributed to North Korea-linked operatives, some crypto builders have confessed they are passing tests during interviews to developers to make sure they are not North Korean agents. The Fool-Proof “Kim Jong‑Un Test” For Crypto Developers Once again, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is responsible for some action movie-sounding […]
Bitcoin quantum threat is real and closer than it looks, says Nobel prize winning physicist
Former Google quantum hardware leader and winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, John Martinis, warns that breaking encryption will be among the earliest uses of quantum computing
Ethereum (ETH) Could Explode by 130% if This ‘Line in the Sand’ Holds: Details
While the second-largest cryptocurrency has managed to defend the psychological $2,000 mark, its price remains far below the peak levels reached last summer. According to one popular analyst, though, it could be gearing up for a triple-digit increase, assuming a certain condition is met. The ‘Line in the Sand’ As of this writing, ETH trades […]
How North Korea’s 6-month long secret espionage program has crypto community rethinking security
For years, the DeFi industry has treated security as a technical problem: something that could be solved with better code. But the Drift incident suggests something far more complex: that the real vulnerabilities may lie outside the codebase altogether.
Analyst Says Five Years of Nothing for Ethereum and Altcoin Will Finally End Soon
Expectations for altseason to play out this year remain strong despite the many calls for the bear market to have begun already. In particular, the fact that the price of the pioneer altcoin, Ethereum (ETH), has held on to prices above the $2,000 price range is a very bullish sign for a promised altseason peak […]
New crypto fight with the SEC could decide whether Wall Street keeps control when stocks move to blockchain
Citadel Securities’ latest SEC filing and Blockchain Association’s response expose something more consequential: an early public battle over the real prize in tokenized stocks. Wall Street’s goal is to remain indispensable when equities become tokenized. The establishment’s position on tokenization has moved faster than most observers expected. Citadel Securities says it welcomes tokenization because it […]
Tesla Stock Under Pressure With 60% Downside Warning From JPMorgan
Tesla is in focus as a widening split among analysts emerges, with the stock trading near $359 after a roughly 20% decline in 2026 and an additional 2.15% drop in recent trading, as of Tuesday, April 7. The stock had previously peaked just under $499 in December, driven by optimism surrounding robotaxi developments, but sentiment
France and South Korea Pioneer Revolutionary Tokenized Cross-Border Payments in 2026
The Bank of France and South Korea are working together to see if using tokenized cross-border payments and digital asset frameworks could be feasible. They are doing this as part of a larger program to revamp the international payment systems and to take advantage of the positives of blockchain technology. Joint Effort to Understand Tokenization
Strategy’s Bitcoin Bet: A $14.5 Billion Unrealized Loss in Q1 2026
According to Michael Saylor’s Strategy, one of the major corporate players in Bitcoin, it recorded a massive unrealized loss of about $14.5 billion in the first quarter of 2026, which was mainly due to the steep depreciation of Bitcoin’s price. This slump made Bitcoin’s performance the worst for the start of the year since 2018,
Polygon Foundation Sets April 8 Date for Giugliano Hardfork Upgrade
According to the Polygon Foundation, the Giugliano hard fork will be activated on the main network at block 85,268,500. It is expected that the upgrade will go live around 2 p.m. UTC on April 8, targeting faster transaction finality and clearer fee data. The upgrade allows earlier block announcements by producers. This reduces the waiting