Wintermute’s blockchain transactions point to a smart arbitrage opportunity that arose after FDUSD depegged to $0.87. Market makers’ blockchain transactions point to a potential $3 million arbitrage opportunity related to the depegging of the FDUSD stablecoin. The First Digital US dollar-pegged stablecoin (FDUSD) depegged on April 2, after Tron founder Justin Sun claimed that the...Continue Reading

CEX listings had an average return of over 80% during the past 180 days, outperforming the NYSE and Nasdaq’s average IPO returns. Cryptocurrency listings have outperformed the average of traditional stock listings, despite recent community criticism regarding the manipulation potential of token listings on centralized exchanges. Token listing procedures on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEXs) drew...Continue Reading

Crypto donations in 2025 are expected to reach $2.5 billion on growing crypto wealth creation and an improving political landscape. Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao donated over half a million dollars worth of crypto to the earthquake disaster relief effort in Thailand and Myanmar, in another testament to the growing utility of blockchain-based emergency charity...Continue Reading

Bitcoin may see a “sizeable bounce” at $71,000 if US trade tariffs result in further BTC price pressure, new analysis predicts. Bitcoin (BTC) faces “very high risk” conditions from US trade tariffs, which could spark a slump to $71,000. In his latest analysis, Charles Edwards, the founder of quantitative Bitcoin and digital asset fund Capriole...Continue Reading

In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, the chief investment officer discusses Bitcoin’s risks, institutional adoption and why now could be the best time to invest. If you’ve ever wondered when is the right time to invest in Bitcoin (BTC), you won’t want to miss our latest interview with Matt Hougan. As the chief investment officer...Continue Reading

Bills to create Bitcoin reserves have been introduced in 26 states, with Arizona currently the closest to passing a law. Lawmakers in the US states of Minnesota and Alabama filed companion bills to identical existing bills that if passed into law, would allow each state to buy Bitcoin. The Minnesota Bitcoin Act, or HF 2946,...Continue Reading

Treasure DAO chief contributor John Patten says the annual burn rate for the DAO has been $8.3 million, but the new measures aim to reduce costs. Decentralized video game ecosystem Treasure DAO is restructuring as “a matter of survival” to extend its financial runway to at least February 2026. Treasure DAO’s chief contributor John Patten...Continue Reading

Leading AI chatbots ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok all return the same formula for reciprocal tariff calculations, several X users claim. There’s a crazy theory on social media that US President Donald Trump’s newly announced reciprocal tariff plan — which hits all countries with a minimum 10% tariff — could have been designed by an...Continue Reading

The Bitcoin Development Mailing List on Google Groups was banned for several hours, and one moderator thinks it may have been an intentional attack. One of Bitcoin’s key communication tools used to discuss potential protocol changes was knocked out for several hours starting on April 2, with one moderator speculating it may have been a...Continue Reading

Kaspersky researchers say they have found 2,600 confirmed infections through this scam in different countries, with the majority of users in Russia. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says it has uncovered thousands of counterfeit Android smartphones sold online with preinstalled malware designed to steal crypto and other sensitive data.  The Android devices are sold at reduced prices,...Continue Reading