The whale’s $340 million short position faces liquidation if Ether’s price falls below $1,119 amid growing investor fear. An unidentified cryptocurrency whale injected millions of dollars in emergency capital to avoid a potential liquidation of more than $300 million in Ether as markets slumped amid renewed macroeconomic pressure. The whale is reportedly close to liquidation...Continue Reading

The chief investment officer at Kronos Research says the staker could be showing their long-term confidence in Solana, while others say it’s just a silly meme trade. A crypto user has gone very long on Solana, staking a very small portion of the token for the next 3,000 years, according to blockchain analytics firm Arkham...Continue Reading

ETH prices have tanked more than 14%, causing liquidations on decentralized finance lending platforms. An Ether investor who had a large position on decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform Sky has been liquidated to the tune of more than $100 million as the price of Ether crashed.  The Ether (ETH) whale lost 67,570 ETH worth around...Continue Reading

The Bitcoin network rate briefly soared above 1 Zetahash per second, multiple data sources show, making it one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. The Bitcoin network hashrate has topped 1 Zetahash per second (ZH/s) for the first time in Bitcoin’s 16-year history, according to several blockchain data sources. Bitcoin’s hashrate crossed the milestone on...Continue Reading

“I don’t appreciate being misled,” said a New York judge after seeing an AI avatar used to represent a defendant. A defendant in a New York appeals court has been slammed by a judge for using an artificial intelligence avatar to represent himself in a recent case.  A New York appeals court faced an unusual...Continue Reading

The Conor McGregor-backed token fell short of hitting the $1 million minimum target set by the developers. Investors who bid on the REAL (REAL) token promoted by former UFC champion Conor McGregor will receive a full refund after the project failed to raise above its $1 million minimum requirement. “We need to be real. We...Continue Reading

The platform has upgraded its moderation systems but says it assumes much of its content will remain “not safe for work.” Alon Cohen, co-founder of the Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun, is set to bring back live streaming on the platform — five months after suspending the feature after several incidents involving harmful content.  Posting on...Continue Reading

The cypherpunk and crypto executive cautioned Bitcoin holders to remain vigilant and always thoroughly review destination addresses. Jameson Lopp, the chief security officer at Bitcoin (BTC) custody company Casa, sounded the alarm on Bitcoin address poisoning attacks, a social engineering scam that uses similar addresses from a victim’s transaction history to fool them into sending...Continue Reading

US President Donald Trump told reporters he wasn’t intentionally engineering a market sell-off, but “sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.” Cryptocurrency prices tumbled as the US stock futures market opened sharply lower on April 6 as the Trump administration doubled down on its global tariff strategy. The Trump administration hit all countries...Continue Reading

Bitcoin showed signs of decoupling from stocks last week, but today’s drop below $80,000 suggests BTC and altcoins are primed for a sell-off when US equities markets open. Last week, Bitcoin (BTC) began showing early signs of decoupling from the US stock markets. Bitcoin was relatively flat over the week, while the S&P 500 plunged...Continue Reading