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OpenAI will discontinue the Sora app and API, ending its AI video-generation platform months after launching the standalone product.

Falling tech stock prices and rising bond yields have forced a rush for cash, preventing Bitcoin from gaining any bullish momentum. Key takeaways: Investors dumped gold and bonds for cash as war-driven oil spikes and inflation forced a defensive market stance. Rising yields and a 20% rate hike chance signal a tight outlook, leaving Bitcoin vulnerable amid soaring US debt. Read more

The Solana Foundation and its affiliates, such as Monke Foundry, distribute tens of millions in grants each year.

21shares president Duncan Moir sees shifting investor demand and evolving product strategies pushing crypto ETFs and ETPs beyond passive exposure. Crypto asset manager 21shares sees actively managed exchange-traded products as the next phase of crypto investing, as the market matures beyond simple price-tracking funds. Duncan Moir, president of 21shares, told Cointelegraph in an exclusive interview that because crypto is a nascent and growing asset class, it is particularly well suited to active management. He said the company combines bottom-up research on individual assets with quantitative and discretionary top-down strategies to manage risk and position portfolios, adding that 21shares has been expanding its portfolio management and trading teams to support more sophisticated products. Read more

US business activity slowed in March, and the new PMI data delivered a warning that markets are starting to price in: growth is losing momentum just as price pressures pick up again. That creates a pretty tough backdrop for Bitcoin to trade in. When the economy cools while inflation stays elevated, traders expect the Federal […] The post Bitcoin faces a new threat after US PMI reignites stagflation fears appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Riding the crypto boom to become one of the 2025's hottest stocks, HOOD has shed more than 50% of its value since bitcoin topped in early October.

Circle (CRCL) stock plunged 20% on Tuesday as stablecoin rival Tether made a long-awaited move and Clarity Act speculation grew.

An Israeli TV report said a one-month ceasefire could be announced soon.

Balancer Labs Shuts Down After $128M Exploit The post Balancer Labs to Shut Down After $128M Exploit, Plans Lean Restructuring appeared first on Cryptonews.

EDX Markets Launches KRW Perpetual Futures in April 2026 The post Wall Street Target Asia: New Won Stablcoin Plots Asia FX Dominance appeared first on Cryptonews.

The asset management giant's Robbie Mitchnic said clients are focused on bitcoin, ether and only a few other tokens, and aren't looking for broad exposure. Rather, they see opportunity for crypto in artificial intelligence.

Bitcoin price analysis suggests implied volatility has peaked. Traders look to Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) as the new L2 infrastructure play. The post BTC USD To Reserve: Is Now The Time to Buy? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The move aims to integrate the second-biggest dollar-pegged stablecoin into regional payment networks to improve cross-border transactions and remittances. Circle is partnering with Sasai Fintech to expand the use of its USDC stablecoin across African payment corridors, targeting remittances, business transactions and mobile wallet services. According to Tuesday’s announcement, collaboration will integrate the second-biggest stablecoin into Sasai’s existing payments infrastructure, which supports cross-border transfers, enterprise payments and consumer wallets, with the aim of reducing costs and settlement times. Sasai operates across multiple African markets, providing digital payments services that will integrate with Circle’s onchain infrastructure. Read more

Crypto platforms may no longer offer interest-like stablecoin rewards, but activity-based incentives remain under new legislative draft.

Bitcoin is starting to trade like the market’s real-time geopolitical switch After Bitcoin moved back above $70,000, following President Trump's five-day delay of planned strikes on Iranian infrastructure, the useful question is whether Bitcoin is now functioning as one of the fastest live markets for repricing geopolitical risk. The evidence increasingly supports this interpretation. Bitcoin is no […] The post How Bitcoin evolved from ‘safe haven’ to become the market’s real-time geopolitical risk indicator appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Chair Michael Selig said that the task force was an example of “future-proofing“ regulation at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is looking to embrace innovation in its regulatory approach to crypto and blockchain with the launch of a new Innovation Task Force, according to a Tuesday notice. Chair Michael Selig said that the task force will work with the regulator’s Innovation Advisory Committee to create a framework focused on crypto, blockchain, AI, and prediction markets. The effort will be led by Michael Passalacqua, who joined the CFTC as a senior adviser in January after working on crypto and blockchain issues at international law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. “The idea behind our innovation advisory task force is really to create a space where innovators and builders can come in and talk to the staff,” Selig told attendees at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on Tuesday. “It’s not just crypto — it’s going to be prediction markets, cr...

Robin Vince says large banks can bridge digital assets and traditional finance as trust and regulation shape the next phase of growth.

Epic Games is laying off more than 1,000 employees as Fortnite engagement falls, but CEO Tim Sweeney says it's not AI's fault.

Aleksei Volkov facilitated dozens of attacks across the U.S. as an "initial access broker," causing over $9 million in actual losses.

The CFTC launched a new task force designed to create a clear framework of rules for technologies like AI, crypto, and prediction markets.