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Pantera Capital and other investors pressure Satsuma to dump $50M Bitcoin as stock collapses over 98%.

Ethereum signalled a potential rally to $6,000 as bullish technicals, tightening supply, and rising institutional demand are starting to look like major tailwinds. Ether’s (ETH) 33% rally from its sub-$1,800 multi-year lows appears to be cooling, but several key metrics suggest the top altcoin is primed for a bigger rally toward $6,000 or higher. Key takeaways: Ether is currently displaying a technical setup similar to past cycles that ignited a massive rally in ETH price.  Read more

US banking groups are pressing regulators to slow parts of the federal rollout of the GENIUS Act, opening a new front in their broader fight over how far stablecoins should be allowed to move into territory long dominated by bank deposits. On April 22, the American Bankers Association (ABA) and three other banking trade groups […] The post US Bankers association push for 60 day pause to stop stablecoin rules going live appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Di Bartolomeo argues that last weekend the market achieved – in real time – a notable feat that no regulator, auditor or commentator has ever done.

Benjamin Pasternak faces criminal charges following an investor class action lawsuit and accusations of breaching an OTC token deal.

The KelpDAO attack left behind bad debt and frozen positions across Aave, the conditions the USDC pool has been stuck in ever since.

President Trump's administration says foreign actors are using jailbreaking techniques and fake accounts to extract American AI capabilities.

Bitcoin brought its bull market support band as a key level for BTC price action to reclaim during the weekly candle close. Bitcoin (BTC) slipped from near three-month highs on Thursday as attention turned to the weekly close. Key points: Bitcoin retraces after its latest trip to its highest levels in several months. Read more

The disgraced FTX founder's parents have reportedly pushed for a pardon from President Donald Trump behind closed doors.

Spanish police seized crypto cold wallets tied to an alleged illegal manga site, as questions remain over whether officers can access the funds. Spanish police seized two crypto cold wallets containing about 400,000 euros ($467,000) during a raid on what authorities described as the country’s largest illicit Spanish-language manga distribution platform. Police in Almería arrested three suspects and confiscated two cold wallets hidden inside a wall thermometer, seized from what authorities called the largest portal for illegal manga distribution that generated over 4 million euros ($4.6 million) over the past decade, according to Spain's Interior Ministry. The ministry said the website had offered free access to pirated manga since 2014 and generated most of its revenue through advertising. Read more

AI agents are executing transactions, forming “agentic finance.” Crypto is the financial backend for these autonomous systems. Learn use cases, risks, and what experts say.

Long-shot bets on a market tied to the daily maximum temperature in Paris have raised eyebrows—and triggered a police complaint.

The stablecoin issuer said the action followed U.S. law enforcement requests as global watchdog FATF warned of growing role of digital dollars in illicit money flows.

Stablecoin issuer Tether said it coordinated with U.S. authorities to implement one of its largest asset freezes on record.

US Government Runs a Bitcoin Node, Admiral Confirms The post US Government Runs a Bitcoin Node, Admiral Says, But Is Not Mining BTC appeared first on Cryptonews.

Admiral Samuel Paparo appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Apr. 21 for a posture review for the US Indo-Pacific Command ahead of the fiscal year 2027 defense request. Paparo reportedly disclosed that INDOPACOM is running a Bitcoin node and treating the protocol's architecture as operationally relevant for securing networks and projecting power. In […] The post US admiral who blasted crypto is now running a Bitcoin node for America’s security appeared first on CryptoSlate.

FTX Sold Cursor Stake for $200K — Now Worth $3B The post FTX Estate Sold Cursor Stake for $200K: It’s Now Worth $3 Billion appeared first on Cryptonews.

A $20 billion hit from the KelpDAO exploit highlights systemic risks, while flat ETH-denominated growth and a shift to stablecoins point to ongoing fragility in DeFi.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a report warning stablecoin yields and other DeFi “earn” products are bank-like services without the safeguards or insurance.

The FTX estate sold its Cursor stake for $200K in 2023, now worth $3B after a SpaceX-linked valuation surge, raising questions about bankruptcy asset sales. The FTX bankruptcy estate sold a 5% stake in AI coding startup Cursor for $200,000 in April 2023, missing out on roughly $3 billion after the company was valued at $60 billion in a SpaceX-linked deal this week. On Wednesday, SpaceX said it has secured the right to acquire Cursor later this year at a $60 billion valuation, or alternatively pay a $10 billion breakup fee if the transaction does not proceed. That valuation sharply revalues FTX’s earlier position in the company, which traces back to April 2022 when Alameda Research, a quantitative trading firm also founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, invested $200,000 in Anysphere, the startup behind Cursor. The investment reportedly secured about a 5% equity stake at a $4 million valuation. Read more