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Bitcoin price downside returned to send BTC to one-week lows thanks to renewed concerns over global oil supplies focused on the Strait of Hormuz blockade. Bitcoin (BTC) headed to weekly lows after Tuesday’s Wall Street open as oil-supply woes panicked global markets. Key points: Read more

SEC Reviews 85-Item Proposal Affecting Bitcoin and XRP ETFs The post SEC Reviews 85-Item Proposal That Could Affect Bitcoin and XRP ETF Listings appeared first on Cryptonews.

The president discussed policy, technology, and war with his top meme coin holders on Saturday at a private Mar-a-Lago gathering.

The 30-day Trade-to-Feed competition marks BitMart's 8th anniversary and the exchange's strategic listing of EAT, the first cause coin. The 30-day Trade-to-Feed competition marks BitMart's 8th anniversary and the exchange's strategic listing of EAT, the first cause coin. New York, United States, April 28, 2026, Chainwire – BitMart, the global digital asset exchange serving millions of users worldwide, today launched the Trade-to-Feed competition, a 30-day trading competition paying out up to $4.4 million USDT in trader rewards. The campaign marks BitMart's eighth anniversary and the exchange's listing of EAT (WYDE: End Hunger), the first cause coin to list on a major centralized exchange. Cause coins are an emerging asset class engineered so that fees from trading activity flow to charitable grant-making infrastructure alongside trader rewards. By making EAT the inaugural cause coin listing and pairing it with the largest competition in BitMart's history, the exchange is positioning itself ahead of a category...

DeFi United, a coalition of multiple blockchain projects and crypto ecosystem individuals, has laid out a detailed plan to restore the backing of rsETH after this month’s Kelp DAO hack sent shockwaves through lending markets.

Bitcoin failed to break $80,000 resistance amid weak onchain fundamentals, but rising spot CVD could support a recovery. Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $76,000 on Tuesday after failing to break $80,000 as uncertainties surrounding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and macroeconomic conditions unnerved the market. Meanwhile, technicals and onchain data sent mixed signals on BTC’s ability to sustain the recovery. Key takeaways Read more

Bitcoin is trading around $76k as April draws to a close. It is sitting at one of the most technically loaded junctures of its entire corrective phase. After clawing back from the February low near $60k, BTC has quietly rebuilt momentum through the mid-$70ks, and with whale-sized spot accumulation now clustering at current levels, the […]

As AI Agents reshape commerce, and make every business an open book, companies will need to figure out what data actually needs to be kept secret – and protect it ferociously – in order to thrive.

CEO Mike Novogratz said Galaxy Digital’s balance sheet suffered because crypto prices are down, yet Hyperliquid partially offset losses.

The early bitcoin investor and author of Bitcoin Supercycle says bitcoin needs to drop to about $57,000 sometime in October before beginning its ascent. A market analyst disagrees.

Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital posted a $216 million first-quarter loss as weaker crypto prices hit asset values, while Helios data center revenue nears. Mike Novogratz’s digital asset company Galaxy Digital posted a $216 million loss in the first quarter of 2026, extending losses from the prior year. Galaxy Digital (GLXY) reported first-quarter earnings Tuesday of a loss of $0.49 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $0.86 in Q1 2025. The earnings came in ahead of expectations, according to MarketBeat analysts, who had expected a loss of $0.59 per share. Gross revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $10.2 billion, compared with $10.2 billion in Q4 2025 and $12.9 billion in the same period a year earlier. Read more

Everyone watching Bitcoin this week is watching the Federal Reserve, while the more important tell may be sitting in the Treasury market, where the 10-year yield has compressed into one of its tightest ranges of the year just as a dense macro calendar opens. Bitcoin's recovery now rests on renewed institutional inflows and the assumption […] The post Bitcoin’s $80k test should be decided by the bond market this week appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Alongside financial pressure, Galaxy Digital began generating data center revenue after delivering its first Helios facility to CoreWeave.

[PRESS RELEASE – New York, United States, April 28th, 2026] 30-day Trade-to-Feed competition marks BitMart’s 8th anniversary and the exchange’s strategic listing of $EAT, the first cause coin. BitMart, the global digital asset exchange serving millions of users worldwide, today launched the Trade-to-Feed competition, a 30-day trading competition paying out up to $4.4 million USDT […]

Bitcoin’s bull score index has just moved into neutral territory for the first time since BTC peaked above $126,000, signaling a possible shift in market structure but also carrying historical warning signs of false reversals. The index now shows bearish signals as Bitcoin trades near $77,605. The price action is still struggling to build a […]

US Anti-Money Laundering fines hit $900 million in the first half of 2025 as enforcement shifted from securities cases, while Basel rules and mandatory audits reshape crypto compliance, according to CertiK. Anti-Money Laundering enforcement has overtaken securities violations as the leading regulatory threat facing crypto companies, according to CertiK, with the United States Department of Justice and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network imposing $900 million in AML-related fines during the first half of 2025. The shift marks a sharp break from the US Securities and Exchange Commission-led enforcement cycle that defined earlier years of crypto regulation. SEC crypto-specific penalties collapsed 97% in penalty value year over year, dropping from $4.9 billion in 2024 to $142 million in 2025, according to a Tuesday report by blockchain security auditor CertiK. Transaction monitoring and licensing failures are now drawing penalties that rival or exceed many earlier crypto securities cases. The DOJ's February 2025...

Veteran trader Peter Brandt and other analysts question the $250,000 Bitcoin target, warning the current bear phase may not be over. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading roughly 40% below its October 2025 record high near $126,000 despite its ongoing recovery. Still, some of the cryptocurrency's loudest bulls, including billionaire investor Tim Draper and Fundstrat’s co-founder Tom Lee, have not backed down from their $250,000 year-end prediction, a target that would require more than a threefold rally from current levels. Is that realistic, or is Bitcoin’s latest drawdown a warning that the cycle has already peaked? Read more

Paul Sztorc says he can't move a single sat of Satoshi's bitcoin and isn't trying to. But critics say rewriting forked-chain balances at addresses a user does not control sets a bad precedent.

Facebook parent company Meta secured up to 1 gigawatt of orbital solar power as AI drives demand for electricity.

Crypto projects are shutting down as token funding weakens and fragmented structures leave them with limited options to restructure or recover. A wave of crypto shutdowns is unfolding across the industry this year, hitting projects from trading platforms to analytics tools. April was no exception, as decentralized email service Dmail said it is shutting down due to high infrastructure costs, failed fundraising and weak token utility. “In prior cycles, projects could extend runway through new issuance or venture support,” Roshan Dharia, a restructuring advisor and CEO of crypto holding company Echo Base, told Cointelegraph. Read more