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Cointelegraph.com - 18:32 Apr 29, 2026
KuCoin EU hires a new AML chief and deputies in Vienna weeks after Austria’s regulator banned the MiCA‑licensed exchange from taking on new business over compliance gaps. Update (April 29, 17:15 UTC): This article has been updated to include comments from KuCoin EU's AML officer Carmen Kleinhans and managing director Sabina Liu. KuCoin EU has appointed a new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) chief and expanded its compliance team in Vienna, weeks after Austrian regulators barred the exchange from taking on new business under Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) regime. The MiCA-licensed entity named Carmen Kleinhans as its Anti-Money Laundering Officer, alongside two deputy AML officers drawn from former Austrian regulators and bank compliance chiefs. According to a Wednesday release, the team will oversee AML, Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) and sanctions controls, as well as enterprise-wide risk management and regulatory engagement. Kleinhans told Cointelegraph that the focus is on embedding cont... -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:00 Apr 29, 2026
Realmint officially launches today, opening doors for retail investors to access RWAs through a smarter, data-driven platform. April 29, 2026 – Realmint officially launches today, opening doors for retail investors to access RWAs through a smarter, data-driven platform. Backed by Injective Foundation and Cointelegraph Accelerator, the platform combines scoring, aggregation, and one-click access to tokenized assets. The market for tokenized real-world assets is growing fast, but for most users, understanding what they're actually buying is still far from simple. The barrier isn't access, it's understanding. Assets are distributed across multiple chains and platforms, forcing users to manually navigate different ecosystems before even comparing options. Two tokens can represent the same asset, such as gold, while having completely different structures, levels of transparency, and risk profiles. One might be backed by audited reserves with clear redemption terms; another might offer little more than a whitepaper... -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:54 Apr 29, 2026
Coinbase survey results and onchain data suggest that Bitcoin is undervalued and at the tail end of its bear market phase. More than 70% of crypto investors believe that Bitcoin (BTC) is undervalued, according to a recent Global Investor Survey conducted by Coinbase and Glassnode. The survey found that 82% of institutions and 70% of non-institutions classify the market as a late bear cycle markdown phase, while onchain indicators suggest BTC is entering a “value-accumulation zone.” Coinbase Institutional Research surveyed 91 global investors between March 16 and April 7, including 29 institutions and 62 non-institutions. The responses show a sharp shift in perceptions for the current BTC market. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:21 Apr 29, 2026
Visa broadens its crypto pilot to nine blockchains as stablecoin volumes grow, highlighting early traction for onchain settlement in global payments. Global payments giant Visa has expanded its stablecoin settlement pilot to include Polygon and four other blockchain networks, signaling continued experimentation with crypto-based payment infrastructure. The pilot, launched by Visa in 2023, allows partners to settle transactions using stablecoins rather than traditional banking rails. Newly supported networks include Polygon, Base, the Canton Network, Arc and Tempo. They join existing supported chains such as Ethereum, Solana, Stellar and Avalanche. The expansion comes as the program has reached an annualized settlement run rate of roughly $7 billion, growing about 50% quarter over quarter, according to Visa. Despite that growth, volume remains small compared to the company’s core payments business. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:00 Apr 29, 2026
Changelly, a leading instant cryptocurrency exchange and trusted blockchain API provider, is marking its 11th anniversary with a new company milestone. April 29, 2026 – Changelly, a leading instant cryptocurrency exchange and trusted blockchain API provider, is marking its 11th anniversary with a new company milestone. More than 12 million users worldwide now rely on the platform's web and app alone for seamless digital asset swaps, purchases, and cash-outs—with API integrations driving an even greater volume of users beyond that count. After more than a decade on the market, the platform has grown to support 1,200 cryptocurrencies across 200 blockchains for instant crypto swaps. To celebrate, the company is launching Changelly’s 11th Birthday Mystery Boxes—a limited-time in-app game available starting April 28, 2026, featuring prizes from Changelly and its partners, including Topper by Uphold, SafePal, OneKey, SecuX, and MyTonWallet. Asset availability on Changelly has continued to expand. The platform now s... -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:14 Apr 29, 2026
Dogecoin’s latest rebound resembled bounces witnessed in mid-2023, raising the odds of a rally toward $0.33 in the coming weeks. Dogecoin (DOGE) gained as much as 12% on Wednesday, leading gains in a broader relief rally across global risk markets ahead of the US Federal Reserve decision on interest rate cuts. Key takeaways: DOGE rose as much as 14% to an intraday high of $0.112 on Wednesday from a low of $0.097, outperforming the broader crypto market. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:25 Apr 29, 2026
MoonPay has acquired Israel-based crypto security infrastructure provider Sodot, forming the foundation of its new institutional unit led by former CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham. Crypto payments platform MoonPay is launching an institutional unit after acquiring Sodot, an Israeli crypto security infrastructure provider. MoonPay on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Sodot, using Sodot’s key management technology as the core infrastructure layer of its new business serving financial institutions, asset managers, trading firms and exchanges entering digital asset markets. "We built MoonPay to be the world's leading crypto payments network,” MoonPay co-founder and CEO Ivan Soto-Wright said in a press release, adding that its institutional arm is the next stage for the company. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:00 Apr 29, 2026
A new report by Bitget Wallet and Polymarket found that retail users are driving repeat activity on prediction markets, signaling a shift from one-off bets to continuous engagement. Prediction markets are becoming one of the most active onchain applications, with retail users driving most activity even as participation across much of the broader digital asset market remains subdued. According to a new report by Bitget Wallet and Polymarket, monthly trading volume reached $25.7 billion in March, with more than 80% of users classified as retail, defined as those trading less than $10,000. The figures are broadly consistent with data from Dune Analytics, which recorded $23.7 billion in March trading volume, up from $1.9 billion a year earlier. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:32 Apr 29, 2026
Flying Tulip’s Andre Cronje says circuit breakers can give teams time to respond during abnormal outflows, while Curve’s Michael Egorov warns they may create new human vulnerabilities. Andre Cronje says much of decentralized finance is “no longer DeFi” in the strict sense, as builders debate whether circuit breakers and other emergency controls are now necessary to protect users from exploits. The Flying Tulip founder told Cointelegraph in an interview that many protocols are no longer immutable public goods, but rather “teams running for-profit businesses” with upgradeable contracts, offchain infrastructure and operational controls. That shift changes the security model, he said. While early DeFi protocols were mostly defined by immutable smart contracts, newer systems often depend on proxy upgrades, multisigs, infrastructure providers, admin processes and human response teams, according to Cronje. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:07 Apr 29, 2026
XRP price technicals are favoring a potential rebound to $2.15 as long as support at $1.40 is held, and institutional demand remains elevated. XRP (XRP) price was up 1.2% over the last 24 hours to trade at $1.40 on Wednesday. Several market and technical factors suggest that the XRP/USD pair may climb further as long as key support levels hold. Key takeaways: Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is urging the XRP community to "lock in" as massive marketing campaigns take over the Las Vegas Strip ahead of the XRP Las Vegas 2026 (XRPLV26) conference. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:17 Apr 29, 2026
The vulnerability behind ZetaChain's $334,000 exploit had been reported through its bug bounty program before the attack but was dismissed. The vulnerability that led to ZetaChain’s recent exploit had been flagged through its bug bounty program before the attack, but was dismissed as intended behavior. In a post-mortem published Wednesday, the team said the incident has prompted a review of how it handles bug bounty submissions, particularly reports involving chained attack vectors that may appear harmless in isolation but are dangerous in combination. “This bug was reported and they simply ignored it,” one user wrote on X. “That's how bug bounty programs work with these protocols currently; they incentivize losses for the protocol, the TVL, and the user's balance instead of paying the researcher for discovering and fixing the bug,” they added. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:59 Apr 29, 2026
South Korea's Hana Financial, POSCO International and Upbit operator Dunamu have moved their blockchain remittance system into live trade transactions. South Korea's Hana Financial Group, POSCO International and Dunamu, the operator of the crypto exchange Upbit, have signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch their blockchain-based remittance system, with POSCO International serving as the first real-world test case. The agreement, signed Tuesday at Hana Financial Group's Seoul headquarters, follows a successful proof-of-concept (PoC) completed earlier this year by Hana and Dunamu, which showed that blockchain could reduce settlement times and costs compared to the traditional SWIFT framework. That pilot used Dunamu's proprietary GIWA Chain to replace SWIFT's messaging network for cross-border transfers. The new MoU allows the system to be tested on real trade transactions for the first time, with POSCO International handling the actual fund flows, the company said in a Wednesday announce... -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:32 Apr 29, 2026
Polymarket is reportedly in talks with the CFTC to restore US access after its 2022 settlement, following a limited US rollout in December 2025 focused on sports contracts. Polymarket is seeking regulatory approval to reopen its main prediction markets platform to US users, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. According to Bloomberg, Polymarket has been engaging with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to lift the prohibition on US-based customers. The move would mark a broader US return for the company, which re-entered the market in a limited form last year through its regulated QCEX-based setup but still keeps Americans off its main international exchange. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:10 Apr 29, 2026
The FTC order ties Mashinsky’s $10 million payment to a mostly suspended $4.72 billion judgment that can be revived over asset disclosures. Celsius founder Alexander Mashinsky agreed to a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settlement that permanently bars him from promoting asset-related products and requires a $10 million payment tied to a broader, mostly suspended $4.72 billion judgment. The stipulated order, entered by Judge Denise Cote in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, said Mashinsky is “permanently restrained and enjoined” from advertising, marketing, promoting, offering or distributing any product or service that can be used to “deposit, exchange, invest, or withdraw assets.” The order entered a $4.72 billion monetary judgment in favor of the FTC against Mashinsky, but most of it was suspended. Mashinsky must now pay $10 million to the FTC. However, the order said this obligation can also be satisfied if he pays at least $10 million to the US Department of Justice under the forfeiture ord... -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:49 Apr 29, 2026
Ottawa says Bitcoin ATMs have become a key tool for scammers, as regulators move to tighten oversight of high-risk parts of the crypto sector. The Canadian government has proposed banning Bitcoin and other crypto ATMs, arguing the machines have become a primary on-ramp for fraudsters and money launderers rather than a convenient access point for everyday users. The government's Spring Economic Update 2026, published on April 28, says crypto ATMs are a “primary method for scammers to defraud victims and for criminals to place their cash proceeds of crime,” and explicitly states that the government “proposes to ban crypto ATMs.” The proposal states that Canadians will still be able to buy virtual currencies from brick-and-mortar money services businesses, but the standalone kiosks that have proliferated in malls, gas stations and corner stores would be phased out. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:19 Apr 29, 2026
Bitcoin fell after each new Federal Reserve chair began work, data showed, while Kevin Warsh gave mixed signals over policy for risk assets. Bitcoin (BTC) may face “a few months” of downside as the new US Federal Reserve chair takes over next month. Key points: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:10 Apr 29, 2026
The apparent hacker claimed to have breached other prediction markets and planned to release the data in the next few days. Prediction markets platform Polymarket has denied recent reports that its customer data was breached after a hacker on the dark web posted what the person claimed was a trove of private user details. Cybersecurity company Vecert Analyzer and several other X accounts that track dark web activity shared screenshots from DarkForums on Tuesday showing a hacker using the pseudonym “xorcat” claiming to have breached Polymarket. In the post, xorcat said they had stolen over 300,000 records, including 10,000 unique user profiles with full names, profile images, proxy wallets and base addresses. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:00 Apr 29, 2026
The proposed legislation would allow regulated funds to issue blockchain-based shares with full legal recognition and investor protections. Gibraltar has introduced legislation that would legally recognize tokenized fund shares and allow certain regulated funds to issue shares on distributed ledger systems, granting investors the same rights as traditional shareholdings. The Protected Cell Companies (Amendment) Bill 2026 states that “the holder of a share token is a shareholder with the same rights and obligations as any other holder of cell shares,” referring to shares linked to specific asset pools within a protected cell company. Protected cell companies, typically insurance or financial entities, have a core organization that is linked to several independent cells, each with its own balance sheet. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:00 Apr 29, 2026
The move allows institutions to trade Bitcoin options through a prime brokerage layer using existing accounts. Crypto exchange Bullish has expanded its integration with Ripple Prime to give institutional clients direct access to Bitcoin options trading, adding to existing spot, perpetual and futures connectivity through the platform’s prime brokerage network. The integration connects Ripple Prime users to Bullish’s regulated Bitcoin (BTC) options markets, allowing trades to be funded through existing sub-accounts without additional onboarding, with stablecoins such as Ripple USD (RLUSD) supported as collateral. RLUSD is a US dollar-pegged stablecoin designed for payments, settlement and use as collateral in digital asset markets. It has a market capitalization of about $1.57 billion, according to DeFiLlama data. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 06:57 Apr 29, 2026
Aptos said its new privacy coin could be used to enable businesses to transact onchain without competitors tracking treasury moves and trading strategies. Aptos Labs founding engineer Sherry Xiao said Aptos’ newly introduced privacy coin could fix a long-standing trade-off between protecting user privacy and preserving transparency for compliance. “Confidential APT” launched on the Aptos mainnet on Friday after a governance proposal to integrate the privacy feature passed in a near-unanimous vote. It uses zero-knowledge proofs to conceal token balances and transfer amounts while still enabling transactions to be verified. Source: Aptos Read more
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