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Senator Tillis Backs CLARITY Act Markup After Stablecoin Talks
Eleanor Terrett reported on X that Senator Thom Tillis is ready to push the CLARITY Act toward a markup after lawmakers return from recess. Tillis said he would ask the...
Oil Price Tops $117 as Iran Blockade Fears Pressure XRP
Oil prices moved higher on Wednesday after reports said the U.S. prepared for a longer blockade of Iran’s ports. Brent crude climbed above $117 a barrel, extending its rise from...
Bitcoin at a Crossroads: Bottom Forming or Further Drop Ahead
Bitcoin traders and analysts are still unsure whether the market has finally found a stable bottom or if more losses could follow. This uncertainty comes as institutional flows, blockchain data,...
Visa adds Polygon to its global stablecoin settlement program
Visa has added the Polygon network to its stablecoin settlement system, expanding its move into multi-chain blockchain payments. The company now allows issuers and acquirers to settle stablecoin transactions directly...
Bhutan Speeds Up Bitcoin Selloff With Fresh $7.8M Move
Bhutan moved another 100 BTC worth about $7.83 million from state-linked wallets, according to on-chain data from Arkham Intelligence, extending a gradual reduction of its national Bitcoin holdings. The transfer...
100,000 Polymarket Accounts Lose Over $1000 Since 2025
On April 29, 2026, Bloomberg reported that more than 100,000 Polymarket accounts had booked four-figure losses since January 2025, nearly double the number of wallets that recorded similar gains. A...
Bitcoin Adoption Is Consumer Behavior, Not a Tech Issue, CEO Jack Mallers Says
CEO Jack Mallers has put consumer habits at the center of the Bitcoin payments debate, arguing that adoption is not blocked by technology. Speaking at Bitcoin 2026, the Strike founder...
Hong Kong Warns of Fake HSBC Tokens Ahead of Stablecoin Launch
Hong Kong’s financial regulator has warned the public that fake tokens using the “HSBC” and “HKDAP” tickers are not linked to approved stablecoin issuers. According to an April 28 report,...
Humanity Protocol Surges Over 40% in a Week, But Why?
Humanity Protocol’s H token has become one of crypto’s strongest performers this week, climbing more than 40% and over 12% in the past 24 hours to trade around $0.184 at...
Ripple Takes Over the Las Vegas Strip With XRP Billboards
Ripple made its presence impossible to miss in Las Vegas this weekend. Enormous digital billboards lit up Resorts World Las Vegas with glowing green XRP logos and pointed messaging, timed...
Polymarket in Talks With US Regulators to Bring Main Exchange Back to American Traders
Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market platform, is in active discussions with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) about lifting a self-imposed ban that has kept American traders off its...
Pump.fun Burns $370 Million of Its Own Token Circulating Supply
Solana-based token launchpad Pump.fun burned approximately $370 million worth of previously repurchased PUMP tokens on Tuesday, eliminating roughly 36% of the token’s circulating supply in two on-chain transactions confirmed at...
Japan Government Issues Major Warning on Crypto Real Estate Deals
On April 28, 2026, Japan’s Financial Services Agency, together with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the National Police Agency, and the Ministry of Finance, sent a formal...
USDC Treasury Mints $500M as Stablecoin Transfer Volume Drops 19%
Stablecoin activity showed mixed signals on April 28, 2025, as Whale Alert tracked two large USDC Treasury transactions. The mints added 500 million USDC to the market while broader transfer...
UAE to Officially Leave OPEC and OPEC+ in May After 59 Years
On April 28, 2026, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Energy officially announced its withdrawal from both OPEC and the broader OPEC+ alliance, effective May 1, 2026, ending 59...
Web3 Gaming Shakeout: 93% of Projects Are Now Dead as Funding Drops 99%
On April 28, 2026, research firm Caladan reported a severe shakeout in Web3 gaming. Caladan reported that 93% of projects are now effectively dead, tokens have dropped 95% from 2022...
Korea Tax Agency Recovers $23M by Tracing Hidden Overseas Assets
South Korea’s tax agency has recovered 33.9 billion won, or about $23 million, in unpaid taxes by tracking down hidden overseas assets, marking one of its most aggressive cross-border enforcement...
Ethereum Holds Near $2,300 as Retail Frustration Meets Big ETH Buying
Ethereum is again trading near the same price zone that defined April 2021, and that comparison is feeding visible frustration among retail traders. On X, Ash Crypto posted that ETH...
Iran’s New Proposal Tests US Red Lines on Hormuz and Nuclear Talks
Iran has put forward a new proposal that shifts the immediate focus from its nuclear program to the Strait of Hormuz, offering to reopen the waterway if the United States...
How AI Crypto Scammers Drained a Retiree’s $300K Savings
Kyle Holder lost nearly $300,000 after AI crypto scammers used WhatsApp messages to pull her into a crypto fraud scheme. The case later reached the IRS Criminal Investigation New York...
RLUSD Sees 118M Token Shift as Month-End Activity Picks Up
Activity around Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin is picking up, with large amounts of tokens being created and removed on the XRP Ledger. More than 59 million RLUSD tokens were burned in...
SEC Reviews NYSE Arca Rule Shift Opening Door for XRP ETF Access
U.S. regulators are reviewing a proposed rule change that could reshape how crypto exchange-traded funds are listed and who can access them through traditional markets, including exposure linked to XRP. ...
OKX Reserve Data Shows BTC and ETH Outflows as USDT Demand Grows
OKX’s latest Proof of Reserves report shows a clear shift in user positioning, with Bitcoin and Ethereum balances falling sharply while USDT holdings moved higher. The April 20 snapshot suggests...
Fed Decision Looms: Powell’s Final Speech and Market Impact
The Federal Reserve is set to announce its April 29 policy decision, and markets already expect no change in interest rates. Traders are fully pricing in a hold at 3.50%–3.75%,...
Trump Says Iran in “State of Collapse,” Signals Urgent Push to Reopen Hormuz Strait
The US President Donald Trump says Iran is in a “state of collapse” and is urging the US to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz, with tensions between the two...
