Raw News Items
119 itemsApril 9, 2026
- CointelegraphScore: 90
Bitcoin Depot discloses $3.7M BTC theft in cybersecurity breach
Bitcoin Depot said a hacker stole 50.9 BTC, worth about $3.7 million, after gaining access to internal systems linked to corporate wallets.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Morgan Stanley’s new Bitcoin ETF buys 430 BTC on debut, raising pressure on BlackRock’s IBIT
On April 8, Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund began trading on the NYSE Arca under the ticker MSBT, logging 1.6 million shares and roughly $34 million in volume on its highly anticipated first day. The MSBT fund purchased 430 Bitcoin on day one, following $30.6 million in net inflow...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
North Korean cyber spies are no longer just remote threats
North Korea’s crypto playbook now spans fake developers, conference contacts and major DeFi exploits reaching deep across the industry.
- The BlockScore: 85
US Secret Service freezes $12 million in crypto tied to global fraud in Operation Atlantic
Authorities disrupted more than 120 cryptocurrency fraud domains, cutting off key infrastructure used to target victims.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitcoin tops $72,000, but Circle and Bullish drop sharply after downgrades
Eased Middle East tensions pushed crypto prices and U.S. stocks sizable hjigher.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Bitcoin rally extends toward $73K despite concerning US economic data
Bitcoin continues to show strength even as US recession risks rise and the fragile ceasefire with Iran begins to show cracks.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Bitcoin tops $72K after $280M liquidation targets bears: Will the ‘fragile truce’ hold?
Bitcoin and global markets rallied after the US and Iran announced a ceasefire, but data show BTC bears have not closed most of their positions yet.
- The BlockScore: 85
Bitcoin Depot reveals $3.7 million stolen from company wallets in security breach
The crypto ATM operator has suffered a security breach that resulted in 50.9 BTC being drained from its company wallets.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Crypto projected to move $719 trillion through global payments with Visa, Mastercard aggressive stance
For most of the past two years, debate about stablecoins in payments has focused on the checkout screen: will consumers ever tap a wallet instead of a card? Visa, Stripe, and Mastercard have answered with their capital. Visa now settles in USDC, Stripe bought Bridge, and Mastercard is acquiring BVNK...
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bithumb moves to seize assets over mistaken $8 million bitcoin dispute
On Feb. 6, staff mistakenly entered "BTC" instead of "KRW" in a promotion, crediting roughly 620,000 bitcoin worth over $40 billion.
- DecryptScore: 80
Tom Lee's BitMine Uplisted to NYSE as Ethereum Firm Expands Buyback Program to $4 Billion
Ethereum treasury giant BitMine Immersion Technologies upped its share buyback program to $4 billion and was uplisted to the NYSE on Thursday.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Bitcoin shoots above $72,000 as optimism grows over Middle East ceasefire
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly has signaled a willingness to negotiate with Lebanon.
- DecryptScore: 80
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF Draws In $31M on First Trading Day
The new fund launched amid a second straight day of outflows for Bitcoin ETFs, undercutting competitors with a 0.14% expense ratio.
- The BlockScore: 80
DOJ, CFTC argue Kalshi’s sports and event contracts are financial swaps as Arizona enforcement escalates
The DOJ and CFTC asked a federal court to block Arizona from prosecuting Kalshi, citing event contracts as federally regulated swaps.
- DecryptScore: 75
Morning Minute: Iran Wants Bitcoin to Let Oil Tankers Through the Strait
Iran may accept BTC for oil tanker passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while Morgan Stanley just helped drive a huge day for Bitcoin ETFs.
- The BlockScore: 75
Tom Lee’s Bitmine uplists to NYSE with 4.8M ETH and $4 billion buyback authorization
Bitmine uplists to the NYSE, expands its share buyback, and continues building one of the largest ETH treasuries.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Strategy made nearly $2 billion on Bitcoin this year but SEC filing hides a far bigger number
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is claiming its aggressive Bitcoin purchases have yielded a nearly $2 billion gain this year despite the top asset's clear price struggles. However, a close look at the enterprise software company's legally binding regulatory filings tells a much redder story: under...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
UK-led Operation Atlantic freezes $12M in crypto scam proceeds
Operation Atlantic, a joint US, UK and Canadian operation, froze more than $12 million tied to crypto approval phishing and identified over 20,000 victims.
- The BlockScore: 75
‘This is a lot,’ judge says as Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s case is unclear
Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm and the Department of Justice faced off in court on Thursday in Manhattan.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Old Bitcoin whales sold $271M in BTC: Is the crypto rally at stake?
Bitcoin whales sold $270 million in BTC on Sunday, but the steady absorption of supply by traders should help bulls maintain their hold on the market momentum.
- The BlockScore: 75
CryptoQuant says bitcoin, ether rally driven by new long positions in perpetual futures
Open interest in BTC and ETH perpetual futures rose by over $2 billion each in 24 hours after the U.S.-Iran ceasefire announcement.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Circle stock sinks 10% amid analyst downgrade, Drift Protocol probe
The stablecoin issuer faces pressure after a stock downgrade and Drift Protocol exploit fallout, raising concerns over USDC exposure, crypto regulation and market risk.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
US Treasury expands cybersecurity threat intel to crypto industry
The Treasury Department said the move reflects increases in frequency and sophistication of actions targeting digital asset platforms.
- The BlockScore: 75
Morgan Stanley’s MSBT bitcoin ETF logs $34 million in first-day volume
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust's first-day volume exceeded the $30 million estimate from Bloomberg Senior Analyst Eric Balchunas.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin gets its first working prototype of quantum-resistant wallet rescue tool
Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun demos a prototype that could prevent millions of wallets from being frozen under a future quantum-defense upgrade
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin under $71,000, ETH, SOL, XRP drop as Iran ceasefire frays within 48 hours of being signed
Tehran says three clauses of the ceasefire have been breached, oil is rebounding toward $97, and the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed despite the deal.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Dubai clarifies token issuance rules for RWAs and stablecoins
Dubai’s regulator issued new guidance placing token launches into three buckets, tightening disclosure and governance standards for stablecoins, RWAs and other digital assets.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bessent ramps up pressure on Congress to pass CLARITY Act
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the CLARITY Act is vital to set clear rules for crypto, tokenized assets and decentralized exchanges, and that US leadership is at stake.
- The BlockScore: 70
ZachXBT uncovers North Korea-linked IT worker network generating $1M monthly via crypto payment flows
ZachXBT said a 390-account North Korean IT worker network has generated over $3.5 million in crypto flows since November 2025.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Fartcoin's price crashed 50% after $145 million manipulation bet went wrong
The liquidation was so large relative to the order book that Hyperliquid's auto-deleveraging mechanism activated, forcibly closing profitable short positions on the other side of the trade to prevent the system from accumulating bad debt.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Mike Novogratz spotlights Helios as $15 billion powerhouse in Galaxy Digital annual report
The company's Nasdaq debut was a turning point toward infrastructure-led growth in the digital economy, said Novogratz.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
DOJ and CFTC seek halt to Arizona action against Kalshi
The US Justice Department and commodities regulator asked a federal court to block Arizona’s action against Kalshi, arguing federally regulated event contracts fall under CFTC jurisdiction.
- The BlockScore: 70
CME Bitcoin futures activity slumps to 14-month low as basis trade unwind drains institutional demand
CME has lost its position as the largest Bitcoin futures exchange to Binance for the first time since November 2023.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Binance rolls out prediction markets for app using Predict.fun
The crypto exchange is mounting a challenge to platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, offering ”gasless” trades as it seeks a share of the $20 billion prediction market.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
U.S. Treasury to loop in crypto sector on hacker warnings shared with traditional firms
The Department of the Treasury announced it's letting crypto firms sign up for timely information-sharing on cybersecurity threats.
- The BlockScore: 70
AlphaTON Capital looks to raise $43 million to bolster Telegram’s Cocoon AI infrastructure
In addition to its sizable TON token treasury, AlphaTON is also focused on supporting Telegram's native decentralized AI platform, Cocoon.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
ETH valuation metric hits level not seen since 2022: Is rally to $2.5K next?
A rare signal from an ETH price indicator suggests Ether is undervalued, while demand in spot and futures markets hints at a rally to $2,500.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Fed minutes open door to further rate cuts amid Iran war
Some officials cautiously eyed a year-end rate cut, but others warned that upward adjustments might be needed if inflation remains above target levels.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Iran's crypto tanker tolls are the latest step in its sanctions‑busting trade network
The Iranian regime has been increasingly using cryptocurrency over the last few years to facilitate cross border oil trading, according to data from Chainalysis.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF trails BlackRock with $30M in first-day inflows
Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF drew $30.6 million in first-day inflows, ranking second behind BlackRock’s IBIT as US spot Bitcoin ETFs clocked net outflows on Wednesday.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Tokenized perpetual swaps hit $31 billion weekly volume on commodities volatility
Commodities led the growth, with oil trading reaching $6.9 billion in weekly volume after geopolitical tensions, while stock perpetual swaps grew 908% to roughly $4.9 billion.
- DecryptScore: 65
Nunchuk Launches Open-Source Bitcoin Tools for AI Agents With 'Bounded Authority'
Nunchuk releases open-source tools that allow AI agents to interact with Bitcoin wallets while keeping humans in control over spending.
- DecryptScore: 65
Stablecoin Giant Tether Launches Toolkit for Building Local, Offline AI Apps
Tether’s new toolkit lets developers build AI applications that run entirely on-device, marking an expanded push into decentralized AI.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
MarketVector and Coinbase launch index tracking Bitcoin and tokenized gold
A new Bitcoin–gold index highlights shifting views on crypto’s role as a store of value as correlations with equities increase and gold outperforms.
- DecryptScore: 65
Bitcoin and Ethereum Open Interest Rises, Signaling Renewed Risk Appetite: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin and Ethereum are trading higher as open interest rises, providing some optimism about investors' risk-on appetite.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Counterhacker exposes DPRK unit that made $1M a month working IT jobs
The North Korean IT workers coordinated crypto payments through a server using a shared, easy-to-guess password “123456.”
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Bitcoin's next big move hinges on oil, and right now it's a total coin flip
Analysts say a sustained 15%–16% decline in crude could revive Fed rate cut bets, sending BTC higher.
- The BlockScore: 65
Bhutan moves $23 million worth of bitcoin; total holdings down 70% from peak
One of the recipient wallets had previously been used to route funds for selling via Galaxy Digital and OKX, Onchain Lens said.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Ethereum Foundation keeps selling ETH after telling the market it was staking 70,000 coins
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced on Apr. 8 that it would convert 5,000 ETH into stablecoins through CoWSwap’s TWAP feature to fund research, grants, and donations. The announcement reopened a debate over what the foundation’s treasury overhaul was ever meant to accomplish. Over the last year, ...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Gold, silver and oil drive 65,000% jump in commodity perpetuals
BitMEX said commodity perpetual swaps volume jumped from $38.1 million to $25 billion in Q1 as traders flocked to 24/7 gold, silver and oil exposure.
- The BlockScore: 60
Binance Wallet rolls out gas-free prediction markets via Predict.fun integration
Binance Wallet has integrated Predict.fun prediction markets and is sponsoring all gas fees on BNB Smart Chain.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin price surfs US PCE inflation as trader keeps $80K BTC price target
Bitcoin avoids major volatility after the first of the week's two key US inflation reports, while a trader sees a "new upwards leg" coming for BTC price action.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Tom Lee's Bitmine uplists to NYSE, expands buyback authorization to $4 billion
The company holds nearly 4% of ether's (ETH) total supply, but shares have struggled alongside that crypto.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Bitcoin on-chain activity is a ghost town with price being controlled by corporate products
Bitcoin’s rebound to around $71,000 has reignited a familiar bullish conversation about price, liquidity, and positioning. It has also exposed a less comfortable fact inside the network itself. The fee market has barely moved. For a market that still treats on-chain congestion as a sign of organic d...
- DecryptScore: 60
OpenAI Pauses UK AI Tech Team-Up With Nvidia Over Energy Costs, Regulation
OpenAI's planned Stargate project with Nvidia and Nscale aimed to deploy thousands of GPUs to support AI workloads in Britain.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
TON blockchain claims sub-second finality with Catchain 2.0 upgrade
Transactions on the Open Network layer-1 blockchain protocol previously took about 10 seconds to settle before the Catchain 2.0 consensus upgrade.
- DecryptScore: 60
Treasury Secretary Bessent Slams Crypto Industry 'Nihilists' as Clarity Act Remains in Limbo
Several obstacles to the Clarity Act, which have remained unsolved for months, stand in the way of its passage before a looming deadline.
- DecryptScore: 60
Another Solo Bitcoin Miner Hits the Jackpot, Scoring $225K BTC Reward
An individual Bitcoin miner hit the lottery overnight, scoring a $225,000 BTC reward when they found a block.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Kalshi now controls 89% of the U.S. prediction market as regulated trading takes over
As Kalshi captures a dominant 89% of the market, a high-stakes legal battle between federal regulators and individual states will determine if these platforms are treated as sophisticated financial tools or just another form of gambling.
- The BlockScore: 60
Binance’s Changpeng Zhao claims U.S. crypto rivals ‘paid millions’ to block his pardon
The Binance founder also says friends told him firms funded "smear articles" because they opposed Binance doing business in the U.S.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
CoreWeave’s $8.5B loan shows how AI is replacing crypto mining finance
CoreWeave’s financing highlights Wall Street’s shift away from volatile, hardware-backed crypto lending toward cash-flow-driven AI infrastructure, according to TheEnergyMag.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Ex-SEC, Coinbase staffer becomes Securitize president
Newly appointed company president Brett Redfearn briefly worked as Coinbase’s head of capital markets and served for more than three years at the SEC.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Visa unveils commerce platform enabling autonomous AI shopping
Visa is rolling out a platform that helps merchants make their product inventories discoverable and purchasable by AI agents.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Chainalysis claims stablecoin volumes could hit over a quadrillion by 2035
Adjusted stablecoin volume could reach $719 trillion by 2035, but the projection could be far higher if two macro catalysts come to pass, said Chainalysis.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
CFTC presses case that sports betting is finance, seeks to block Arizona enforcement
Federal lawsuit argues event contracts are swaps under U.S. law, not state-level gaming law, deepening a split with states that view the products as illegal gambling
- The BlockScore: 60
Spot bitcoin ETFs post net outflows despite $31 million inflows into Morgan Stanley’s MSBT
Institutions appear to be taking profits from the bitcoin rally rather than joining the momentum, one analyst said.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
South Korea court cancels Upbit suspension, citing regulatory gaps: Report
The decision closes a legal battle spanning more than a year, after Dunamu moved to overturn the sanction and halt its enforcement.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Binance adds prediction market to its app for millions of users
The integration covers gas costs to lower barriers for retail users. Binance doesn't operate the markets directly, instead providing access to a third-party application.
- The BlockScore: 55
Former SEC, JPMorgan exec Brett Redfearn joins Securitize as president
The tokenization firm Securitize accounts for roughly 70% of the U.S. tokenization market and works with BlackRock and Apollo.
- The BlockScore: 55
Telegram’s Pavel Durov touts TON’s upgraded ‘one second’ transaction speed
TON, the Telegram-focused blockchain, said the network upgrade will deliver sub-second finality on mainnet starting April 10.
- The BlockScore: 55
TD Cowen says White House stablecoin report unlikely to change hurdles for crypto bill, sees even tougher path ahead
TD Cowen said the path for the crypto bill could become even tougher following the recent White House report on stablecoins.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
XRP slips 4% as selling pressure builds despite ETF inflows
Elevated volume and modest institutional buying fail to support price, with sellers continuing to dominate near resistance.
- CointelegraphScore: 55
Bhutan moves a further $23M in Bitcoin as holdings drop by 70%
Bhutan has moved another 319 BTC, taking the total to over 9,000 BTC since late 2024, and trimming its sovereign stash by around 70%.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin’s $80,000 bull bet just took over the market
Whales and options traders are betting on a massive BTC reversal toward $80,000 as a fragile Iran ceasefire fuels hopes for a supply squeeze and a breakout.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
The $21 billion AI bet: Meta and CoreWeave ink deal for NVIDIA’s next-gen superchips
Long-term agreement between Meta and CoreWeave signals growing demand for scalable AI compute and inference capacity.
- The BlockScore: 50
Stablecoin FX nears ‘institutional-grade’ parity with bank rails in LATAM and East Africa: report
Borderless data shows stablecoin FX is nearing parity with traditional banking rails across key markets like LATAM and East Africa.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Stablecoin volumes to reach $719T by 2035 as generational wealth shift speeds up crypto adoption
Massive transfer of wealth to younger, crypto-native users and rising payment volumes challenge dominance of Visa and Mastercard
- DecryptScore: 50
Bithumb Files to Seize Bitcoin From Holdouts After $43B Blunder
The South Korean exchange is pursuing formal legal remedies to recover 7 BTC after voluntary return requests failed.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Three reasons why Ether traders expect ETH to hold above $1.8K
Onchain and technical data hint that $1,800 may have been the macro price bottom for Ether. Is there sufficient bullish momentum for a rally to $3,000?
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Potential buyers are circling Winklevoss-backed crypto exchange Gemini
Interested parties are considering buying select parts of the business, particularly its shuttered European operations, to secure regulatory licenses, rather than pursuing a full takeover.
- The BlockScore: 50
Galaxy stock rallies 11% after annual report shows core business profitable despite $241 million net loss
Galaxy's Digital Assets segment, housing its trading, lending, asset management, and staking services, generated a $505 million profit.
- DecryptScore: 50
TD Cuts Bitcoin Giant Strategy's Price Target, Calls Ethereum Treasury Sharplink a ‘Buy’
TD Cowen remains positive on $55 billion Bitcoin treasury pioneer Strategy, despite trimming its price target yet again.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Everyone’s awaiting U.S. inflation figures, but bitcoin traders couldn’t care less
There’s a wide gap between how experts are viewing Friday’s inflation data and how the bitcoin market is pricing in the impending figures.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
The ‘bottom is in’: Why Tom Lee says the Iran ceasefire is the starting gun for a massive bitcoin rally
The Fundstrat co-founder and largest corporate ether buyer on earth said the ceasefire means the worst is over. His company bought 71,252 ETH last week.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin stalls below key resistance as analysts clash over next move
Despite a geopolitical "risk-on" boost, crypto markets remain range-bound with BTC hovering at $71,200 while altcoins like MANA and AERO show strength.
- CoinDeskScore: 45
Trump's World Liberty Financial borrowed millions from a protocol its own advisor co-founded
Onchain data shows WLFI deposited 5 billion of its own tokens as collateral to borrow stablecoins it then sent to Coinbase Prime, pushing a lending pool to 100% utilization and leaving depositors unable to withdraw.
- DecryptScore: 45
BitMEX Co-Founder Ben Delo Reveals $5.4M Donation to Farage’s Reform UK
Delo’s donation to Reform UK comes amid a growing debate around the role of crypto donations in UK political funding.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bitcoin analysts say this must happen for BTC price to ‘continue rising’
Bitcoin needs to regain momentum with higher trading volumes for BTC to reclaim $80,000 as support and sustain the recovery.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Crypto exchanges chase TradFi commodities market as pricing gaps persist
Crypto exchanges are racing to capture the market share of TradFi trading venues, but tokenized commodities adoption remains limited by pricing and liquidity concerns.
- DecryptScore: 40
Meet the Anti-Trump Crypto Developer Running for Congress in Virginia
Ethereum developer Joe Schiarizzi says most pro-crypto lawmakers in D.C. “just want a check” and don’t actually understand the technology—or its potential.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Trader loses $3M as leveraged Fartcoin position unwinds on Hyperliquid
Hyperliquid data showed a 145 million Fartcoin position unwound across wallets, with the platform redistributing about $849,000 in gains to opposing traders.
- DecryptScore: 40
Is Iran Collecting Hormuz Tolls in Bitcoin? This Crypto Intelligence Firm Is Skeptical
TRM’s Ari Redbord expressed skepticism that Iran and affiliated actors are accepting Bitcoin for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Securitize names ex-SEC official Brett Redfearn as president ahead of public listing
Brett Redfearn joins as president as the firm works to build regulated infrastructure for tokenized assets.
- DecryptScore: 40
OpenAI Says Enterprise AI Is Already 40% of Its Revenue Amid ‘Agentic Workflow’ Shift
OpenAI CRO Denise Dresser says enterprise now makes up more than 40% of the company's revenue as companies turn to teams of agents.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Pyth Network looks to disrupt data hegemony with new marketplace
With market pricing data currently monopolized by a few players, Pyth seeks to democratize access with a pay-on-demand model beginning with seven big-name providers.
- DecryptScore: 40
Pepe May Follow Dogecoin to Wall Street—But ETF Investors Aren't Buying Meme Hype
There's now an application for a Pepe ETF, but Dogecoin funds have generated tepid inflows, according to CoinShares' James Butterfill
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Canary Capital submits application for US-based spot PEPE ETF
Canary Capital is preparing to launch an ETF tracking Pepe’s price, despite the token trading 85% below its December 2024 all-time high.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bithumb launches legal action to recover 7 Bitcoin from payout error
South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb files for a court-approved asset freeze to reclaim 7 BTC remaining from a February payout error.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Strategy’s STRC sees one of its highest volume days, with just one penny of volatility
High yield structure keeps STRC pinned at par while enabling large scale bitcoin purchases.
- The BlockScore: 40
Strategy’s Michael Saylor says bitcoin likely bottomed near $60K, suggests quantum risk is overblown
Strategy's Michael Saylor said bitcoin has likely bottomed near $60,000 and downplayed quantum computing risks.
- CoinDeskScore: 35
Crypto for Advisors: Crypto’s Performance Q1
Q1 digital asset review: geopolitical conflict and Fed caution led to declines, but institutional flows and regulatory clarity returned in March, building a durable foundation for Q2
- The BlockScore: 35
Bithumb turns to legal action to recover lost bitcoin in ‘fat finger’ incident: report
Most recipients of the 'fat finger' error have voluntarily returned the bitcoin, but some insisted they are not obligated to do so.
- The BlockScore: 30
Lucky solo bitcoin miner beats roughly one-in-300-year odds to win $222,000 block reward
The bitcoin miner earned $222,012 in subsidy and fees for mining block 944,306 using CKpool in a solo mining configuration.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Banks are treading carefully on stablecoins despite market growth, S&P Global says
Most U.S. lenders remain in a wait-and-see mode as deposit risks, regulatory shifts and new competition complicate strategy, according to the report.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin (BTC) trades flat as index declines
Aave (AAVE) dropped 3.6% and Stellar (XLM) fell 2.7%, leading the index lower.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
BitMEX co-founder donates $5 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party
Delo did not specify whether he made the donation in fiat currency or crypto, but he expressed support for a proposed U.K. government moratorium on political donations made in cryptoassets
- The BlockScore: 30
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago memecoin gala collides with correspondents’ dinner, raising attendance questions
Event disclosures allow for Trump’s absence or even cancellation, with top holders potentially receiving an NFT instead of attending.
- DecryptScore: 30
Meta, CoreWeave Shares Rise After Expanding $21 Billion AI Cloud Deal
Both Meta and CoreWeave logged stock gains Thursday after expanding their existing AI deal, now valued at $21 billion.
- DecryptScore: 30
YouTube Now Lets You Create Your Own AI Deepfakes
The new YouTube Shorts feature lets creators generate short videos using a realistic digital recreation of their own face and voice.
- DecryptScore: 30
OpenAI Plans Advanced Cybersecurity Product—With 'Trusted Access' Only
Both OpenAI and Anthropic are restricting access to their most powerful cybersecurity capabilities, releasing them only to vetted organizations.
- DecryptScore: 30
'AI Should Advance Mankind, Not Destroy It': Why Florida Is Taking Aim at OpenAI
The Florida attorney general's probe into AI giant OpenAI cites national security and child safety risks tied to ChatGPT.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Anthropic loses first round in fight over Pentagon's 'supply chain risk' label
“In our view, the equitable balance here cuts in favor of the government,” said a panel of judges from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
- CointelegraphScore: 25
Yuga Labs settles lawsuit against artists accused of copying its NFTs
Yuga Labs first filed a lawsuit in June 2022, accusing Ripps and Cahen of copying its Bored Ape Yacht Club cartoon ape images and selling lookalike NFTs.
- DecryptScore: 20
Fartcoin Leads Altcoin Slump With Double-Digit Drop
Altcoin volatility spiked as Fartcoin crashed 28% from its peak, while Hyperliquid recorded $84 million in liquidations.
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
The U.S. economy almost stalled, but inflation still stayed too hot for an easy Fed rescue
The U.S. economy entered 2026 with far less momentum than markets had priced in a few months earlier. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, fourth quarter 2025 GDP growth was revised down to 0.5%, a sharp step down from the 4.4% pace recorded in the third quarter. On its own, that revision w...
- CoinDeskScore: 20
These 3 crypto stocks could actually beat bitcoin ETFs, says TD Cowen
Analyst Lance Vitanza is betting that digital asset treasury"companies like Nakamoto, SharpLink and Strive can outperform standard crypto ETFs by aggressively stacking coins and capturing staking yields.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
99.99% of Polymarket traders shouldn't quit their day jobs, data suggests
While nearly 16% of Polymarket users are in profit, only a tiny fraction have made gains large and consistent enough to entertain walking away from their day job.
- DecryptScore: 10
Google's PaperOrchestra AI Converts Lab Notes Into Publication-Ready Research Papers
The framework automates the complex process of transforming raw research materials into polished academic manuscripts.
- CointelegraphScore: 10
US lawmakers ask if Trump dangling memecoin event attendance: Report
With a potential scheduling conflict, several senators want to know if the president plans to attend a luncheon for memecoin holders in Florida or just seeking to generate fees.