Raw News Items
29 itemsApril 25, 2026
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Spot Bitcoin ETFs see 9-day inflow streak as investors show resilience
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $2.12 billion in inflows over nine days, signaling growing conviction among investors.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Trillions of dollars in crypto liquidity is concentrating inside the venues US regulators fear most
Crypto market liquidity is increasingly hyper-concentrating within a handful of massive trading venues, creating a market structure that global central bank researchers warn is evolving into a heavily leveraged “shadow crypto financial system.” Data from CryptoQuant shows that Binance, t...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
CFTC sues New York over bid to apply gambling laws to prediction markets
The CFTC has filed suit to block New York from enforcing gambling laws on prediction platforms, arguing federal regulators have sole authority over event-based contracts.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
The world’s central banks are now treating stablecoins like a real multi-trillion dollar monetary threat
The world's central banks stopped arguing about whether stablecoins are risky long ago. Their main concern now is about who will control them and how. On April 20, BIS General Manager Pablo Hernandez de Cos called for global cooperation on stablecoins, describing it as “critically important.&#...
- CoinDeskScore: 85
BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF just hit a massive milestone that proves crypto is now a mainstream bet
IBIT options open interest topped Deribit on Friday, signaling rapid institutional adoption of regulated crypto derivatives in the U.S.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
US DOJ sentences man to 70 months in prison for role in $263M scam group
The group spent tens of millions of dollars on luxury items and real estate, using funds stolen from crypto users in social engineering scams.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
UK police raids on people trading crypto for cash raises a hard question about financial freedom
UK authorities have carried out their first coordinated operation against suspected illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading, sending a clear and simple message to the market: once a person turns crypto dealing into a business, the state expects names, checks, records, and accountability. The Financial C...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Kalshi, Polymarket among 27 prediction platforms banned in Brazil
Brazil has blocked 27 prediction market platforms, including Kalshi and Polymarket, as new rules classify many contracts as gambling.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Europe’s banks are going all in on crypto
Brahimi explores the impact of European banks' integration of digital assets into their existing brokerage and payments infrastructure in the wake of MiCA.
- DecryptScore: 75
Bitcoin Hit Its Highest Price Since January—Why VanEck Analysts See More Potential Gains
Bitcoin hash rate recovery and negative funding rates signal potential gains ahead, according to the ETF provider's latest network analysis.
- The BlockScore: 75
CFTC sues New York over prediction market crackdown as 38 AGs back Massachusetts’ Kalshi case
The dueling actions mark the fourth state the CFTC has sued in three weeks and come three days after New York's AG sued Coinbase and Gemini.
- The BlockScore: 75
Litecoin rewrites three hours of history to undo its first major privacy-layer exploit
Attackers used the more than three-hour fork window to attempt double-spends against cross-chain swap protocols.
- The BlockScore: 70
Aave, Kelp, LayerZero ask Arbitrum DAO to release $71 million in frozen ETH to rsETH recovery effort
The standard Constitutional AIP lifecycle runs roughly 49 days from forum publication to onchain execution, a timeline some delegates say is too long.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Clock is ticking for bitcoin to prevent quantum threat as it could drain 6.9 million BTC including Satoshi’s
Can a network without formal governance coordinate the biggest cryptographic migration in its history?
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Hyperliquid whale holds $38M short against Bitcoin, but does it matter?
A Hyperliquid whale holds large short positions against Bitcoin and several altcoins. Does the position provide any signal on the markets’ future outcomes?
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Latest “quantum computer breaks the math behind Bitcoin” headlines massively exaggerate risk
On Apr. 24, Project Eleven awarded its Q-Day Prize to Giancarlo Lelli, a researcher who used publicly accessible quantum hardware to derive a 15-bit elliptic curve private key from its public key. This is the largest public demonstration to date of the attack class that could one day threaten Bitcoi...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin traders eye $73K next as weekly trend line holds price hostage
Bitcoin market participants favored a short-term return to $73,000 as resistance stayed in place, with some analysis seeing even lower levels.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
How Anthropic’s Mythos model is forcing the crypto industry to rethink everything about security
DeFi leaders say that AI will arm both attackers and defenders, and widen the gap between projects that prioritize security and those that do not.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Trump defends crypto legislation at private event featuring boxer Mike Tyson, Tether CEO
President Donald Trump, at a Mar-a-Lago gathering of investors in his self-branded memecoin, said crypto is mainstream and banks should back off the industry's bill.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
XRP may rise 30% as traders withdraw 35M tokens from exchanges in a day
Recent XRP outflow spikes have often come before short-term price rallies, signaling a potential move higher in May if the pattern repeats.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Ripple-linked XRP stalls near $1.44 as 'triangle squeeze' nears breakout
Price holds in tight range after high-volume move, with compression signaling a decisive move as institutional demand quietly builds.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak says AI agents are the next big wave for crypto payments
Pollak, who will be speaking at Consensus Miami 2026 next month, also sees the open-source protocol x402 as a key part of that wave.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bitcoin at $40,000 would be 'near-unprecedented' statistical outcome, analyst says
Mean-reversion models suggest bearish targets imply a 0.4th percentile event, far beyond typical market corrections.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bitcoin falls after Trump reportedly canceled Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's Iran-talks trip
Trump is expected to speak at his crypto conference in Palm Beach shortly.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
The global oil shock has the Fed cornered just days before its next meeting — what that means for Bitcoin
Just as investors were trying to steady the 2026 rate outlook, the oil market handed the Federal Reserve a fresh inflation problem. The Fed meets on April 28 and 29. On April 30, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is scheduled to publish the advance estimate for first quarter GDP alongside Mar...
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Crypto is built for AI agents, not humans, says Alchemy's CEO
Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan argues the global financial system was designed for humans, but the next wave of commerce will be driven by AI agents that operate natively in crypto.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Mike Tyson, Tether CEO, Cathie Wood among speakers at Trump's 'most exclusive' crypto conference
The event, at which Trump himself is scheduled to speak, gathers top-tier holders of the $TRUMP meme coin.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoiners cast doubt on the US military's understanding of the network
Bitcoin advocate Matthew Kratter said US Navy Admiral Samuel Paparo's Senate testimony on Tuesday sounded like it was written by an "intern."
- DecryptScore: 20
Elon Musk’s Grok Most Likely Among Top AI Models to Reinforce Delusions: Study
Researchers found that xAI's Grok was the riskiest AI model tested, often validating delusions and offering dangerous advice.