Global Operation Disrupts $45M Crypto Fraud Network
Operation Atlantic, a joint effort by U.S., U.K. and Canadian law‑enforcement agencies, dismantled a cryptocurrency fraud network worth more than $45 million. Investigators froze roughly $12 million of stolen assets and identified over 20,000 victim wallet addresses across 30+ countries. The crackdown also seized 120 phishing‑related web domains that mimicked legitimate crypto services. Authorities are pursuing the remaining $33 million under investigation and plan to return frozen funds to victims.
Bitcoin Miner Fees Are Close to Zero as Cost to Mine Nears $80,000 with Difficulty About to Drop 5%
Bitcoin transaction fees have collapsed to roughly 2.44 BTC per day, a 69% year‑over‑year drop, leaving the block subsidy—about 450 BTC daily—as more than 99% of miner revenue. The average cash cost to produce one Bitcoin is now near $80,000, and a...
Key Risk Indicators for Cryptocurrencies
The article outlines five emerging key risk indicators for cryptocurrencies: market volatility, cybersecurity threats, regulatory uncertainty, liquidity constraints, and fraud. It explains how each risk can affect investors, firms, and regulators, emphasizing the need for proactive risk management. The piece...
ATIF Holdings Limited’s Subsidiary ATIF BD LLC Signs An Advisory Agreement with ProudMind Venture Technology LLC, Expanding Into Digital Asset...
ATIF Holdings’ wholly‑owned subsidiary ATIF BD LLC has signed an advisory agreement with ProudMind Venture Technology LLC to provide legal and structuring services for digital‑asset and token issuance projects. The scope covers establishing a Cayman‑registered fund, completing a Virtual Asset...
Bitcoin Gains After Core CPI Rose a Less-than-Forecast 0.2% in March.
U.S. core CPI for March rose 0.2% month‑over‑month, under the 0.3% forecast, while headline CPI matched expectations at 0.9% amid a sharp oil price surge linked to the Iran war. The softer core reading nudged Bitcoin higher, with the cryptocurrency...
Institutions' Bitcoin Positioning Lacks Conviction; CPI, Iran Talks Might Help
Bitcoin is hovering around $72,000 as institutional investors hedge their bets with both $80,000 call options and protective puts. Options tied to BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF show strong open interest in the May $45 call, while skew remains negative, indicating...
Bitcoin Holds Steady as Inflation Data Looms, Bittensor Drama Unfolds
Bitcoin held near $71,700 on Friday as its Bollinger bands narrowed to the tightest level since early 2024, reviving analyst forecasts of a possible 40% price swing. The upcoming U.S. CPI report, projected at 3.3% year‑on‑year, could add macro pressure...
How Trump-Linked WLFI Set up a Lending Model Where Lenders Pay the Price of Failure
World Liberty Financial (WLFI) launched WLFI Markets as a branded interface that routes all lending, borrowing and liquidation functions to Dolomite’s underlying smart‑contract protocol. The model lets WLFI earn integration and marketing fees while the Trump‑linked venture claims up to...
International Crackdown Disrupts US$45M Crypto Fraud, Freezes $12M in Stolen Assets
Operation Atlantic, a coordinated international crackdown led by the Ontario Securities Commission and law‑enforcement partners, disrupted more than $45 million in cryptocurrency fraud and froze roughly $12 million of stolen assets. The effort targeted approval‑phishing schemes that trick users into authorising illicit...
Hiltzik: Trump Wants You to Invest Your 401(k) in Crypto and Private Equity. Should You Bite?
President Trump, backed by Labor Secretary Lori Chavez‑DeRemer, is pushing a rule that would give employers a safe‑harbor to add crypto and private‑equity funds to 401(k) menus. The proposal frames the change as a cure for "regulatory overreach" and a...
US Expands Cyber Threat Information Sharing to Digital Asset Firms
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection has launched a new information‑sharing program that extends the same cyber‑threat intelligence used by traditional banks to eligible digital‑asset firms. The service is provided at no cost and delivers actionable...
HSBC and Standard Chartered-Led Group Land Hong Kong’s First Stablecoin Licenses
Hong Kong’s monetary authority granted its first two stablecoin issuer licences to HSBC and Anchorpoint Financial, a Standard Chartered‑led joint venture. The licences are the inaugural approvals under the Stablecoins Ordinance that took effect in August 2025, following an assessment...
Tornado Cash Dev Roman Storm’s Case Raises Technical and Ethical Questions
Roman Storm, a developer of the Tornado Cash privacy mixer, returned to a New York federal courtroom on April 9, 2026 to argue that his prior unlawful‑money‑transmitting conviction should be set aside. The judge, Katherine Polk Failla, focused on whether...
XRP Adjacent Flare Proposes Protocol-Level MEV Capture and 40% Inflation Cut
Flare has submitted a governance proposal to capture maximal extractable value (MEV) at the protocol level by shifting block building to a designated builder and eventually to a confidential compute layer. The plan creates a new entity, FIRE, to funnel...
Understanding FATF’s Latest Analysis: Market Developments and Emerging Risks in DeFi
The Financial Action Task Force released a detailed analysis of emerging risks in decentralized finance, spotlighting the rapid diversification of NFTs, the surge in stablecoin usage, and the proliferation of cross‑chain bridges. FATF warns that many DeFi projects retain centralized...
Managing Crypto Red Flags: An Analysis of Causes and Effective Strategies
The article outlines how cryptocurrency’s anonymity creates red flags for money laundering, emphasizing the need for vigilant transaction monitoring. It highlights specific indicators such as mismatched customer IDs and IP locations, suspicious login patterns, and the use of multiple wallets...
Strategy’s Michael Saylor Calls Bitcoin Bottom at $60K, Claims Quantum Threat to BTC Network Is Exaggerated
MicroStrategy chief Michael Saylor predicts Bitcoin will find a bottom around $60,000, arguing that media hype over quantum‑computing threats to the network is overstated. He warns that escalating Iran‑U.S. tensions could push the price lower, echoing recent sell‑offs by corporate...
Microsoft Finds Vulnerability Exposing Millions of Android Crypto Wallet Users
Microsoft’s security researchers uncovered a critical intent‑redirection flaw in EngageLab’s EngageSDK, a messaging library embedded in over 30 million Android cryptocurrency‑wallet installations. The vulnerability lets a malicious app craft intents that bypass Android’s sandbox, exposing personal data and financial credentials. Microsoft...
Cosmos Ecosystem Focused Leap Wallet to Shut Down Operations
Leap Wallet, the Cosmos ecosystem’s flagship multi‑chain wallet, announced it will shut down on May 28, 2026, giving users roughly two months to move assets. Launched in 2022, the non‑custodial solution supported over 100 blockchains and offered staking, swaps, and...
Dune Analytics Adds Support for Datashare and Tempo Blockchain
Dune Analytics unveiled a fully integrated dbt connector that streams transformed blockchain data directly into Snowflake or BigQuery, eliminating the need for separate ETL pipelines. The platform now covers more than 130 blockchains through its Datashare library, offering ready‑made tables...
Thinking About Selling Your Bitcoin? Nearly 50% of Holders Might Be Too.
Bitcoin has fallen 43% from its October 2025 peak of $126,000, leaving roughly 47% of all coins held at a loss. Long‑term holders, defined as wallets unchanged for six months or more, now see about 30% of their holdings underwater—the deepest...
U.S. Treasury Rolls Out Cybersecurity Information Sharing Initiative as Crypto Attacks Rise
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection launched a digital‑asset cybersecurity initiative that provides free, high‑quality threat intelligence to eligible U.S. crypto firms. The move responds to a surge in sophisticated attacks that cost the industry over...
UK Must Act More Swiftly to Develop Stablecoins
The Financial Times argues that the United Kingdom must accelerate its regulatory approach to stablecoins to keep pace with global competitors. Current guidance from the Bank of England and the FCA is seen as fragmented, leaving firms uncertain about licensing...
Crypto Coin Minute for April 10th, 2026 at 05:15 AM Pacific Time.
On April 10, 2026 Bitcoin hovered at $72,113, up 1.27% in the past day, while Ethereum rose 1.64% to $2,217. XRP, Binance Coin and Solana also posted modest gains. The price rally coincides with heightened regulatory focus, highlighted by a recent call for...
Merkle Anticipates Bitcoin Rebound in Q2
Merkle Capital forecasts a Bitcoin rally in the second quarter of 2026 as geopolitical tensions ease and risk appetite returns. The firm warns that a sustained Middle‑East conflict pushing oil above $100 per barrel could trigger a broad sell‑off across...
Nexus Mutual Wants to Be the Insurance Policy Your Crypto Never Had
Nexus Mutual, a decentralized insurance marketplace on Ethereum, now serves roughly 10,000 members ranging from retail investors to institutional allocators. The protocol lets users purchase coverage for smart‑contract exploits and hacks using stablecoins, ETH or BTC, while all capital adequacy...
White House and Crypto Industry Fight Bank Lobby Over Stablecoin Income
The White House Council of Economic Advisers endorsed a proposal allowing stablecoin issuers to pay yield to investors, directly challenging the banking lobby’s opposition. The administration argues that prohibiting such yields would only modestly increase bank lending by $2.1 billion, or...
Polygon, Frax and Curve Launch Onchain Forex Liquidity Pools
Polygon Labs, Frax, Curve Finance and DFB Network have deployed on‑chain foreign‑exchange liquidity pools on Polygon, using Frax’s Treasury‑backed frxUSD as the dollar anchor. The pools pair frxUSD with stablecoins pegged to the Brazilian real, Indonesian rupiah, British pound, Australian...
StarkWare Researcher Publishes Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction Scheme
StarkWare researcher Avihu Levy released Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB), an open‑source transaction format that makes Bitcoin payments resistant to quantum attacks without requiring a softfork or protocol upgrade. The scheme operates within existing Bitcoin script limits and leverages a hash‑puzzle...
Kamino Introduces Contract-Level Security Controls for Lending Vaults
Kamino, Solana's largest lending protocol, launched Whitelisted Reserves, a contract‑level security feature that restricts vault allocations to protocol‑approved reserves. The mechanism blocks compromised curator keys from moving depositor funds into unvetted markets, a risk highlighted by the recent $270 million Drift...
$3.6 Million Crypto Heist Targets Bitcoin Depot
Bitcoin Depot, which runs more than 25,000 crypto ATMs worldwide, disclosed a breach that allowed attackers to transfer roughly 50.9 Bitcoin—about $3.66 million—out of company‑controlled wallets. The intrusion was detected on March 23, prompting an incident response that involved external cybersecurity firms...
For Kenyan Stablecoin Issuers, Reserves Must Be Kept Close to Home
Kenya’s draft Virtual Asset Service Provider regulations require stablecoin issuers to hold 30% of reserves in segregated accounts at local commercial banks and the remaining 70% in cash or short‑term government securities. Issuers must maintain at least KES 500 million (≈$3.85 million) in...
Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets
Google News has begun surfacing Polymarket prediction‑market bets alongside traditional headlines, often in the personalized “For you” feed and even as top results. The change follows a November partnership that lets Google pull Polymarket data into its finance products, suggesting...
Bitcoin Holds Near $71,000 as Markets Weigh Geopolitics and Macro Signals
Bitcoin steadied near $71,000 on Wednesday after a brief push past $72,000, spurred by a temporary US‑Iran cease‑fire that lifted risk sentiment across markets. The rally, however, lacked sustained buying pressure, with spot Bitcoin ETFs showing mixed inflows and outflows....
Pennsylvania Senators Weigh Consumer Protections From Cryptocurrency Scams
Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering Senate Bill 1015, which would require cryptocurrency kiosks to display anti‑fraud warnings, obtain a money‑transmitter license, and provide 24/7 customer support. The bill targets a growing problem: more than 31,000 Pennsylvanians lost an estimated $538 million last...
Strategy Made Nearly $2 Billion on Bitcoin This Year but SEC Filing Hides a Far Bigger Number
Strategy, the enterprise‑software firm formerly known as MicroStrategy, touts a $1.7 billion Bitcoin gain for 2024, yet its SEC filing reveals a $14.46 billion unrealized loss on the same holdings. The company now owns roughly 767,000 BTC at an average cost of...
Mike Novogratz Spotlights Helios as $15 Billion Powerhouse in Galaxy Digital Annual Report
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz highlighted the firm’s transformation from a pure‑play crypto trader to an infrastructure‑focused powerhouse in its 2025 annual report. The company’s Helios AI data‑center campus in West Texas is now valued at over $15 billion, backed by...
The Most Common Questions People Ask Before Buying Crypto
Money.com published a primer that tackles the ten most common questions first‑time crypto buyers ask, from safety and storage to taxes and market timing. It highlights high‑profile hacks—$570 million stolen from Binance in 2022 and a $1.5 billion breach at Bybit in...
Banks Are Treading Carefully on Stablecoins Despite Market Growth, S&P Global Says
U.S. banks are proceeding cautiously with stablecoins despite the market swelling past $300 billion, according to S&P Global. Only 7% of smaller institutions are developing frameworks and none are running pilots, highlighting a wait‑and‑see posture. Larger banks may explore issuing tokenized...
Crypto Prediction Platform Polymarket Debuts Native Stablecoin in Major Upgrade and Sign of Market Getting Mature
Polymarket, a leading crypto prediction market, has launched its own stablecoin, Polymarket USD, pegged 1:1 to Circle’s USDC reserves. The new token will replace the platform’s reliance on external stablecoins for settlement and is part of the most extensive infrastructure...
Tokenized Perpetual Swaps Hit $31 Billion Weekly Volume on Commodities Volatility
Tokenized perpetual swaps surged to $30.7 billion in weekly volume, representing 1.72% of the crypto derivatives market. Commodities led the rally, with oil‑linked swaps alone reaching $6.9 billion after heightened geopolitical tension. Stock perpetual swaps exploded 908% to about $4.9 billion, while overall...
Stablecoin Platform Confirmo Approved by Central Bank of Ireland
Confirmo, a stablecoin payment platform, received a full license from the Central Bank of Ireland, making it a regulated hub for its European operations. The Irish license, combined with its existing MiCA CASP authorization, grants Confirmo passporting rights across all...
New macOS Malware notnullOSX Targets Crypto Wallets Over $10K
A new macOS malware dubbed notnullOSX is targeting cryptocurrency wallets holding more than $10,000. The threat, linked to a hacker known as 0xFFF (now alh1mik), spreads via fake Google Docs warnings and a malicious Terminal command called ClickFix, then requests...
Global Digital Asset Firm Zodia Partners with Re7 Capital
Zodia Custody announced a partnership with crypto‑native investment firm Re7 Capital, granting the latter access to Zodia’s Interchange network for custody and off‑exchange settlement. The deal supports transparent on‑chain representation of Re7’s BTC Yield and Market Neutral strategies. Re7 Capital,...
Neill Blomkamp’s Blockchain Studio Gunzilla Games Hasn’t Paid some Staff ‘for Many Months’, Employees Allege
Gunzilla Games, the blockchain studio co‑founded by director Neill Blomkamp, is accused of withholding employee pay for several months. Animators and programmers say they have not been paid since October 2025, despite promises from CEO Vlad Korolev that the company was profitable and...
ClearBank MiCA Approved, Plans Stablecoins, Deepens Relationship with Coinbase
Netherlands‑based ClearBank has secured approval from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets to operate as a Crypto Asset Service Provider under the EU’s MiCA regime. The bank announced plans to issue regulated stablecoins—EURC and USDC—to facilitate faster cross‑border payments....
Fartcoin's Price Crashed 50% After $145 Million Manipulation Bet Went Wrong
A group of wallets built a $145.24 million long position on the meme token Fartcoin on the Hyperliquid perpetual futures exchange. The oversized bet collapsed, slashing the token’s price by 50% in one hour, from $0.2519 to $0.1244, and costing the...
The OCC Must Act Before Banks Lose Out on the Crypto Custody Market
The OCC must create a regulatory framework for on‑chain crypto custody and yield products before banks lose deposit customers to decentralized alternatives. On‑chain vault infrastructure can automatically deploy idle balances into market‑rate yields, eroding the traditional subsidy banks provide. Historical...
Bitcoin’s $80,000 Bull Bet Just Took over the Market
Bitcoin’s market sentiment has flipped bullish as the $80,000 call option on Deribit became the most‑traded contract, overtaking the previously dominant $60,000 put. Open interest at the $80,000 strike now exceeds $1.6 billion, while whale wallets holding more than 10,000 BTC...
Binance Introduces Prediction Markets
Binance has added a Prediction Markets feature to its app, partnering with on‑chain platform Predict.fun on the BNB Smart Chain. Users can buy YES or NO shares priced between $0.01 and $0.99, which settle at $1 if the forecast is...