New Bitcoin Quantum Proposal Offers Satoshi Nakamoto a Way to Prove Control without Moving BTC
Venture fund Paradigm unveiled a proposal that lets Bitcoin holders create private, on‑chain timestamps—called Provable Address‑Control Timestamps (PACTs)—to prove control of quantum‑vulnerable keys before quantum computers arrive. The method leverages BIP‑322 signatures, a random salt, and OpenTimestamps to lock a commitment without moving the coins. If a future soft fork freezes legacy addresses, holders could redeem their funds with a STARK zero‑knowledge proof, revealing no address or amount. The scheme offers a middle ground to BIP‑361’s freeze‑or‑move dilemma, but it hinges on new protocol upgrades and the original key holder’s participation.
Clarity Act Text Lets Crypto Firms Offer Stablecoin Rewards While Shielding Bank Yield
Congress released the text of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, allowing crypto firms to continue stablecoin reward programs while banning yield that mirrors bank deposit interest. The language, negotiated by Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks, prohibits interest paid...
Canadian Pension Giant AIMCo Buys the Dip in Strategy, Now Sitting on $69 Million Unrealized Gain
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) re‑entered Strategy (MSTR) by buying 1.38 million shares for $172.5 million in Q1 2026. The stake is now worth roughly $241 million, generating an unrealized gain of about $69 million. AIMCo previously held a smaller position in 2019‑2020 and...
A New Narrative for Bitcoin that Will Last
Alexander Blume argues that bitcoin’s enduring narrative is no longer digital gold but a programmable, globally traded collateral asset. He points to JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock and Charles Schwab integrating bitcoin into loan‑collateral, margin and structured‑product frameworks. This shift changes...
AI Agent Forms Its Own Company, Gets Ready to Trade Crypto
ClawBank’s AI agent, Manfred, has autonomously incorporated a U.S. corporation, securing an IRS Employer Identification Number, an FDIC‑insured bank account, and a crypto wallet. The agent already holds credentials to hire staff, make payments and can move funds across more...
Bitcoin Takes Another Aim at $80,000 as Stocks Rise, Oil Drops on Iran Optimism
Bitcoin surged to about $78,700, climbing nearly 3% in the last 24 hours as U.S. equities opened higher, reviving risk‑on sentiment. The cryptocurrency is edging toward the psychologically important $80,000 barrier, a level many investors view as a catalyst for...
Institutional Demand to Drive Bitcoin Market Cap to $16 Trillion by 2030: Ark Invest
Ark Invest’s latest “Big Ideas” report forecasts Bitcoin’s market capitalization soaring to $16 trillion by 2030, a more than ten‑fold increase from its current $1.5 trillion valuation. The firm attributes the growth to accelerating institutional adoption via ETFs, corporate treasuries and sovereign...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Bittensor (TAO) Gains 5.5%, Leading Index Higher
The CoinDesk 20 index rose 1.3% to 2,090.4, driven by strong gains in Bittensor (TAO) and Bitcoin. TAO surged 5.5%, outpacing the market, while BTC added 1.9%. Sixteen of the twenty constituents posted gains, with only ICP and DOT posting...
XO Market Bets on User-Generated Prediction Markets to Rival Polymarket and Kalshi
XO Market, backed by a $6 million seed round from 20VC, Coinbase Ventures and others, launched its mainnet beta in November and has already processed more than $150 million in trading volume. The platform differentiates itself by allowing users to create and...
Ouch. The U.S. 30-Year Treasury Yield Just Hit 5% and Bitcoin May Pay the Price
U.S. 30‑year Treasury yields surged to 5%—the highest level since July 2025—after hawkish dissent within the Federal Reserve and a rally in oil prices. The spike makes long‑term bonds a near‑risk‑free alternative, prompting investors to shift capital away from risk assets...
Bitcoin Slides Toward $75,000, ETH, SOL, XRP Drop as Oil Hits Four-Year High
Bitcoin slipped 2.1% to $75,633 as Brent crude surged 7.1% to $126 per barrel, the highest level in four years, after reports that President Trump is being briefed on new military options against Iran. The oil rally lifted the war‑premium...
Jack Mallers' Twenty One Capital Surges After Majority Holder Tether Proposes 3-Way Merger
Tether Investments, the majority shareholder of Twenty One Capital (XXI), has proposed a three‑way merger that would combine XXI with Strike, Jack Mallers' Bitcoin financial‑services platform, and the mining firm Elektron Energy. The deal would unite Bitcoin treasury, mining, lending...
Eric Trump Says Bitcoin in Its 'Greatest Period Ever' As Wall Street Falls in Line
Eric Trump, co‑founder of American Bitcoin, told the Bitcoin Las Vegas 2026 conference that the past six months represent the cryptocurrency's "greatest period ever." He highlighted a surge in bitcoin ETFs, corporate treasury allocations, and major banks rolling out bitcoin‑backed...
Paul Tudor Jones Calls Bitcoin the 'Best Inflation Hedge,' Warns of Overvalued Stocks
Billionaire hedge‑fund manager Paul Tudor Jones told the Invest Like the Best podcast that Bitcoin, with its capped supply, is the best hedge against inflation, even surpassing gold. He warned that U.S. equities are overvalued, citing a S&P 500 valuation that...
World Cup Fever: Chiliz Expands to Solana and Base to Supercharge Fan Token Trading
Chiliz, the sports‑focused blockchain, announced that its roster of more than 70 fan tokens will now be available on Solana and Base, the Coinbase‑backed Ethereum layer‑2. The move leverages an Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard that keeps a single, unified...
The Age of Agentic Commerce Has Arrived. Consensus 2026 Is Where You Can Experience It IRL
Agentic commerce—AI‑driven autonomous transactions—is moving from theory to practice, with agents already paying for APIs and settling invoices. The industry’s biggest friction points are human‑centric payment rails, prompting a race to build blockchain‑based protocols like x402 and the Machine Payments...
Polymarket Reportedly Seeking CFTC Approval to Reopen Main Exchange to U.S. Traders
Polymarket is petitioning the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to lift the ban on U.S. traders from its main, offshore prediction‑market platform, a restriction imposed after a 2022 settlement. The CFTC must vote on the request, a process that could be...
Riot Extends $200 Million Coinbase Credit Facility, and Bitcoin Weakness Could Mean More Sales
Riot Platforms has restructured its $200 million credit line with Coinbase Credit, swapping a floating rate for a fixed rate and extending the loan’s maturity by roughly one year. At the same time, the miner’s bitcoin treasury has shrunk to 15,680 BTC,...
A Crypto Coalition Releases Technical Proposal to Save Aave Users From a Massive Token Exploit
DeFi United, a coalition of blockchain projects, unveiled a technical proposal to repair the rsETH backing after the Kelp DAO exploit that released 116,500 unbacked tokens. The plan commits enough ETH to fully re‑collateralize rsETH and outlines a controlled unwind...
Every Blockchain Transaction Is a Gift to Your Competition
The article warns that AI‑driven agents can scrape public blockchain transactions, satellite imagery, filings and other open data to reconstruct a rival’s operational playbook. Because public blockchains lack native privacy, every on‑chain procurement or payment reveals granular details such as...
Bitmine Buys $236 Million in Ether as Tom Lee Touts ETH as 'Wartime Store of Value'
Bitmine Immersion Technologies bought 101,901 ETH last week, a $236 million purchase that lifted its treasury above 5 million tokens, representing roughly 4.21% of ether’s circulating supply. The firm now stakes about 3.7 million ETH, generating an estimated $264 million in annualized yield. Bitmine’s...
Pudgy Penguins Rally Coincides with Token Unlock as Analyst Flags Exit Liquidity Risk
Pudgy Penguins’ PENGU token rallied after an April 17 unlock that released roughly 703 million tokens, about 0.79% of the 88 billion‑token supply. On‑chain data shows the primary unlock wallet quickly dispersed 182.8 million tokens across 19 addresses, a pattern analysts link to large...
Bitcoin Funds Take in $933 Million as Crypto ETFs Hit Highest AUM Since February
Bitcoin-focused investment products pulled in $933 million last week, pushing total crypto fund assets under management to $155 billion, the highest level since early February. Institutional investors are leading the surge, with digital‑asset funds recording $1.2 billion in weekly inflows and Bitcoin nearing...
South Korea's KBank and Ripple Are Teaming up to Fix International Money Transfers
South Korea’s digital‑only KBank has partnered with Ripple to test on‑chain cross‑border remittances using Ripple’s Palisade SaaS wallet. The collaboration is now in a second proof‑of‑concept phase, evaluating speed, cost and transparency for transfers to the United Arab Emirates and...
EU’s Largest Measures Against Russia yet Include Escalation of Crypto Sanctions Evasion
The European Union unveiled its most extensive sanctions package against Russia in two years, imposing a blanket ban on Russian cryptocurrency providers, platforms, the central‑bank digital ruble and the RUBx stablecoin. The measures also target 20 Russian banks, four foreign...
Bitcoin Reverses From $79,500 as Oil Surge Triggers Broader Crypto Selloff
Bitcoin surged to a near‑record $79,500 on Monday before slipping back to $77,800 after it failed to break the $80,000 barrier. The reversal coincided with Brent crude climbing to $107 a barrel amid heightened U.S.–Iran tensions, prompting a broader risk‑off...
Global Interest Rates, Robinhood, Galaxy Earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
The week of April 27 brings a cascade of macro events, with the Bank of Japan, Fed, ECB, BoE and Bank of Canada all set to announce policy decisions. Bitcoin hovers near $78,000, but analysts warn inflation‑driven hawkish tones could pull...
A Long-Time Developer Wants to Split Bitcoin Blockchain and Reassign Satoshi Coins. The Community Is Calling It a Theft
Long‑time Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc announced a hard‑fork called eCash slated for August 2026, which would copy Bitcoin’s ledger and issue a 1:1 eCash token to every BTC holder. The fork adds Drivechains, a side‑chain architecture that lets developers build custom...
Crypto Is Built for AI Agents, Not Humans, Says Alchemy's CEO
Alchemy co‑founder and CEO Nikil Viswanathan told CoinDesk that the next wave of commerce will be driven by AI agents that operate natively on crypto networks. He argued that the traditional financial system’s human‑centric design—limited hours, geographic borders, and physical...
Trump Defends Crypto Legislation at Private Event Featuring Boxer Mike Tyson, Tether CEO
President Donald Trump used a private Mar‑a‑Lago gathering of top $TRUMP memecoin holders to reaffirm his support for the stalled Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, warning banks not to block the legislation. The event, attended by crypto heavyweights such as...
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Just Hit a Massive Milestone that Proves Crypto Is Now a Mainstream Bet
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) options open interest on Nasdaq hit $27.61 billion on Friday, overtaking the offshore Deribit market’s $26.90 billion. The milestone, reached in just two years, shows regulated U.S. crypto derivatives matching the scale of the long‑standing offshore venue....
How Anthropic’s Mythos Model Is Forcing the Crypto Industry to Rethink Everything About Security
Anthropic’s Mythos AI model is prompting DeFi firms to broaden security beyond smart‑contract code to the underlying infrastructure such as key‑management, bridges and oracle networks. By simulating adversarial behavior and chaining minor flaws, Mythos can expose systemic, cascading failures across...
Bitcoin Falls After Trump Reportedly Canceled Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's Iran-Talks Trip
Bitcoin slipped about $100 to $77,351 after former President Donald Trump announced he had canceled a planned diplomatic trip by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan for Iran talks. The price drop was modest, indicating traders treated the...
Bitcoin at $40,000 Would Be 'Near-Unprecedented' Statistical Outcome, Analyst Says
Bitcoin analyst James Check warns that a slide to $40,000 would represent a 0.4th‑percentile event, far beyond typical market corrections. The Bitcoin Mean Reversion Index places today’s $78,000 price at the 31.5th percentile, indicating a weak but still normal correction....
Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak Says AI Agents Are the Next Big Wave for Crypto Payments
Coinbase executive Jesse Pollak says autonomous AI agents will drive the next wave of crypto payments, calling the emerging "agentic commerce" a catalyst for mainstream adoption. He highlighted the x402 open‑source payments protocol, which has already processed about $48 million, with 95%...
Bitcoin Rally Is Stalling as Japanese Inflation Adds to Iran War–Driven Market Jitters
Bitcoin hovered around $77,800 on Friday, ending a late‑March rally that began near $65,000. The pullback coincided with Japan’s March services inflation rising to 3.1% YoY, reviving expectations that the Bank of Japan may signal rate hikes. At the same...
Inside the $71 Million Freeze on Arbitrum that Has the Crypto World Questioning What Decentralization Really Means
Arbitrum’s twelve‑member Security Council intervened on April 21, 2026, freezing more than 30,000 ETH—roughly $69 million—to contain the KelpDAO exploit. The council used privileged powers to move the stolen ether into an owner‑less wallet, halting further laundering. While insiders framed the action...
The Market Repriced DeFi in Just 48 Hours
The DeFi market dramatically repriced credit risk over a 48‑hour window after an exploit on April 18. An attacker minted roughly $292 million of unbacked rsETH, used it as collateral on Aave, and borrowed up to $230 million, triggering massive outflows of...
Crypto for Advisors: AI Agents Using Crypto
AI agents are moving from advisory tools to autonomous executors, creating a new layer called "agentic finance." A PwC survey shows 79% of firms have adopted some form of AI agents, and they now handle tasks ranging from commerce decisions...
Tether Freezes $344 Million in USDT on Tron Tied to 'Illicit Activity'
Tether announced it has frozen $344 million worth of USDT on the Tron blockchain after coordination with U.S. law‑enforcement. The freeze affects two wallets flagged for suspected illicit activity, which blockchain‑analytics firm AMLbot linked to scam‑related documents. The move arrives amid...
JPMorgan Says Persistent Security Flaws Curb DeFi’s Institutional Appeal
JPMorgan’s latest report warns that persistent security flaws are curbing DeFi’s appeal to institutional investors, highlighted by a roughly $20 billion loss from the KelpDAO exploit. Bridge and cross‑chain vulnerabilities remain the dominant source of hacks, with this year’s losses matching...
BIS Warns Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Becoming ‘Shadow Banks,’ and Why That's a Risk
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) issued a 38‑page report warning that cryptocurrency exchanges are morphing into “shadow banks” by offering unsecured lending and high‑yield “earn” products without traditional safeguards. These services pool retail users’ assets into risky activities, lacking...
Banks Seek to Slow Down Implementation of Crypto's GENIUS Act on Stablecoin Oversight
U.S. banking groups have asked the Treasury Department to pause the comment periods for three GENIUS Act rule proposals that govern stablecoins until the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalizes its own oversight framework. The banks argue...
Crypto Long & Short: Protecting the People Building DeFi Infrastructure
The DeFi Education Fund is championing the bipartisan Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act (PIBDA), which would shield software developers from criminal‑code Section 1960 liability. At the same time, industry analysts argue that Ethereum’s Layer 2 roll‑up strategy has created a fragmented...
The $292 Million Kelp DAO Exploit Shows Why Crypto Bridges Are Still One of the Industry's Weakest Links
A cross‑chain bridge exploit involving KelpDAO and LayerZero resulted in the loss of about $292 million. The attack manipulated false messages fed to the bridge’s validator network, allowing attackers to mint unbacked tokens on a destination chain. Experts say the flaw...
Trump-Linked American Bitcoin Shares Spike over 12% After Announcing More Mining Power
American Bitcoin, the Trump‑family‑linked mining and treasury firm, announced the deployment of 11,298 new ASIC miners at its Drumheller, Alberta site, raising its total fleet to roughly 89,242 units. The added hardware contributes 3.05 exahash per second of hashpower at...
Bitcoin Breaks Strategy's STRC Ex-Dividend Date Slump for the First Time in Six Months
Bitcoin surged past $79,000, marking the first price increase in the week after Strategy’s (MSTR) STRC ex‑dividend date in six months. The rally is fueled by negative perpetual futures funding rates that compel short sellers to cover, creating a short‑squeeze...
Bitcoin Tops $79,000 as Crypto Rally Gathers Steam; Circle, Coinbase, Strategy Lead
Bitcoin broke the $79,000 barrier on April 22, reaching $79,296, its highest level since early February. The rally lifted major crypto‑linked equities, with Strategy, Circle, and Coinbase posting double‑digit gains. Analysts point to a heavily bearish short‑interest profile in perpetual...
HIVE, Keel Push Deeper Into AI Data Centers with Capital Raise, Asset Sale
HIVE Digital secured a $115 million zero‑interest convertible note to broaden its Tier III data‑center footprint and GPU capacity for AI and high‑performance computing workloads. Keel Infrastructure sold its 70 MW Paraguay site for about $13 million, completing its exit from Latin America and...
Arbitrum Freezes $71 Million in Ether Tied to Kelp DAO Exploit
Arbitrum’s Security Council moved 30,766 ETH—about $71 million—into a frozen intermediary wallet after the Kelp DAO rsETH exploit. The freeze recovers roughly a quarter of the $292 million stolen when attackers compromised a LayerZero verifier, an incident linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group....