Crypto News All stories

Crypto protocols lost more than $606 million to hacks in the first 18 days of April 2026, making it the worst month for theft since the 2025 Bybit breach.

US banking groups have urged regulators to delay comment periods on stablecoin rules under the GENIUS Act until key guidance from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is finalised.

Binance.US has reduced spot trading fees to 0% for makers and 0.02% for takers across all trading pairs, eliminating tiered pricing structures.

Robinhood’s Venture Fund I has invested $75 million in OpenAI to provide retail investors with indirect exposure through tokenised instruments.

A new macOS malware campaign linked to the Lazarus Group is targeting crypto and fintech firms through social engineering attacks disguised as video calls.

Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed a first reading of a bill establishing a legal framework for cryptocurrency trading through licensed intermediaries.

The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation is entering its final transition phase, forcing smaller crypto firms to obtain licences or halt services by July 1.

The Financial Conduct Authority led coordinated raids on eight London premises targeting suspected illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading operations.

The United States government is operating a Bitcoin network node as part of cybersecurity testing, according to a senior military official speaking before Congress.

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has urged US lawmakers to reform crypto tax rules after reporting tens of millions of low-value transactions to the Internal Revenue Service for 2025.

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking public comment on proposed rule changes that would allow licensed digital asset firms to offer derivatives without creating separate entities.

The American Bankers Association has asked US regulators for a 60-day extension to comment on stablecoin rules, potentially delaying implementation of the GENIUS Act framework.

Sam Bankman-Fried has withdrawn his request for a new trial in federal court while continuing to pursue an appeal of his conviction and a bid to have a different judge oversee proceedings.

WisdomTree is positioning tokenisation as the next major evolution in finance, arguing it could reshape investing in the same way ETFs disrupted mutual funds.

X has launched Custom Timelines, allowing Premium iOS users to pin topic-specific feeds to their home tab using Grok-powered personalisation.

Aave is showing signs of whale accumulation even as retail users exit following the fallout from the KelpDAO exploit, which left the protocol with an estimated $196 million in bad debt.

Mastercard has joined the Blockchain Security Standards Council as a charter-level member, aiming to help shape security and privacy frameworks for blockchain networks and tokenised assets.

Grayscale said Bitcoin likely found its bear-market bottom between $65,000 and $70,000 during February’s sell-off, challenging broader expectations of a later low.

Justin Sun has filed a lawsuit against World Liberty Financial, alleging the platform froze his tokens and threatened to burn them without justification.

Coinbase has highlighted Algorand and Aptos as among the networks best positioned to address future quantum computing risks, while warning other blockchains may be more vulnerable.

Sullivan & Cromwell has apologised to a federal judge after submitting a legal filing containing about 40 incorrect citations and errors linked to AI hallucinations.

Umbra has taken its front-end website offline after detecting around $800,000 in stolen funds moving through its protocol linked to recent high-profile crypto hacks.

Blockchain.com has introduced perpetual futures trading within its non-custodial DeFi wallet, allowing users to open leveraged positions using self-custodied Bitcoin without transferring funds to an exchange.

DoorDash plans to introduce stablecoin payments for users, merchants and delivery drivers through an integration with Tempo’s blockchain infrastructure spanning more than 40 countries.