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zkLend hacker claims losing stolen ETH to Tornado Cash phishing site
1.4.2025
The hacker behind the $9.6 million exploit of the decentralized money-lending protocol zkLend in February claims they’ve just fallen victim to a phishing website impersonating Tornado Cash, resulting in the loss of a significant portion of the stolen funds.In a message sent to zkLend through...
SIR.trading begs hacker to return $255K or ‘no chance for us to survive’
1.4.2025
The founder of the recently hacked decentralized finance protocol SIR.trading has issued an emotional plea to the attacker, urging them to return approximately 70% of the stolen customer funds. Without the recovery of these funds, the protocol is unlikely to survive.“Here is my proposal, keep...
Japan’s Metaplanet Fires off $13M Bond Round to Accelerate Bitcoin Reserves
1.4.2025
Japan’s publicly listed bitcoin treasury company, Metaplanet Inc., is doubling down, issuing $13.3 million in zero-interest bonds to aggressively expand its bitcoin holdings. Japan’s Metaplanet Gears Up for Bitcoin Accumulation Japan’s publicly listed bitcoin treasury company, Metaplanet Inc....
Coinbase CEO calls for change in stablecoin laws to enable ‘onchain interest’
1.4.2025
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is calling for legislative changes in the US to allow stablecoin holders to earn “onchain interest” on their holdings.In a March 31 post on X, Armstrong argued that crypto companies should be treated similarly to banks and be “allowed to,...
Elon Musk Clarifies No Plans for the Government to Use Dogecoin
1.4.2025
Elon Musk clarified that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has no plans to integrate Dogecoin into its operations for transparency, despite his personal support for the meme crypto. Dogecoin vs DOGE: Elon Musk Draws the Line Elon Musk discussed the potential role of dogecoin...
Privacy Pools launch on Ethereum, with Vitalik demoing the feature
1.4.2025
A new semi-permissionless privacy tool, Privacy Pools, has launched on Ethereum, allowing users to transact privately while proving their funds aren’t linked to illicit activities.The privacy tool, launched by Ethereum builders 0xbow.io on March 31, earned support from the likes of Ethereum...
Peter Schiff Warns of Crisis Worse Than 2008 as Tariffs, Inflation, and Fed Policy Collide
1.4.2025
Tariffs, inflation, soaring interest rates and a weakening dollar are colliding in what economist Peter Schiff warns could trigger a financial collapse worse than 2008. Peter Schiff: US Nearing Historic Financial Collapse as Economic Signals Flash Red Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff issued...
Bitcoin’s Transaction Drought: Network Fees Hit 1 Satoshi per Transfer as Mempool Clears
1.4.2025
According to current metrics, at around 6 p.m. ET on March 31, the Bitcoin blockchain experienced a curious decline in transactional throughput, with blocks failing to reach optimal capacity. Beginning at block 890,138, a sequence of more than a couple dozen blocks exhibited diminished size...
US Senator Pushes BITCOIN Act to Combat Debt and Declining Dollar—Urges Nation to ‘Buy, Baby, Buy’
1.4.2025
The U.S. could anchor its financial future to bitcoin under a bold new plan pushing a national reserve—“buy, baby, buy,” urges a senator as debt explodes. US Senator Demands Action on BITCOIN Act as Debt Soars—Time to ‘Buy, Baby, Buy,’ She Says U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) is ramping...
SEC Nigeria to Regulate Virtual Asset Service Providers Under New Law
1.4.2025
Nigeria has taken a significant step towards regulating cryptocurrencies with the signing of the Nigerian Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2025 into law. Cryptocurrency Officially Recognized As Asset Class The Nigerian Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2025, recently signed into law...
North Korean crypto attacks rising in sophistication, actors — Paradigm
1.4.2025
North Korean cyberwarfare attacks on the cryptocurrency industry are growing in sophistication and in the number of groups involved in such criminal activity, crypto firm Paradigm warns in report titled “Demystifying the North Korean Threat.”North Korea-originated cyberattacks range...
Cap Labs Reveals Type III Stablecoins, Promising Smarter Yield Generation With No Human Oversight
31.3.2025
The Stanford Blockchain Club published a paper on March 28 introducing “Type III Stablecoins,” a new category of yield-bearing stablecoins governed by autonomous smart contracts, developed by Cap Labs’ Benjamin and Jae. Yield Without Compromise? Type III Stablecoins Propose a Trustless Path Forward...
Hyperliquid DEX trading volumes cut into CEX market share: Data
31.3.2025
Hyperliquid is one of the current bull market’s standout DeFi success stories. With daily trading volumes having reached $4 billion, the exchange has become the largest decentralized (DEX) derivatives platform, commanding nearly 60% of the market.Hyperliquid still lags far behind Binance...
Solana Futures ETFs Fall Flat
31.3.2025
Exchange-traded fund (ETF) service provider Volatility Shares launched two solana futures ETFs on March 20, the Solana ETF (SOLZ) and the 2x Solana ETF (SOLT). Both funds have had decent performance thus far, recording average daily trading volumes of roughly 80,000 and 140,000 units respectively...
Crypto PAC-supported candidates make a final push to Florida voters
31.3.2025
Two Republican candidates supported by at least a combined $1.5 million in media spending from a cryptocurrency-backed political action committee (PAC) are making final pleas to voters turning out for special elections in Florida congressional districts.On April 1, voters in Florida’s 1st...
Truflation: Inflation Movements Predict Upcoming Bitcoin Rally
31.3.2025
Truflation, a real-time data provider for inflation indexes, presented a correlation between its real-time inflation data and bitcoin’s price movements. The company stated that every time its disinflation trend pauses or reverses, bitcoin tends to rally shortly after. Truflation, which classifies...
4 key Bitcoin metrics suggest $80K BTC price is a discount
31.3.2025
Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped from $87,241 to $81,331 between March 28 and March 31, erasing gains from the previous 17 days. The 6.8% correction liquidated $230 million in bullish BTC futures positions and largely followed the declining momentum in the US stock market, as the S&P 500 futures...
4 key Bitcoin metrics suggest $80K BTC price is a discount
31.3.2025
Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped from $87,241 to $81,331 between March 28 and March 31, erasing gains from the previous 17 days. The 6.8% correction liquidated $230 million in bullish BTC futures positions and largely followed the declining momentum in the US stock market, as the S&P 500 futures...
VC Roundup: 8-figure funding deals suggest crypto bull market far from over
31.3.2025
Venture capital funding continued to pour into the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry in March, even as market commentators sensationalized the end of the bull market amid Bitcoin’s 30% retracement. VC flows are considered a vital sign for the blockchain industry, with higher deal...
Bitcoin whale accumulation trend mirrors 2020-era bullish activity after BTC price bounces off $81K
31.3.2025
Bitcoin (BTC) price dipped below its ascending channel pattern over the weekend, dropping to $81,222 on March 31. The top cryptocurrency is set to register its worst quarterly return since 2018, but a group of whale entities are mirroring a 2020-era bull run signal. Bitcoin 1-day chart. Source:...