New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order 60 on April 22, barring covered state officials and employees from using nonpublic information gained through their jobs to profit or avoid losses in prediction markets. Summary New York and Illinois barred employees from using insider information in prediction market trading activities. Both governors said the orders
Singapore, Singapore–(Newsfile Corp. – April 23, 2026) – Lithosphere has superior its AI-native sensible contract capabilities by way of Lithic, introducing deterministic management mechanisms for AI execution inside decentralized environments. The event permits clever processes to function inside outlined boundaries, guaranteeing constant and verifiable outcomes regardless of the inherently non-deterministic nature of AI computation.
Tether (USDT) hit an all-time high market cap of $188Bn on April 21, 2026, widening its lead over Circle’s USDC, which sits at $78.25Bn, following a $285M hack of Solana-based Drift Protocol. The gap between the two stablecoins has been growing since attackers linked to North Korea moved $232M in USDC during an eight-hour exploit
Kalshi has suspended three political candidates after an internal review found that they placed bets on their own races. Summary Kalshi suspended three candidates after finding they traded on their own election races in violation. Mark Moran admitted placing a self-bet, while Kalshi treated the trades as exchange rules breaches. The case adds pressure on
Ten months ago, Eric Trump was posting on X about how much he loved Justin Sun. This week, he’s likening a lawsuit from Sun to the infamous $6 million duct-taped banana. Sun filed a complaint Monday in the Northern District of California, accusing World Liberty Financial of illegally freezing roughly four billion $WLFI tokens worth
Shares of American Bitcoin, the Trump family-linked mining company, surged approximately 12% on April 22 after the firm announced it had completed the deployment of 11,298 new ASIC miners at its Drumheller, Alberta site, expanding its active fleet to roughly 89,242 machines. Summary American Bitcoin deployed 11,298 new ASIC miners at its Drumheller facility, adding
A panel titled “Code Is Free Speech: Ending The War On Bitcoin” has been announced for Bitcoin 2026, bringing together three figures from law, government, and the Bitcoin industry. The panel features FBI Director Kash Patel, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal. Kash Patel was confirmed as FBI Director
US Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned from the Trump administration amid an active inspector general investigation into misconduct allegations, making her the third cabinet member to depart during the president’s second term. Summary Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned on April 21 amid an inspector general investigation into alleged travel fraud, an inappropriate relationship with
PANAMA CITY, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Aurise Foundation today announced the launch of XAUE, a yield-bearing gold token designed as a Treasury Layer for Tether Gold (XAU₮). Built for qualified institutional participants, XAUE introduces crypto-native yield generation to traditionally non-yielding gold, transforming it into a programmable and capital-efficient on-chain asset. At launch, ecosystem partners Aurelion
Bitcoin climbed above $78,000 on April 22, reaching its highest price in 11 weeks, as a wave of short liquidations and improved macro sentiment following Trump’s ceasefire extension combined to push the asset to a key technical level that had resisted multiple breakout attempts. Summary Bitcoin broke above $78,000 on April 22 for the first
