Tether just confirmed it backed a $134 million private placement in Stablecoin Development Corporation, a publicly-traded company that exists specifically to give stock market investors exposure to the stablecoin sector, particularly through Sky Crypto Protocol and its USDS token. That’s the surface story. The deeper story is what it reveals about how stablecoin issuers have
Bitcoin’s core developers earlier this week proposed freezing 8 million coins to defend against quantum attackers. But Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson believes it still can’t save coins belonging to the network’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto, per a video posted to his YouTube channel late Wednesday. Hoskinson said Bitcoin’s proposed defense against quantum computers is both
Aleš Michl has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026, where he will deliver a keynote titled “Diversifying Central Bank Reserves With Bitcoin” on April 28 at 10:20 AM PT on the Nakamoto Stage at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. Michl serves as Governor of the Czech National Bank (CNB) — and
Stellar XLM holds support at $0.1360-$0.1278 as traders watch $0.1729, $0.2193 and a possible move toward $0.53. Stellar (XLM) is trading near a long-term support zone after a deep pullback from its recent highs. The area between $0.1360 and $0.1278 is a key area to watch. Traders are now watching whether XLM can hold this
While the late-2025 rally in privacy coins like Zcash (ZEC) and Monero (XMR) has since cooled, demand for anonymous, permissionless digital money — the cypherpunk vision that motivated early Bitcoiners — is unlikely to change. What has changed is where privacy innovation is being directed. Rather than existing primarily as standalone coins and separate networks,
Hyperliquid HIP-3 market just crossed $2B in open interest, and the number itself is almost beside the point. The detail most headlines are missing is what’s actually driving it: seven of Hyperliquid’s top ten markets by volume are now tokenized equities or commodity futures, not crypto pairs. This isn’t a DeFi platform doing DeFi things.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is leaning into artificial intelligence and automation as it faces massive new oversight responsibilities, according to congressional testimony from Chairman Mike Selig, even as his agency’s workforce has declined significantly under the administration of President Donald Trump. About a quarter of the CFTC’s staff has left since 2025, under
Charles Schwab announced further details and plans in their attempt to launch direct spot bitcoin trading through its new platform, Schwab Crypto™, signaling a major step by one of the country’s largest brokerage firms into the digital asset market. The feature will roll out in phases over the coming weeks and will allow retail clients
Bitcoin whales accumulate 270000 BTC in 30 days as exchange reserves drop, signaling strong demand and a potential supply crunch. Bitcoin whales have made a powerful move in the crypto market. They bought 270,000 BTC in just 30 days. In addition, it is the highest accumulation since 2013. Thus, investors all over the world are
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, British Virgin Islands – April 16, 2026 – Bitfinex (https://www.bitfinex.com/), a premier digital asset trading platform, announced the support for deposits and withdrawals of XAUT0 on Celo. XAUT0 is a tokenised gold token that merges the value of physical gold with blockchain’s accessibility, enabling instant and borderless ownership of the world’s most
