Google Cloud has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with global private equity and investment firm CVC Capital Partners to accelerate the adoption of AI across its portfolio companies. Summary Google Cloud and CVC Capital Partners signed a multi-year partnership to deploy agentic AI across CVC’s portfolio companies spanning multiple industries. The deal provides access
Flying Tulip has introduced a circuit breaker to slow or queue withdrawals as DeFi losses mounted in April following a series of large exploits. Summary Flying Tulip has added a circuit breaker to slow or queue withdrawals during abnormal outflows as April DeFi losses surged. More than $600 million was lost in DeFi exploits in
Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee has backed a $250,000 Ethereum price target presented in a recent Etherealize report. Summary Tom Lee backed an Etherealize report that values Ethereum at $250,000 using long-term market assumptions today. The report says Ethereum staking offers yield, giving ETH a different value case than Bitcoin. Researchers argued Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake
Dan Finlay, co-founder of MetaMask and a longtime developer at Consensys, has announced that he is leaving the company. Summary Dan Finlay said he is leaving Consensys after helping build MetaMask over the past decade. MetaMask launched Advanced Permissions, letting dApps execute approved transactions without requiring users to sign each time. The new feature could
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
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
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
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
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
Crypto protocols have lost more than $606 million to hacks and exploits in just the first 18 days of April 2026, making it the single worst month for theft in the industry since the $1.4 billion Bybit breach in February 2025, according to data from DefiLlama. Summary Over $606 million was stolen from crypto protocols
