Bitcoin price drops to $75K as new Hormuz closure puts focus on oil 
Aluminum giant Alcoa to sell dormant smelter to Bitcoin miner NYDIG: Report 
Latam Insights: Brazil Seeks Online Gambling Ban, Venezuela’s National Stablecoin Proposal 
Iran’s Digital Blockade Continues: Citizens Endure 50 Days Without Internet Connectivity 
This Week in Crypto Law (Apr. 12, 2026) 
Bank of France calls for tougher MiCA limits on stablecoin payments
A Bank of France official called for tighter MiCA rules on non-euro stablecoins as lawmakers advance reporting requirements for self-custodial...
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Aethir Swiftly Neutralizes Bridge Attack, Caps Damage Below $90K
Key Takeaways Bridge vulnerability contained swiftly by Aethir, keeping damages under $90,000 Major cryptocurrency exchanges mobilize rapidly to freeze attacker...
Hong Kong Grants First Stablecoin Licences to HSBC, Standard Chartered Consortium
Hong Kong has awarded its first stablecoin licences to HSBC and a Standard Chartered-led consortium. The move marks a major...
Japan Passes Bill Reclassifying Crypto as Financial Instruments
The Japanese government has approved an amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, officially reclassifying cryptocurrencies as financial instruments....
March US Inflation Rises 0.9% to 3.3% Led by Energy Prices
The U.S. CPI rose 3.3% in March, with the energy index, specifically gasoline prices, leading the charge and rising 21.2%....
New Bitcoin ETF Launches After-Dark Strategy to Capture Overnight Market Surges
An after-dark bitcoin ETF is making a bold push to capture overnight gains, as XFUNDS by Nicholas Wealth deploys a...
Bitget rolls out SpaceX-linked pre-IPO proxy with Republic
Bitget’s IPO Prime will debut with preSPAX, a Republic-issued token tied to SpaceX’s post-IPO performance rather than direct ownership of...
World Liberty signals phased WLFI unlock vote after early holder backlash
World Liberty said its WLFI unlock proposal will go through community input before a formal vote, outlining a phased vesting...
Aethir halts bridge exploit, promises compensation after $90K loss
Aethir said it halted a bridge exploit on its Ethereum-linked contracts, limiting losses to under $90,000 after PeckShield estimated $400,000...
Covenant AI exits Bittensor over ‘decentralization theatre,’ TAO drops 18%
Covenant AI said it was leaving Bittensor due to its overreaching control on subnets and their large-scale TAO token sales,...
The fake website that led to an arrest: Inside the CoinDCX impersonation case
Inside the CoinDCX impersonation case: How a spoofed site triggered fraud claims, legal action and a court ruling that cleared...
Hong Kong grants first stablecoin licences to Anchorpoint and HSBC
Hong Kong has issued its first stablecoin licences, approving Anchorpoint Financial and HSBC’s Hong Kong banking arm under the HKMA’s...
x402 protocol adds usage-based pricing for AI compute requests
The upgrade from flat fees to variable pricing is designed to support the use of AI agents for LLM inference,...
MarketVector and Coinbase launch index tracking Bitcoin and tokenized gold
A new Bitcoin–gold index highlights shifting views on crypto’s role as a store of value as correlations with equities increase...
Ethereum Network Activity Hits All-Time High While ETH Price Consolidates Near $2,100
TLDR: Ethereum 7-day SMA for total transfer count has crossed 1.3M, matching its mid-February ATH. ETH price remains near $2,100,...
