Around 26,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, April 4, and they have a notional value of roughly $2.1 billion. This week’s event is more modest than average and much smaller than last week’s massive end-of-month and end-of-quarter expiry event. The impact on spot markets is likely to be minimal as spot traders are […]
TL;DR Pi Network’s native token cannot catch a break as its price has tumbled once again in the past 24 hours to a record low of just over $0.5. This latest decline came after a former PI proponent alleged the project to be a slow rug pull, while others have questioned the team’s viability. PI […]
Two Democratic legislators have requested the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to preserve and disclose records related to World Liberty Financial (WLFI). In an April 2 letter, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Maxine Waters raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest arising from the Trump family’s involvement in the project. Concerns Over Trump Family’s […]
On April 2, the US House Financial Services Committee passed the STABLE Act, which now needs to pass a full House vote and then a Senate vote in its next stages of approval into law. The Stablecoin Transparency and Accountability for a Better Ledger Economy (STABLE) Act was passed with a 32 to 17 vote. […]
[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, April 3rd, 2025] The implementation of agentic AI into DeFi, known as DeFAI, is garnering significant investment. Its current valuation is $500 million, and it is projected to rise by 20x in 2025 alone. Leading the current DeFAI movement is NODO, an agentic AI-powered return-generating ecosystem selected for the Sui […]
[PRESS RELEASE – George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, April 2nd, 2025] A Chain Designed to Solve the Blockchain Bottleneck Many existing blockchains face persistent challenges with speed, cost, or centralization—often a combination of all three. Builders trying to launch innovative apps are stuck navigating these limitations, forcing them to cut corners or rely on […]
[PRESS RELEASE – Willemstad, Curaçao, April 2nd, 2025] Overtime, an onchain sportsbook platform, has formally integrated its parent protocol, Thales, under the Overtime brand. The consolidation introduces a unified identity for the protocol and coincides with the launch of a new native token, $OVER. As part of the transition, the project has also unveiled a […]
Crypto markets have tanked around 4% over the past few hours, with total capitalization falling to a three-week low of $2.74 trillion. Around $150 billion left spot markets while almost 170,000 traders were liquidated, with total liquidations exceeding $500 million, according to CoinGlass. Bitcoin prices tanked more than 6% from an intraday high of $87,790 […]
Ye Zhang, co-founder of Layer 2 smart contract platform Scroll, has sharply criticized proposals to impose fees on Ethereum Layer 2 solutions. In a series of tweets on X, the exec called “tarriffing Layer 2s” “one of the most toxic ideas” for the blockchain’s future. Ye Zhang Opposes L2 Fees Zhang argued that such a […]
In an ironic twist of fate, the hacker behind February’s $9.57 million exploit on zkLend has allegedly fallen victim to another scam. The suspected criminal claimed in an on-chain message that they lost 2,930 ETH, worth about $5.4 million, while trying to launder the stolen funds through Tornado Cash. The zkLend Hack zkLend also confirmed […]