Month: April 2026

Animoca‑backed Anchorpoint is preparing to launch HKDAP, a regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, as part of Hong Kong’s push to make bank‑grade fiat tokens core financial infrastructure. Anchorpoint Financial Technology, a joint venture backed by Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong),…...

World Liberty Financial (CRYPTO: WLFI) denied liquidation risk after pledging approximately 5 billion WLFI tokens and borrowing roughly $75 million in stablecoins on a decentralized finance protocol. The Denial WLFI fired back at critics questioning its massive lending position on Dolomite, calling the concerns “wrong” and framing its role...

A Bitcoin transaction that costs $75 to $150 in GPU compute is not built for daily use, but it may still matter. StarkWare chief product officer Avihu Levy has put forward a scheme called Quantum Safe Bitcoin, or QSB, that he says could make new BTC transfers resistant to...

Simplechain raises $15m to build an RWA‑first layer 1 and dataipo protocol, extending ex‑jd.com and ant group execs’ push into compliant asset tokenization. Real‑world asset (RWA) startup SimpleChain has raised $15 million in seed funding to build a dedicated Layer…...

ECB backs shifting supervision of systemic crypto firms and venues from national regulators to esma as part of a wider eu capital markets integration push. The European Central Bank (ECB) has endorsed an EU plan to shift supervision of systemically…...

Zcash price shot up over 21% today, extending its gains over the past week to over 60% as privacy coins see renewed demand from investors. According to data from crypto.news, Zcash (ZEC) price rose nearly 23% to a three-month high…...

Solana‑based Drift Protocol’s $270m exploit has become a live test of how Circle, DeFi builders and lawmakers share responsibility when stablecoins sit at the center of a hack. Circle’s chief strategy officer Dante Disparte has responded to the roughly $270…...

Rising energy costs amid geopolitical tensions may hinder economic recovery, complicating monetary policy and impacting consumer spending. The post March CPI inflation rises to 3.3% as energy shock offsets core stability appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

Bitcoin is trading around $72.4k as markets digest a turbulent start to Q2, with macro uncertainty and a shaky ceasefire in the Middle East continuing to weigh on risk assets globally. While BTC has shown some resilience relative to traditional markets in recent weeks, the broader technical structure remains...

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) could be structurally better prepared than Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to handle long-term risks from quantum computing, according to industry experts, though the threat remains largely theoretical. XRP’s Relative Protection The primary concern stems from quantum machines using Shor’s algorithm to derive private keys from public keys,...