Month: April 2026

Zcash (CRYPTO: ZEC) surged 21% after Foundry, the world’s largest Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining pool, announced Wednesday it would add ZEC support, marking a significant institutional signal from a pool that has historically mined only Bitcoin. The Triple Catalyst Foundry’s decision to add Zcash support represents a major shift...

A Ponzi scheme worth $200 million. A fake token sale that pulled in $100 million from unsuspecting investors. These are the kinds of cases the US Securities and Exchange Commission says it now wants to focus on — not the pile of enforcement actions it quietly admitted this week...

Draft bill outlines comprehensive framework for digital assets, including licensing, issuance and oversight...

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) slipped 2% on Wednesday after touching a session high of $1.39, giving back most of the prior session’s 5% gain, yet U.S.-listed XRP spot ETFs recorded $3.32 million in net inflows on April 7. The Quantum Safety Check Roughly 300,000 accounts on XRP holding 2.4 billion...

Bitcoin saw a sharp recovery on Wednesday after Iran’s Supreme National Security Council accepted a two-week ceasefire. The crypto asset briefly climbed above $72,700 after posting over 5% daily gains before stabilizing near $71,600. The rebound was particularly visible in the derivatives market, where sentiment indicators indicated a strong...

Also: North Korea’s 6-month plot with Drift, Solana Foundation’s new ad and Alchemy AI....

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Bob Williams covers how stricter crypto regulations in Asia are putting more personal responsibility on senior leaders, making strong governance and D&O insurance essential. Then, the FBI’s Haidy Grigsby writes on how crypto scams are increasingly targeting experienced investors by building...

Morgan Stanley Investment Management has launched the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), a new exchange-traded product designed to track the performance of Bitcoin, marking its entry into the digital asset space. Lowest Fee Among Competitors The product represents the first crypto-focused ETP from a U.S. bank-affiliated asset manager —...

Major market shifts observed. Bitcoin rebounds towards its range middle, while oil prices see a significant drop from highs around 112-113, now nearing 90. Natural gas also shows a sharp decline. #Bitcoin #OilPrices #MarketUpdate #NaturalGas...

The U.S. is pitching new rules for stablecoin issuers to treat them like every other financial firm that must maintain armor against illicit uses, CoinDesk has learned....