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A South Korean presidential candidate promised to implement Trump-style crypto regulations reform, drawing comparisons to US deregulation policies. With 15 million cryptocurrency users in South Korea, this stance on crypto regulations could influence election outcomes as digital asset holders represented a substantial voting bloc. The post South Korean Candidate Vows ‘Trump-Style' Crypto Deregulation—Will 15M Users Put Him in Office? appeared first on Cryptonews.

During a Wednesday appearance on CNBC, former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler commented on the agency's lightning-fast abandonment of enforcement cases against prominent cryptocurrency companies for the first time.

Blockchain monitoring platform Whale Alert has reported a massive Dogecoin transaction involving 478 million DOGE tokens on April 16. According to the data, the transaction—worth over $72 million—occurred between two unidentified wallets, sparking a flurry of speculation within the crypto community.

Optimum Funding:- In a major stride toward addressing blockchain scalability and state access challenges, Optimum, a Web3 infrastructure startup, has raised $11 million in a funding round led by prominent crypto investors. The company is building a “memory layer” that aims to enable instant and permissionless access to historical on-chain data across all major blockchains.

Russia's Finance Ministry is evaluating the creation of domestic stablecoins pegged to foreign currencies after access to Tether's USDT was restricted for wallets linked to the sanctioned Russian exchange Garantex, as Reuters reported.

ตามรายงานจาก NewsBTC นักเทรดในตลาด Futures ของ Binance กำลังเดิมพันอย่างหนักว่าราคา Dogecoin จะพุ่งขึ้น ข้อมูลจาก Ali Martinez (@ali_charts) บน X เผยให้เห็นว่า 72.13% ของผู้ใช้งานที่เปิดสถานะ Dogecoin นั้นอยู่ในฝั่ง Long ในขณะที่เพียง 27.

Bitcoin enjoyed a brief period of upward movement, pushing its price slightly above the $86,000 mark. Presently, the flagship asset appears to be losing its bullish momentum as it revisits levels below $84,000.

BTC dropped by over two grand in minutes.

Ahead of a massive token unlock on Thursday, the TRUMP meme coin team withdrew $4.6 million worth of USDC from a liquidity pool.

The U.S. Secret Service, alongside Canadian authorities, has successfully disrupted a major Ethereum phishing scam that led to losses of $4.3 million. The operation, known as “Operation Avalanche,” targeted Ethereum users who fell victim to a scheme known as “approval phishing.

The following article is adapted from The Block's newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.

TL;DR Bitwise listed four new Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs on the London Stock Exchange, available only to institutional investors in the UK. The products include physical and staking options, with securely custodied assets and low fees, integrable into traditional brokerage accounts.

BONK is trading at a key high time frame support level while showing signs of a potential trend reversal.

Bitwise launched four physically-backed crypto exchange-traded products on the London Stock Exchange, including Bitcoin and Ethereum offerings. Following Bitwise's acquisition of ETC Group, these products provided institutional investors regulated exposure through cold storage custody and independent trustees, further expanding the firm's European presence. The post Breaking: Bitwise Unveils 4 Crypto ETPs on LSE—Will Institutions Finally Flock to Crypto? appeared first on Cryptonews.

When the facts change, I have to change my mind, lest be caught in some sort of homegrown dogma that will hurt us all. That's how I feel about a phrase that has withstood all sorts of markets but I fear may have finally lost its usefulness: "own it, don't trade it.

Russia's push for its own stablecoins highlights a strategic shift to reduce reliance on Western financial systems amid increasing sanctions. The post Russia's finance ministry official urges country to launch its own stablecoins after USDT wallet block appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Crypto giant Bitwise says that parts of the digital asset ecosystem are experiencing “raging bull markets” despite underwhelming sentiment in the asset class at large.

Solana's leading decentralized exchange, Raydium, has officially released LaunchLab, an “all-in-one token Launchpad” for developers, creators, and the entire Web3 community. The move represents the latest escalation of the battle between Solana products Raydium and Pump.fun, which used to work together. Raydium hinted at LaunchLab in mid-March and promised unique features that will rival Pump.fun.

Volatility has not cleared in the broader digital currency ecosystem, as showcased by the trend in the price of Bitcoin (BTC). Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin's price has displayed a unique twist that might finally change its trajectory.

The Bitcoin price appears to be moving in lockstep with a bullish prediction made by a crypto analyst earlier this month. According to the analyst's forecast, Bitcoin is set to break out to a new all-time high above $120,000 following the announcement of a temporary tariff pause by United States (US) President Donald Trump.

The digital asset has hovered around the $85K level since Tuesday, but it continues to claw back market share from competing altcoins. Following comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, BTC slipped under the $84K range.

A modest bitcoin rally to a possible challenge of the $86,000 level quickly reversed during U.S. afternoon trading hours on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned on the effects of President Trump's tariff regime.

What's fueling the buzz behind SHIB and OM this week? Shiba Inu (SHIB) price analysis shows the token testing $0.000012, with whales and retail users stacking up trillions of tokens. Over on the RWA side, Mantra (OM) Price Forecast is looking strong after a $1B tokenization deal and a Google Cloud validator partnership.

Digital asset custody platform Copper is teaming up with institutional staking provider P2P.org to bring secure staking services to institutions. In this strategic collaboration, the companies will leverage P2P.