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Filament, a decentralized exchange built on the Sei blockchain, has been hit by a major self-liquidation exploit. According to the platform's post-hack statement shared on X, attackers took advantage of the platform's order book system to steal around $572,000.
Drawing a parallel between floppy disks and innovation, Choi said Monday blockchain tech has the potential to "rewrite the rules" of finance.
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission has given a green light for virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs) and authorized virtual asset funds to offer staking services.
Bitcoin's price has fallen below $75,000, reaching an intraday low of $74,637 as of 2:47 AM EST. This decline marks a significant drop of over 12% today and reflects ongoing economic anxiety amid a broader downturn in financial markets.
Industry players have labeled today, April 7, the crypto black Monday, a sentiment drawing from the bloodbath over the weekend.
Vaulta, formerly EOS Network, is joining forces with VirgoCX to launch a new stablecoin-powered cross-border payments network as the first major deployment of its Web3 Banking OS.
Solana memecoin platform Pump.fun has revived its live streaming feature, five months after pulling the plug over disturbing misuse. According to the platform's co-founder Alon Cohen, the feature has returned with stronger moderation tools and “transparent guidelines” in place.
Atua AI, cutting-edge startup specialized in intelligenza artificiale solutions, has announced a strategic move that integrates the potential of criptovaluta XRP into its technological ecosystem. The goal? To offer scalable, efficient, and blockchain-based automation tools for businesses worldwide. In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital technologies, a new synergy promises to redefine the boundaries of business automation. Atua AI aims to address a growing market need: to automate complex business processes with speed, security, and transparency. To achieve this, the company has chosen to build its solutions on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), the blockchain network associated with the cryptocurrency XRP, developed by Ripple.
The U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of April 6th as “Liberation Day” has done more than stir political controversy. It has sparked a global financial turmoil. Stock markets across China, Japan, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. crashed for a second straight day.
XRP price is crashing today, April 7, due to trader concerns about a Black Monday event following President Trump's aggressive tariffs and trade policies. At press time, Ripple was down by 15% to trade at $1.80, which is its lowest price in two months.
Bitcoin has been struggling to recover, with its price recently dipping below $80,000, marking a significant loss. The downtrend intensified due to the broader market's weakness, particularly the impact of US President Trump's trade wars.
The digital payments sector, particularly in cryptocurrency, is a regulatory battleground. Some users welcome regulation for weeding out bad actors and enhancing service quality, while others see it as stifling innovation. The head of Bybit's payment business unit believes regulation brings clarity, safety, and confidence.
Dogecoin has seen a major drop in volume since hitting two-year highs back in November 2024. This volume drop has been followed by large declines in the DOGE price, leading to over 50% of the meme coin's value that has been lost in less than six months.
Conor McGregor, famous MMA champion and global icon, has decided to make his entrance into the world of memecoins with a project that is already getting the entire community talking. The Irish star has announced the launch of a new cryptocurrency, called $McGREGOR, combining his fighter charisma with the typical irony of digital coins born from the web. The announcement of the launch of $McGREGOR came through the athlete's official social media profiles, with a direct and provocative tone that perfectly reflects his personality. The news immediately triggered a chain reaction on social networks and on major crypto discussion platforms, generating viral interest in just a few hours.
Hong Kong will release an expanded virtual asset policy by year-end, aiming to deepen Web3 integration into finance and the broader economy, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said. The post Hong Kong to Roll Out Updated Virtual Asset Policy Framework by End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.
Ethereum (ETH), the flagship altcoin, has now plunged to its lowest level against Bitcoin (BTC) since February 2020.
In a move to tighten oversight in the crypto space, Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has rolled out fresh guidelines for licensed virtual asset trading platforms and SFC-authorised funds involved in staking.
Bitcoin could remain in a bear market for at least six months, according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju, as on-chain data shows a lack of price movement despite rising capital inflows.
A crypto user has gone very long on Solana, staking a very small portion of the token for the next 3,000 years, according to blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence.The unknown user staked $0.05 Solana (SOL) in 2023, and it will unlock in the year 5138, Arkham said in an April 5 post to X. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Vincent Liu, chief investment officer at Kronos Research, said the move was likely a symbolic sign of showing conviction in Solana's long-term ecosystem.
The FTX saga continues to shake the crypto ecosystem. Nearly 400,000 creditors of the now-bankrupt platform risk permanently losing their rights to refunds, estimated at over $2.5 billion.
After hinting at possible stability last week, the wider crypto market – led by Bitcoin (BTC) – will be on the defensive side in the coming days. In the past 24 hours, the crypto market recorded heavy losses, with total forced liquidations of $1 billion, whereby the majority were long traders.
Amid the major crashes that have rocked the crypto market in recent times, the XRP price has succumbed to bears. The cryptocurrency has pushed back over 30% from its $3.2 high of January 2025, leading investors to believe that the end of the decline is near.
SOL's price action is only heading in one direction in the near term.
Twitter founder and Block Inc. CEO Jack Dorsey has recently shared his thoughts on why Bitcoin would fail if pursued only as a store of value of “digital gold”. Although BTC is often seen as a hedge to the equity market, it has largely moved in tandem with it and is still considered a risk-ON
