Justin Sun has gone from one of World Liberty Financial’s biggest backers to one of its loudest critics, and the fallout is exposing an ugly question at the heart of the Trump-linked crypto project: when investors bought WLFI, were they buying into a long-term ecosystem, or into a token they may not truly control for…
-
A major exploit hit Hyperbridge on April 13 after an attacker managed to mint 1 billion fake bridged DOT tokens on Ethereum, then dump them into the market for a relatively small real-world haul of around $237,000. The headline number looked enormous, but the actual damage was limited by thin liquidity and the fact that…
-
Michael Saylor’s Strategy has added another 13,927 bitcoin to its balance sheet, spending roughly $1 billion during the week of April 6 to April 12. The company paid an average of $71,902 per BTC for the latest purchase, according to Strategy’s published holdings data and Saylor’s public update on April 13. That takes Strategy’s total…
-
Update, April 2026: In the Goopal Digital case, the court granted a scheduling stipulation on April 17, giving plaintiffs until April 30 to file an amended complaint and moving the initial case management conference to June 25. Separately, Jin and Bao were also named in a second federal lawsuit filed in March. In…
-
Polymarket has spent the past year proving that prediction markets can attract mainstream attention. What changed in late March is that it also started proving they can print serious protocol revenue. After expanding taker fees across most new market categories on March 30, Polymarket’s daily fee generation climbed to roughly $1 million and has stayed…
-
Crypto.com has cut around 12% of its workforce, with CEO Kris Marszalek saying the company is restructuring around AI. In a post on X, Marszalek said firms that fail to make the shift to enterprise-wide AI “will fail,” adding that the layoffs affected roles that “do not adapt in our new world.” We are joining…
-
A new cross-border law enforcement effort is targeting one of crypto’s most effective scam tactics. Authorities in the US, UK and Canada have launched Operation Atlantic, a joint initiative focused on disrupting approval-phishing schemes that trick users into handing over access to their wallets. The operation is being co-hosted by the U.S. Secret Service, the…
-
Crypto.com launched a mixed-asset IRA today. But the real story is the land grab happening underneath it. Crypto.com rolled out an individual retirement account for U.S. users today, combining crypto and equities in a single tax-advantaged wrapper. It supports Traditional and Roth IRAs, covers more than 400 digital assets alongside stocks and ETFs, and includes…
-
Vitalik Buterin just published a new scaling roadmap for Ethereum, and buried inside the technical detail is a significant admission: the rollup-centric strategy that defined the last three years of Ethereum development didn’t deliver what was promised. That’s not how Buterin frames it, of course. But read between the lines and the message is clear.…
-
Infantino Wants FIFA to Have Its Own Cryptocurrency. Should It? FIFA President Gianni Infantino is pushing ahead with plans to launch a “FIFA Coin” and “FIFA Token,” pitching the idea as a way to reach the sport’s estimated five billion fans worldwide. It could be one of the biggest mainstream crypto adoption plays ever attempted,…