U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said this week that Bitcoin is part of classified Defense Department efforts to project power and counter China. Key Takeaways: Pete Hegseth told Congress on April 30, 2026, that Bitcoin efforts are classified inside the Pentagon. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. confirmed INDOPACOM runs 1 Bitcoin node and tests protocol […]

Spot Bitcoin ETF outflows reached $490 million as crypto investors considered the impact of high oil prices, Big Tech earnings and a shortfall in AI industry growth metrics.

Despite the explosive performance of Dogecoin, things aren’t as bright on its counterparts.

Investing no longer fits neatly into a single category. Today’s investors think about their portfolios holistically, as they span asset classes and combine the growth potential of crypto with the stability and familiarity of traditional equities. That’s why we’re introducing our new Crypto + xStocks bundles today: a simpler way to build a modern, diversified […]

The promise of decentralized finance was once a clarion call for a democratic financial revolution. It envisioned a world where the rigid, exclusionary walls of traditional banking would be replaced by transparent, automated, permissionless systems. As we move through 2026, that early optimism has given way to a more sober reality. Singapore Summit: Meet the […]

A new party launched by ex-Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has said it has refunded donations from a cryptocurrency project, after concerns about the …

Crypto exchange Bullish has expanded its integration with Ripple Prime, giving institutional clients access to Bitcoin options trading alongside existing spot and derivatives services.  The move supports collateral like Ripple’s new stablecoin, RLUSD, and will boost capital efficiency for institutional investors through cross-venue margining. More than 300 institutional users of Ripple’s brokerage platform, Ripple Prime, […]

Dogecoin started a fresh increase from the $0.0950 zone against the US Dollar. DOGE is now facing hurdles near $0.1075 and might aim for a larger rally. DOGE price started a decent upward move above $0.100 and $0.1050. The price is trading above the $0.1040 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a […]

Bitcoin Magazine Eric Trump, John Koudounis Call Bitcoin a Global Reserve Asset, Float $1M Price Target At Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, Eric Trump and Calamos Investments CEO John Koudounis sat down with Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas for a panel that covered bitcoin’s maturation from speculative instrument to global reserve contender.  The conversation […]

Mercado Bitcoin is a Brazil-based cryptocurrency exchange that lets you buy, sell, and invest in digital assets along with tokenized real-world assets. The best features of Mercado Bitcoin exchange are spot trading, MB Pay digital account, staking, tokenized assets (MB Tokens), and NFT marketplace, while its main cons are high trading fees and lack of […]

A draft vision for Australia’s domestic payments system says stablecoins and tokenized fiat currency could reshape how money moves across future rails.

OKX is preparing to launch spot trading for MEGA, the token tied to MegaETH, according to a MegaETH post on X. The update signals a new centralized-exchange access point for the token, though final market-opening details remain pending. MEGA Now Trading. pic.twitter.com/OVx62C0Fjs — MegaETH (@megaeth) April 30, 2026 The rollout affects traders looking to buy […]

The Wasabi Protocol suffered a massive hack, losing more than $5.5 million across four blockchains: Ethereum, Base, Blast and Berachain. The exploitation stems from vulnerabilities, but investigations to date confirm that the exploit was not due to any weakness of the protocol’s own smart contract code itself. Rather, the hack was due to a compromised […]

Although the US Federal Reserve kept the interest rates unchanged as essentially everyone expected, BTC still dipped to a multi-day low of just under $75,000 before it rebounded by a grand. Ethereum and HYPE have lost the most value from the larger-cap alts, while RAIN has defied the trend with a notable 6% surge. BTC […]

A group of congressional Democrats sent the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) a letter on Thursday demanding the agency issue rules banning event contracts on elections, war, military actions, sports, and government actions without an economic hedging interest. The letter was filed on the final day of the CFTC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking comment […]

Lightspark CEO and co-founder David Marcus is standing by an ultra-bullish, seven-figure price target for Bitcoin.

We’re thrilled to announce that ASSET is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading ASSET trading is live as of April 30, 2026. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’.  Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits […]

… cryptocurrency scam centers, arrested 276 people, and destroyed an illicit network that stole substantial funds from Americans. These scammers …

Fidelity Digital Assets says Bitcoin’s latest drawdown has pushed the market into a zone that has historically aligned with accumulation phases, even as its momentum signal remains negative and broader crypto risk appetite stays narrow. In its Signals Report Q2 2026, Fidelity’s research team described a market still working through a corrective phase rather than […]

The Federal Reserve held rates at 3.5% to 3.75% on April 29 in an 8-4 vote. Bitcoin briefly fell below US$75,000 (AU$108,000), while Ethereum, Solana and XRP touched two-week lows. Four dissents marked the most divided Fed policy vote since October 1992, according to Axios. Bitcoin (BTC) slipped below US$75,000 (AU$108K) after the Federal Reserve […]

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin, WikiLeaks, and a Film the Streamers Wouldn’t Touch: Jack Dorsey and Eugene Jarecki Make Their Case Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki and tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey took the stage Wednesday to discuss The Six Billion Dollar Man, Jarecki’s documentary on Julian Assange, and the role the bitcoin community may play in getting it to […]

Shinhan Card signed a deal with Solana Foundation to expand stablecoin payment tests and explore non-custodial wallets and DeFi-based services.

US regulators say people lost more money on scams perpetrated using social media than through any other medium last year. New data based on reports to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) show that in 2025, nearly 30% of the people who lost money to a scam said that the scheme started on social media. Losses […]

A popular crypto strategist believes Bitcoin will have a parabolic rally if BTC can reclaim one key level. The analyst pseudonymously known as Pentoshi tells his 900,700 followers on X that Bitcoin needs to regain the mid-$80,000 range to confirm a new a bullish phase. “We got the $80,000 push on BTC. Whether this ends […]

Hong Kong’s central bank warned that fraudulent tokens claiming links to HSBC and licensed issuers are circulating, even though no regulated stablecoins have been issued in the market. Key Takeaways: Hong Kong warned unauthorized tokens are misusing names of licensed stablecoin issuers. HSBC and Anchorpoint denied links to tokens labeled HKDAP and HSBC. Users should […]

TL;DR: Paxos integrated BONK into its crypto brokerage platform, allowing the memecoin to reach more than 500 million users worldwide. The integration enables platform partners to offer BONK without additional compliance requirements or new technical implementation. BONK has nearly one million holders, more than 400 integrations on Solana, and $130 million in BONKfun volume in […]

For years, the promise of cryptocurrencies as an everyday payment method collided with a reality full of obstacles: extreme volatility, unpredictable confirmation times, variable fees, and a user experience that demanded copying 42-character alphanumeric addresses. That complexity drove most users away and reinforced the idea that cryptocurrencies only serve to speculate. However, the ecosystem has […]

XRP is generating some of the loudest online buzz it has seen in two years, according to on-chain analytics firm Santiment, after Japanese retail giant Rakuten launched the ability for users to convert loyalty points directly into the token. The move gives 44 million Rakuten Pay users access to the digital asset across a loyalty […]

The market brings surprises when no one expected them: Dogecoin and Zcash explode and move forward, while Bitcoin falls behind.

Our collaboration with Beeks reflects a principle that has long shaped Kraken’s approach to market structure: fair and open access to trading infrastructure. Why colocation changes the game For latency-sensitive strategies, execution quality is a function of speed. Beeks Financial Cloud colocation enables traders to place their infrastructure in close proximity to Kraken’s trading infrastructure. […]

America seizes nearly half a billion in Iranian cryptocurrency under Operation Economic Fury, as Tehran blasts US sanctions and naval blockade …

Facebook paid its creators nearly $3 billion in 2025 — a 35% jump from the year before. Now some of those Meta creators will get paid in crypto. Meta: A Second Try At Digital Payments Meta has begun rolling out USDC stablecoin payouts to select creators in the Philippines and Colombia, marking the company’s return […]