Blockchain & Digital Assets

April 13, 2026 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tron Founder and crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun—the billionaire who actually begin his career at Ripple Labs back in the day—has leveled serious allegations against World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a decentralized finance platform closely associated with the Trump family. Sun, who positioned himself as one of… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 10:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitget Wallet is exploring the integration of self-custodial crypto payments into Japan’s stablecoin payment ecosystem through discussions with Netstars, a payment infrastructure provider. The initiative centers on how Web3 wallets can connect to existing merchant networks, marking a potential step toward bringing stablecoin payments into… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On April 13, 2026, the bridge facilitating Polkadot’s DOT token transfers to Ethereum was compromised. Unauthorized actors have allegedly exploited administrative privileges in the bridge’s smart contract on the Ethereum network, enabling the creation of 1 billion unbacked DOT tokens. These tokens were then rapidly… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s central bank has called for the introduction of circuit-breaker systems in the virtual asset market to enhance safeguards against extreme volatility and operational failures. The recommendation appears in the Bank of Korea’s latest Payment and Settlement Trends report, released on April 13, 2026…. Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitMEX has released a research report in which its analysts have highlighted Zcash (ZEC) as potentially one of the most compelling opportunities left in cryptocurrency markets, (questionably) referring to it as “the last 1000x in crypto.” The update shared by BitMEX examines why the privacy-focused… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 6:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

PCP (Programmable Credit Protocol), a credit orchestration infrastructure for tokenized assets, is partnering with Digital Asset, the technology company behind the Canton Network, and the Canton Foundation, the independent governing body of the Canton Network, to bring institutional credit infrastructure to the Canton ecosystem. The collaboration was confirmed… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 3:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

There has again been a significant setback for diplomatic efforts in South Asia that were aimed at de-escalating the ongoing US-Iran-Israel conflict. Unfortunately, the United States and Iran again failed to reach any agreement during high-level discussions held in Pakistan’s capital. The meetings, which took… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 2:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With the recent Royal Assent of Bill C-15, Canada is now said to be moving forward on a proper framework for stablecoins. The nation’s Department of Finance has started the development of applicable regulations to support safe, reliable digital payment options for Canadian consumers. As… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 1:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank has backed a major European Union initiative designed to streamline and unify oversight of cryptocurrency activities. Under the proposal, supervisory responsibilities for the digital asset sector would be concentrated within a single pan-European authority: the European Securities and Markets Authority, headquartered… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 12:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has provided what it claims is a more realistic assessment of stablecoins’ actual role in today’s financial ecosystem. Somewhat far from the innovative payment tool many promoters have claimed over the years, stablecoins remain… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 11:01 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Hong Kong’s push to turn stablecoins from a regulatory concept into everyday financial plumbing is beginning to draw in the companies that handle money at the checkout counter. Digital asset trading platform EX.IO said it signed a memorandum of understanding with payment firm Payment Asia to… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors has now approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that may implement certain requirements as well as applicable standards under the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The suggested rule may help… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 9:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The early effects of the ceasefire and an interesting take on tokenization highlight our Web3 Thoughts of the Week. CLARITY Act – tokenization legislation “While the US Congress debates how to fit tokenization into existing securities law, and European leaders build legal frameworks around third-party… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 9:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NYDIG researchers have noted in an extensive update that Bitcoin endured a tough first quarter, falling 22.6 percent—one of its weakest openings in 16 years of data. The rather pronounced BTC price decline was front-loaded in January and February, driven by delays in key legislation,… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 9:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) highlighted just this past week the significant growth of online scams fueled by cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, revealing that these sophisticated schemes drained nearly $21 billion from US victims last year alone. The FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Complaint Center… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 6:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The QVAC team within Tether announced the release of QVAC SDK, an open-source software development kit engineered as a so-called universal foundation for artificial intelligence. In a future environment (by 2100-2150 or so) expected to include 10 billion people living alongside 10 billion autonomous machines… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 4:56 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore-based cross-border payments firm Thunes is expanding its stablecoin settlement capabilities through a new collaboration with Circle, as payment infrastructure providers step up efforts to connect blockchain-based rails with traditional financial systems. Thunes said it had joined Circle Payments Network Managed Payments, enabling its customers… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinGecko’s research and analysis team has recently released their latest Spot Centralized Exchanges Report for 2026, offering a nuanced perspective on how major platforms are evolving amid growing market sophistication. Released recently this month, the CoinGecko research study primarily focuses on the top 12 centralized… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 1:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Asset Management has recently taken another step forward in its effort to bring a spot exchange-traded fund tied to Hyperliquid’s native HYPE token to market. In the latest amendment to its US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration statement, the firm named prominent digital-asset… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has released a working paper that has attempted to examine who exactly adopts crypto-assets across the Eurozone and why their everyday use remains limited (or so the ECB study claims). Authored by economist Alejandro Zamora-Pérez, the questionable analysis reportedly draws… Read More