A pre-signed transaction feature designed for convenience became the entry point for the largest DeFi hack of 2026. Elliptic has flagged North Korean state actors. Circle faces fresh scrutiny.
The broad altseason that traders expected after Bitcoin's early 2025 all-time high never arrived. Bitcoin dominance is near its highest level since 2021. The structure of this cycle is different — and the reasons why matter. A few select altcoins will almost certainly outperform Bitcoin this cycle. But the era of throwing a dart at a chart and expecting 50x returns appears to be over.
A researcher says over 40 DeFi platforms have employed DPRK state-linked developers. Their seven years of blockchain experience is, as she notes, not a lie. The Drift Protocol exploit was not a code bug. It was a six-month intelligence operation conducted by a North Korean state-affiliated group that attended conferences, deposited real capital, and waited.
The latest Berkshire filing shows cash reserves near $300 billion — but the full picture at year-end 2025 was $373 billion. New CEO Greg Abel says it is not a retreat from investing. Buffett spent 12 consecutive quarters as a net seller. Apple was trimmed by 75%. Bank of America was reduced sharply. The cash did not go into stocks — it went into U.S. Treasury bills.
He turned $7,600 into $25 million on PEPE. He built an $87 million account on Hyperliquid. He opened a perpetual futures position with $1.25 billion in notional exposure — on roughly $31 million of actual margin. On April 6, 2026, his account had $914 in it. This is the full story of how that happened — and what it reveals about leverage trading in crypto.
WLFI dropped 19% this week to an all-time low while its stablecoin USD1 grew 476% to $4.2 billion. TRUMP is down 96% from its peak, MELANIA down 99%, and American Bitcoin Corp.'s stock has shed 84-93% from its Nasdaq debut highs. The Trump family's crypto portfolio spans every major sector — and most of it is deeply underwater for retail buyers.
A $13 million market cap token printed a 97% daily candle. The move landed on no news, no whale activity, and no official announcement.
RAVE, SIREN, LAB, RIVER, SKYAI, and MYX all pumped on the same pattern: low float, insider supply, Bitget deposits, then crash. ZachXBT and BubbleMaps traced the connections.
The token fell 3.9% on the week — the worst performance among the top five assets by market cap — as forced liquidations and rising open interest confirm bears are in control. With $1.35 holding as near-term support and $314 million in short positions clustered above, the next move could be sharp in either direction.
The New York Times published an 18-month investigation on April 8, 2026 naming the Blockstream CEO and Hashcash inventor as the most credible Satoshi candidate yet. The crypto community remains skeptical. No cryptographic proof exists.
Changpeng Zhao wrote most of his 457-page memoir inside a federal prison facility. He released it on April 8, 2026, with all proceeds going to charity. It is the most detailed first-person account of Binance's rise — and of the events that ended his tenure as CEO. The book is candid where candor is safe. Where it is not, it is carefully constructed. Both things are worth understanding.
First Neiro on Ethereum rallies from $0.000055 to $0.000096 on the weekly chart, outpacing most meme tokens in the recovery. The Dogecoin-linked token is still down 97% from its all-time high, but a broader altcoin rotation and returning volume are fueling the bounce.
A $10,000 Bitcoin investment in 2016 would be worth $1.7 million today. The same amount in gold: $44,000. But in 2025 and 2026, gold outperformed Bitcoin by a wide margin as war and inflation reshaped the safe-haven debate.
A memecoin inspired by a teenager's dying wish crossed $100 million in market cap after Elon Musk replied "Ok" to a viral post. On-chain data shows traders turning under $1,000 into six figures within hours.
ZEC flipped Monero, hit $600, and liquidated $62 million in shorts. The thesis behind it has nothing to do with speculation and everything to do with a tax bill in California.
Hyperliquid generates close to $1 billion in annualized revenue. Almost all of it buys back and burns the token. Hayes set a $150 target. The price is $43. Something has to give.
