Ron Hammond, head of policy at crypto market maker Wintermute, is significantly more cautious than prediction markets on the CLARITY Act's 2026 prospects. Bank opposition on stablecoin yield, fluid committee timelines, and Trump-linked political headwinds are his three core concerns.
Brian Armstrong's January opposition to the CLARITY Act contributed to a Senate Banking Committee delay that stalled the bill for months. On April 11 he reversed that position, backing the current draft and aligning with Treasury Secretary Bessent's call for Congress to act — though the Senate committee has still not scheduled a markup.
Ether bounces off multi-year ascending support with a confirmed weekly MACD crossover. Apparent demand hits a 90-day high while the Coinbase premium flips to its strongest reading since October 2025.
MSBT debuted on NYSE Arca on April 8, 2026 with the lowest fee in the spot Bitcoin ETF category at 0.14%, backed by a $9.3 trillion wealth management network. The question is not whether day one was strong — it was. The question is what happens when 16,000 financial advisors start routing client capital.
Hot wallets offer speed and DeFi access. Cold wallets keep your keys offline and out of reach. The right choice depends on how much you hold, how often you trade, and how much risk you can afford.
The Trump-linked DeFi platform deposited 5 billion WLFI tokens on Dolomite and borrowed $75 million in stablecoins against them. The move triggered a new price low and raised liquidation risk concerns among DeFi analysts — while World Liberty insists the positions are well above liquidation thresholds.
Between 2.3 and 3.7 million Bitcoin are permanently inaccessible due to lost keys and seed phrases. Recovery is possible in some scenarios, but the window is narrow and the scam risk is high. This guide covers what actually works, what does not, and how new wallet technology is changing the equation.
Agentic.market lets autonomous AI agents discover and pay for services in stablecoins with zero API keys. 480,000 agents are already transacting across the underlying x402 network.
Project Eleven gave 1 BTC for a 15-bit quantum key recovery. Bitcoin developers redid the same job in 20 lines of pure random Python. Now even Project Eleven says it was not Q-Day.
RaveDAO's token surged from $0.25 on April 1 to $13.45, driven by tier-1 exchange listings and a $31.1M short squeeze. Insider manipulation allegations and a 1 billion token supply cap are raising red flags as the rally continues.
Ether breaks through descending trendline resistance against Bitcoin for the first time since August 2025. SEC DeFi guidance, rising active addresses, and $16.37 billion in open interest set the stage for a potential squeeze.
Friday gave the prediction market fight its sharpest day yet. Letitia James signed a bipartisan amicus brief in the morning. Hours later, the CFTC named her in a federal lawsuit. New York is now the fourth state the agency has sued in three weeks.
The crypto-friendly neobank has told investors it is aiming for a valuation up to 167% higher than its November round. The listing itself is still more than two years away.
The Finance Ministry blocked access to all major prediction market platforms while the central bank moved to outlaw the underlying derivative contracts.
For years DeFi treated smart contract audits as the defense. Anthropic's Mythos is showing that the real attack surface lives one layer deeper. Coinbase, Binance, and JP Morgan are already testing it.
The platform promoted CredEarn as a safe savings product. The money was funding microloans to unbanked gamers in China. Cred went bankrupt. Users lost everything.
