Day: 24 April 2025

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) recently announced the recovery of Bitcoin mining equipment valued at approximately $2.7 million. The machines were stolen during a high-profile heist at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and were about to be shipped to Hong Kong when law enforcement intervened. Detectives from the LAPD’s ...

Aethir has launched Batch 6 of its $100 million Ecosystem Fund. This new initiative expands its support from artificial intelligence projects to include startups focused on real-world assets (RWAs), aiming to foster innovation at the intersection of decentralized finance (DeFi) and tangible asset tokenization. The decentralized cloud computing platform is ...

ZKSync announced a significant recovery of funds after a hacker exploited a vulnerability to steal approximately $5 million worth of tokens. The attacker returned 90% of the stolen assets after accepting a 10% bounty offered by the platform, marking a rare positive outcome in the often grim landscape of DeFi ...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to host a high-profile roundtable on crypto custody, bringing together industry leaders, regulators, and legal experts to discuss the future of digital asset safekeeping. The event, scheduled for April 25, addresses growing concerns about how cryptocurrencies are stored and protected, ...

United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called for a major strategic shift within the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, signalling potential changes to the global financial system amid mounting economic pressure and currency volatility. Speaking at the Institute of International Finance (IIF) on April 23, Bessent urged ...

In a notable shift for the crypto industry, Alabama has officially dropped its enforcement action against Coinbase, reducing the number of states challenging the exchange’s staking program to five. The development, confirmed by Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal on April 23, marks a small but significant victory for the ...

Bitnomial, a CFTC-regulated Designated Contract Market (DCM), has made a historic leap in the U.S. financial markets by self-certifying the first-ever perpetual futures contracts listed on a U.S. exchange. Starting April 28, 2025, the exchange will introduce BTC/USD perpetual futures, initially available to institutional participants, with plans to expand retail ...

BingX has launched a major $2.2 million anniversary campaign to mark its seventh year, offering a month-long celebration with exciting activities and rewards. Running from April 24, 2025, to May 26, 2025, the campaign invites new and existing users to participate in various interactive events, including games, trading competitions, and ...

Binance will delist four cryptocurrencies—Alpaca Finance (ALPACA), PlayDapp (PDA), Viberate (VIB) and Wing Finance (WING)—after determining they no longer meet the exchange’s listing standards. Spot trading in the affected tokens ends on May 2 at 03:00 UTC, and all open orders will be automatically cancelled. The decision follows Binance’s routine asset review, which ...

Binance will temporarily halt deposits and withdrawals on the Kadena (KDA) network at 23:00 UTC on 29 April to facilitate a scheduled network upgrade and hard fork. The fork is expected to occur at block 5,785,923, approximately at 00:00 UTC on 30 April. Despite this, trading of KDA pairs will ...