After suggesting on Tuesday’s earnings call that the Bitcoin treasury firm would sell off some of its holdings occasionally, Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor hinted that the firm may start buying Bitcoin again this week. Saylor used the phrase “back to work, BTC” in a Sunday X post, which has been
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Finally, Aave Labs has taken a step toward reestablishing rsETH backing and paying impacted users by liquidating the remaining rsETH assets on Ethereum and Arbitrum held by the Kelp DAO attacker. According to X post, Aave announced this on Wednesday, calling it a “critical step” in the “DeFi United” recovery
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Raising $2.2 billion for its sixth crypto-focused fund, the crypto-focused branch of venture capital company Andreessen Horowitz is now funding crypto startups. The fifth Crypto Fund, according to a Tuesday blog post by a16z Crypto, will support entrepreneurs that are “turning new infrastructure into products people use every day.” This
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On Monday, decentralized finance protocol Aave took swift action by filing an emergency motion in New York. The purpose was to overturn a restraining order issued by a US law firm, which had been put in place to prevent Arbitrum DAO from releasing 30,766 frozen Ether to the victims of the Kelp
May 5, 2026 2 mins read
Monday, when Asian stocks started trading, Bitcoin soared 2.7% in three hours, surpassing $80,000 for the first time since January 31, 2026. According to CMC data, the Bitcoin surge started at 1:25 am UTC and rose from $78,415 to $80,000 roughly 75 minutes later, then to $80,515 by 4:20 am UTC.
May 4, 2026 2 mins read
In April, investors withdrew their money from crypto start-ups and early-stage enterprises, causing venture capitalist funding to plummet to a level not seen in almost two years. When compared to March, when 84 rounds of investment totaled $2.6 billion, April’s total of $659 million represents a 74% decline, according to statistics
May 2, 2026 2 mins read
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that as part of a comprehensive economic pressure campaign against Tehran, the US had confiscated approximately $500 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from Iran. During an appearance on Fox Business’s “Kudlow,” Bessent explained the extent of Operation Economic Fury, a campaign launched
April 30, 2026 2 mins read
Mezo Prime, a product intended to provide institutional investors and corporate treasuries access to Bitcoin yield and lending on Mezo, was introduced today by Mezo, a Bitcoin-native finance platform. Bullish is a key go-to-market client for the product, which is developed in collaboration with Anchorage Digital Bank, the nation’s first federally
April 29, 2026 5 mins read
There have been rumors circulating that a hacker on the dark web leaked what they said was a treasure mine of confidential user information from Prediction markets platform Polymarket, but the company has disputed the claims. On Tuesday, numerous X accounts that monitor the dark web—including cybersecurity firm Vecert Analyzer—shared pictures
April 29, 2026 2 mins read
According to a post by Arkham on Saturday on X, the biggest decentralized finance (DeFi) exploit of the year left Aave with $200 million in bad debt, and the platform has raised around $160 million to pay it. Arkham stated: “AAVE have so far raised $160M to cover the bad
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