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
April 27, 2026 2 mins read
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent of the United States Department of the Treasury revealed that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the department has frozen $344 million worth of cryptocurrencies after sanctioning several wallets associated with Iran. Bessent said in a Friday X post that OFAC’s action was an
April 25, 2026 2 mins read
Agentic Wallet, a dedicated keyless wallet created especially for AI Agents to act on behalf of users, was introduced by Binance Wallet today. Agentic Wallet is a distinct wallet that is created under a user’s Binance Wallet. It has its own isolated balance and provides AI Agents with a controlled environment
April 24, 2026 5 mins read
Today, Dreamspace, an AI app builder that enables anybody to create and launch a fully working app without writing a single line of code, was introduced by the creators of Space and Time, the data blockchain that secures onchain finance. M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, which led a $20 million investment in
April 23, 2026 3 mins read
On Wednesday, GSR, an institutional crypto trading platform, debuted its first crypto exchange-traded fund, and on the first day of trading, the fund saw approximately $5 million in activity. Bold Entry into the Crypto ETF Industry Wednesday, GSR announced that its Crypto Core3 ETF (BESO) will be offering staking incentives
April 23, 2026 2 mins read
To make it more difficult for hackers to shift monies from previous high-profile attacks, crypto-protocol Umbra claimed it had shut down its front-end website. Umbra acknowledged on Tuesday in a post on X that their protocol was used to transfer around $800,000 worth of stolen assets. Additionally, it said that it has
April 22, 2026 2 mins read