The Ethereum Foundation unstaked about 17,000 ETH after a fresh BitMine sale, putting traders back on alert for another possible treasury move.
Finding Satoshi argues Hal Finney and Len Sassaman jointly created Bitcoin, sending Satoshi-move odds to 10% as old evidence around RPOW, timing and dormant coins gets a fresh look.
Adm. Samuel Paparo said the U.S. military is running a Bitcoin node, reviving debate over node concentration, BIP-361 governance, and state competition around the network.
AI agents and broader automation now account for roughly 19% of on-chain activity, but the live integrations show crypto's machine-money thesis is still mostly stablecoin-first.
Crypto platforms lost more than $605 million between April 1 and April 19, 2026 as Kelp DAO, Drift Protocol, Grinex, Rhea Finance, Hyperbridge, and CoW Swap exposed the industry's bridge, access-control, oracle, and web-infrastructure failures.
Banks are escalating their fight over stablecoin yield in the CLARITY Act, while Polymarket still shows only 54% odds of passage and bitcoin trades near 75.7K.
BIP-361 would block sends to quantum-vulnerable Bitcoin addresses, sunset legacy signatures, and put early BTC wallets at risk of being frozen if holders do not migrate in time.
White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt says the stablecoin-yield compromise is holding, Senate talks restarted on April 14, and Polymarket still fell to 54%.
Reuters documents how the Trump family pulled in more than $1 billion from World Liberty Financial, the $TRUMP memecoin, and related ventures, while the White House rewrote crypto rules, sold political access, and funneled foreign money straight into Trump-controlled entities.
The CLARITY Act is moving back toward a Senate vote after its 294-134 House win, fresh stablecoin compromises, and a new Treasury push, while Polymarket remains stuck in the mid-60s.