Monthly Archives: April 2026

A 12-bank European consortium led by Qivalis is partnering with Fireblocks to develop a regulated euro stablecoin under MiCA, targeting launch in the second half of 2026. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/european-banks-tap-fireblocks-for-mica-compliant-euro-stablecoin?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

A fake police raid enabled a $1 million Bitcoin robbery, exposing the rise of wrench attacks and the shift from digital hacks to physical crypto threats. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-coercion-attack-fake-police-raid?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The value of tokenized real-world assets on public blockchains is estimated at more than $29 billion, up more than 10% in the last 30 days. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ocbc-tokenized-gold-fund-ethereum-solana?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Griff Green, a member of Arbitrum’s security council, said the group acted with input from law enforcement and “did not make this decision lightly.” Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/arbitrum-freezes-71m-ether-connected-kelp-exploit?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

US Senator Thom Tillis said members of the crypto and banking industries still need more time to be heard. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-senator-asks-clarity-senate-markup-pushed-back-april?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Crypto software developers are concerned about whether they could be held criminally liable for publishing their software, following high-profile convictions last year. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-code-free-speech-coin-center-first-amendment?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Coinbase’s x402 AI payments protocol has launched Agentic.market, a platform where AI agents can discover and use AI-friendly services. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-ai-payments-protocol-x402-launches-ai-agent-app-store?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The proposed AI dividend would be funded by taxes on AI use and equity stakes in AI companies, paying US citizens if automation meaningfully displaces workers. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ny-assemblyman-proposes-ai-dividend-address-ai-job-losses?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The first scenario is far cheaper but runs the risk of rsETH depegging an estimated 15%, while the second is costlier but better protects Ethereum mainnet and concentrates losses at the layer 2 level. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/aave-s-risk-manager-shares-2-scenarios-to-allocate-losses-from-kelp-dao-hack?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/what-happened-in-crypto-today?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound