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Volatility Shares debuted leveraged ETFs for Cardano, Stellar, and Chainlink.
The offerings dovetail with others offered by the firm that established the first leveraged crypto ETF in the U.S. in 2023.
Volatility Shares filed for 3x and 5x leveraged ETFs last year, which

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Solana perp DEX Drift Protocol has suffered an exploit that impacted more than $200 million in funds, with some estimates suggesting $285 million has been stolen.
While the investigation is still ongoing, the attack is suspected to be the result of a leaked private key.
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SpaceX has confidentially filed for an IPO, aiming for a valuation exceeding $1.75 trillion after merging with xAI. The IPO, potentially raising $75 billion, is set for June to fund ambitious projects like Starship and space-based AI data centers.

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Google just released Veo 3.1 Lite.
The new model generates videos at faster speeds and much cheaper prices than otheer models from Google.
The release comse days after OpenAI shut down its generative video project, Sora.
Google has a new AI video model for developers, and it's c

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Fed Governor Michael Barr called on regulators to implement anti-money-laundering controls for stablecoins following last year’s passage of the GENIUS Act.
He identified stablecoins’ accessibility on “secondary markets” as a key area of concern, while global watchdogs have

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Moody's assigned a provisional Ba2 rating to up to $100 million in Bitcoin-backed revenue bonds issued through New Hampshire's Business Finance Authority.
The bonds are backed solely by Bitcoin held in custody at BitGo, with no New Hampshire public funds at risk.
The rating

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Chinese authorities took Huione Group’s former chairman Li Xiong into custody after Cambodia deported him to China.
U.S. regulators previously accused Huione of processing at least $4 billion in illicit funds tied to scams and cybercrime.
Investigators say the firm’s crypto and p

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CFTC Chairman Michael Selig is concerned that driving prediction markets offshore into unregulated space could cause FTX-style “implosions.”
Prediction markets are facing scrutiny over insider trading on their platforms.
Selig warned against states “regulating by litigation and e

Franklin Templeton is acquiring 250 Digital, enhancing its crypto division, Franklin Crypto. The deal includes integrating 250 Digital's strategies and team, with BENJI tokens used as payment, marking a significant step in on-chain M&A transactions.

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Ripple has launched Digital Asset Accounts and Unified Treasury within Ripple Treasury.
The firm claims the platform is the first enterprise treasury management system with native digital asset capabilities.
The TMS enables CFOs to view, hold, and manage both fiat and digital

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Algorand, Provenance Blockchain and Stable jumped by double digits as Bitcoin rallied to an intraday high of $69,135, liquidating over $326M in positions.
The rally is driven by a "positioning reset" after weeks of cautious sentiment, Decrypt was told.
Myriad users assign just a

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CoinShares began trading on Nasdaq under ticker CSHR following an SPAC merger valued at $1.2 billion.
Company ranks among the four largest global crypto asset managers with over $6 billion AUM
The firm plans to specialize in "exotic" ETF products beyond traditional Bitcoin and

The DOJ charged 10 individuals from firms Gotbit, Vortex, Antier, and Contrarian for cryptocurrency market manipulation via "pump-and-dump" schemes, following an FBI sting that created tokens to reveal their actions. Three were extradited from Singapore, with two already pleading guilty.

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Caltech researchers say quantum computers may require just 10,000–20,000 qubits to crack modern cryptography.
The work outlines a new error-correction approach for neutral-atom quantum computers.
The advance could accelerate timelines for machines capable of running Shor’s

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Magic Eden's multi-chain crypto wallet is leaving app stores tomorrow, meaning those without their private keys risk losing access to funds.
The wallet will remain in export only mode until May 1, at which time functionality may end entirely.
The NFT marketplace has shifted

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Stablecoin startup P2P.me went viral on X after apologizing for placing Polymarket wagers on its own fundraising efforts.
P2P.me's biggest backers were unaware of the company's recent wagers, two people familiar with the matter told _Decrypt_.
The wagers were placed around the

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A security researcher discovered a critical vulnerability in Zcash nodes that bypassed proof verification for the deprecated Sprout shielded pool.
Major mining pools deployed the patch within three days, with Zcash developers releasing v6.12.0 on Tuesday.
Zcash's "turnstile"

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Mercado Libre killed Mercado Coin after a failed four-year experiment.
The company's stablecoin is replacing the Mercado Coin loyalty token.
Nubank’s Nucoin collapse shows industry-wide failure of reward tokens.
Latin America's e-commerce giant quietly killed its ERC-20 loyalty

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California orders stronger safeguards for AI companies seeking state contracts.
The move comes as the Trump administration pushes national AI standards.
State officials will develop procurement rules addressing issues including bias, misuse, and civil rights risks.
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