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DeFi Optimizes for Gas, Not Market Resilience

Opinion by: João Garcia, DevReal lead at Cartesi. Decentralized finance presents itself as a transparent alternative to Wall Street. Yet, what it has largely reconstructed is a simplified version of finance, engineered less around market resilience than around the constraints of gas fees. That trade-off, once treated as a technical footnote, is increasingly shaping the

Oil Fears Push Bitcoin Lower; Analyst Flags $10,000 Risk

Bitcoin (BTC) received a $10,000 price warning as stocks took a fresh hit over oil-supply fears at Thursday’s Wall Street open. Key points: $10,000 BTC prices may return as the market struggles to hold ground, says new analysis. Bitcoin and US stocks take a further beating as markets discount the odds of the Strait of

Lise to Run First Fully On-Chain IPO in France

French blockchain-based stock exchange Lightning Stock Exchange (Lise) is preparing to host what it describes as a fully onchain initial public offering (IPO), listing aerospace and defense SME ST Group as its inaugural company. The company called the deal the first IPO on a natively tokenized exchange, where shares are issued and traded as digital

‘Memecoin Messiah’ Down $60M, Still Bullish on SPX6900

Murad Mahmudov, a crypto trader also known as the “Memecoin messiah,” has lost nearly $60 million across his bets in the past nine months. Still, he expects a bullish reversal. Key takeaways: Mahmudov thinks SPX6900, which is 96% of his memecoin portfolio, will rise 400,000%. SPX6900 chart technicals signal another 20% decline in the coming

Altura Unveils On-Chain Gold Arbitrage Vault for Retail Investors

Altura, a decentralized finance protocol founded by former Fidelity and PwC staff is launching an onchain gold arbitrage strategy aimed at retail investors, targeting 20% annualized returns, according to a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph. According to Altura, the product pools user deposits into a vault that recycles capital through short-duration physical gold trades. Unlike

Telegram Wallet Adds Perpetual Futures via Lighter

Wallet in Telegram, a third-party wallet integrated directly into the Telegram app, is rolling out perpetual futures support with Lighter, a perpetuals decentralized exchange. Launching Thursday, perpetual futures are available to Telegram users through an integrated custodial solution, Crypto Wallet, the platform said in an announcement seen by Cointelegraph.  The integration allows users to open

Riot Wallet Moves $34M in Bitcoin Amid Miner Sell-Offs

Arkham flagged a 500 Bitcoin outflow from a wallet it attributes to Riot Platforms on Wednesday, in a possible sale the company had not publicly commented on by publication time. The Bitcoin (BTC) wallet outflow sale comes shortly after Riot posted record 2025 revenue of around $647 million, driven by an increase in Bitcoin mining

Canada Proposes Ban on Crypto Political Donations

A new bill in Canada, if passed, would ban political parties and other third parties in elections from accepting cryptocurrency donations in a bid to prevent election interference. The Strong and Free Elections Act would also ban contributions made by money orders and prepaid cards, citing these methods as difficult to track. The bill notes

Liquidity Drives Tokenization’s True Value

Opinion by: Sebastián Serrano, founder and CEO of Ripio. For much of the past decade, the crypto industry has tried to tokenize niche assets in an attempt to reinvent finance. While creative, this approach has largely missed the core economic truth about where tokenization actually creates value. In these early stages of blockchain adoption, tokenization

Phemex April 2026 Proof of Reserves: 131% Backing

APIA, Samoa, April 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, announced the release of its April 2026 Proof of Reserves (PoR), reinforcing its commitment to transparency, asset backing, and user fund security. The latest report confirms that all user balances are fully backed, with a total reserve ratio of 131% across major assets.
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