Warren Says SEC Chief Misled Congress on Enforcement Decline

US Senator Elizabeth Warren has accused Paul Atkins, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, of possibly misleading Congress about the agency’s enforcement activity. Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said in a letter to Atkins dated Wednesday that the SEC’s enforcement data for fiscal year 2025, released on April 7

Kelp Restaking Hack Drains $293M; Multiple Protocols Affected

Kelp, a liquid restaking protocol, was the victim of a cyber attack on Saturday, causing the platform to pause smart contracts for its restaking token (rsETH), as it “investigates” the attack amid reports of hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. “Earlier today, we identified suspicious cross-chain activity involving rsETH. We have paused rsETH contracts

SOL Open Interest Surges 20% as Traders Eye $100 Rally

Key takeaways: Solana maintains its market dominance in DEX volume and TVL despite SOL’s underperformance versus its peers. Easing sell pressure from volatile geopolitics and a resurgence in memecoin activity could catalyze a SOL price rally to $100. Solana’s native token SOL (SOL) gained 10% within five days, reaching a three-week high on Friday. This

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Dips Amid Heavy Miner BTC Sales

The Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty, the relative challenge of adding new blocks to the BTC blockchain, fell on Saturday, amid public mining companies selling record amounts of BTC to cover operating expenses. The Bitcoin mining difficulty fell to about 135.5 T, a modest decrease of about 1.1% over the last 24 hours, according to data

USDT Dominates Iran’s Oil Tolls; Bitcoin Listed but Unused

Iran’s government naming Bitcoin (BTC) as a payment method for oil ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz highlights its role as a neutral, strategic asset, according to Sam Lyman, head of research at digital asset advocacy organization Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI).  The government selected BTC as one of the payment methods for the tolls because

Building Trust: AI and the New Financial Platform

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — What will it take to build a financial system that billions of people can trust — and barely notice? That question set the tone for a fireside chat titled “Trust, Technology, and Transformation: Building the New Financial Platform for a Tokenized Economy”, where Bybit Co-founder and

Whales Buy 10,000 BTC (~$750M) in Four Days

Add ZyCrypto News On Google Bitcoin (BTC) traded sideways on Saturday following a turbulent week marked by a market downturn. Notably, over the past week, the world’s largest cryptocurrency surged by almost 4% amid selling pressure across major digital assets. Meanwhile, according to Santiment data, whales acquired approximately 10,000 BTC, valued at around $750 million

AndX Launches US Exchange on BitGo’s CaaS

BitGo announced that AndX USA LLC has launched its US crypto exchange 2026 entry on top of BitGo’s Crypto-as-a-Service infrastructure, giving the global digital asset platform nationwide operations across all 50 states under an OCC-regulated custody framework backed by $250 million in insurance coverage. Summary AndX, a New York-headquartered AI-native Web3 financial platform that already

$800M Oil Short Sparks Drop After Strait Reopens

Someone placed an $800 million short on oil just before Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz was open, sending oil prices down to $80. The WTI Crude Oil market for April sits at 1.4% YES, unchanged from its previous level. ## Market reaction The market reaction was quick but shallow. With April odds steady at

Cardano Revisits $0.249 Support: Could History Repeat?

The Cardano price has been a poor indicator of the positive momentum injected into the cryptocurrency market over the past week. Despite most large-cap altcoins surging on the back of easing macroeconomic pressure, the ADA token has barely been able to stage a sustained rally above the $0.26 level. However, a popular analyst on the
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