Day: April 15, 2026

North Korea Used AI to Hack Zerion in Second Crypto Attack

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Crypto wallet Zerion revealed that North Korean-affiliated hackers used AI in a long-term social engineering attack to steal about $100,000 from the company’s hot wallets last week.  The Zerion team released a post-mortem on Wednesday, where it confirmed that no user funds, Zerion apps or infrastructure were affected and that it had proactively disabled the web app as a precaution.  While the amount was relatively small in crypto hacking terms, it is another incident of a crypto worker being targeted for an “AI-enabled social engineering attack linked to a DPRK…

This Week in Crypto Law (Apr. 5, 2026) – Law and Ledger Bitcoin News

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This Week in Crypto Law The opinion editorial below was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. The first week of April underscored a clear trend: crypto is continuing its integration into the traditional financial system, even as regulators and policymakers race to catch up. From federal trust charters to institutional expansion and mounting pressure for U.S. legislation, the legal framework around digital assets is rapidly evolving. Coinbase Moves Closer to Federal Banking Status Coinbase has reportedly received conditional approval for a U.S. national trust charter, a development…

Apple Removes Fake Ledger App That Stole $9.5M From Users

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Apple has confirmed it took down a malicious app that impersonated the Ledger self-custody crypto wallet after an onchain analysis found that more than 50 victims fell for the scam, losing a combined $9.5 million. Apple told Cointelegraph on Tuesday that the fake Ledger Live app was removed and that the developer, “SAS Software Company,” was terminated from the Apple App Store. Apple said the developer used a “bait-and-switch strategy” to trick users into installing a fake Ledger Live app and sharing their seed phrases. Bait-and-switch violations on the Apple…

Crypto Valley Captured 47% of Europe’s Blockchain Funding in 2025

Switzerland’s Crypto Valley captured 47% of European blockchain venture funding in 2025, raising $728 million across 31 deals, according to an annual report released Wednesday by venture firm CV VC. Globally, blockchain venture funding rose 30% to $15.5 billion across 986 deals last year, while Crypto Valley’s total climbed 37% from $531 million in 2024, the report said. One deal did much of the heavy lifting. The Open Network (TON) accounted for $400 million of Crypto Valley’s 2025 funding haul, followed by Sygnum Bank at $58 million, stablecoin platform M0…

Bitcoin Çöküyor! Savaş Etkisiyle Piyasalar Kırıldı (70K Altı Senaryo)

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Merhaba sevgili dostlar. Eko Kripto kanalımızın bu gününde başliğımız. Bitcoin Çöküyor! Savaş Etkisiyle Piyasalar Kırıldı (70K Altı Senaryo) Bugün kripto piyasasında sert bir düşüş yaşandı. Toplam piyasa değeri 2,44 trilyon dolardan 2,36 trilyon dolara gerilerken, bu hareketin arkasında jeopolitik riskler ve küresel risk-off modu bulunuyor. Bu videoda: Bitcoin neden düştü? İran – ABD gerilimi piyasayı nasıl etkiliyor? Petrol fiyatlarının yükselmesi kriptoyu neden baskılıyor? 70.000 dolar altı ne anlama geliyor? Altcoinlerde neden daha sert düşüş var? Altın ve gümüş neden farklı hareket ediyor?…

Threat Timeline And Next Steps

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Non-profit group Presidio Bitcoin has released a technical report examining the growing quantum computing risk to the Bitcoin network.  The document looks at where quantum capabilities stand today, how much of BTC’s value could be exposed, what mitigations are already feasible, and how the wider ecosystem might coordinate a software update and migration.  Why Upgrades Are Harder In A Decentralized System Presidio Bitcoin begins from a simple point: Bitcoin is software, and that is both its power and its weakness. Because it is built as a system of code, Bitcoin…

Ripple Combines Swell and Apex to Unite Finance Leaders, Developers, and Innovators – Featured Bitcoin News

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Key Takeaways: Ripple merged Swell and Apex into one event, expanding reach across finance and blockchain. XRP Ledger gains momentum as three tracks target institutions, developers, and researchers. Swell could strengthen XRP adoption if longer sessions drive enterprise partnerships. Ripple Opens Swell 2026 Speaker Applications The blockchain sector is intensifying efforts to unify institutional finance and decentralized innovation through large-scale industry events. Enterprise blockchain company Ripple opened speaker applications for Swell 2026 on April 14, outlining a major conference in New York City scheduled for Oct. 27-29. The event combines…

Dogecoin (DOGE) Stuck Under $0.10, Bulls Can’t Force Break Higher

Aayush Jindal, a luminary in the world of financial markets, whose expertise spans over 15 illustrious years in the realms of Forex and cryptocurrency trading. Renowned for his unparalleled proficiency in providing technical analysis, Aayush is a trusted advisor and senior market expert to investors worldwide, guiding them through the intricate landscapes of modern finance with his keen insights and astute chart analysis. From a young age, Aayush exhibited a natural aptitude for deciphering complex systems and unraveling patterns. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity for understanding market dynamics, he embarked…

Bitget Launches CFD Copy Trading as Demand for Cross-Market Exposure Accelerates – Press release Bitcoin News

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PRESS RELEASE. Victoria, Seychelles, April 14, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today launched CFD Copy Trading, expanding access to traditional financial markets and allowing users to automatically follow professional traders across forex, commodities, and indices directly from the Bitget platform. The launch follows strong growth in Bitget’s CFD business, which recently surpassed $6 billion in single-day trading volume as users responded to heightened volatility across global markets. Recent price movements in gold, oil, major currency pairs, and equity indices have drawn increased participation from crypto-native traders…

Bitcoin BIP-361 Targets Quantum Security Threat

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Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp and five co-authors from the Bitcoin quantum security space have proposed freezing quantum-vulnerable coins on the Bitcoin network, including Satoshi’s $74 billion stash, to prevent them from being stolen once quantum computers become available. The move is the second part of a three-stage proposal under BIP-361 called the “Post Quantum Migration and Legacy Signature Sunset,” which was posted as a draft to GitHub on Tuesday. It addresses a major risk to Bitcoin — the potential use of quantum computers to steal roughly 1.7 million BTC locked in…