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Bitcoin Price Rebound Accelerates, Traders Eye Strong Upside Continuation

Bitcoin price started a recovery wave above the $75,000 zone. BTC is consolidating and might aim for more gains if it clears the $77,350 resistance zone. Bitcoin managed to form a base above $74,500 and started a recovery wave. The price is trading above $75,500 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a rising channel forming with resistance at $77,350 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might gain bullish momentum if it settles above the $77,500 zone. Bitcoin Price Regains…

Arbitrum Freezes $71M in ETH Linked to Kelp DAO Exploit

The Arbitrum Security Council has frozen $71 million in ETH directly traceable to the Kelp DAO exploit, with the council’s published statement confirming that the frozen funds cannot be moved without a subsequent action passed through Arbitrum’s formal governance process – a procedural constraint that effectively places the recovery decision in the hands of ARB token holders rather than the council alone. We suspect this is less a story about one freeze action and more a structural signal about the maturing capacity of Layer 2 governance infrastructure to function as…

BitMine’s ETH Treasury Nears 5 Million Tokens as Crypto and Cash Holdings Hit $12.9B

Bitmine Immersion Technologies disclosed on April 19, 2026 that its Ethereum treasury stands at 4,976,485 ETH – valued at $2,301 per token – with total crypto and cash holdings aggregating to $12.9 billion, up from the $10.7 billion reported in the company’s March 30 disclosure when holdings reached 4.732 million ETH. The increase reflects both continued accumulation and ETH price appreciation since that filing. At 4.12% of the total ETH supply of 120.7 million tokens, the position places Bitmine within 23,515 ETH of its stated ‘Alchemy of 5%’ target –…

XRP Expansion onto Solana Draws Fresh Market Attention

Wrapped XRP – ticker wXRP – went live on the Solana blockchain this week, giving XRP holders direct access to one of the most active decentralized finance networks without requiring them to liquidate their positions. The bridge is facilitated by Hex Trust, which provides institutional-grade custody, and LayerZero, which handles the cross-chain messaging layer. Ripple’s CEO commented publicly that the expansion is already sparking fresh demand, though on-chain data tells a more measured story. The rollout arrives as XRP sits roughly 59% below its all-time highs, and Solana’s ecosystem has…

Vercel Confirms Breach as Hacker Demands $2 Million Ransom

Vercel, the web hosting and deployment platform that serves as front-end infrastructure for a material share of the crypto and Web3 ecosystem, confirmed on April 19, 2026, that an attacker gained access to internal environments through a compromised employee Google Workspace account, itself the downstream result of a third-party OAuth breach at Context.ai, an AI productivity tool, with a threat actor subsequently demanding $2 million in ransom and posting alleged Vercel access keys, source code, API tokens, and a file containing approximately 580 employee records on a hacking forum, while…

Solana (SOL) Faces Another Rejection, Is A Deeper Correction Ahead?

Solana failed to settle above $90 and extended losses. SOL price is now consolidating losses below $85 and might struggle to start a recovery wave. SOL price started a fresh decline below $88 and $85 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $85 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $85.50 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could start a recovery wave if the bulls defend $82 or $80. Solana…

ETH Rangers Expose North Korea Workers Infiltrating Crypto Firms

The Ethereum Foundation disclosed on Thursday that its six-month ETH Rangers Program – operated in conjunction with the Ketman Project and the Security Alliance (SEAL) – detected approximately 100 IT workers linked to the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea embedded across 53 crypto projects, while simultaneously recovering $5.8 million in funds and surfacing more than 785 vulnerabilities, with the findings published the same week the U.S. Justice Department announced that two American nationals had been sentenced to at least seven years in prison for helping DPRK operatives pose as…

Former Treasury Secretary Warns of US Bond Market Stress

Henry Paulson, who served as Treasury Secretary from 2006 to 2009 and architected the $700Bn TARP stabilization during the 2008 financial crisis, warned on Bloomberg Television’s Wall Street Week that the US Treasury market faces the risk of a “vicious” crash, calling for a “break-the-glass” emergency contingency plan to be prepared for immediate deployment. His proposed measures include closing tax loopholes, overhauling Social Security, and restructuring healthcare spending – a scope that signals Paulson views the fiscal trajectory as a structural problem, not a cyclical one. US national debt stood…

Goldman Sachs Bitcoin ETF Push: Wall Street Crypto Grows

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. filed for a Bitcoin ETF on April 14, 2026 – formally entering the issuer side of a market it had previously accessed only as a buyer, and doing so with a product architecture designed specifically for the income-oriented institutional investor, its competitors have largely left underserved. The filing, submitted under Goldman Sachs ETF Trust as post-effective amendment No. 717 to Form N-1A, proposes the Goldman Sachs Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, an actively managed fund that will hold at least 80% of net assets in Bitcoin-exposed instruments…

eToro Buys Self-Custody Wallet Firm Zengo for $70 Million

Trading platform eToro has agreed to acquire self-custodial crypto wallet provider Zengo for $70 million, paid primarily in cash, according to Bloomberg. The deal combines eToro’s 40 million registered users with Zengo’s keyless, multi-party computation wallet infrastructure – giving the publicly listed broker direct ownership of a custody layer it previously lacked. The structural implication extends beyond the disclosed price. Retail brokerages and fintech platforms are increasingly acquiring custody and wallet infrastructure rather than licensing or partnering with it, a pattern that reflects both competitive pressure and the difficulty of…