FTX’s Alameda Moves $16 Million SOL in Ongoing Creditor Repayment – Crypto News Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Alameda moved $16 million worth of SOL to a wallet linked with repayment efforts, signaling ongoing FTX creditor payouts. Alameda still holds 3.5 million SOL ($294 million), meaning supply overhang may impact solana markets. FTX-era asset releases since 2022 suggest continued distributions could shape liquidity next. Alameda Unstakes SOL, Signals Ongoing Creditor Distributions Alameda Research has transferred roughly $16 million worth of solana ( SOL) tokens after unstaking the assets, in a move that points to continued creditor repayments tied to the collapse of FTX. Blockchain data tracked…

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Strategy Buys 13,927 Bitcoin for $1 Billion, Total Holdings Hit 780,897 BTC – Crypto News Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Strategy acquired 13,927 BTC for $1 billion on April 13, 2026, pushing total holdings to 780,897 bitcoin. The buy brings Strategy’s total bitcoin investment to ~$59.02 billion at an avg. cost of $75,577 per coin. Strategy has achieved a BTC Yield of 5.6% YTD 2026, per Michael Saylor’s April 13 announcement. Strategy Reaches 780,897 Bitcoin After Largest Buy in Recent Months Executive Chairman Michael Saylor confirmed the purchase on X, noting the company has now achieved a BTC Yield of 5.6 percent year-to-date in 2026. The announcement came…

South Korea Flags API Trading at 30% of Crypto Volume

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said Monday that API-based trading now accounts for about 30% of crypto buy-and-sell turnover, warning that some traders are using automated tools to inflate volumes and manipulate prices. According to reports from Yonhap News Agency and Maeil Business Newspaper, the regulator warned that some traders are using automated tools to inflate volumes and manipulate prices, citing cases involving repeated small trades, spoofed orders and coordinated activity across multiple accounts.  The FSS said it will launch targeted investigations into accounts suspected of using APIs for…

Researchers Warn Malicious AI Agent Routers Can Steal Crypto in New Attack Vector

Researchers at the University of California have identified a previously undocumented class of attack targeting the AI agents infrastructure layer, finding that malicious third-party LLM API routers can intercept agent communications, inject code into tool calls, and drain crypto wallets – including, in at least one documented case, executing an actual ETH transfer out of a researcher’s live wallet. The findings, published in an April 2026 arXiv paper and described by the team as the first systematic analysis of malicious intermediary attacks on the LLM supply chain, elevate what had…

ECB Backs ESMA-Led Crypto Supervision in Potential EU Oversight Shift

The European Central Bank (ECB) has formally endorsed a proposal to transfer direct supervisory authority over systemically important cryptocurrency firms to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), positioning the Paris-based regulator as the bloc’s primary crypto overseer in a move that would materially reshape the regulatory architecture established under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. The ECB’s backing, which emerged in the context of the European Commission’s February 2026 Capital Markets Union legislative package – catalogued under COM/2025/941, 942, and 943 – escalates a years-long drive toward consolidated financial…

South Korea’s Central Bank Pitches Crypto ‘Circuit Breakers’

South Korea’s central bank says crypto exchanges should have their own “circuit breakers” that halt trading to prevent a repeat of the market fallout after Bithumb mistakenly sent more than $40 billion in Bitcoin to its customers in February. The Bank of Korea said in a payments report on Monday that lawmakers should consider introducing mechanisms similar to the Korea Exchange’s trading curbs to suspend trading if crypto prices suddenly fluctuate. “Currently, the virtual asset industry lacks internal control mechanisms and faces lower regulatory intensity compared to established financial institutions,”…

Institutions Lead Crypto as Retail Investors Pull Back

Financial institutions have “accelerated” their participation in crypto markets this year, while retail investors have pulled out, said Exodus CEO JP Richardson on Sunday.  “This might be the first cycle in crypto history where institutions are in a bull market, and retail doesn’t even know it,” the crypto executive said.  Richardson cited a few examples, such as the stablecoin market capitalization all-time high this year, Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin (BTC) ETF launch, Schwab starting a waitlist for spot Bitcoin trading, Franklin Templeton announcing a crypto division and Fannie Mae accepting Bitcoin-backed…

Saudi Arabia’s Crypto Market Projected to Reach $47.8 Billion by 2034 – Crypto News Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: SAMA is backing projects like mBridge to grow the market to $47.8 billion by 2034. High youth interest in DeFi and gaming is fueling a 7.51% annual growth rate for bitcoin. Future Vision 2030 reforms will tackle regulatory hurdles to reach $47.8 billion by 2034. The Rise of Institutional Backing Saudi Arabia’s cryptocurrency market is poised for a decade of massive expansion, with new data projecting the sector will nearly double in size by 2034. According to a recent industry report by IMARC Group, the kingdom’s digital asset…

‘Unfavorable Market Conditions’ — Ether Machine Terminates SPAC Merger With Dynamix Corporation – Crypto News Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: The Ether Machine and Dynamix Corporation (Nasdaq: ETHM) mutually terminated their July 21, 2025, SPAC merger on April 8, 2026. Dynamix will receive a $50 million cash payment within 15 days under the Termination Agreement’s exit terms. The Ether Reserve LLC holds roughly 496,712 ETH and continues operating privately with no new listing plans announced. Dynamix Corporation ETHM Merger Terminated The companies announced the end of their Business Combination Agreement, originally signed July 21, 2025, through a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and…