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    Kraken Parent Payward to Acquire Bitnomial for Up to $550 Million

    Kraken Parent Payward to Acquire Bitnomial for Up to $550 Million, Gaining Full CFTC-Licensed U.S. Derivatives Stack

    Payward, parent of crypto exchange Kraken, agreed on April 17, 2026, to buy derivatives platform Bitnomial for up to $550 million in cash and stock.

    Deal terms: Payward will acquire 100% of Bitnomial for up to $550 million payable in cash and stock, valuing the parent company’s equity at $20 billion. Licenses secured: The transaction gives Kraken control of a fully CFTC-regulated U.S. derivatives platform, including an exchange, clearinghouse and brokerage. Strategic impact: Bitnomial, the first crypto-native firm to hold the comp…
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    Weekly Snapshot – Bitcoin Rallies on Ceasefire

    The crypto market ended the week higher after a sharp mid-week rally, with Bitcoin recovering from recent lows to test $73,000 before settling near $71,000 by April 13. Total market capitalization climbed above $2.5 trillion as geopolitical de-escalation and steady institutional buying offset lingering macro caution. The Ceasefire Rally The dominant driver was the US-Iran…
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    Circle Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Failure to Freeze $230M Stolen USDC in Drift Protocol Exploit

    Circle Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Failure to Freeze $230M Stolen USDC in Drift Protocol Exploit

    Lawsuit filed: Class action initiated on April 14, 2026, by Drift investor Joshua McCollum on behalf of over 100 affec…
    Bitcoin Scholars Fund Launches to Redirect $21M Federal Taxes to K-12 Bitcoin Education

    Bitcoin Scholars Fund Launches to Redirect $21M Federal Taxes to K-12 Bitcoin Education

    Fund launch: Bitcoin Scholars Fund, a Texas-registered 501(c)(3) Scholarship Granting Organization, launched on April…
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    Bitcoin’s slump could be its strength
    Good Thing BTC’s Stuck In Mire Bitcoin’s current stagnation at $67,000, below its 50-day simple moving average, is not the disaster some might assume. With a relative strength index reading of 47, BTC is neither oversold nor overbought, suggesting a market in pause rather than panic. For seasoned t…

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    Crypto Trading Pairs Explained - BTC, ETH, USDT and How to Trade Them

    Crypto Trading Pairs Explained: BTC, ETH, USDT and How to Trade Them

    In digital asset markets, understanding how crypto trading pairs work is fundamental to how value is transferred and how prices are discovered. A trading pair represents the exchange relationship between two distinct assets — allowing traders to benchmark the relative cost of one cryptocurrency against another, or against a fiat-pegged equivalen…
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    QuasarChain Announces Official Mainnet Launch for April 7

    QuasarChain Announces Official Mainnet Launch for April 7, Delivering Near-Zero Gas Layer 2 Efficiency

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    Earn Big on Base - GLIF’s ICNT Liquid Staking is Live

    Earn Big on Base: GLIF’s ICNT Liquid Staking is Live

    The DeFi landscape on Base is heating up as GLIF, the titan of Filecoin liquid staking, expands its footprint. By integrating ICNT tokens into its ecosystem, GLIF has unlocked a powerful cross-chain yield strategy that allows users to earn staking…
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    Polkadot Leads Social Discourse Thanks to Hyperbridge

    Polkadot Leads Social Discourse Thanks to Hyperbridge

    A Single-Day Spotlight on Interoperability On April 13, 2026, Santiment’s daily “These Coins Lead the Way” report crowned Polkadot ($DOT) #1 in social media discussions across platforms. The trigger? News of a vulnerability in Hyperbridge’s Ethereum Token Gateway contract. An attacker forged a…
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    The Macroeconomic Context: Institutional Positioning Amidst Extreme Fear

    The resilience of the primary market in April 2026 is largely attributable to the shifting regulatory landscape in the United States. The Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act is positioned as a landmark legislative catalyst…

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    CZ’s ‘Freedom of Money’: Binance Founder’s New Memoir Spotlights Crypto’s Role in Global Financial Freedom

    In a major development for the cryptocurrency industry, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the visionary founder of Binance, has just released his highly anticipated memoir, Freedom of Money. The book offers an unprecedented first-person account of his meteoric rise in the crypto world, the explosive growth of…
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    Global Games Show Riyadh Unveils Star-Studded Speaker Lineup of Gaming Legends and Industry Leaders

    Global Games Show Riyadh Unveils Star-Studded Speaker Lineup of Gaming Legends and Industry Leaders

    These leaders will discuss the future of e-sports and gaming on topics such as game development in Web3.
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    Incrypted Conference 2026

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    Ukrainian Blockchain Week 2026

    Ukrainian Blockchain Week 2026 will host week-long a series of diverse and engaging events including various Meetups, Hackathons, Connect events.
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    6th Edition of Next Block Expo Coming Soon - March 24–25, 2026

    6th Edition of Next Block Expo Coming Soon: CEE’s Leading Web3 Event Returns in a Bigger, Expanded Format on March 24–25, 2026

    Next Block Expo (NBX), one of Europe’s leading Web3 industry events, returns for its 6th edition on March 24-25, 2026, in Warsaw.
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