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Updated April 19, 2026 · 7:35 PM UTC

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Legal

Ripple XRP rises 7% after judge denies SEC’s motion to seal Hinman documents

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse described the judgment as another win for transparency. XRP grew 7% following the news.

3 years ago

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls for AI to be regulated during Senate hearing

Sam Altman appeared before lawmakers to discuss artificial intelligence.

3 years ago

Bankruptcy

Celsius withdraws over $800M stETH staked on Lido Finance following upgrade

The Celsius Network wallet holding $800 million in stETH began requesting withdrawals in chunks of 1000 stETH at roughly 4:45 pm GMT.

3 years ago

Tokenization

Lido anticipates ‘large withdrawals’ as users’ staked Ethereum withdrawal requests increase

Liquid staking protocol Lido said it has around 440,000 ETH in its buffers to "absorb" large-scale Ethereum withdrawal requests.

3 years ago

CBDCs

ECB believes digital euro is necessary despite lukewarm response from banks, consumers

The ECB believes the eurozone needs its own "risk-free asset" that can compete with other payment systems and the only option is for the ECB to issue its own digital currency.

3 years ago

BTC Halving

Countdown to Bitcoin halving: Less than 50,000 blocks remaining

Bitcoin reaches 50,000 block milestone, fueling bullish sentiment.

3 years ago

Exchanges

OKX follows Binance in enabling support for Bitcoin Ordinals

Besides supporting Ordinals, OKX said it would integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network into its wallet for users.

3 years ago

Ex-Ethereum developer calls OpenAI founder’s Worldcoin project ‘unrealistic and scary’

Former Ethereum developer Hudson Jameson thinks Worldcoin lacks transparency and finds its tokenomics "suspicious."

3 years ago

Exchanges

Justin Sun accuses Huobi’s founder’s brother of freeloading on HT token

Huobi founder Li Lin reportedly promised to pay a 10-times compensation if Justin Sun's allegations are true.

3 years ago

EU finance ministers unanimously greenlight MiCA regulations

Regulation 3 years ago

BNY Mellon focusing on digital assets sans crypto, deems tokenization ‘next wave of securitization’

Adoption 3 years ago

Hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones says ‘Entire US regulatory apparatus is against Bitcoin’

Regulation 3 years ago

Bankrupt lender BlockFi to liquidate lending platform

Bankruptcy 3 years ago

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Featured news today

Ripple XRP rises 7% after judge denies SEC’s motion to seal Hinman documents

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls for AI to be regulated during Senate hearing

Celsius withdraws over $800M stETH staked on Lido Finance following upgrade

Lido anticipates ‘large withdrawals’ as users’ staked Ethereum withdrawal requests increase

ECB believes digital euro is necessary despite lukewarm response from banks, consumers

Countdown to Bitcoin halving: Less than 50,000 blocks remaining

OKX follows Binance in enabling support for Bitcoin Ordinals

Ex-Ethereum developer calls OpenAI founder’s Worldcoin project ‘unrealistic and scary’

Justin Sun accuses Huobi’s founder’s brother of freeloading on HT token

EU finance ministers unanimously greenlight MiCA regulations

BNY Mellon focusing on digital assets sans crypto, deems tokenization ‘next wave of securitization’

Hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones says ‘Entire US regulatory apparatus is against Bitcoin’

Bankrupt lender BlockFi to liquidate lending platform