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Ethereum Foundation Launches $1M Smart Contract Audit Subsidy Program

The Ethereum Foundation has launched a $1 million subsidy program designed to help Ethereum mainnet builders pay for professional smart contract security audits.Key Takeaways:The Ethereum Foundation launched a $1 million audit subsidy program on April 14, 2026, to help builders cover security revie...

$84 Trillion Wealth Transfer Drives Crypto Adoption Among Younger Generations

TL;DRA historic $84 trillion wealth transfer is underway, moving assets from older generations with limited crypto exposure to younger investors with significantly higher adoption. Millennials and Gen Z already show strong preference for digital assets. Even a modest 2% portfolio reallocation toward...

Kraken Files Secret U.S. IPO Amid $13.3 Billion Valuation

Kraken has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, according to comments made by co-CEO Arjun Sethi, marking a new step in the crypto exchange’s public market plans. Sethi confirmed the filing on Tuesday during remarks reported from the Semafor World Economy conference in Washington...

Bitcoin ETFs Lose $291M While Ethereum Records Third Day of Inflows

Key InsightsBitcoin ETFs lose $291M while Ethereum records third day of inflows.Fidelity’s FBTC posted the session’s largest single-fund outflow at $229.22 million.Ethereum ETFs extended their positive run to a third consecutive day.Bitcoin ETFs lose $291M while Ethereum records its third day of inf...

Bittensor (TAO) Price Drops 24% Amid Covenant Exit and Investor Rotation

Story HighlightsBitTensor’s TAO token has fallen 6.9% in the past 24h and 24.31% in the past week, mainly due to the Friday Covenant exit.Bullish investors cite ecosystem utility, upcoming developments, and past performance, while the bears rotate to other AI tokens.A key support zone lies at $230, ...

NVIDIA AI launches open-source Ising model series to revolutionize quantum computing

ME News reports that on April 15 (UTC+8), NVIDIA AI announced the launch of a new open-source AI model series, NVIDIA Ising, designed to transform the field of quantum computing. According to the article, this model series will leverage agent-based AI to tackle the most complex challenges in quantum...

Epsilla Launches ClawTrace AI Agent Monitoring Platform on YC

ME News reports that on April 15 (UTC+8), Epsilla recently launched ClawTrace on Y Combinator’s Launch YC platform—a monitoring and diagnostics platform designed specifically for OpenClaw AI agents. The platform aims to optimize agent performance, cost, and speed by providing full visibility into ag...

NVIDIA launches open-source AI model family Ising to revolutionize quantum computing

ME News reports that on April 15 (UTC+8), NVIDIA announced the launch of its new open-source AI model family, NVIDIA Ising, designed to transform the field of quantum computing. According to the article, the model leverages agent-based AI to address complex challenges in quantum computing, such as r...

US DOJ Opens Claims for $40M OneCoin Scam Victims Until June 2026

Key Insights:DOJ launches compensation program for the OneCoin crypto scam victims.About $40M seized assets are available for compensation.The deadline to file petitions is June 30, 2026.Many years following the OneCoin crypto scam that caused shock across the globe, victims have finally received an...

U.S. Regulators Remove $25K Day Trading Rule, Aligning with Crypto Market Practices

A major shift in U.S. market structure could reshape how retail traders access financial markets, with potential spillover effects for the crypto market.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a proposal from Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to eliminate the long-standing $25...

XRP Ledger Integrates Boundless for Native ZK Proof Verification

Boundless, a zero-knowledge (ZK) proving network originally launched by RISC Zero, has integrated with the XRP Ledger (XRPL), bringing native ZK proof verification to the Layer 1 blockchain for the first time.The integration is designed to enable institutions to build financial applications on XRPL ...

Tempo Adds Visa, Stripe, and Zodia Custody as Validators

Payments-focused blockchain Tempo has added Visa, Stripe and Zodia Custody by Standard Chartered as its first external validators, the network announced on Tuesday.The trio collectively process trillions of dollars in payments each year across nearly every country. Their validator nodes are responsi...

XRP Price Enters Quiet Accumulation Phase with $1.37 Support

A recent report published by cryptocurrency analytics company CryptoQuant indicates that the “quiet accumulation” process continues in XRP, and a strong foundation has formed at the current price levels.The company’s analysis, based on on-chain data, argued that approximately $1.37 constitutes a hea...

Federal Reserve's Goolsbee Suggests Rate Cuts May Not Occur Until 2027

BlockBeats news, on April 15, Chicago Fed President Goolsbee said on Tuesday that if a war in Iran leads to persistently high oil prices, slowing the decline of inflation toward the Fed’s 2% target, the Fed may not cut rates until 2027.Goolsbee, while attending the Semafor World Economic Conference,...

Rakuten Integrates XRP into Rakuten Pay for 44 Million Users

TL;DRRakuten is integrating XRP into its Rakuten Pay app, allowing 44 million users to spend the asset across more than 5 million merchants in Japan. Users can also trade XRP directly within the app and convert Rakuten Points into the token, linking crypto with one of the country’s largest loyalty e...

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