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GUC Becomes Key CPU Design Partner for Google and Microsoft, Stock Rises 10%

BlockBeats news, on April 20, Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Assets Research at VanEck, posted on social media that as Bitcoin miners increasingly expand into AI infrastructure, GUC, the world’s largest turnkey Bitcoin ASIC design partner, has successfully transitioned into the largest design partne...

Bitcoin Rises Ahead of the Vegas Conference; Historical Data Suggests Post-Event Weakness

CoinDesk reports:As Bitcoin (BTC) heads into this year's flagship Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas next week, traders will be watching closely for a familiar pattern: a potential "sell the news" event, which has occurred multiple times in the past.Years ago.The largest cryptocurrency is currently tra...

Ripple CTO Prioritizes Security in RLUSD Strategy Amid KelpDAO's $292M Loss

Ripple’s RLUSD Takes the Security-First Route as KelpDAO’s Easy Bridge Design Backfires Security doesn’t make headlines, until something breaks. That’s the hard lesson highlighted by market analyst Diana, who pointed to a stark divide between Ripple’s stablecoin strategy and a costly failure elsewhe...

KuCoin Alpha Lists New Tokens PEACE and MAGA on Solana Chain

Derived from Announcement, KuCoin has listed two new tokens, PEACE (Peace Frog) and MAGA (Make Aliens Great Again), on its KuCoin Alpha platform. Both tokens are available for trading on the Solana Chain with trading pairs PEACE/USDT and MAGA/USDT. Users are advised to conduct independent research d...

Bitcoin miners sell a record 32,000 BTC in Q1 2026 as price drops below $60,000

CoinDesk reports:In the first quarter of 2026, the price of Bitcoin fell below $60,000, prompting public Bitcoin miners to sell over 32,000 BTC, setting a quarterly liquidation record. Bitcoin dropped to $60,000 in April Amid the current economic environment, interest among market participants has g...

Vercel CEO Says Hackers Used AI in Data Breach

CoinDesk reports:The CEO of Vercel stated that a recent security incident was carried out by a “highly sophisticated” hacking group, possibly leveraging artificial intelligence, which compromised internal systems and led to the exposure of some customer credentials.“We believe the attacking group is...

Coinbase Tests AI Agents Modeled After Legendary Former Executives

CoinDesk reports:Coinbase is testing an AI agent modeled after co-founder Fred Ehrsam and former CTO Balaji Srinivasan to integrate into workplace communications for providing employee feedback. CEO Brian Armstrong announced on Saturday.Fred's agent functions as a strategic execution assistant, help...

Why You Lose on Polymarket: It’s About the Rules, Not the News

Author: Changan I Biteye Content TeamDo you know why you can't beat the head on Polymarket? Because they scrutinize the rules, parsing every word like lawyers reviewing a contract.In April 2026, a controversy on Polymarket regarding Venezuela’s leadership sparked heated discussion in the community.O...

DeFiLlama Co-Founder Proposes 3 Solutions for $293M KelpDAO Hack

The $293 million KelpDAO hack on April 18 has left Aave, rsETH holders, and the wider DeFi ecosystem staring at a hole nobody quite knows how to fill.But on Sunday, DeFiLlama co-founder 0xngmi laid out three realistic options on the table and ran the numbers on each.Three Scenarios, None of Them Cle...

XRP Seen As Strong Buy Before 2027 Amid Legal Resolution and Price Drop

Ripple’s long legal battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission is finally over — and one major financial firm says that resolution, combined with a battered token price, may be setting up a rare entry point for XRP investors.Regulatory Wins Fuel Fresh OptimismThe Motley Fool, a US-based f...

GraniteShares to Launch 3x Leveraged XRP ETF on April 23

CoinDesk reports:GraniteShares, an independent exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer, filed a N-1A form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 15, outlining its new leveraged funding plan. The launch date for the XRP ETF is set for April 23.According to reports, both products—th...

Bitcoin Retreats from Recent Highs Amid CME Gap and DeFi Hack Aftermath

CoinDesk reports:The cryptocurrency market has returned to its familiar trading range after briefly surging to its highest level since early February on Friday.Bitcoin (BTC) is trading slightly below $75,000, while Ethereum (ETH) is trading at $2,300, both significantly below Friday’s highs of $78,3...

XRP Community Divided Over CLARITY Act's Impact

Story HighlightsThe CLARITY Act would convert XRP's commodity classification from a reversible regulatory opinion into permanent federal law.Polymarket prices 2026 passage at 50% and four legislative steps remain before Trump can sign anything.Reddit's XRP community is split between structural belie...

Spot Bitcoin ETFs See $1 Billion Weekly Inflows, Highest Since Mid-January

Spot Bitcoin ETFs logged nearly $1 billion in weekly net inflows last week, their strongest seven-day stretch since mid-January, per CoinGlass flow data. BlackRock’s IBIT alone absorbed $612 million of that total, confirming institutional concentration in the dominant fund. The core question now: do...

BTC futures market enters a healthy deleveraging phase after liquidation peak

ChainCatcher report: Cryptocurrency market analyst Axel posted on social media that BTC futures markets saw approximately $526 million in long positions liquidated in a single day. Open interest (OI), after reaching a high of 319,499 BTC, did not rebuild leverage but instead declined to 293,045 BTC....

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