Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

1. Trump: Having good talks with IranAccording to Jinshi, U.S. President Trump stated that the United States is having very good talks with Iran and mentioned that Iran is attempting to close the Strait of Hormuz once again. He emphasized that Iran cannot blackmail the United States and said that so...

ChainCatcher reports that in a discussion regarding the late girl Liv Perrotto’s question, she had asked whether her designed “ASTEROID” could become SpaceX’s mascot. In response, Musk replied, “Ok.” Spurred by this news, the Ethereum-based meme coin ASTEROID (launched in September 2024) briefly sa...

Following news that Musk agreed to make Asteroid the mascot of SpaceX, according to GMGN price data, the Ethereum-based meme coin ASTEROID (launched in September 2024) briefly surpassed a $160 million market cap and is now trading at $114 million, up 519% in the last 24 hours with a trading volume o...

Author: Xiao Bing, Shenchao TechFlowOn April 18 at 17:35 UTC (UTC), a wallet that had been laundered using Tornado Cash sent a cross-chain message to the LayerZero EndpointV2 contract.The meaning of this message is simple: a user on a certain chain wants to bridge rsETH back to the Ethereum mainnet....

ChainCatcher report: According to British sources, shipping in the Strait of Hormuz once again came to a halt on the evening of the 18th. Previously, radio warnings indicated that Iran’s armed forces had resumed “strict management and control” over the strait. Multiple vessels in the area received ...

Huo Xing Finance reports that on April 19, according to on-chain analyst Aunt Ai (@ai_9684xtpa), Justin Sun redeemed 53,665 ETH from Aave five hours ago, worth $126 million, and these ETH remain in his wallet without further transfer.

BlockBeats report, April 19: Musk agreed to make Asteroid the mascot of SpaceX. Stimulated by this news, according to GMGN market data, the Ethereum-based meme coin ASTEROID (launched in September 2024) briefly surpassed a $160 million market cap and is currently trading at $116 million, up 519% in ...

ChainCatcher report: According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, Sun Zhengchen redeemed 53,665 ETH from Aave five hours ago, worth $126 million, and these ETH remain in his wallet without further transfer.

Odaily Planet Daily reports: In a discussion regarding a question posed by the late girl Liv Perrotto, who asked whether her designed “ASTEROID” could serve as a SpaceX mascot, Musk responded, “Ok”.As a result: The ETH chain meme coin ASTEROID has surpassed a market cap of $130 million, with a 24-ho...

ME News reports that on April 19 (UTC+8), in response to the KelpDAO attack, Aave announced that the rsETH markets on Aave V3 and V4 have been frozen, rendering the asset currently non-lendable. Aave V3 and V4 no longer hold any rsETH. Aave’s contracts were not compromised; the attack was specifical...

In response to the KelpDAO attack, Aave tweeted that the rsETH markets on Aave V3 and Aave V4 have been frozen. Aave stated that its contracts were not exploited and that the incident is related to the rsETH cross-chain bridge exploit targeting Kelp DAO. The freeze will prevent new rsETH deposits an...

BlockBeats report: On April 19, according to British sources, shipping in the Strait of Hormuz again came to a standstill on the evening of the 18th. Prior warnings via radio communication indicated that Iran’s armed forces had resumed "strict management and control" over the strait. Multiple vessel...

According to CoinDesk, Kelp DAO’s cross-chain bridge built on LayerZero was compromised, with the attacker transferring 116,500 rsETH, worth approximately $292 million at current prices—representing about 18% of its circulating supply. This incident has become the largest DeFi attack of 2026 to date...

ME News reports that on April 19 (UTC+8), Odaily Seer’s prediction channel monitored that in the Polymarket event predicting the NBA playoffs matchup between the Rockets and the Lakers, an account with a win probability exceeding 58% (address: 0x829358994260e23b64ce0148c34ec0412753ddf4) purchased $1...

Original | Odaily Planet Daily (@OdailyChina)Author | Azuma (@azuma_eth)On April 19, Beijing time, DeFi security suffered another major blow.On-chain data shows that around 1:35 AM today, the rsETH bridge contract of Kelp DAO, the second-largest liquid staking protocol, built on LayerZero, was alleg...