Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

ME News reports that on April 2 (UTC+8), the cross-chain stablecoin protocol USDT0 announced it responded within 90 minutes to the security incident on Solana’s Drift by pausing its cross-chain communication network on Solana. Tether’s CEO Paolo Ardoino shared and praised USDT0’s response, stating...

Drift exploit drained up to $285M as TVL fell from $311.38M to $23.49M within hours.USDC moved from Solana to Ethereum via CCTP with no pause or freeze.Circle froze 16 wallets last week but took no action during the hack, as per ZachXBT.A major exploit hit the Drift Protocol on April 1, 2026, during...

Story HighlightsDrift Protocol exploit drained over $285 million, wiping more than 50% of total value locked.Attacker bridged 129,000 ETH worth $270.9 million from Solana to Ethereum using CCTP.DRIFT token crashed 37% to $0.048 as protocol suspended deposits, withdrawals, and began investigation.One...

A fresh mint of RLUSD on the XRP Ledger has sparked discussion in the community about its potential impact on XRP’s price.- This follows the minting of 150 million RLUSD by a U.S. exchange over the past day, which some commentators expected to boost XRP’s value. Meanwhile, a top XRPL validator says ...

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP drop sharply as crypto market faces selling pressureAltcoins surge unexpectedly while major cryptocurrencies struggle to maintain stabilityTrading volumes remain strong despite widespread declines across leading digital assetsA broad sell-off swept through the crypto market as...

Citing Announcement, KuCoin will delist cross margin trading services for RUNE and VELO on April 9 and 10, 2026, respectively. During this period, margin trading, lending, and borrowing for these tokens will be suspended. Users are advised to cancel open orders, close positions, repay loans, and tra...

ME News reports that on April 1 (UTC+8), Axe Compute (NASDAQ: AGPU), a Nasdaq-listed company built on the Aethir decentralized GPU network, released its FY2025 annual financial report, disclosing its decentralized computing business progress to institutional investors in the form of a public company...

Huo Xing Finance reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Huang Licheng, known as "Maji Dage," has just deposited another 300,000 USDC into HyperLiquid to increase his ETH long position (25x). His current losses on HyperLiquid have exceeded $31.29 million.

MetaPlanet, a Tokyo-listed investment firm that has remade itself as one of the world’s most aggressive corporate Bitcoin buyers, disclosed today it had acquired 5,075 BTC for about $400 million in Q1 2026, bringing its total reserves to 40,177 Bitcoin worth $2.7 billion.With this purchase, the comp...

Odaily Planet Daily report: On April 1, Axe Compute (NASDAQ: AGPU), a Nasdaq-listed company built on the Aethir decentralized GPU network, released its FY2025 annual financial report, disclosing its decentralized computing business progress to institutional investors in the form of a publicly listed...

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the Solana-based perpetuals protocol Drift Protocol was hacked, resulting in losses exceeding $270 million. The attacker has converted nearly all stolen funds into 129,067 ETH (worth approximately $277 million) and subsequently purchased an ...

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to crypto analyst Aunt Ai @ai_9684xtpa, the Drift attacker address has been continuously purchasing ETH, and again bought 1,195 ETH using approximately $2.45 million in USDC over the past five minutes. Currently, the four addresses under its control hold a comb...

ChainCatcher report, according to monitoring by @ai_9684xtpa, over the past five minutes, the Drift hacker converted 2.45 million USDC into 1,195 ETH. Four addresses now hold a total of 130,293 ETH, valued at approximately $266 million.

Huo Mars Finance reports, according to Coinglass data, whales on the Hyperliquid platform currently hold a total position of $3.419 billion, with long positions at $1.743 billion (50.97% of total exposure) and short positions at $1.676 billion (49.03%). The unrealized P&L for longs is -$140 million,...

Key Insights:German firm Blocktrainer announced the launch of a Bitcoin treasury company.The company aims to accumulate 1 million BTC by 2030.It could challenge MicroStrategy, which is the current leader among corporate Bitcoin treasury companies.Blocktrainer, a German-based company, just threw its ...