Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

CoinDesk reports that on April 21 (UTC+8), Hugging Face announced that its Transformers library now supports the SAM-3 Lite-Text model. Trained via knowledge distillation, the model replaces the heavy text encoder in the original SAM-3 with a compact MobileCLIP student model, reducing the parameter ...

Digital asset investment products pulled in strong capital last week, signaling a decisive shift in market sentiment as macro tensions eased and crypto prices regained momentum. Investors moved quickly to re-enter risk assets, encouraged by geopolitical stability and a technical breakout in Bitcoin....

Anthropic is deepening its relationship with Amazon through a deal that commits the AI startup to spend more than $100 billion on AWS technologies over the next decade, while Amazon plans to invest $5 billion immediately and up to another $20 billion tied to commercial milestones. The agreement give...

Following the security breach on KelpDAO’s rsETH bridge, Aave has released a comprehensive status update. The protocol details the technical background of the incident, its impact on Aave, and potential damage scenarios in the new report.According to the statement, service providers connected to the...

CoinJournal reports:The decentralized finance (DeFi) industry has been severely impacted following a series of platform exploit attacks, with total losses exceeding $500 million in recent weeks, particularly exacerbated by the Kelp DAO incident. Bridge incident accelerated the decline on Saturday.Th...

Mastercard, BlackRock & Franklin Templeton Turn to XRP Ledger as DeFi Goes Mainstream As decentralized finance (DeFi) matures into the connective tissue of modern finance, the focus is moving from experimentation to real-world use, and institutional interest is accelerating. Odelia Torteman, a F...

CoinDesk reports:The Kelp DAO and LayerZero bridge vulnerability has left... Depending on how the situation is resolved, the lending protocol Aave could face potential losses of up to $230 million.According to a report from Aave Labs and service provider LlamaRisk, this article published on the Aave...

CoinDesk reports:With the launch of Agent.market, a marketplace dedicated to AI services by Coinbase-backed x402 protocol, agent-driven business models take a significant step forward. This new platform, aims to simplify how bots and users access digital tools by integrating the rapidly expanding ec...

CoinDesk reports:The STRC trading price of Strategy is nearing its $100 face value, facilitating a $3 billion Bitcoin purchase, increasing the likelihood of Bitcoin reaching $80,000 in April.45%Yes, it has increased from yesterday's 30%.Market reactionSTRC's near-par stable trading enables the Strat...

The Kelp DAO and LayerZero bridge exploit that occurred over the weekend has left lending protocol Aave facing potential losses of up to $230 million, depending on how the situation is resolved.The incident, according to a report from Aave Labs and service provider LlamaRisk published on the Aave go...

CoinDesk reports:Based on existing data, decentralized finance exploit attacks caused losses exceeding $775 million in 2026. KelpDAO, Drift, and Step Finance were among the most severely affected cases. Private key compromises were also a primary cause in multiple attacks.The top ten list includes K...

TL;DRSolana leads all blockchains in weekly dApp revenue for the fifth consecutive week, reaching $16.94 million and outperforming Ethereum and other competitors. The network’s low fees and high throughput continue to attract trading activity and user engagement. Ethereum shows recovery with rising ...

CoinMarketCap reports:Strategy Inc.'s STRC perpetual preferred shares facilitated the purchase of 77,000 bitcoins in 2026, far exceeding the inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs. The bitcoin market dropped to $60,000 on April 30.15%Yes.Buy pressure driven by STRC has prompted traders to adjust their expec...

Following the KelpDAO exploit that resulted in the loss of nearly $300 million, the decentralized finance ( DeFi) ecosystem has experienced a cascading wave of withdrawals, affecting not only Aave but a wide range of other major DeFi protocols.Key Takeaways:KelpDAO exploit drained $300M+ on Apr. 1...

ME News reports that, on April 21 (UTC+8), a series of recent security incidents have collectively caused over $600 million in losses across the DeFi market, with the Kelp DAO cross-chain bridge attack accounting for approximately $292 million. The industry’s total value locked (TVL) has dropped to ...