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Thursday2026/04
04-13
The Illusion of Decentralization in Crypto: A Collective Performance
Written by: Thejaswini M ACompiled by Saoirse, Foresight NewsI never fully believed in all of this—not because I’m smarter than anyone else, but because the people who shout the loudest about decentralization are often the same ones most eager to pull your money into their ecosystem. Throughout hist...
Bitcoin Price Rejected at Key Bear Market Trendline, Challenging $88,000 Bull Case
Just yesterday, CoinDesk reported that despite lingering war risks, analysts foresee bitcoin rallying to $88,000 and higher on the back of several crypto-specific factors, including bullish market flows.But now, some 16 hours later, the price chart is saying: not so fast.Bitcoin's BTC$70,841.40 pric...
Senator Lummis Warns CLARITY Act May Be Delayed Until 2030
Lummis warns the CLARITY Act may not pass again until 2030 if the 2026 window closes.Senate returns April 13; late-April markup key before election slowdown stalls progress.The bill still faces 5 steps, including 60 votes in the Senate and House alignment.US Senator Cynthia Lummis has warned Congres...
Genius Adds Refund Option to Airdrop Following Community Feedback
The Genius team, in response to community feedback, has collaborated with the core team and advisors to prioritize and listen to community needs. The official announcement has added a "refund" option in the latest airdrop documentation, allowing users to perform related actions during the airdrop pr...
Whale Loses $345,000 on Prediction Market Bet on Iranian Regime Collapse
ME News reports that, on April 13 (UTC+8), Odaily Seer’s prediction channel monitored that the whale address 0xa7d1...b824 has accumulated purchases of $527,000 in the contract “The Iranian regime will collapse by June 30,” and is now down $345,000. Previously, this whale had purchased $176,000 in “...
Hyperbridge Cross-Chain Gateway Hacked; 1 Billion Fake DOT Tokens Sold for $237,000
BlockBeats report, on April 13, CertiK monitoring revealed that the Hyperbridge cross-chain gateway contract on Ethereum was exploited. The attacker successfully forged messages to alter the admin privileges of the Polkadot token contract, then minted 1 billion DOT and sold them all, ultimately real...
Genius Adds Refund Option for Airdrop in Response to Community Concerns
Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on April 13, Genius, a Perp DEX trading terminal supported by YZi Labs, announced the addition of a "refund" feature to its airdrop program in response to widespread community concerns regarding token distribution. According to the official announcement, users may choo...
Ali's HappyHorse Video Model Outperforms Major Competitors in Benchmark
Article | LetterAIThe AI video sector has recently grown cold: Seedance 2.0 is embroiled in copyright disputes, and OpenAI has shut down Sora, casting a dark shadow over this space.At this moment, Alibaba brought out a dark horse.In April 2026, HappyHorse-1.0 topped the Artificial Analysis leaderboa...
Trump announces blockade of Iranian port traffic beginning April 13 at 10 AM EST
Huo Xing Finance reports that on April 13, U.S. President Trump again spoke out on his personal social media platform at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on April 13, stating that the United States will impose a blockade on vessels entering and exiting Iranian ports at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Ti...
Trump announces blockade of Iranian port traffic on April 13 at 10 AM EST
BlockBeats news: On April 13, U.S. President Trump again spoke out on his personal social media platform at凌晨 Eastern Time on April 13, stating that the United States will impose a blockade on vessels entering and exiting Iranian ports at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on April 13.After unsuccessful negoti...
Hyperliquid Founder Rejects $10B Valuation Funding Offer, Commits to 'Zero External Investment' Path
ChainCatcher report: According to market sources, Jeffrey Yan, founder of Hyperliquid, received an investment offer of approximately $100 million at a valuation of around $1 billion less than a year after the project’s launch. However, after careful consideration, he ultimately declined the investme...
100 million DOT tokens illegally minted and dumped via Ethereum bridge attack
BlockBeats report: On April 13, according to PeckShield monitoring, 1 billion DOT tokens were anomalously minted and sold on the Ethereum chain.On-chain data shows that approximately one hour ago, the attacker exploited compromised admin privileges to transfer control of the contract to a malicious ...
U.S.-Iran negotiations collapse, Bitcoin struggles to hold the $70,000 level
A major rebound in the crypto market remains distant. On April 13, BTC price hovered around $71,000, falling approximately 2.6% over 24 hours, while ETH performed even weaker, dropping 3.63% to around $2,200. Bitcoin’s market share remains at 58.8%, and overall trading volume across the crypto secto...
Hyperliquid Founder Rejects $1 Billion Funding Offer at $10 Billion Valuation
BlockBeats news, on April 13, according to Colossus, Hyperliquid founder Jeffrey Yan received an investment offer of approximately $100 million based on a $1 billion valuation less than a year after the project’s launch. However, after careful consideration, he ultimately declined the investment ter...
Alameda Research Unlocks and Transfers $16M in SOL Tokens
DeepChain TechFlow reports that on April 13, according to Arkham monitoring, Alameda Research has just unlocked and transferred approximately $16 million worth of SOL tokens to a dedicated address for distributing SOL to creditors. The entity performed a similar action one month ago. It is currently...
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