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Grayscale launches Bitcoin adopters exchange-traded fund
30.4.2025
Asset manager Grayscale launched the Grayscale Bitcoin Adopters exchange-traded fund (ETF), an investment vehicle that tracks companies employing a Bitcoin (BTC) treasury, or holding strategy.According to the April 30 announcement, the ETF will provide exposure to companies across seven business...
Bitcoin drops under $93K after US GDP data shows shrinking economy, raising recession alarms
30.4.2025
Key points: US GDP shrank in Q1, raising recession alarms while also prompting calls for Fed rate cuts.Bitcoin dropped to $92,910 as GDP figures were released, but sustained buy-side demand could provide support. Today’s crypto derisking is likely transitory; market fundamentals...
EU digital product passports won’t solve food fraud, but blockchain can
30.4.2025
Opinion by: Fraser Edwards, co-founder and CEO, CheqdBrutal honesty has its place, especially when confronting discomfort, so here’s one that can’t be sweetened with honey: 96% of imported honey in the UK is fake! Tests found that 24 of 25 jars were suspicious or didn’t meet...
Bitcoin price recovers, Ethereum RWA value up 20%: April in charts
30.4.2025
April 2025 witnessed crypto markets rocked by more tariffs at the direction of US President Donald Trump — controversial policies that could have influenced the outcome of Canada’s elections on April 28. On April 2, Trump levied “discounted reciprocal tariffs” on...
China’s DeepSeek launches new open-source AI after R1 took on OpenAI
30.4.2025
Chinese artificial intelligence development company DeepSeek has released a new open-weight large language model (LLM).DeepSeek uploaded its newest model, Prover V2, to the hosting service Hugging Face on April 30. The latest model, released under the permissive open-source MIT license, aims...
China’s DeepSeek launches new open-source AI after R1 took on OpenAI
30.4.2025
Chinese artificial intelligence development company DeepSeek has released a new open-weight large language model (LLM).DeepSeek uploaded its newest model, Prover V2, to the hosting service Hugging Face on April 30. The latest model, released under the permissive open-source MIT license, aims...
Vitalik Buterin outlines vision as Ethereum ecosystem addresses hit new high
30.4.2025
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released another update on what he believes the future of the network should entail.In an April 30 post on blockchain-based social media platform Farcaster, Buterin outlined his personal areas of focus for Ethereum development this year. These include...
$330M Bitcoin social engineering theft victim is elderly US citizen
30.4.2025
An elderly US individual is reportedly the victim of a devastating $330 million Bitcoin heist, now ranked as the fifth-largest crypto hack in history.The attacker used advanced social engineering tactics to gain access to the victim’s wallet, onchain investigator ZachXBT said in an April...
The open source debate: Is crypto losing its soul?
30.4.2025
Crypto was born from an open-source ethos, where code was shared publicly, accessible for review and shaped by community contributions. Transparency and verifiability are foundational principles that enable trust in Bitcoin.But as the space matured, some disadvantages of open source surfaced....
Crypto hackers hit DeFi for $92M in April as attacks double from March
30.4.2025
Cryptocurrency hackers stole more than $90 million in April, dealing another blow to the industry’s mainstream reputation despite ongoing efforts to improve cybersecurity.Hackers made off with $92 million of digital assets across 15 incidents in April, according to an April 30 research report...
Mantra links OM token crash to risky crypto exchange policies
30.4.2025
Update (April 30, 4:10 pm UTC): This article has been updated to add a comment from Mantra CEO John Mullin.Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Mantra has called for industry-wide cooperation to reduce investor risks in the aftermath of its OM token crash.On April...
CBDCs ‘costly fiat copy’, not fintech success so far: Ex-Binance exec
29.4.2025
The United States’ rejection of a central bank digital currency has not halted the progress of CBDCs globally, but their success has been questionable so far, according to a former Binance executive.Global CBDC projects have not failed, but they have also not become what they were anticipated...
CBDCs ‘costly fiat copy’, not fintech success so far: Ex-Binance exec
29.4.2025
The United States’ rejection of a central bank digital currency has not halted the progress of CBDCs globally, but their success has been questionable so far, according to a former Binance executive.Global CBDC projects have not failed, but they have also not become what they were anticipated...
Beijing to invest in blockchain, integrate into infrastructure
29.4.2025
The Beijing city administration has announced a plan for local blockchain development and implementation over the next two years.According to an April 29 announcement, the plan was jointly developed by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the Zhongguancun Administrative...
A16z leads $25M funding for Miden blockchain project
29.4.2025
A16z Crypto led a $25 million investment round into Miden, an independent blockchain project spun out of Polygon Labs.Miden closed its $25 million seed rounds led by a16z Crypto, 1kx, and Hack VC, with participation from Finality Capital Partners, Symbolic Capital, P2 Ventures, Delta Fund,...
Trump’s first 100 days ‘worst in history’ despite crypto promises
29.4.2025
The first 100 days of the administration of US President Donald Trump have deeply impacted the crypto industry, starting with his own memecoin and culminating in a Bitcoin reserve and a spate of blockchain policymaking. Trump’s trade war with the entire world has had the largest...
Circle gets Abu Dhabi regulatory nod to expand in Middle East
29.4.2025
USDC stablecoin issuer Circle has received in-principle approval (IPA) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the company announced on April 29.The approval moves Circle closer to obtaining a full Financial Services Permission (FSP) license...
Bitcoin miner Phoenix Group adds 52 MW of mining capacity in Ethiopia
29.4.2025
Bitcoin mining firm Phoenix Group announced the addition of 52 megawatts (MW) worth of mining capacity to its capabilities in Ethiopia.According to an April 29 announcement, with this latest addition, Phoenix’s Bitcoin mining capacity in Ethiopia reaches 132 MW. The firm’s global...
Tether still dominates stablecoins despite competition — Nansen
28.4.2025
Despite growing competition from emerging issuers, the stablecoin market remains largely dominated by a few key players. According to data from Web3 research firm Nansen, Tether’s USDt (USDT) continues to lead among US dollar-pegged stablecoins, even as competition intensifies.As of April...
Arizona legislature passes Bitcoin reserve bills, moving closer to stockpiling crypto
28.4.2025
Lawmakers in the Arizona House of Representatives passed two bills that could allow the state to adopt a reserve using Bitcoin (BTC) or other cryptocurrencies.In a third reading on April 28 of Senate Bill 1025 (SB1025), a proposal to amend Arizona’s statutes to allow for a strategic...