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Clarity Act Markup Slips to May as Tillis Seeks More Time, But OCC Advances Stablecoin Rules
- Sen. Tillis says the Clarity Act markup will not happen in April.
- Sen. Lummis calls further delay unacceptable, warns of offshore risk.
- The OCC is separately advancing its GENIUS Act stablecoin rules.
BitMEX Launches the Trading Circuit Campaign Featuring a 100,000 USDT Weekly Prize Pool
BitMEX, one of the safest crypto exchanges, announced today the launch of its Trading Circuit Campaign, allowing traders to win their share of a weekly 100,000 USDT prize pool by completing a series of trading missions. The campaign will run from 22 April 2026 at 12:00 PM (UTC) to 13 May 2026 at 11:59 PM
KuCoin’s Sabina Liu on Where Crypto Growth Is Coming From in 2026
- Sabina Liu says the 2026 market cycle is being driven by institutional participation, regulation, and product development.
- Europe is building a strong position in digital assets through MiCA and rising demand for compliant access.
- Tokenized real-world assets remain a major growth area, with distribution and investor access still at an early stage.
Umbra Confirms $800,000 in Hack Funds Ran Through the Protocol — Pulls Its Frontend Offline
- Umbra paused its hosted frontend after 349 ETH in stolen hack funds routed through.
- The team said user funds remain safe and were never at risk.
- Umbra disputes higher laundering estimates and has been working with security researchers.
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Bitcoin Races To $80,000 As Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire: Here Are Other Factors Driving The Rally
- Bitcoin (BTC) topped $79,000 for the first time since February 3.
- Trump extended the Iran ceasefire, citing Tehran's fractured government.
- US equities rallied alongside BTC, with the Nasdaq gaining over 1%.
Top Platforms for Stablecoin Settlement in 2026
An in-depth comparison of the best stablecoin settlement solutions in 2026, including SCRYPT, Fireblocks, Circle, Ripple, and Coinbase.
Crypto’s AI Agent Boom Comes With a Twist: Users Are Tightening the Leash
- AI agents are multiplying across DeFi, but users are tightening the leash.
- Scoped permissions and hardware isolation replace open-ended wallet access.
- Protection automation draws more demand than autonomous trading bots.
Chainlink (LINK) Price Eyes $12 Breakout as Swiss and Spanish Equities Move Onchain
- Chainlink price compresses inside a symmetrical triangle between $8 and $10 since February.
- SIX Group brings €2 trillion of Swiss and Spanish equity data onchain via Chainlink.
- Daily pattern points to $12 upside or $6.80 downside on breakout confirmation.
How Polygon Agglayer Held Through DeFi’s Worst Week Since FTX
A single forged signature drained $292M from KelpDAO on Saturday and triggered a $6.6 billion run on Aave. The bridges that kept running all had one thing in common. By John Egan, Head of Product, Polygon Labs Between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, a single forged message on a single cross-chain bridge turned into DeFi’s
The AI Agent Economy Has an Identity Bottleneck: Blockchain Rails Could Solve It
- AI agents outnumber humans 100-to-1 in finance but remain "unbanked," a16z says.
- a16z pushes "Know Your Agent" as the cryptographic KYC for AI agents.
- The report flags payments, governance, trust, and user control as four AI agent infrastructure gaps.
Pi Coin (PI) Is Stuck at $0.17 While Crypto Market Flies, and the Chart Explains Why
Pi Coin (PI) price trades at $0.170, up on the day but still range-bound between $0.209 resistance and $0.162 support since mid-March. A bullish RSI divergence has appeared on the 12-hour chart, the kind of signal that often precedes trend reversals. Three supporting indicators, however, are sending the opposite message at the same time. Pi
