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A sudden $1.2 billion sell surge on Binance pushed Bitcoin below $78,000, amid derivatives dominance despite no clear news catalyst.

A new Blockchain for Europe report says MiCA has made euro stablecoins safer but less competitive, and urges targeted reforms to reserves and remuneration. A new report released Monday from industry group Blockchain for Europe argues that the European Union’s flagship crypto laws, the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework, have produced euro-denominated stablecoins that are ultra-safe but commercially weak, leaving the bloc far behind US dollar-pegged tokens in digital payments and trading. The report cites DeFiLlama data that euro stablecoins account for less than 1% of global stablecoin volume despite the euro’s much larger role in global markets, and argues that MiCA has pushed them onto the “downward-sloping” part of a regulatory "Laffer" curve, where stricter rules reduce the activity they are meant to govern. Drafted by European Central Bank official Ulrich Bindseil and Blockchain for Europe’s Erwin Voloder, the report focuses on MiCA’s rules for euro electronic money tokens, or EMTs, whi...

The anonymous person behind the popular X account, SightBringer, explains his take on the most valuable and least understood asset of the market.

Ripple CTO David Schwartz pushes back on claims he misled XRP holders with a 2017 price post. XRP sits at $1.43 with bearish technicals — here's what the charts say next. The post XRP News: Ripple’s CTO Is Being Accused of a Price Promise He Made in 2017: Did He Actually Say XRP Would Hit $1 Million? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Strategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin in the world, now holds 818,334 BTC, which it said it purchased for nearly $62 billion at an average price of roughly $75,537 per token.

The firm has bought more than 5 million in ETH in just 10 months while most digital asset treasury companies have stopped accumulating.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR), down 2.9%, was also among the underperformers.

California money launderer Evan Tangeman admitted to having processed millions in stolen cryptocurrency proceeds.

[PRESS RELEASE – Wyoming, United States, April 27th, 2026] PoW to PoS to PoB: Nexus AiCOS v1.1 Defines “Proofs of Behavior” as the On-Chain Basel III Credit Standard for the AI Agent Civilization on Base Nexus AiCOS, the pioneering on-chain identity and credit primitive for the agentic economy, officially announces the release of Whitepaper v1.1 […]

The latest acquisition announced earlier today was for almost 102,000 tokens.

The nine-day inflow streak saw spot Bitcoin ETFs draw in $2.1 billion, but experts warn of “net negative” on-chain demand.

Bitcoin price action sealed its first weekly candle close above a 21-week moving average trend line since it traded near $115,000 in October 2025. Bitcoin (BTC) counts down the final days of April with a fresh attack on $80,000 as price teases key breakouts. Bitcoin sees its first weekly close above a key trend line since October 2025. Liquidity grabs ramp up as traders eye a potential support retest closer to $70,000. Read more

DNTV Research's Bradley Park says bullish ecosystem news gave large holders the liquidity they needed to sell into a recent PENGU unlock.

Michael Saylor who recently hit 5 million followers on X hinted about this purchase yesterday on X.

Total assets under management across crypto funds rose to $155 billion, the highest level since February 1, though still well below the $263 billion peak from October 2025.

ETH's price may drop 15% or more in the coming days as it paints a convincing bearish reversal pattern on its daily chart. Ether (ETH) has surged more than 10% in April, reaching as high as $2,430 this month amid renewed market optimism. Yet during the same period, the Ethereum Foundation, a nonprofit overseeing the Ethereum protocol’s development, has continued notable treasury sales. Key takeaways: Read more

Bitcoin traded below $78,000 on Monday as EU markets opened for the week. BTC price hit $77,819, down 0.28% over 24 hours, with a market capitalization near $1.56 trillion and 24-hour volume of around $32.1 billion. Total crypto liquidations stood near $295 million over the previous 24 hours on CoinGlass. Bitcoin had been pressing the […] The post Bitcoin flash crashes below $78,000 at Europe market open with nearly $295 million in crypto liquidations appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin made its highest weekly close since January. Western Union is launching a stablecoin. And NFTs are making a major comeback.

Kbank partnered with Ripple to test blockchain-based overseas remittances as South Korean companies prepare for new stablecoin and digital asset rules. South Korean internet-only bank Kbank has signed a strategic partnership with blockchain payments company Ripple to test blockchain-based overseas remittances.  According to local media outlets like News1, The Korea Herald and Maeil Business, Kbank CEO Choi Woo-hyung and Fiona Murray, Ripple’s Asia-Pacific managing director, signed the agreement at Kbank’s Seoul headquarters. The bank said the partnership will use Ripple’s global network and blockchain infrastructure to test whether overseas remittances can be made faster, cheaper and more transparent. The companies are already conducting a phased technical verification. The first phase reportedly tested a separate app-based remittance structure, while the second phase is digitally linking customer accounts and internal systems to test remittance stability. It includes onchain transfers to countries such as th...

KBank is using Palisade, Ripple's software-as-a-service wallet that was acquired earlier this year as part of Ripple's $4 billion in crypto-related investments.