DPRK Lazarus Group Suspected in Drift Protocol $286 Million Solana Theft Drift Protocol, the largest decentralized perpetual futures exchange on the Solana network, confirmed the exploit after watching its total value locked (TVL) collapse from roughly $550 million to under $250 million in a single morning, now standing at $232 million. Bitcoin.com News was the…
Japan’s Stablecoin Rules JPYC Co. launched what regulators and the company call the world’s first fully regulated yen-pegged stablecoin in October 2025, capping a decade of cautious financial architecture that Tokyo began laying well before most governments acknowledged digital money existed. The milestone did not arrive by accident. Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) spent years…
Riot Platforms Q1 2026 Update The Texas-based bitcoin miner and data center developer (Nasdaq: RIOT) sold more than 2.5 times the 1,473 BTC it produced during the quarter. The company described the sales as routine treasury management to generate fiat liquidity for operational and capital expenses. Riot’s bitcoin holdings fell to 15,680 BTC by quarter’s…
PRESS RELEASE. Victoria, Seychelles, April 03, 2026 —MEXC, the world’s fastest-growing digital asset exchange and a pioneer in zero-fee trading, has announced a series of initiatives to integrate and expand the use of USD1, a US dollar stablecoin, across its ecosystem. By incorporating USD1 into its trading infrastructure and product suite, MEXC aims to broaden…
BNY Strategy Goes Onchain Through Openeden Token Launch Openeden has introduced HYBOND, a new tokenized investment product that gives eligible investors onchain access to a high-yield bond strategy managed by BNY Investments. The launch marks a step forward in bringing more complex financial instruments into the tokenized asset space. HYBOND is designed to mirror the…
Strategic Integration for Institutional Growth Blockchain infrastructure firm REAL has partnered with Redstone to reinforce the data and transparency layer of its ecosystem. The collaboration will deliver oracle infrastructure for price feeds, ensuring consistent and verifiable market data across tokenized financial products. The announcement was amplified on REAL’s official X account, where the company described…
Telecommunications providers PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. have confirmed their preparedness to block access to the online gaming platform Roblox once the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issues a formal regulatory order. The commitment was made following a coordination meeting convened by the NTC, the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), and the Department of…
Connecticut Crypto Phishing Victim to Recover Funds Local media reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, working with the FBI’s New Haven Division and Connecticut State Police, filed a civil forfeiture complaint in January 2026 against the seized funds. On March 31, 2026, the U.S. District Court entered a decree of…
Federal grand juries in the United States have indicted 10 executives and employees from four cryptocurrency market-making firms for orchestrating fraud schemes designed to artificially inflate token prices and trading volumes. On Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced the charges against individuals associated with Gotbit, Vortex, Antier, and Contrarian….
Ripple Opens Korean Market Access as RLUSD Debuts on Coinone Platform The expansion of RLUSD reflects Ripple’s continued push to broaden stablecoin access across regulated global markets. Ripple shared on April 1 that its dollar-pegged stablecoin is now available on Coinone, one of South Korea’s largest exchanges, enabling Korean traders to access the asset directly…
