Josh Stark, one of the Ethereum Foundation most senior executives, is stepping down after a five-year tenure, a departure that lands at an unusually turbulent moment for one of crypto’s most influential organizations. Stark announced the decision was made in early March 2026, with his official exit set for the end of April 2026, noting…
A renewed uptrend or a substantial pullback: what’s coming next for ETH? The second-largest cryptocurrency recently soared to its highest level since early February, sparking hopes among bulls that a further uptrend could be on the way. However, global geopolitical tensions, the overall bearish market conditions, and other factors suppressed the price, and now…
Ethereum opened at $2,375.12 on Thursday April 23, 2026, rising 2% from Wednesday’s open as Bitcoin led a broad morning rally past $78,000, though ETH pulled back to $2,316.88 by 7:10 a.m. ET as traders remained cautious over the lack of progress in Iran peace talks and continued US naval activity near the Strait of…
US Senator Eric Schmitt emphasized Washington’s strategy of “apply pressure, create leverage, then negotiate” with Iran, and the likelihood of Trump agreeing to Iranian oil sanction relief by April 30 sits low. Schmitt’s statement reinforces the “maximum pressure” strategy, suggesting no imminent sanction relief. The odds of Trump agreeing to Iranian demands in April are…
BTC/USD price is holding a fragile line. The leading cryptocurrency trades near $75,407 on CoinMarketCap, up 1.73% in 24 hours, but sitting roughly 40% below its all-time high of $126,210.50 reached in October 2025. That gap tells a story worth reading carefully. Meanwhile, Strategy’s Michael Saylor just posted “Think Even ₿igger” on X, historically his…
GraniteShares has delayed the launch of its 3x Long and 3x Short XRP Daily ETFs from April 23 to May 7, marking the fifth postponement in three weeks and raising fresh questions about whether the SEC will ultimately clear 3x leveraged crypto products under the framework it applied to reject similar products from ProShares in…
Trump suggested Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could meet in the Oval Office within three weeks. The Israel x Lebanon diplomatic meeting by April 30 market sits at 100% YES. Market reaction With the April 30 resolution date just 7 days away, the market reflects near-total confidence in a meeting…
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Government has launched a subsidy program offering companies up to 40 million yen – roughly $250,000 – to build real-world use cases around digital yen stablecoins, administered by the city’s Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs under Japan’s Payment Services Act. The detail most headlines are missing, though, is what this program actually…
Surprise or not, none of the AI-powered chatbots we consulted picked BTC. The cryptocurrency industry has been suppressed by a bear market over the past several months, with numerous leading digital assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), slipping far below their 2025 record highs. And while some have panicked, others view the current conditions as perfect…
JPMorgan says repeated DeFi hacks, a $20B TVL drop after Kelp’s rsETH exploit, and flat ETH‑denominated TVL are souring institutional appetite for onchain lending and yield. Summary JPMorgan says repeated DeFi exploits and flat ETH-denominated TVL are curbing institutional interest. A recent rsETH bridge exploit tied to Kelp DAO wiped roughly $20 billion from DeFi…
