Social news platform Digg is returning thanks to Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian, with plans for crypto wallets and AI agents ahead.

The U.S. Treasury said on Friday it is seeking guidance from primary dealers on stablecoins as well as potential changes to the 20-year bond auction schedule, including possibly shortening the when-issued period.

Regulators in Pakistan have proposed a regulatory framework for digital assets that is compliance-focused, in accordance with rules laid out by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the supranational organization that polices finance for money laundering, The Express Tribune reported. According to the report, Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) introduced the regulatory framework to address terrorism financing, money laundering provisions, and Know Your Customer (KYC) controls enforced by the supranational organization.

Onchain data shows that RWA tokenization is bucking macroeconomic trends by growing remarkably while other crypto sectors face uncertainty and contractions. There is an increasing belief that these are some of the safest Web3 assets.

Bitcoin could eat into U.S. Dollar's dominance amid ongoing tariff wars.

TL;DR The crypto market rebounded after Trump's tariff pause announcement, triggering aggressive buying following several red days. Bitcoin recovered the $82,000 mark with a 5% jump, while Ethereum rose 2.4% and major altcoins also moved higher.

China's central bank denied rumors of a digital yuan bank and promotion schemes, warning the public of scams using fake investment offers and recruitment tactics to steal funds and data. Authorities urged caution and reliance on official channels only. The post PBOC Warns Public Against Fake Digital Yuan Investment Scams appeared first on Cryptonews.

The bullish dynamics of the crypto market are faltering. While the total market capitalization remains stable around $2.52 trillion, the declines seen in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other heavyweights in the sector (XRP and Dogecoin) are feeding doubts.

Africa's crypto narrative is maturing from informal peer-to-peer (P2P) trading to institution-ready infrastructure. BeInCrypto contacted Luno, a crypto exchange headquartered in South Africa that operates across over 40 global markets.

Gold soared to a new record high as the selloff in the U.S. dollar and long-term Treasuries continued in force on Friday.

Digg was an early 2000s news aggregator, predating Reddit, that was dismantled and sold for parts in 2012.

Russian companies are interested in crypto payments in foreign trade deals, the head of Russia's monetary authority has admitted. The governor also acknowledged that Russian businesses are already trying international settlements with digital assets.

BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, reported $3 billion in digital asset inflows during the first quarter of 2025 despite the volatility in the crypto market. The update came in the firm's latest earnings report, which also revealed $84 billion in total net flows across its broader portfolio during the quarter.

President Donald Trump has signed a resolution repealing a controversial crypto tax rule that was finalized towards the end of the Biden administration, according to lawmakers who introduced the measure.

Crypto is in the spotlight, as members of the US House Financial Services Committee met this week to tackle regulation reform. At centerstage is none other than the US President himself, Donald Trump, and his various engagements and ventures in cryptocurrency and Defi.

Web3 longevity initiatives such as CUDIS, Pump.science, and Moonwalk are merging blockchain and wellness by decentralizing health data, incentivizing fitness, and offering low-cost access to anti-aging tools once reserved for the wealthy. The post Web3 Longevity Protocols Want to Help Users Live Longer More Affordably appeared first on Cryptonews.

In 2025, a major transformation in private investing is unfolding—and it's happening quietly, beneath the noise of crypto volatility and headline-driven market cycles. Tokenization, once a buzzword tossed around by blockchain enthusiasts, is now being applied in one of the most traditional asset classes of all: real estate.

BlackRock has announced significant financial results for the first quarter of 2025.

Asset management giant Grayscale has updated its lists of crypto assets under consideration and included in its products, naming Maple, Geodnet, and Story as the projects it's most bullish on this quarter.

Bitpanda is reinforcing its regulatory position in Europe, now holding a third license under the EU's MiCA framework after receiving fresh approval from Austria's Financial Market Authority.

Opinion by: Billy Campana, contract developer, Api3 Speculation is a cornerstone of price discovery for traditional finance institutions like hedge funds and major banks and plays an essential role in their day-to-day operations. It is the mechanism by which they can establish reliable valuations for everything, ranging from simple stocks and bonds to complex derivatives and structured products.

The crypto market's “altcoin season” isn't what it used to be. In past cycles, Bitcoin rallies gave way to altcoin booms, lifting almost every token.

The Arbitrum-based derivatives platform has a new protocol to make its financial pipes more efficient.

Welcome to the US Morning Crypto Briefing—your essential rundown of the most important developments in crypto for the day ahead.

Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal has criticized the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for delay tactics. This is in response to the FDIC asking the court for 16 more days on the Coinbase Freedom of Information Application (FOIA) lawsuit.

Hopping from chain to chain is a common obfuscation tactic for criminals trying to cover their tracks, Elliptic CTO Jackson Hull said.

This will let institutions use cryptocurrencies and tokenized money market funds (MMFs) as collateral. Announced on April 10, the crypto collateral pilot program is a major step toward.

TradFi continues to push the crypto accounting conversation forward

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has been transferred to a medium-security federal facility in California. This move comes after he was convicted of one of the biggest financial scams in the US, receiving a 25-year jail term.

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The end of one rule is the beginning of crypto's unresolved tax issues, says Robin Singh, CEO of crypto tax platform Koinly.

Stablecoins captured the biggest YoY growth among instutionals trades as global regulations regularized the fiat-pegged crypto coin market.

A group of US Democratic lawmakers, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren, has strongly criticized the Department of Justice (DOJ) for shutting down its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET). In an April 10 letter, the group expressed concern that the move undermines efforts to combat growing criminal activity tied to digital assets.

SatLayer, a Bitcoin (BTC) utility and security platform, has launched the “Phase I” of its mainnet, as well as Cube, a Babylon Genesis (BABY) liquid staking solution, according to the latest reports shared with Finbold on Friday, April 11.

APX received exemptive relief from the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) at the start of this month.

BlackRock's digital asset growth highlights increasing investor interest, yet market volatility and low-fee structures challenge profitability. The post BlackRock draws $3 billion in digital asset inflows in Q1, AUM reaches $11.6 trillion appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Some of the newly added spot trading pairs include ONDO/USDT, BIGTIME/USDT, and VIRTUAL/USDT.

A newly introduced New York State Assembly bill aims to allow state agencies to accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment.

The week between the Liberation Day announcement and the 90-day pause gave a good indication of where folks are at when it comes to huge news events that have potential impacts on crypto.

Coinbase Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) have co-led a $10 million funding round for Towns Protocol. As a decentralized communication platform aiming to reshape how online communities interact and govern themselves in the Web3 era, the protocol announced its funding on Thursday.

The year 2025 kicked off with a bang and a meme. Just weeks into the New Year, a frenzy of politically fueled memecoins sent Crypto Twitter into overdrive, while lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic turned up the heat on stablecoins, securities laws and tokenized assets, usually with different approaches.It was a whirlwind first quarter, shaped by Bitcoin's dominance in the crypto market and a US political climate that put digital assets back in the spotlight.

The SEC staff released a statement clarifying the guidance for crypto assets. According to the new guidance, crypto companies have to disclose all risk factors associated with particular digital assets.

United States President Donald Trump's official memecoin is set to unlock $321 million worth of vested tokens on April 18.Token vesting tracker Tokenomist data shows that 40 million Trump tokens will be released in a cliff unlock, meaning the tokens will be available all at once. With the tokens currently trading at about $8, the unlock represents about $321 million in supply entering the market at once.

The SEC has provided nonbinding guidance regarding the potential application of federal securities laws to cryptocurrency and how industry players should make disclosures.

Solana (SOL) jumped 6.4% and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) rose 5.3%, leading index higher.

In the last 24 hours, according to data from Tradingview, the crypto market has recorded surprising performances: some altcoins have posted triple-digit increases, awakening the interest of investors and analysts. Among these, Marso.Tech, HIRO, and StupidCoin stand out, with growths of +643.63%, +603.93%, and +279.47% respectively.

The crypto landscape, long compared to a digital Wild West, seems to finally be seeing the emergence of a semblance of regulatory mapping. The SEC, the historic guardian of American financial markets, has just sketched out a roadmap to clarify the application of securities laws to cryptos.

This bill, presented by Representative Neal Jackson, would recognize certain digital assets as a legally accepted form of payment. The digital asset freedom act would also allow digital assets to be used as a valid method for paying taxes.