Circle, the firm behind the $60 billion USDC stablecoin, is launching a new payments and cross border remittance network on Tuesday — the company's “next product move” — from its plush New York City headquarters, high on the 87th Floor of One World Trade Center.

Two months after the biggest crypto hack in history, a fresh update from Bybit CEO Ben Zhou has brought a ray of hope. Out of the $1.4 billion in stolen ETH, 68.57% of the funds remain traceable, while 3.84% have been frozen. However, 27.59% have gone dark—likely laundered through mixers and bridges.

Untraceable funds flowed into mixers then through bridges to P2P and OTC platforms, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou said.

Barter operates as a solver across intent-based DEXs and aggregators such as CoWSwap, Uniswap, ParaSwap (Velora), and Delta. It helps optimize trade execution by improving pricing and reducing costs behind the scenes.

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou has revealed that over a quarter of the funds stolen in the March Bybit hack can no longer be tracked while 84.5% has been converted to Bitcoin via Thorchain. In an Apr.

Blocksquare has entered into a major partnership with Florida-based Vera Capital to tokenize over $1 billion worth of U.S. commercial real estate. The post Blocksquare Partners with Florida Firm to Tokenize $1B in U.S. Commercial Real Estate appeared first on Cryptonews.

Q1 of 2025 turned out to be an intense and complex period for the cryptocurrency market, heavily marked by international events, cyberattacks, and regulatory developments. Recent months have indeed highlighted — once again — how sensitive the world of cryptocurrencies is to global political and economic dynamics, leading to tangible consequences for investors and industry operators. One of the most alarming aspects of the quarter was the exponential increase in cryptocurrency-related thefts, with a total of over $1.78 billion stolen in targeted attacks. Of these, $1.4 billion were drained in the attack involving Bybit alone.

Crypto exchange Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou says more than two-thirds of the digital assets stolen from the platform in February by North Korea's Lazarus Group still remain traceable. In an executive summary on hacked Bybit funds posted on X on April 21, Ben Zhou said that of the total $1.4 billion hacked, 68.6% “remains traceable,” 27.6% has “gone dark,” and 3.8% has been frozen.

Several US economic indicators are in the pipeline this week, with potential implications for Bitcoin and crypto.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit's CEO Ben Zhou said that 27.95% of the funds lost in the $1.4 billion exploit engineered by the North Korean Lazarus Group have gone dark or become untraceable.

The digital euro, a future digital currency issued by the European Central Bank, is set to profoundly transform the European monetary landscape. According to the ECB, this CBDC could replace up to 50% of banknotes in circulation and significantly impact bank deposits!

Market watchers are manifesting it, but the data is throwing a wrench in their hopes.

A busy week lies ahead on the United States economic calendar, and crypto markets have started it in the green, but will momentum continue?

A doomsday-themed Solana NFT project is looking to sell 100,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to buy a Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Rutland, England.Dead Bruv, the creators of the narrative-driven NFT project Meatbags, plan to mint 100,000 NFTs, with Meatbags holders being airdropped 10,000. The the rest will be sold off starting April 21, starting at $14 a pop, according to a post on the Meatbags X account.

Ethereum-based real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform Blocksquare has partnered with a Florida-based real estate company to offer fractional ownership in a pipeline of US commercial properties valued at over $1 billion. Announcing the deal on April 18, Blocksquare and Vera Capital said a marketplace would launch in the coming weeks to enable global investors to buy tokenized shares in “dozens of properties” located across seven US states.

Bitcoin analyst Samson Mow cautions that psychological biases are deceiving new cryptocurrency investors. The CEO of Jan3 recently noted that most new entrants to crypto markets are being misinformed by what economists refer to as “unit bias,” leading them to make wrong investment decisions based on the price of coins instead of real value.

A closely followed crypto strategist and trader believes that the time for altcoins to shine is close at hand. Pseudonymous analyst TechDev tells his 520,200 followers on the social media platform X that two macroeconomic factors are flashing bullish for altcoins based on historical precedent.

Brazilian police have confiscated cryptoassets worth $45,000 in a major raid of a protection racket ring that appears to have targeted businesspeople in the south of the country. The post Brazilian Police Seize $45,000 Worth of Crypto in ‘Protection Racket' Raid appeared first on Cryptonews.

Funding rate adjustment to 4-hour intervals for perpetual contracts.

Most crypto liquid funds are deep in the red this year — but a flight to fundamentals is underway — investors told The Block.

In a surprising twist, it's not the crypto participants but Wall Street giants who are now championing decentralization, transparency, and immutability. This editorial is from last week's edition of the Week in Review newsletter. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the editorial the second it's finished.

With thousands of tokens in the market, identifying the next crypto to explode can feel like guesswork. But a few projects are rising above the noise, thanks to strong tech, real use cases, and growing communities. BlockDAG, Stellar, Ripple, and VeChain are four names that keep popping up—and for good reason.

Blocksquare and Vera Capital have partnered to tokenize $1 billion worth of U.S. real estate, a move that reflects broader adoption of blockchain in traditional finance (TradFi). $1B Real Estate Tokenization Deal Highlights RWA Growth According to the announcement shared with Bitcoin.

Kraken restructures departments for IPO readiness in 2026.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has sounded a warning to US President Donald Trump about firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The Senator believes such action will crash the stock market, while it is also possible that the crypto market could follow suit.

Much more trading is happening on futures markets compared to spot markets, indicating less "real" demand for the crypto tokens.

The incarcerated founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is now detained in a correctional facility in Los Angeles, California. According to the inmate database of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Sam Bankman-Fried is currently serving time at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Terminal Island.

The Charles Schwab Corporation announced plans to launch direct spot cryptocurrency trading within the next year, capitalizing on regulatory shifts and client demand, while navigating macroeconomic turbulence marked by Fed rate uncertainty and tariff-related market volatility.

ECB anticipates digital euro will replace some euro banknotes and influence deposits.

The following is a guest post and opinion from Sergii Malomuzh, Founder of Rewump. War-torn nations are among the most financially marginalized regions in the world: destructive conflicts impact people's living standards and harm local economies.

The cryptocurrency market remains subdued at the moment, with few major price catalysts present to push prices in either direction.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed replacing the current Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) contract language with the RISC-V instruction set architecture to improve the speed and efficiency of the Ethereum network's execution layer.Buterin's April 20 proposal outlined several long-term bottlenecks for scaling the Ethereum network including, stable data availability sampling, ensuring block production remains competitive, and zero-knowledge EVM proving. The Ethereum co-founder argued that implementing the RISC-V architecture in smart contracts would keep block production markets competitive and improve the efficiency of zero knowledge functions for the execution layer.

A major clash has erupted between cryptocurrency industry leaders and banking regulators over how to handle the growing crypto market. CoinFund president Christopher Perkins has called the Bank for International Settlements' (BIS) recent recommendations on cryptocurrency regulation “dangerous” for the entire financial system.

Christopher Perkins, president of CoinFund, has issued a disapproval of the Bank for International Settlements' (BIS) recent paper on crypto. Perkins called its recommendations “completely uninformed and frankly, dangerous.

Opinion by: Henry Duckworth, founder and CEO of AgriDex We all need and buy it. Food is a common, universal ground across the planet.

Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster has announced plans to introduce direct cryptocurrency spot trading within the next 12 months. The move, driven by evolving U.S. crypto regulations, would allow millions of Schwab clients to buy digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum directly through their brokerage accounts.

In the crypto world, the "unit bias" leads many investors to favor cheap altcoins over Bitcoin. According to Samson Mow, this mistaken perception distorts investment decisions and fuels an illusion of value.

The arrival of an altcoin season is often tied to Bitcoin's performance. As money flows out of BTC and into altcoins, this triggers a rise in altcoin prices.

The BIS is facing sharp criticism from the crypto industry following its latest report advocating for stricter separation between digital assets and traditional finance. The post BIS Crypto Isolation Push Is ‘Dangerous,' Warns Blockchain Investment Firm Chief appeared first on Cryptonews.

What if the next 1,000X altcoin isn't the one you're hearing about on YouTube, but the one still flying under the radar right now? The crypto world is on fire again, but this time, it's not just about speculation—it's about platforms actually solving problems.

Bitcoin maximalist Samson Mow has mentioned that altcoin unit bias is destroying how new traders see the crypto market. According to the Jan3 CEO, Bitcoin's dominance is yet to exhaust its upside trajectory after he analyzed how altcoin prices would stack up against Bitcoin if their supply were equal.

Local law enforcement has bemoaned the increasing challenges in tackling digital asset scams in counties. Over the last few months, there has been an uptick in scams perpetrated in these regions, with the scammers majorly targeting elderly people.

Bitcoin and top tokens broke below 200DMA, which historically points to a continued downtrend across crypto markets.

Looking for cheap but powerful crypto picks before the next bullrun? These five coins are still trading under $1 and could deliver serious upside—especially as market momentum starts to build.

A federal court in Brazil has handed down a 128-year prison sentence to a major leader of a crypto Ponzi scheme syndicate that defrauded investors of over a hundred million dollars. Two other individuals also received lengthy prison sentences, while others were acquitted as the court cited insufficient evidence.

Charles Schwab, one of the largest brokerage firms in the United States, is preparing to launch a spot cryptocurrency trading platform within the next year.

Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster has stated that the prominent financial services company is aiming to launch direct cryptocurrency spot trading within the next 12 months.