Vitalik Buterin suggests replacing EVM with RISC-V to scale Ethereum
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“ETH sucks, it has no value accrual, and the L1 is dead,” says everyone with an X account. “Want Ethereum to return to its glory days?
The crypto market has shown consistent growth over the past few days, helping altcoins alongside Bitcoin to recover. However, relying solely on broader market cues or momentum will not sustain price growth.
The amount of financial losses tied to crypto rug pulls has significantly increased in 2025 despite fewer reported incidents, according to market intelligence firm DappRadar.
The Zksync team has given the hackers behind a recent exploit a 72-hour ultimatum to return 90% of stolen funds, or face criminal liability.
Slovenia's Finance Ministry is exploring imposing a 25% tax on profits from crypto trading. This would be a major shift in the country's crypto policies.
Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered explore U.S. crypto market entry.
The cryptocurrency's price saw a steady appreciation throughout the Easter weekend, topping $88K on Monday, while the dollar fell to a three-year low.
The SEC will have its hands full with ETF applications, including memecoins, altcoins and a 2x Melania ETF.
Pioneers have a stormy relationship with the crypto behemoth, but major players wager on a breakthrough moment.
Mantra (OM) will unstake the share of founder John Mullin on April 29, in a bid to recover the market price and reputation.

TL;DR Renowned Bitcoin analyst PlanB reignited controversy by strongly criticizing Ethereum, labeling it centralized and premined. He argued that its node size and issuance changes undermine its decentralization. PlanB also questioned Vitalik Buterin's dominant role in Ethereum's development.
Upexi said Monday (April 21) that it is raising $100 million and plans to use most of the funds to accumulate the cryptocurrency Solana. The company, which is a brand owner that develops, manufactures and distributes consumer products and entered the cryptocurrency industry to diversify its business, plans to use $5.
Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered are accelerating plans to expand their U.S. crypto operations, seizing on favorable regulatory shifts under the Trump administration as traditional finance returns to the digital asset market. The post Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Eye U.S. Crypto Expansion — WSJ appeared first on Cryptonews.
Coinbase is demanding the SEC release internal documents on its closed Ethereum 2.0 investigation, pressing for transparency on the agency's shifting stance and the so-called “ecosystem” test amid ongoing regulatory uncertainty. The post Coinbase CLO Presses SEC Over Withheld ETH2.0 Docs, Demands Transparency on “Ecosystem” Test appeared first on Cryptonews.
Dogecoin (DOGE) and Pepe (PEPE) have rallied in the past 24 hours as meme coins appear to be ready to make a strong comeback based on how trading volumes are behaving.
Major crypto venture capital firm Paradigm has responded to the US SEC, arguing that any MEV-related regulatory intervention would risk “disrupting a still-maturing but self-correcting market structure.” The post Paradigm to US SEC Crypto Task Force: ‘First, Do No Harm' When Addressing MEV appeared first on Cryptonews.
Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal has shared new details about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) internal documents regarding its investigation into Ethereum 2.0. These documents are part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit that Coinbase has filed against the SEC.
The Cardano price has formed a rare bullish chart pattern, indicating a potential 110% surge; however, a sharp decline in a key metric raises concerns. Cardano (ADA), a popular layer-1 network, was trading at the important resistance level of $0.
Crypto companies donate to Trump's inauguration fund; regulatory shifts expected.
Strategy has expanded its treasury approach by buying 6,556 BTC for $555.8 M, funded through share sales in two ATM programs. Holdings have reached 538,200 coins bought at a $36.47 B cost basis, yet disclosures note the firm may liquidate assets below cost to manage $8 B in obligations overall. The post Strategy Adds $555M Bitcoin—Stash Hits 538K BTC as Debt Looms appeared first on Cryptonews.
The US Dollar Index (DXY) plunged below the 98 level on April 21, falling to a three-year low. That catapulted gold to a new all-time high, and Bitcoin (BTC) also showed strength, rising above $88,000.
According to the team, MANTRA CEO and founder John Patrick Mullin is burning his entire 150 million OM token allocation—worth approximately $87 million at current prices—in a bid to restore trust following the token's historic 90% collapse last week. The move comes as OM trades at $0.5832, down 90.4% over the last two weeks.

If you put $1,000 into XRP today, how much could it be worth? With XRP gaining momentum, we look at the numbers.
XRP is about to emerge from its slumber. An extreme tightening of the Bollinger Bands alerts analysts: a volatility explosion is coming.