Lido DAO proposes sending 580,000 stETH ($5.8M) to aid Kelp DAO after a $292M hack that also caused $195M in bad debt on Aave. The recovery plan requires contributions from other stakeholders, reigniting DeFi security debates. JPMorgan warns institutional interest is waning.
Micron Technology's Q3 earnings smashed expectations with revenue of $41.5B and EPS of $25.11. The memory chipmaker's shares surged 16% in premarket. The AI boom continues to divert liquidity away from crypto, with Bitcoin still down over 50% from its all-time high.
Binance’s Word of the Day for April 8, 2026 carried the “Binance AI Pro Beta” theme. The published list includes possible answers from 3-letter to 8-letter words, along with gameplay and reward details.
Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin now holds 52% of its supply on XRP Ledger, overtaking Ethereum. The RLUSD/XRP pair recorded ~$900M in trading volume over six months, boosting on-chain activity.
Justin Sun declared Tron DAO will expand its Bitcoin holdings, following Binance's conversion of its $1B SAFU into BTC. The move reduces reliance on fiat-backed stablecoins and positions BTC as ultimate collateral. On-chain data shows accumulation since late 2025.
RAVE token rocketed from $0.30 to nearly $10 in three days, a 3,300% gain. On-chain investigators at Evening Trader Group say it was a calculated attack on short sellers, with wallets depositing $30.58M to Bitget to bait shorts, then withdrawing to pump spot prices and trigger liquidations. Team controls ~80% of circulating supply.
OpenAI explicitly prohibits mentioning goblins, trolls, and similar creatures in Codex CLI's system prompt after GPT-5.5, running under the OpenClaw agentic framework, began calling code bugs 'goblins,' sparking a meme frenzy among developers.
Chinese tech creator Xiaoningzi spent seven days handing off work, decisions, and content intake to AI. Her follow-up scan showed total brain activation pixels falling from 44,503 to 20,918, while a reasoning test took 14 minutes longer.
