After ETH fell below $2,000, Machi Big Brother again closed part of his 25x leveraged ETH long on Hyperliquid. His total loss for the day reached $314,140.31, while weekly realized losses exceeded $1.1 million.
Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 will run from April 20 to 23 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, with sessions focused on TradFi-crypto convergence, AI and Web3, and RWA, alongside an expanded speaker list.
A California man was sentenced to 70 months for stealing over 4,100 Bitcoin worth $263 million. The sophisticated syndicate used hackers and impersonators, spent proceeds on luxury cars and mansions. Three new suspects were added.
Trust Wallet has introduced a faster claims verification process with Binance after the browser extension v2.68 incident. The company said about $7 million was affected and all impacted addresses will be refunded.
The source article says the LTC/BTC ratio has dropped about 48% since early 2024, pushing some Litecoin participants to examine infrastructure models tied to Bitcoin-denominated rewards, including Bitcoin Everlight.
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake released a 'strawmap' outlining ~7 forks through 2029 with a cadence of one upgrade every six months. Key goals include L1 finality in seconds, 1 gigagas/sec throughput, high-throughput L2 via data availability sampling, post-quantum cryptography, and native privacy for ETH transfers. ETH traded near $2,068, up 24h.
A report says Trump is linked to a UAE-backed WLFI transaction worth $500 million, with allegations that the deal was tied to approval for advanced AI chip sales to the UAE.
Security firm Hexens used a $3,000 server to discover a critical vulnerability in Aptos Move VM, potentially jeopardizing $70 billion in crypto assets. Aptos patched it within hours, but independent verification confirmed exploitability.
