Bitcoin ended the first quarter of 2026 at $68,200 after falling 22% over the period, its weakest opening three months since 2018. The slide erased an early push higher that had briefly carried the cryptocurrency close to $95,000 before the market turned lower. A Sharp Turn After A Strong Start The quarter did not begin…
View More Bitcoin Stumbles Hard: The Worst Q1 In Years Raises Big Questions
Solana-based Drift Protocol has suffered the largest exploit of 2026 to date, losing nearly $300 million in a “highly sophisticated operation” that has raised concerns about the growing threat of human-targeted attacks in the crypto space. Solana DEX Loses $285M On April Fool’s Day On Wednesday, Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) Drift Protocol was the victim…
View More $285M Bug Or Human Error? Solana-Based Drift Protocol Suffers Largest Exploit Of 2026
Circle’s USDC added roughly $2 billion in supply during the first quarter of 2026, pulling ahead of rival Tether at a moment when the broader crypto market was contracting. It marked the sharpest divergence between the two largest stablecoin issuers since the bear market of mid-2022. USDC Gains As Tether Loses Ground While USDC grew,…
View More Stablecoin Rising: Supply Surges To $315B As Institutional Flows Lift USDC
Years of crypto scams running havoc on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, have resulted in the implementation of a “kill switch” for users talking about crypto. An Auto-Lock For Crypto Posting? The announcement of the toughest anti-crypto scam measure to date was made by Nikita Bier, X’s Head of Product, through a…
View More Crypto Users Beware: X’s New Rules Could Get You Banned
Bitget Wallet has integrated Hyperliquid’s HIP‑3 infrastructure, effectively plugging 24/7, permissionless onchain macro markets directly into its self‑custodial “everyday finance” app. Hyperliquid Expands Its Frontiers Once More The new joint venture was announced by Bitget Wallet and Hyperliquid on a press release published on Business Insider today. As explained on the announcement, Bitget Wallet users…
View More Hyperliquid Puts Wall Street Onchain — Will This Warp Crypto Volatility Next?
Arizona lawmakers are weighing a bill that would let the state keep digital assets in a reserve instead of selling them off, and XRP is one of the names on the list. The proposal would place those assets under the state treasurer’s control, and it could also let the state earn extra returns through staking,…
View More XRP Could Soon Enter Arizona’s Treasury — Here’s What’s Happening
As we approach the end of 2026’s first quarter, a crypto market watcher has shared a bearish outlook for XRP, warning that the altcoin’s correction may not be over yet, and it risks a deeper pullback in the next few months. XRP Risks 60% Correction In Second Quarter On Tuesday, XRP continued to move sideways,…
View More Analyst Forecasts More Pain For XRP In Q2 – How Much Lower Can It Go?
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged ten senior staff and employees at four crypto “market‑making” firms with running fraudulent campaigns designed to pump up both the trading volume and the price of certain digital assets. An FBI Crypto-Trap The charges, announced by the DOJ on a Monday press release, include employees from the firms…
View More Crypto Pump‑And‑Dump Era Ends Here? Why DOJ’s New Indictments Should Scare Market Makers
Investors are currently sifting through a decade of market data to see if a massive spike in energy costs will sink Bitcoin and the crypto market. While many people focus on the immediate price of oil, the real damage to Bitcoin in the past often came from internal industry blowouts rather than what was happening…
View More Bitcoin Faces Fresh Pressure As Oil Crosses $104 For First Time In 4 Years
Hyperliquid traders located in Tokyo have a speed advantage over their counterparts in Europe and the U.S, new data shows. A Timely Matter For Hyperliquid Traders Even the fastest growing derivatives DEX in the world needs its servers to be geographically located somewhere: in Hyperliquid’s case, it’s Amazon’s data centers in Tokyo. Latency probes and…
View More Hyperliquid’s Tokyo Edge Exposed — Secret Time Gap Is Tilting The Market