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Bitcoin’s fifth halving is slated for April 2028, and the mining sector is entering that cycle with far tighter margins than in 2024. A mix of higher input costs, strained energy markets and increasingly explicit regulatory expectations are reshaping how miners operate, finance, and plan for the

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Trading and Markets released a staff statement on Monday, outlining conditions under which operators of crypto trading interfaces can avoid registering as broker-dealers under federal securities law. Key Takeaways: The SEC’s Division of Tr

BTC breaks through $74,000, reaching the highest level since the outbreak of the Iran war; short sellers are liquidated in a single day totaling $427 million. How did expectations for U.S.-Iran negotiations trigger this round of gains?

Foundry Digital launched its Zcash mining pool, capturing 29% of the network's hashrate shortly after its announcement. They also introduced Zcashinfo.com, a block explorer for transaction tracking, further enhancing infrastructure for the Zcash ecosystem.

NEO FANTASY announced a partnership with DDEX to enhance digital ownership for GameFi users by integrating decentralized trading into its blockchain gaming platform. This collaboration aims to provide players access to diverse digital assets and foster new interactive experiences in decentralized finance.

In brief ASI Alliance and Matterhorn said they are building tools to reduce risks from AI-generated blockchain code. The platform combines automated analysis, human review, and testing tools to audit smart contracts before deployment. The partnership runs on ASI:Chain and aims to

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought Bitcoin with roughly £2 million, becoming the first sitting member of Parliament to publicly disclose an investment of this size. The move highlights his party’s support for cryptoassets and could spark debate about the impact on the UK’s crypto policy and potential conflicts of interest. Farage invested via Stack BTC, strengthening his dual political and financial endorsement.

Foundry Zcash, the Zcash mining pool under Foundry Digital, the operator of a cryptocurrency mining pool, quickly accumulated 29.2% of Zcash hashrate after its launch, squeezing the market share of the leading mining pool, ViaBTC. This shift has boosted the Zcash network’s decentralization and security, reducing the risk of 51% attacks, while the ZEC price surged significantly due to institutional participation and the appeal of privacy technology.

Recently, altcoins represented by RAVE have sparked a fierce investment craze, but some old star projects like FF and INX have used this wave of hype to carry out “pump-and-dump” operations—rapidly driving up coin prices to lure retail investors to buy, and then dumping them heavily, causing the price to plunge rapidly. Such behavior not only exposes the project team’s funding difficulties, but also damages investors’ trust. Investors need to stay alert to signals like abnormal short-term surges in order to avoid the risk of being manipulated by the market.

Bitcoin Cash is officially live on Lava Network, and it is a big advancement towards decentralized infrastructure to support scalable payments. The integration brings on board RPC access to BCH mainnet and BCH testnet which allows developers, applications and users to interact with the network

Dutch state lottery operator Nederlandse Loterij filed a civil lawsuit against Qbet, the Netherlands’ largest unlicensed online gambling platform. The first hearing will be held on April 9. The move is intended to directly pursue the legal responsibility of offshore shell companies and individual directors, protecting consumers from illegal gambling risks. Recently, the KSA issued fines to the relevant operators, but this was still criticized as insufficient, showing that there are gaps in current regulation. If this litigation strategy succeeds, it will provide an enforcement precedent for other European markets.