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Trump Appoints Todd Blanche as Department of Justice Interim Head

Todd Blanche has been appointed interim U.S. Attorney General following a shake-up at the Department of Justice. His prior actions on crypto enforcement and personal holdings are drawing scrutiny. New DOJ Interim Chief Linked to Crypto Enforcement Sh...

Iran’s Internet Blackout Hits 35th Day as Citizens Risk Their Lives Reaching Out

The almost complete blockade of digital connectivity that the Iranian regime has imposed since the conflict against the U.S.-Israel coalition began has already reached over 810 hours. Citizens who try to get through the blockade cracks face punishmen...

How Brazil’s Instant Payment Network Pix Might Influence the Presidential Election

The recent attacks on the Pix system by the U.S. government evolved into a situation that might tilt the balance toward any of the candidates before the upcoming election, with President Lula leading in prediction markets by a slim margin. Pix Gets I...

Japan Moves to Expand Crypto Compliance Regime as Tax Surveillance Enters Cross-Border Era

Japan is moving deeper into the compliance phase of crypto regulation, and the latest push is less about approving new products or licensing exchanges than about making digital asset activity harder to hide from tax authorities. Japan officials expan...

Bitcoin Hovers Near $67,000 Amid US Political Turmoil and Soaring Energy Prices

Bitcoin traded mostly flat on April 3, hovering near $67,000 despite sharp geopolitical and political developments. The cryptocurrency’s relative stability kept its market cap steady at $1.34 trillion and liquidations low at $31 million. Political Tu...

Elon Musk’s X to Auto-Lock Accounts Posting Crypto for First Time

X is introducing a new safeguard that auto-locks accounts making their first crypto-related post. The move targets phishing attacks that hijack accounts to promote scams. X Set to Roll Out Kill Switch to Curb Crypto Phishing Social platform X is roll...

Bitcoin ETFs Add $9 Million While Ether Sees $71 Million Exit

Bitcoin ETFs edged back into inflows to close the shortened trading week. Ether extended its losing streak, while solana and XRP posted modest gains. Ether Outflows Deepen as Bitcoin Ends Short Week Positive The week closed quietly, but not without c...

Beyond the Hashrate: Why MARA Just Laid Off 15% of Its Staff

Bitcoin miner MARA has reportedly laid off about 15% of its workforce in a move the company calls “strategic, not purely financial.” Internal Restructuring Bitcoin mining giant MARA, formerly Marathon Digital Holdings, has laid off roughly 15% of its...

Drift Protocol Hack 2026: What Happened, Who Lost Money, and What’s Next

A Solana-based perpetual futures exchange lost $286 million in 12 minutes on April 1, 2026, after attackers spent three weeks quietly manufacturing fake collateral and socially engineering the protocol’s signers. The incident has been the most topica...

ViaBTC Showcases Collateral-Pledged Loan Solutions to Navigate Diverse Market Conditions

This paid press release was provided by ViaBTC and was not written by Bitcoin.com News. Bitcoin.com News does not necessarily endorse the statements made within this announcement. PRESS RELEASE. While bull markets can be a golden period for miners, b...

Japan Stablecoin Regulation Explained: PSA Rules, JPY Coins and Bank Issuers

Japan built the world’s most restrictive stablecoin framework on purpose, and it’s starting to pay off. Japan’s Stablecoin Rules JPYC Co. launched what regulators and the company call the world’s first fully regulated yen-pegged stablecoin in October...

Bitget Launches VIP Fast Track Program Across Futures, Spot and Asset Holdings

This article is presented by Bitcoin.com News in partnership with Bitget. This is paid content – Bitcoin.com News editorial was not involved in the development of this article. Victoria, Seychelles, April 03, 2026 – Bitget, the world’s largest Univer...

OpenAI Acquires TBPN Podcast Startup to Shape Global Narrative on AI

OpenAI has acquired the Technology Business Programming Network podcast and media platform to drive constructive global dialogue regarding the future of artificial intelligence. OpenAI announced the acquisition of the Technology Business Programming...

Riot Platforms Sells 3,778 Bitcoin in Q1 2026, Raising $289.5 Million for Data Center Expansion

Riot Platforms sold 3,778 bitcoin during the first quarter of 2026, generating $289.5 million in net proceeds at an average price of $76,626 per BTC, according to the company’s official unaudited Q1 2026 production and operations update released this...

Bitcoin Miner Soluna Closes $53 Million Wind Farm Acquisition in West Texas

Soluna Holdings has achieved full vertical integration by acquiring the 150 MW Briscoe Wind Farm to power its expanding artificial intelligence (AI) data center campus. Soluna Holdings, Inc. announced on April 2, 2026, the successful closing of its $...

Linux Foundation and Coinbase Launch x402 Foundation for AI Agents

The Linux Foundation has established the x402 Foundation to steward an open protocol for seamless payments over HTTP. The Linux Foundation announced the launch of the x402 Foundation on April 2, 2026, during the MCP Dev Summit North America in New Yo...

MEXC Integrates USD1 into Full-Spectrum Infrastructure for Global Users

This paid press release was provided by MEXC and was not written by Bitcoin.com News. Bitcoin.com News does not necessarily endorse the statements made within this announcement. PRESS RELEASE. Victoria, Seychelles, April 03, 2026 —MEXC, the world’s f...

French Aerospace Manufacturer ST Group to List on Blockchain-Powered Lise Exchange for SME Financing

ST Group will join the blockchain-based Lise exchange to fund industrial scaling and fulfill record order volumes. On April 2, 2026, Toulouse-based ST Group announced its upcoming listing on Lise, a specialized French stock exchange utilizing blockch...

Openeden Partners With BNY Investments to Launch Tokenized Credit Product

Openeden has launched HYBOND, a tokenized product offering onchain access to a BNY-managed high-yield bond strategy. The move expands institutional-grade fixed income options in the growing RWA market. BNY Strategy Goes Onchain Through Openeden Token...

NFL’s Billion-Dollar Sportsbook Partnerships Expire With No Replacement as League Faces Microbetting Lawsuit

The National Football League (NFL) entered April without a single official sportsbook partner for the first time since 2021, as its trio of existing deals with Fanuel, Draftkings, and Caesars each expired at midnight on March 31 without renewal. The...

REAL and Redstone Collaborate to Enhance Data Integrity for Tokenized Assets

REAL has partnered with Redstone to strengthen its ecosystem’s data and transparency layer. The collaboration also integrates risk intelligence from Credora, supporting standardized risk assessments for issuers and participants. Strategic Integration...

US Attorney Connecticut Forfeits $600,000 in Tether Linked to Ledger Phishing Letter

Federal prosecutors in Connecticut recovered more than $600,000 in tether ( USDT) after tracing stolen cryptocurrency from a phishing scam that used a physical letter to deceive a hardware wallet user. Connecticut Crypto Phishing Victim to Recover Fu...

Ripple Expands RLUSD Access in South Korea With Coinone Listing

Ripple expands RLUSD into South Korea, opening direct KRW access on a major exchange as its stablecoin strategy continues to expand across global regulated markets and gains traction with growing adoption and liquidity use cases. Ripple Opens Korean...

Premier League’s Last Gambling Shirt Season: £140M and a UK Crackdown

The 2025/26 Premier League season will mark an end to a lucrative era where gambling brands appeared on the front of matchday shirts, ending a commercial relationship worth over £140 million per season as 11 of 20 clubs prepare to strip betting logos...

Trump’s $1.5T Defense Budget Push, Iran Warning Send Stocks, Gold, and Bitcoin Lower

Wall Street closed mostly lower on Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s national address vowing to hit Iran “extremely hard” reversed Wednesday’s brief optimism and pushed oil prices sharply higher. Oil Hits $111 a Barrel as Trump Speech Crushes Apr...

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