https://coinplurk.com/news-feed Latest crypto and Web3 news from CoinPlurk. en Sun, 31 May 2026 07:08:36 GMT 30 https://coinplurk.com/favicon.png https://coinplurk.com https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/polymarket-eyes-japan-with-2030-approval-target https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/polymarket-eyes-japan-with-2030-approval-target Fri, 22 May 2026 08:20:50 GMT Mon, 25 May 2026 06:16:29 GMT Polymarket has appointed a local representative and set a 2030 target for regulatory approval in Japan, even as the country's strict gambling laws and a global wave of prediction market restrictions make the path forward uncertain. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/spacex-ipo-filing-reveals-145b-bitcoin-treasury https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/spacex-ipo-filing-reveals-145b-bitcoin-treasury Thu, 21 May 2026 02:25:54 GMT Mon, 25 May 2026 06:02:33 GMT SpaceX's landmark SEC filing ahead of its Nasdaq debut has disclosed an 18,712 BTC position worth $1.45 billion, placing the aerospace company among the largest known corporate Bitcoin holders. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/revoluts-first-physical-crypto-card-goes-live-in-uk-and-eea https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/revoluts-first-physical-crypto-card-goes-live-in-uk-and-eea Tue, 19 May 2026 01:39:15 GMT Sat, 23 May 2026 15:03:05 GMT Revolut has launched its first physical crypto debit card — a Dogecoin-themed, LED-equipped card accepted anywhere Visa and Mastercard are supported — marking a significant step in the fintech's push to bring digital asset spending into everyday consumer finance. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/thorchain-hit-by-108m-multi-chain-exploit-rune-drops-12 https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/thorchain-hit-by-108m-multi-chain-exploit-rune-drops-12 Fri, 15 May 2026 11:39:03 GMT Sat, 23 May 2026 14:23:15 GMT THORChain has halted all trading and signing operations after a suspected exploit drained approximately $10.8 million across four blockchain networks, sending its native RUNE token down sharply. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/charles-schwab-launches-spot-btc-and-eth-trading https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/charles-schwab-launches-spot-btc-and-eth-trading Fri, 15 May 2026 05:50:48 GMT Sat, 23 May 2026 14:29:00 GMT Charles Schwab, one of the world's largest brokerages, has begun rolling out direct spot Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to eligible U.S. retail clients through its new Schwab Crypto platform. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/ethereum-launches-clear-signing-standard-to-end-blind-approvals https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/ethereum-launches-clear-signing-standard-to-end-blind-approvals Wed, 13 May 2026 00:29:11 GMT Thu, 21 May 2026 07:26:47 GMT The Ethereum Foundation has gone live with Clear Signing, an open standard built on ERC-7730 that replaces unreadable transaction prompts with plain-language wallet approvals — marking a significant step forward for both UX and on-chain security. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/circle-raises-222m-for-arc-blockchain-at-3b-fdv https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/circle-raises-222m-for-arc-blockchain-at-3b-fdv Tue, 12 May 2026 02:44:46 GMT Wed, 13 May 2026 11:32:22 GMT Circle's first-ever token presale — backed by a16z, BlackRock, and Apollo — signals a pivotal shift from stablecoin issuer to full-stack institutional blockchain platform. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/40m-dormant-bitcoin-whale-wakes-after-12-years https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/40m-dormant-bitcoin-whale-wakes-after-12-years Mon, 11 May 2026 11:54:41 GMT Wed, 13 May 2026 07:38:23 GMT A Bitcoin wallet silent since November 2013 moved 500 BTC worth $40 million on May 10, 2026, with on-chain data pointing toward an institutional OTC transaction rather than an exchange sell-off. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/kraken-moves-to-become-a-federally-licensed-crypto-bank https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/kraken-moves-to-become-a-federally-licensed-crypto-bank Sun, 10 May 2026 06:55:48 GMT Wed, 13 May 2026 06:42:07 GMT Kraken's parent company Payward has applied for an OCC national trust charter, aiming to become a federally regulated qualified custodian for institutional digital asset clients across all 50 U.S. states. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/20-banks-and-tech-giants-are-queuing-to-issue-stablecoins-via-anchorage-digital https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/20-banks-and-tech-giants-are-queuing-to-issue-stablecoins-via-anchorage-digital Fri, 08 May 2026 09:55:02 GMT Wed, 13 May 2026 03:17:11 GMT Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley revealed at Consensus 2026 that up to 20 financial institutions and major tech companies are actively preparing to issue stablecoins through the firm following the passage of the GENIUS Act. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/solana--google-cloud-launch-paysh-for-ai-agent-payments https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/solana--google-cloud-launch-paysh-for-ai-agent-payments Thu, 07 May 2026 02:24:50 GMT Wed, 13 May 2026 01:50:13 GMT Solana Foundation and Google Cloud have introduced Pay.sh, a pay-per-request API gateway that lets autonomous AI agents settle payments in stablecoins on Solana — no accounts, subscriptions, or API keys required. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/coinbase-cuts-14-of-workforce-in-ai-driven-restructuring https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/coinbase-cuts-14-of-workforce-in-ai-driven-restructuring Wed, 06 May 2026 04:27:44 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 14:19:51 GMT Coinbase is eliminating approximately 700 jobs — 14% of its global workforce — as CEO Brian Armstrong restructures the crypto exchange around artificial intelligence and leaner operations amid a prolonged market downturn. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/dsj-exchange-ponzi-collapse-415m-frozen-after-150m-fraud https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/dsj-exchange-ponzi-collapse-415m-frozen-after-150m-fraud Tue, 05 May 2026 13:42:07 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 12:12:57 GMT The $150M+ DSJ Exchange and BG Wealth Sharing Ponzi scheme has collapsed, with blockchain investigator ZachXBT leading a coordinated effort alongside Tether, Binance, OKX, and U.S. law enforcement to freeze over $41.5 million in illicit assets. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/how-top-traders-use-dexscreener-to-find-100x-memecoins https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/how-top-traders-use-dexscreener-to-find-100x-memecoins Tue, 05 May 2026 08:17:33 GMT Mon, 25 May 2026 08:12:10 GMT A deep-dive into the on-chain intelligence methods professional traders use on Dexscreener to identify explosive memecoin opportunities before they hit centralized exchanges. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/krakens-payward-sues-etana-over-25m-custody-fraud https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/krakens-payward-sues-etana-over-25m-custody-fraud Tue, 05 May 2026 01:11:25 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 11:31:26 GMT Kraken's parent company, Payward, has intensified its legal battle against former custody partner Etana, alleging a 'Ponzi-like' scheme that wrongfully appropriated more than $25 million in client reserve funds. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/sonic-labs-launches-1m-s-buyback-via-binance--ai-dapp-tool https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/sonic-labs-launches-1m-s-buyback-via-binance--ai-dapp-tool Mon, 04 May 2026 02:30:50 GMT Fri, 15 May 2026 16:12:19 GMT Sonic Labs has committed $1 million to buy back its native $S token through a Binance Learn & Earn campaign, while simultaneously advancing Spawn, its AI-powered platform that converts plain-language prompts into fully deployed decentralized applications. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/coinbase-delists-dai-converts-balances-to-usds-in-may https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/coinbase-delists-dai-converts-balances-to-usds-in-may Sat, 02 May 2026 13:35:43 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 08:12:16 GMT Coinbase will halt DAI trading on May 4, 2026, automatically converting remaining user balances to USDS at a 1:1 rate as part of a broader asset review that also affects TIME and TRU tokens. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/ethereum-foundation-sells-10000-eth-to-bitmine-for-229m https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/ethereum-foundation-sells-10000-eth-to-bitmine-for-229m Sat, 02 May 2026 04:39:16 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 06:56:07 GMT The Ethereum Foundation has finalized another OTC sale of 10,000 ETH to Bitmine Immersion Technologies at $2,292.15 per token, deepening a recurring institutional partnership that is reshaping how the network's stewards fund operations. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/april-2026-cryptos-most-hacked-month-with-635m-lost https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/april-2026-cryptos-most-hacked-month-with-635m-lost Sat, 02 May 2026 00:45:23 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 09:48:24 GMT April 2026 closed as the most-hacked month in crypto history by incident count, with DefiLlama confirming up to 30 separate exploits and over $635 million stolen — nearly all linked to two North Korea–attributed attacks on Drift Protocol and KelpDAO. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/mara-holdings-acquires-long-ridge-energy-for-15b https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/mara-holdings-acquires-long-ridge-energy-for-15b Fri, 01 May 2026 03:34:31 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 05:22:29 GMT MARA Holdings is acquiring Long Ridge Energy & Power for $1.5 billion, pivoting from pure-play Bitcoin mining toward owning energy and AI data center infrastructure. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/ripple-opens-mea-hq-in-dubai-difc-eyes-xrp-growth https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/ripple-opens-mea-hq-in-dubai-difc-eyes-xrp-growth Fri, 01 May 2026 02:49:46 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 05:19:31 GMT Ripple has inaugurated a new Middle East and Africa headquarters inside Dubai's DIFC, doubling down on a region where regulatory wins and institutional demand are converging to lay the groundwork for broader XRP adoption. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/wasabi-protocol-loses-5m-in-admin-key-exploit https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/wasabi-protocol-loses-5m-in-admin-key-exploit Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:20:07 GMT Sat, 02 May 2026 02:25:51 GMT A $5M+ admin-key compromise drained Wasabi Protocol's perpetual vaults across four chains, capping what analysts are calling DeFi's worst month on record. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/bitcoin-megamerger-plan-meets-fed-headwinds-in-2026 https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/bitcoin-megamerger-plan-meets-fed-headwinds-in-2026 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:01:31 GMT Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:44:13 GMT Tether's bold proposal to merge Twenty One Capital, Strike, and Electron Energy into a single publicly traded Bitcoin giant collides with a divided Federal Reserve and weakening retail demand, painting a complex picture for BTC in 2026. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/meta-pays-creators-in-usdc-via-stripe-and-circle https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/meta-pays-creators-in-usdc-via-stripe-and-circle Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:45:05 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 05:13:02 GMT Meta has quietly begun paying select creators in USDC stablecoin on Solana and Polygon — marking the social media giant's first live crypto payout integration, four years after its failed Libra project. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/7-proven-tips-to-spot-and-follow-smart-money-wallet-moves-in-2026 https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/7-proven-tips-to-spot-and-follow-smart-money-wallet-moves-in-2026 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:31:30 GMT Mon, 25 May 2026 16:12:56 GMT Master on-chain intelligence with these 7 data-driven strategies to follow smart money wallet activity, decode whale behavior, and extract actionable crypto alpha before the crowd catches on. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/ny-and-il-crack-down-on-prediction-markets-amid-crypto-lawsuits https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/ny-and-il-crack-down-on-prediction-markets-amid-crypto-lawsuits Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:10:06 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 05:05:40 GMT New York and Illinois moved simultaneously to restrict prediction market activity — filing lawsuits against Coinbase and Gemini while banning state employees from trading on insider information — deepening a federal-versus-state jurisdictional clash that rattled crypto markets. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/believe-token-loses-99-as-founder-faces-fraud-and-assault-charges https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/believe-token-loses-99-as-founder-faces-fraud-and-assault-charges Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:02:48 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 04:49:38 GMT The Solana-based BELIEVE token has collapsed over 99% from its all-time high as founder Ben Pasternak now faces both a federal class action lawsuit over an alleged rug-pull scheme and separate criminal charges for assault and strangulation. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/justin-sun-sues-world-liberty-financial-over-frozen-wlfi-tokens https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/justin-sun-sues-world-liberty-financial-over-frozen-wlfi-tokens Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:33:43 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 04:47:17 GMT TRON founder Justin Sun has filed a federal lawsuit against Trump-linked World Liberty Financial, alleging fraud, wrongful token freezing, and governance rights violations tied to his ~$75 million WLFI investment. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/12-essential-metamask-security-tips-to-protect-your-wallet-in-2026 https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/12-essential-metamask-security-tips-to-protect-your-wallet-in-2026 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:39:47 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 04:42:31 GMT Master these 12 MetaMask security tips to protect your crypto wallet from hacks, phishing, and smart contract exploits in 2026 and beyond. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/bitcoin-consolidates-above-75k--is-80k-the-next-target https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/bitcoin-consolidates-above-75k--is-80k-the-next-target Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:05:57 GMT Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:17:32 GMT BTC holds firm above key support as institutional accumulation from Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Börse, and MicroStrategy signals a structural demand shift that could catalyze a breakout toward the $78K–$80K resistance zone. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/ben-mckenzies-crypto-doc-calls-out-bitcoin-fraud https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/ben-mckenzies-crypto-doc-calls-out-bitcoin-fraud Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:54:23 GMT Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:05:54 GMT Actor-turned-filmmaker Ben McKenzie's debut documentary dismantles the mechanics of cryptocurrency fraud — from Bitcoin's origins to FTX's collapse and the Trump family's meme coin millions — in a sharply reported, 90-minute takedown now in theaters. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/north-koreas-577m-defi-blitz-drift-and-kelp-hacked-in-18-days https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/north-koreas-577m-defi-blitz-drift-and-kelp-hacked-in-18-days Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:34:41 GMT Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:04:42 GMT North Korean state-linked hackers have drained over $577 million from two major DeFi protocols in less than three weeks, exposing deep structural vulnerabilities in cross-chain infrastructure and on-chain governance. https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/us-government-transfers-244-btc-in-seized-funds-to-coinbase-prime https://coinplurk.com/news-feed/us-government-transfers-244-btc-in-seized-funds-to-coinbase-prime Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:59:21 GMT Tue, 12 May 2026 04:39:24 GMT US Government transfers 2.44 BTC of seized assets worth approximately 177,000 USD to a Coinbase Prime wallet on April 10, 2026, marking the first such move in over a month. These assets originate from the criminal case of Glenn Olivio involving illegal steroid distribution and money laundering. The