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Zondacrypto under fire as Poland's prime minister links exchange to legislative interference



Polish cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto's problems just keep mounting.

Already under fire following reports of frozen or delayed customer withdrawals, the company on Friday drew the ire of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who told parliament the company had sponsored some politicians who opposed crypto market regulation.

Blocking the legislation by some politicians showed they were toeing Zondacrypto's line, Tusk said before a vote to overturn President Karol Nawrocki's veto of the law, according to a report by AP. The exchange has links to Russia and had previously provided the lawmakers with financial support, he said.

Tusk's comments came a day after Zondacrypto CEO Przemysław Kral turned to X to defuse allegations the company was helping itself to investors' funds to bulk up its declining reserves.

In a statement and video published on the platform, Kral said the exchange had sufficient reserves, and owns a bitcoin wallet holding about 4,500 BTC, about $330 million. There is a problem, though: It can't access the funds because the previous owner didn't hand over the private key and has now disappeared.

Delayed withdrawals

Kral said he revealed the wallet address to "cut short the unfounded accusations of alleged misappropriation of funds." The key was not handed over by former CEO Sylwester Suszek in 2021, when ownership of the exchange, then known as BitBay, transferred and Kral took over. Suszek has been missing for four years.

Zondacrypto has faced reports of frozen or delayed customer withdrawals since late March, according to local news reports. Kral denied any misuse of client funds and said the exchange remains profitable. He publicized the inaccessible wallet to prove the exchange has reserves, he said.

Kral framed the situation as part o

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Warren claims SEC’s Atkins likely misled Congress over enforcement data



US Senator Elizabeth Warren has accused Paul Atkins, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, of possibly lying to Congress about the agency’s enforcement numbers.

Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said in a letter to Atkins dated Wednesday that the SEC’s enforcement data for fiscal year 2025, released on April 7, raised “significant concerns” about his answers at a Feb. 12 congressional hearing.

“At the hearing, I specifically asked you to comment on publicly available data highlighting a decline in SEC enforcement activity,” Warren said. “In response, you demurred, stating that you were ‘not sure what data’ I was looking at.”

“Now, it is clear that my assertion regarding the SEC’s declining enforcement actions was correct: the data you released last week show that the number of enforcement actions initiated by the SEC was lower than at any point in the last decade,” she added.

￼An excerpt from Elizabeth Warren’s letter to Paul Atkins claiming she gave him an opportunity “to correct the record” on SEC enforcement. Source: Senate Banking Committee

The SEC has rolled back its enforcement against crypto companies under the Trump administration, settling or dismissing crypto-related lawsuits the agency launched under the Biden administration, garnering criticisms from some lawmakers.

Warren said the SEC’s enforcement data was “deeply disturbing” and showed it had “largely abdicated its enforcement responsibilities” as the agency’s enforcement activity had dropped to the lowest level in more than 20 years.

She told Atkins that, in light of the data, his answers at the hearing in February “were deeply troubling and raise concerns that you may have been deliberately trying to mislead the Committee about the state of SEC enforcement.”

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has reacted to XRP's recent interoperability milestone on Solana. Wrapped XRP (wXRP) went live on Solana, enabled by Hex Trust and Layer Zero. Advertisement "Growing demand for XRP is driving liquidity cross-chain, opening new paths across ecosystems and expanding the overall market," Garlinghouse wrote in a tweet in reaction to the milestone.Demand for XRP keeps growing. More access, more ecosystems, more utility. https://t.co/zEqt5C3mmJ HOT Stories Most Important Bitcoin (BTC) Price Test in 2026, Ethereum (ETH) Hits Ceiling, XRP Will Go Parabolic If Price Growth Accelerates: Crypto Market Review Ripple Exec Slams Anti-Crypto Documentary Directed by 'The O.C.' Star — Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) April 17, 2026 XRP utility has expanded on Solana with wXRP, allowing individual users and institutions alike to gain access to the token through the wrapped token issued by Hex Trust. Advertisement You Might Also Like Thu, 04/16/2026 - 10:59 Ripple Developers React to Solana's XRP Post, Something to Watch Out For? ByTomiwabold Olajide Authorized users can send native XRP to Hex Trust, which then mints wXRP tokens on Solana or supported Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchains such as the Ethereum mainnet, Optimism or HyperEVM.First announced in December, the move opens up the use of XRP beyond XRP Ledger, increasing its use in market-making and decentralized finance (DeFi) on Solana. Advertisement What comes next as XRP's institutional era arrivesIn a tweet, Ripple stated that XRP's institutional era is now, supported by ETFs. For years, legal uncertainty kept institutional capital away from XRP, but regulatory clarity has arrived now. Futures markets have launched, with the path to institutional access now opened. You Might Also Like Fri, 04/17/2026 - 17:23 Breaking: XRP Goes Live on Solana ByAlex Dovbnya Ripple be

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Iran's Friday announcement that the Strait of Hormuz would be opened during the current ceasefire triggered one of the sharpest oil reversals of the year.

Brent crude fell 12.95% to $86.52, and WTI dropped 14.26% to $81.19, both their lowest levels since Mar. 11 and the largest single-day declines since Apr. 8. US stocks surged, bond yields dropped, the dollar weakened, and Bitcoin registered an intraday high of $78,336.

Traders stripped the war premium they had spent weeks layering into crude prices, and risk assets repriced accordingly.

Yesterday, the Strait was opened on Iranian terms. Commercial vessels required authorization from Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization and the IRGC and had to transit through Iran-designated safe lanes, but the US blockade on Iranian shipping remains fully in place until a broader diplomatic settlement.

That window has already narrowed. As of Apr. 18, Iran said it had closed the Strait again after the US left its blockade in place, pushing the market back into a countdown toward the Apr. 22 ceasefire deadline.

Only eight oil and gas tankers moved during the reopening, underscoring how far the route remains from anything resembling normal traffic.

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y the team after the exploit assured users of security, as the core network had not been affected. It’s the bridged DOT tokens on Ethereum.

As a result, the community sentiment returned to 82% bullish from 954.1K voters, as per CoinMarketCap. Consequently, the price of the altcoin rallied from $1.146 to $1.354.

The relief brought about a rebound in network activity. As per Artemis data, the number of transactions increased by 1,400, from 10.5K to 11.9K, in just a day.

Additionally, daily active users (DAU) increased by 1.67x even though the figures remained relatively low. DAU rose from 3,000 to 5,000, indicating users were gradually returning to the network.


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Сеть Lightning Network не «безнадежно сломана»

Несколько недель назад пост Уди Вертхаймера облетел заголовки криптомедиа, содержа резкое утверждение: сеть Lightning Network «безнадежно сломана» в постквантовом мире, и её разработчики ничего не могут с этим поделать. Заголовок быстро распространился. Для компаний, которые уже создали реальную платежную инфраструктуру на основе Lightning или оценивают её, последствия были тревожными.

Это заслуживает взвешенного ответа.

Вертхаймер — уважаемый разработчик Bitcoin, и его опасения вполне обоснованы: квантовые компьютеры, если они когда-нибудь станут достаточно мощными, представляют собой реальную долгосрочную проблему для криптографических систем, от которых зависят Bitcoin и Lightning. Эта часть верна, и сообщество разработчиков Bitcoin уже серьезно работает над этим. Но представление Lightning как «безнадежно сломанной» скрывает больше, чем раскрывает, и компании, принимающие решения по инфраструктуре, заслуживают более ясной картины.


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Каналы Lightning требуют от участников обмена открытыми ключами со своим контрагентом при открытии платежного канала. В мире, где существуют криптографически значимые квантовые компьютеры (CRQC), злоумышленник, получивший эти открытые ключи, теоретически может использовать алгоритм Шора для получения соответствующего закрытого ключа и оттуда украсть средства.

Это реальное структурное свойство работы Lightning. Что упускает заголовок

Угроза гораздо более конкретна и гораздо более условна, чем «ваш баланс Lightning может быть украден».

Во-первых, сами каналы защищены хешем, пока они открыты. В транзакциях финансирования используется P2WSH (Pay-to-Witness-Script-Hash), что означает, что исходные открытые ключи внутри мультиподписной схемы 2-из-2 скрыты в блокчейне до тех пор, пока канал остается открытым. Платежи Lightning также основан

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