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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestClaim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge SEC charges Donald Basile in $16M crypto fraud tied to 'insured' token The U

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SEC charges Donald Basile in $16M crypto fraud tied to 'insured' token

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against crypto executive Donald Basile, accusing him and two companies he controlled of raising about $16 million from investors through false claims tied to a so-called "insured" crypto token known as Bitcoin Latinum.

In a complaint filed Friday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the SEC alleged that Basile ran the scheme between March and December 2021 through Monsoon Blockchain Corp. and GIBF GP Inc., offering investors Simple Agreements for Future Tokens (SAFTs) that promised future delivery of the token, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

Regulators said hundreds of investors were told the asset was backed and insured, but the SEC alleged no insurance company ever provided coverage or any proof that these claims were true, per the report.

SEC charges Donald Basile in $16M crypto fraud tie

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation Contest Blockchain Forum 2026, Moscow Wrapped XRP goes live on Solana, broadening DeFi access for Ripple-linked token Wrapped $XRP we

Wrapped XRP goes live on Solana, broadening DeFi access for Ripple-linked token

Wrapped $XRP went live on Solana on Friday, issued by custodian Hex Trust and bridged through LayerZero, making the token available inside Solana's DeFi apps for the first time.

$XRP holders can now use the wrapped asset on Jupiter, Phantom, Titan Exchange, and Meteora without selling their underlying position.

Each wXRP is backed 1:1 by native $XRP held in segregated custody accounts and is redeemable at any time, according to Hex Trust.

The Solana launch is one leg of a broader rollout Hex Trust disclosed in December 2025, which also targets Ethereum, Optimism, and HyperEVM. The move fits a pattern that has accelerated through 2025 and 2026, where tokens that started their life on one chain are being bridged to others to capture yield and liquidity that did not exist at launch.

$XRP has historically functioned as a payment-rail token settled directly on the $XRP Ledger. Solana has built the opposite use case, a throughput-optimized smart contract platform where the DeFi and memecoin activity actually lives.

The piece of infrastructure underneath this deal is LayerZero, the cross-chain messaging protocol that has quietly won most of the bridge volume that used to flow through Wormhole, Nomad, and Ronin before those protocols were exploited for more than $1 billion combined between 2022 and 2024.

Whether $XRP generates meaningful DeFi volume on Solana is a separate question. The wrapped asset is live, but the test is whether holders actually use it.



Wrapped XRP goes live on Solana, broadening DeFi a

Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestDaily $5000U Airdrop Rain: Claim Yours Now! Congresswoman Biggs discloses six-figure BlackRock bitcoin ETF buy as BTC rebounds

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Congresswoman Biggs discloses six-figure BlackRock bitcoin ETF buy as BTC rebounds

U.S. Representative Sheri Biggs disclosed a purchase of up to $250,000 in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF.

The filing reportedly ranks among the largest bitcoin-related trades reported by an active member of Congress.
Rep. Sheri Biggs has disclosed a purchase of up to $250,000 in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, one of the largest bitcoin-related trades publicly reported by an active member of Congress.

A House periodic transaction report filed this week shows Biggs’ spouse purchased shares of the fund on March 4 in the $100,001 to $250,000 range through a professionally managed UBS account held in the W.S.B Trust.

The fund, known by its ticker IBIT, is BlackRock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, which directly tracks the price of Bitcoin.
Unlike an earlier disclosure tied to a similar purchase last year, the latest filing appears to comply with the STOCK Act’s 45-day reporting window. The March 4 trade was disclosed on April 16, 43 days later.

Biggs previously reported another IBIT purchase in the same dollar range tied to a July 2025 transaction. That filing was submitted late as part of a broader batch of delayed disclosures that drew scrutiny over congressional trading transparency, Yahoo Finance reported at the time.

No allegation of wrongdoing has been made in either case, and the latest filing states the account is professionally managed.





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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestClaim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation ChallengeMON Price Analysis: Triple Top Formation An analysis of the 4-hour chart call

MON Price Analysis: Triple Top Formation

An analysis of the 4-hour chart calls for greater concern about Monad, as a triple top appears to have formed. A string of price developments in the past few days led to this structure, which, from a price standpoint, does not look too good for near-term trends.

The first top started forming on April 10, after a high of $0.0373. The coin consolidated around this area and then tried another breakout the next day. However, MON peaked at $0.0369, completing the first top formation.

After a wave of sideways price trends, MON attempted to break higher again. It peaked at $0.0374 on April 14, forming the second top. Prices were rejected around the same level, and Monad trended lower but tried again a few days later.

On April 16, it rallied again to an intraday high of $0.0375. The token met strong selling supply again and still couldn't overcome it. From the high, Monad has dropped 10% to its current price level.

MON Price Analysis: Triple Top Formation An analy

Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestClaim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge Market Updates: France Moves to Curb Crypto "Wrench Attacks"; Meta-1 Scam Op

Market Updates: France Moves to Curb Crypto "Wrench Attacks"; Meta-1 Scam Operator Receives 23-Year Jail Term; Tether Commits $150M to Drift Recovery

French authorities are stepping up efforts to protect cryptocurrency investors amid a sharp increase in violent, targeted attacks.

Speaking at Paris Blockchain Week, Jean-Didier Berger, minister delegate to the interior minister of France, said the government has already introduced preventive steps. Specifically, these include a dedicated platform to reduce so-called "wrench attacks," in which criminals use force to access digital assets.

The initiative is already seeing strong uptake, with thousands of users reportedly signing up. Berger also confirmed ongoing coordination with Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez on a broader national security strategy, which is expected to be developed in the coming weeks.

The urgency behind these measures is reflected in recent figures. French outlet RTL reported 41 crypto-related kidnappings so far in 2026. This suggests an incident roughly every two and a half days.

Market Updates: France Moves to Curb Crypto "Wrenc

BYDFi Marks 6th Anniversary with Month-Long Celebration, Built for Reliability Over the past six years, BYDFi has expanded into a global crypto trading platform serving more than 1 million users acros

BYDFi Marks 6th Anniversary with Month-Long Celebration, Built for Reliability

Over the past six years, BYDFi has expanded into a global crypto trading platform serving more than 1 million users across 190+ countries and regions. Since launch, BYDFi has continued to broaden product offerings, strengthen user safeguards, and extend access across both centralized and on-chain trading.

Recent milestones have further shaped BYDFi’s growth story:

July 2025: BYDFi expanded its integrated on-chain trading capabilities by supporting tokenized U.S. equities through xStocks, broadening access to on-chain market opportunities.

August 2025: BYDFi entered a multi-year partnership with Newcastle United, becoming the club’s Official Cryptocurrency Exchange Partner and significantly expanding BYDFi’s global brand visibility.

August 2025: BYDFi launched BYDFi Card, extending BYDFi’s ecosystem from trading access into a real-world payment utility.

February 2026: BYDFi launched TradFi trading on Web and App, expanding beyond crypto to offer access to traditional financial assets such as stocks, gold, and silver.

March 2026: BYDFi integrated perpetual futures market data into TradingView, giving traders direct access to real-time BYDFi market data within one of the industry’s most widely used charting environments.


BYDFi Marks 6th Anniversary with Month-Long Celebr

Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestDaily $5000U Airdrop Rain: Claim Yours Now!MON Price Analysis: Triple Top Formation An analysis of the 4-hour chart calls for 

MON Price Analysis: Triple Top Formation

An analysis of the 4-hour chart calls for greater concern about Monad, as a triple top appears to have formed. A string of price developments in the past few days led to this structure, which, from a price standpoint, does not look too good for near-term trends.
The first top started forming on April 10, after a high of $0.0373. The coin consolidated around this area and then tried another breakout the next day. However, MON peaked at $0.0369, completing the first top formation.

After a wave of sideways price trends, MON attempted to break higher again. It peaked at $0.0374 on April 14, forming the second top. Prices were rejected around the same level, and Monad trended lower but tried again a few days later.

On April 16, it rallied again to an intraday high of $0.0375. The token met strong selling supply again and still couldn’t overcome it. From the high, Monad has dropped 10% to its current price level.

Triple tops suggest that an asset has not gained sufficient price momentum to forge ahead to higher prices. Repeated attempts to break above a resistance area have been met with strong rejection, and most of the time, the coin retests lower levels.



MON Price Analysis: Triple Top Formation

Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestDaily $5000U Airdrop Rain: Claim Yours Now!Robinhood (HOOD) ended this past week in the green, with a 31% rally throughout the

Robinhood (HOOD) ended this past week in the green, with a 31% rally throughout the trading week. Currently trading at $90 a share, the stock was the S&P 500’s (^GSPC) best-performer this week. The SEC’s decision to scrap the long-standing $25,000 pattern day trader equity requirement is front and center for Robinhood’s gains. Additionally, the crypto market rally in the past week has also benefited HOOD, leading it to outperform the rest of the S&P 500 index.The removal of the pattern day trader rule dramatically lowers barriers to active trading for everyday investors, and Robinhood is the clearest beneficiary. Its entire brand is built around democratizing finance, and a rule that locked out anyone without $25,000 in their account was a direct obstacle to that mission. Hence, the bulls are out for Robinhood stock, and its 30% climb could continue into next week.Additionally, the numbers backing Robinhood’s business are already strong heading into this regulatory shift. Full-year 2025 revenue hit a record $4.47 billion, and Gold subscribers grew 58% year over year to 4.2 million. The prediction markets currently assign a 99% probability that Gold subscribers will exceed 4.2 million in Q1, with a 76% probability of surpassing 4.4 million.Also Read: Netflix (NFLX) Stock Dips 9% After Q2 Guidance Misses EstimatesBased on 17 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for Robinhood stock in the last 3 months. The average price target is $104.56 with a high forecast of $135.00 and a low forecast of $75.00. The average price target represents a 15.22% change from the current price of $90. Furthermore, over the next 52 weeks, Robinhood Markets, Inc. has, on average, historically risen by 77.5% based on the past 4 years of stock performance. This could send HOOD towards a record $160 and above stock price for investors who buy in now.

Robinhood (HOOD) ended this past week in the green

Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestDaily $5000U Airdrop Rain: Claim Yours Now!Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has reacted to XRP's recent interoperability milestone

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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