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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 Polkadot recovers 17% after Hyperbridge exploit: Will DOT’s gains continue? The Hyperbridge exp

Polkadot recovers 17% after Hyperbridge exploit: Will DOT’s gains continue?

The Hyperbridge exploit caused Polkadot [$DOT] to lose a significant portion of its market cap, but it has since fully recovered.

The altcoin’s price crashed after a hacker minted 1 billion $DOT tokens on Ethereum [$ETH] but only sold them for $237K due to lack of liquidity. The team clarified that the actual loss had ballooned to $2.5 million as the team made efforts to recover the funds.

However, the assurance that Polkadot’s core network security remained intact fueled a 17% price recovery.

What drove $DOT’s price recovery?

A statement released by 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

The Total Value Locked (TVL) also experienced a surge of about 11.29% in a day, while the stablecoin market cap grew to $77.83 million after the massive drop.

Moreover, the altcoin commanded a significant amount of daily trading volume of about $403 million. However, the revenue of the network remained low as it attempted to get back on its feet.



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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!Stripe doubles down on blockchain and stablecoins, aiming to become 'AWS for money' Glob

Stripe doubles down on blockchain and stablecoins, aiming to become 'AWS for money'


Global payments giant Stripe is building what it calls the "AWS for money," and crypto tech is at the center of that plan.

Speaking at the RWA Summit in Cannes, France, Adrien Duchâteau, Stripe's head of crypto go-to-market, said the company is now integrating stablecoins and blockchain across its core payment stack as it looks to modernize how money moves globally.

"We’re putting product by product more of our stack onchain," he said.

The move builds on the firm's long, if uneven, history with crypto. Stripe was one of the earliest major tech companies to embrace bitcoin , enabling BTC payments as early as 2014 before pulling back in 2018 as volatility made it impractical for merchants, Duchâteau said. The company returned in 2021 with a dedicated crypto team, betting that the underlying technology had matured enough to support real-world use, he added.

Speeding up payments with stablecoins

The company's blockchain ambition focuses on fixing a core problem: global payments remain slow and expensive. Cross-border transfers, Duchâteau explained, still rely on systems like SWIFT, which can take days to settle. For platforms paying creators or contractors, that delay often dictates payout schedules.

Stripe processes nearly $2 trillion in annual payments — roughly 2% of the global GDP — and serves over 5 million businesses around the globe, so even incremental improvements to settlement could have wide-reaching effects, he said.

"We’re operating in T+3 networks," he said, meaning that a transaction often takes three days from the moment of payment to settlement. "If you reduce that to zero, that is a magnitude of change."

To realize that vision, Stripe acquired stablecoin infrastructure firm Bridge for $1.1 billion in 2024, then bought crypto wallet provider Pri

Stripe doubles down on blockchain and stablecoins,

Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestDaily $5000U Airdrop Rain: Claim Yours Now!Stanford’s 2026 AI Index shows the performance gap between US and Chinese AI models

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Stanford’s 2026 AI Index shows the performance gap between US and Chinese AI models has compressed to just 2.7%, down from a double-digit lead as recently as 2023, as Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 holds a 39-point Elo lead over ByteDance’s best-performing model on the benchmarks Stanford tracks. Summary The 423-page report, released April 14, finds that the US and Chinese models have traded first place multiple times since early 2025, with DeepSeek-R1 briefly matching the top US model in February 2025 before being surpassed. The US leads China in private AI investment ($285.9 billion vs $12.4 billion) and notable model production (50 vs 30 in 2025), while China leads in AI publication volume, patent output, and industrial robot installations. The number of AI researchers entering the US has dropped 89% over seven years and 80% in the past year alone, a trend the report attributes in part to H-1B restrictions under the Trump administration. Stanford’s 2026 AI Index, released April 14, documents the near-disappearance of the US performance advantage in artificial intelligence, with the top American model leading the best Chinese model by just 2.7% on the Arena Leaderboard benchmarks Stanford tracks as of March 2026. The 423-page report from Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI puts the specific figures starkly: in 2023, performance gaps between leading US and Chinese models ranged from 17.5 to 31.6 percentage points on major benchmarks including MMLU, MATH, and HumanEval. By the end of 2024, those gaps had collapsed to 0.3, 1.6, and 3.7 percentage points respectively. The current 2.7% Elo lead between Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 and ByteDance’s Dola-Seed-2.0 Preview is narrow enough to flip on the next major release from either side. Where the US Still Leads The US advantage remains substantial in investment, infrastructure, and model producti

Stanford’s 2026 AI Index shows the performance gap

Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End? Blockchain Forum 2026, MoscowXRP News & Analysis (April 2026) XRP is currently trading in a sideways to slightly bullish trend, moving around $0.55–$0.70. The pri

XRP News & Analysis (April 2026)
XRP is currently trading in a sideways to slightly bullish trend, moving around $0.55–$0.70. The price has shown stability compared to other altcoins, but it is still waiting for a strong breakout.
One of the main factors affecting XRP is ongoing regulatory developments and its connection with Ripple’s global payment network. Positive news around adoption and legal clarity continues to support long-term confidence in XRP.
Technically, $0.55 is acting as a strong support level, where buyers are consistently entering the market. On the upside, resistance is seen around $0.70–$0.75. If XRP breaks above this zone with strong volume, it could start a bullish rally.
However, if the price falls below $0.50, a short-term correction may occur. Market sentiment is currently neutral, but improving gradually as the overall crypto market strengthens.
📊 XRP Price Prediction
🔹 Short Term (1–2 months)
Range: $0.55 – $0.80
Breakout target: $0.85
Support: $0.50
🔹 Mid 2026
Expected range: $0.80 – $1.50
Bullish case: $2.00
🔹 End of 2026
Conservative: $0.70 – $1.20
Bullish: $1.50 – $3.00+

XRP News & Analysis (April 2026) XRP is currently

Nevada-based Dogecoin Cash Inc. has unveiled a new proposal for “Dogecoin Gold,” a blockchain-based project designed to link digital tokens to physical gold reserves. The announcement arrived on Frida

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Claim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation ChallengeHTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!Bitcoin’s recent price behavior has kept traders split between those expecti

Bitcoin’s recent price behavior has kept traders split between those expecting another leg down and those calling that a bottom is already in. That tension is now feeding different technical analyses, with one analyst arguing that the probability of a deeper crash has dropped significantly based on long-term signals.

Chance Of Bitcoin Making New Lows Is Very Small
Bitcoin has spent months testing the patience of its holders since its all-time high of $126,000 in 2025. According to crypto analyst Sykodelic, there is a compelling case that the drawdown is done and that the probability of Bitcoin revisiting new lows at this point has dropped massively.

Sykodelic’s rationale leans heavily on the behavior of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the weekly candlestick timeframe chart. According to his analysis posted on X, Bitcoin has just printed a powerful bullish break on the weekly RSI, and what makes this particular reading extraordinary is not just where it bounced from but how low it got before doing so.


Source: Chart from Sykodelic on X
The weekly RSI has only fallen below 30 on three occasions in BTC’s history, with the most recent being Q1 2026. However, the RSI is now back into the normal zone, and it has broken above a descending trendline that touches lower highs. According to the analyst, this scenario means that the probabilities are now very slim for new lows of any kind.

The Bottom Signals Have Stacked Up
The RSI break did not arrive on its own. Sykodelic noted that multiple bottom indicators have converged simultaneously, a convergence he described as reaching a very high degree. According to him, about 12 important bottom indicators have fired, and Bitcoin is showing it here.

The broader data support his reading. Bitcoin exchange reserves have fallen to seven-year lows while whale wallets are now accumulating more than 

Bitcoin’s recent price behavior has kept traders s

Cardano Is Already Running Behind 200 German Companies, Foundation CEO SaysCardano is already being used by roughly 200 large companies in Germany through agentic AI deployments, even if those firms d

Cardano Is Already Running Behind 200 German Companies, Foundation CEO SaysCardano is already being used by roughly 200 large companies in Germany through agentic AI deployments, even if those firms do not realize the blockchain is sitting underneath their stack, according to Cardano Foundation CEO Frederik Gregaard. The claim, made during an interview with Jane King on GBBC’s Markets on Chain series from the New York Stock Exchange published April 16, points to a version of blockchain adoption that is less visible to end users but potentially more embedded in enterprise infrastructure.



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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX DAO's First Hackathon Launches!Cardano (ADA) News & Analysis (April 2026) Cardano (ADA) is currently trading in a sideways to slightly bullish trend, moving ar

Cardano (ADA) News & Analysis (April 2026)
Cardano (ADA) is currently trading in a sideways to slightly bullish trend, moving around $0.45–$0.65. The price has been consolidating after previous volatility, similar to other altcoins, and is now building a base for a potential move.
Cardano’s strength comes from its research-based blockchain and growing ecosystem in DeFi and smart contracts. Development activity remains consistent, which supports long-term confidence. However, compared to faster chains like Solana, ADA’s growth pace is slower, which sometimes limits short-term price spikes.
From a technical view, $0.45 is acting as a strong support level, where buyers are holding the price. On the upside, resistance is around $0.65–$0.70. A breakout above this zone could push ADA into a bullish trend.
If the price drops below $0.40, a short-term correction may occur. Overall sentiment is neutral but leaning bullish if the broader crypto market continues upward.
📊 ADA Price Prediction
🔹 Short Term (1–2 months)
Range: $0.45 – $0.75
Breakout target: $0.80
Support: $0.40
🔹 Mid 2026
Expected range: $0.70 – $1.20
Bullish case: $1.50
🔹 End of 2026
Conservative: $0.60 – $1.00
Bullish: $1.50 – $2.50+

Cardano (ADA) News & Analysis (April 2026) Cardano

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