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Romania’s gambling regulator published a one-year activity report under President Vlad-Cristian Soare, citing more than 300 unlicensed sites blocked, the country’s first state-funded gambling addiction program, and a recent court win that keeps Polymarket on the national blacklist. Key Takeaways: Romania ONJN blocked over 300 illegal gambling sites and revoked 60 licenses in its 2025-2026 mandate year. €5M Conștient și Liber fund marks Romania’s first state funding for gambling addiction treatment Romanian court rejected Polymarket’s suspension request on April 1, keeping ONJN blacklist intact. Romania’s Gambling Regulator Shares Block List The Oficiul Național pentru Jocuri de Noroc (ONJN) published its…

Blockchain.com has rolled out perpetual futures trading in its non-custodial DeFi wallet, allowing users to open leveraged positions directly from self-custodied Bitcoin used as collateral without transferring funds to an exchange. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the feature is routed through decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid and gives users access to more than 190 crypto markets with up to 40x leverage. Perpetual futures are derivative contracts that allow traders to take leveraged positions on an asset’s price without an expiration date. Michael Selig, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said last month that the derivatives regulator plans to allow the…

28 April 2026 – Tether, the largest company in the digital assets industry, is expanding its custom compute infrastructure with a new class of modular, high-density mining systems designed to improve efficiency and performance at scale. Instead of relying on fully assembled, off-the-shelf mining rigs, Tether is collaborating with Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN) and ACME Swisstech to build systems around application-specific hash board modules, integrating them into its own control architecture, thermal management systems, and software stack.. The result is a more flexible design that allows operators to maximize performance, manage heat more efficiently, and upgrade individual components without replacing…

Aave [AAVE] has expanded to Solana via Sunrise DeFi, utilizing Ethereum-backed liquidity for faster execution. The move reflects a growing demand for lower fees and higher capital efficiency. Meanwhile, Ethereum [ETH] still anchors over $12 billion of Aave’s $14.7 billion TVL. As assets bridge, Solana’s [SOL] $5.6 billion DeFi base begins absorbing this flow. Its $15.35 billion stablecoin pool supports high transaction throughput and active trading conditions. Source: Solana on X However, these inflows are primarily due to repositioning, not new demand. At times, this rotation has pushed Solana’s DEX volumes above Ethereum on a weekly basis. Long-term sustainability requires…

Ethereum is trading above $2.3k as April draws to a close, ending the month in a frustratingly familiar position. It is pressing against the same $2.4k resistance zone it has now tested repeatedly since mid-March without a clean resolution. $ETH sits at the threshold of what could either be its most significant breakout in months or yet another rejection at the gate. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart What has genuinely changed on the daily chart over the past four weeks is not the resistance. The $2.4k zone has held firm throughout. Yet, each recent pullback has found support at…

Dtcpay funding raises US$10 million in Series A to expand compliant digital payments in Europe, detailing licensing, Visa tie-up, strategy. Backed by strategic capital and fresh regulatory approvals, Singapore-based dtcpay funding is set to accelerate the rollout of compliant digital payment solutions across Europe and key global markets. Series A round and strategic backers Digital payments company dtcpay, headquartered in Singapore, has secured US$10 million in Series A financing. The round was led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, a Temasek-backed venture capital firm that focuses on high-growth technology companies across the region. Favour Capital acted as the exclusive…

On April 1, the Sei ($SEI) price witnessed a positive spike after losing over 21% in value over a month, which sparked excitement in its community. The cryptocurrency has surged by over 5.81% on a daily chart. According to CoinMarketCap, $SEI is currently hovering at around $0.0540 along with a market capitalization of $370 million. The daily trading volume also soared by 64%, reaching over $121 million. The new activities have been detected on the network today, where the data suggests market interest and buying pressure are slowly developing. $SEI Witnesses Major Developments and Growth in On-Chain Activities The rally…

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the founder and former CEO of Binance, gave an extensive interview in which he discussed his experiences during his time in prison and his new projects. Appearing on “The Wolf Of All Streets” channel, Zhao made striking statements about the future of the crypto world, based on his newly published memoir, “Freedom of Money.” CZ explained that he wrote the majority of his book while in federal prison, with only 15 minutes of access per day to a shared computer. He said he wanted to spend his time productively instead of engaging in routine prison activities like…

Bitfire is where Li Lin is placing his next crypto bet in Hong Kong. Li is taking the trading team and trading setup from Avenir Group, his family office, and putting them into Bitfire Group, the Hong Kong-listed company where he is the biggest shareholder. Bitfire, which works in wealth management, said on Wednesday that it agreed to buy Avenir’s investment team and trading systems for $1.6 million. Li first made his name through Huobi, the exchange now called HTX. Mainland China has banned cryptocurrency trading since 2021, but Hong Kong is trying to build itself into a virtual asset…

Circle Ventures snaps up $AAVE days after a $293M KelpDAO exploit, shoring up Aave’s bad‑debt shock while Washington weighs a landmark US stablecoin bill. Aave governance is bracing for another high‑stakes vote as a proposal to pause $AAVE buybacks until the rsETH/KelpDAO incident is fully resolved goes live on April 28, extending a de facto halt already in place since April 19. The ARFC, posted on the Aave governance forum, argues that diverting protocol revenue into buybacks while the size and allocation of rsETH losses remain uncertain “would reduce the treasury’s capacity to participate in a coordinated response should one…