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Is Tether’s $1B Ethereum mint early signal for stronger Q2 activity?

BlockchainApr 20

Shifting stablecoin flows across Layer-1s are something investors watch closely. The logic is simple: More liquidity means more room for capital rotation. More importantly for DeFi, it strengthens a chain’s role as a settlement layer, locking in its position as core infra for decentralized flow. According to DeFiLlama data, something similar is unfolding now. $USDT supply is split almost evenly across Ethereum (44.34%) and Tron (45.57%), leaving a very tight gap between the two. In that context, Tether minting $1 billion $USDT on Ethereum [$ETH] meaningfully tilts liquidity weight back toward $ETH rails. Source: DeFiLlama The result? $USDT monthly supply…

The $13 billion DeFi wipeout in two days, and it started with KelpDAO attack

DeFiApr 20

The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem is experiencing a sharp capital outflow following the weekend exploit of the KelpDAO protocol. Leading DeFi lending platform Aave has lost $8.45 billion in deposits over the past 48 hours, driving a broader $13.21 billion decline in total value locked (TVL) across DeFi. TVL refers to the combined dollar value of crypto assets deposited across DeFi protocols, such as Aave, and is widely used as to measure liquidity and overall market activity. Total value locked across DeFi fell from $99.497 billion to $86.286 billion, while Aave’s TVL declined by $8.45 billion to $17.947 billion over…

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

LegalApr 20

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…

Unexpected Statements from Iran in the U.S.-Iran War – “Under the Current Circumstances, the Strait of Hormuz Cannot Remain Open”

LegalApr 20

As diplomatic talks continue regarding a possible agreement in the ongoing conflict between Iran and the US, noteworthy new statements have emerged from Tehran. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf strongly criticized the US administration’s rhetoric and sent clear messages regarding the ongoing disputes over the Strait of Hormuz. Ghalibaf intensified his criticism of Washington, arguing that all seven claims made by US President Trump in a short period of time were “false.” The Iranian official explicitly stated that the Strait of Hormuz would not remain open if the current naval blockade continued. Ghalibaf also stated that passage through the…

Crypto to enter the US banking system through a backdoor, not through regulation

LegalApr 20

For most of its life, crypto lived outside the financial system. If you wanted to move dollars in or out of an exchange, that money still had to pass through a regular bank somewhere along the way. Most people assumed it would stay that way until Washington finally decided how to regulate it. But that assumption is now breaking down. In March 2026, a regional Federal Reserve bank approved a limited account for Kraken, the first time a crypto exchange has ever been allowed to plug directly into the US central bank's payment system. More approvals could follow, and the…

Poland parliament fails again to override presidential veto on crypto bill

LegalApr 20

Poland’s parliament has once again failed to overturn a presidential veto blocking a key crypto regulation bill, extending the political standoff over how the country should oversee digital assets. In a vote held Friday, lawmakers fell short of the 263 votes required to override the veto issued by President Karol Nawrocki, local outlet TVP World reported. A total of 243 MPs voted against the veto, while 191 supported it, per the report. The bill, backed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, aims to align Poland with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), introduced in 2024 to govern the issuance…

Nebraska Supreme Court Suspends Lawyer Who Used AI to Write Brief Full of Fabricated Citations

LegalApr 20

AI hallucinations news moved from courtroom embarrassment to career consequence as the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled to suspend Omaha attorney Greg Lake until further notice, after a court brief he submitted in a divorce appeal contained 57 defective citations out of 63, including 20 fully fabricated case references and four completely invented cases that do not exist in any jurisdiction. AI hallucinations news has produced its most severe professional sanction in the United States to date as the Nebraska Supreme Court handed down an indefinite suspension of attorney Greg Lake on April 15, after months of proceedings that began when…

Nebraska Supreme Court Suspends Lawyer Who Used AI to Write Brief Full of Fabricated Citations

LegalApr 20

Trump Nominates Erica Schwartz as CDC Director 2026 After Fourth Leadership Change in a Year

LegalApr 20

Trump nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director 2026 on Thursday, tapping a former Navy rear admiral and deputy surgeon general from his first term to lead an agency that has cycled through four leaders in the past 12 months and remains without a Senate-confirmed director since Dr. Susan Monarez was fired last August. The CDC director 2026 nomination arrives at one of the most unstable stretches in the agency’s modern history. The CDC has had no Senate-confirmed permanent director for all but about four weeks of Trump’s second term. Monarez was confirmed in July 2025 and fired just weeks…

HashKey Chain Joins HabitTrade to Advance Adoption of RWAs On-Chain

BlockchainApr 20

HashKey Chain, a prominent blockchain infrastructure entity, has partnered with HabitTrade, a RWA tokenization platform. The partnership aims to expand RWA adoption with the use of blockchain infrastructure. As per HashKey Chain’s official social media announcement, the development is poised to enable compliant and institutional-scale access to diverse tokenized financial tools. As included in this move, both entities are attempting to connect decentralized finance networks and conventional capital markets. 📢 Official Announcement HashKey Chain × HabitTrade @HabitTrade 🤝 We are thrilled to announce a strategic partnership to accelerate compliance-friendly RWA adoption on-chain. 🔥 Key Highlights: • HabitTrade’s open-source Stove Protocol…