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Ether.fi Migrates $220M to OP Mainnet in Largest TVL Event Ever

Blockchain

Ether.fi, the largest non-custodial crypto card by spend volume, has officially gone live on OP Mainnet — bringing with it $220 million in total value locked, 300,000 accounts, and 70,000 active cards. — The migration marks the single largest TVL event in OP Mainnet history and was completed in just three days with zero downtime. The move positions OP Mainnet as the long-term infrastructure home for one of crypto's most active consumer fintech products, with Gold Vaults and a Euro card already on the roadmap. Three Days, Zero Downtime The full migration was executed over three days, during which all…

ETH faces 6% downside risk if $2,312 breaks

Ethereum

Ethereum price falls to $2,325 on profit-taking after rising to $2,416. The repeated rejection at $2,360–$2,400 resistance weakens the overall momentum. Breaking below the key support at $2,312 could send $ETH toward $2,173. After a rally that pushed Ethereum close to $2,416, things quickly changed, and now $ETH sits around $2,325. This sharp drop near $2,400 tells us a lot about where Ethereum’s headed next, at least for now. Pushback at $2,416 resistance Ethereum ($ETH) initially surged about 10% in a sharp move that triggered liquidations and brought renewed attention to the token. After reaching around $2,416, momentum slowed, and…

UK asset manager puts $68 billion of funds on-chain via Calastone token network

Blockchain

Legal & General Asset Management announced Wednesday that it placed the more than 50 billion pounds (roughly $68 million) in liquidity funds that it manages onchain through a new distribution channel built by Calastone. “We are thrilled to make our liquidity funds available on the Calastone Tokenized Distribution Network,” said Ross McDonald, liquidity investment specialist at L&G. “Tokenized distribution provides meaningful enhancements in efficiency and reach.” The U.K.-based firm said it now offers its money-market style funds as tokenized shares on the Calastone Tokenized Distribution Network, which uses blockchain infrastructure to handle issuance, trading and settlement. The funds operate in…

Ethereum new users spike 81% QoQ to an all-time high

Ethereum

The Ethereum (ETH) network recorded a sharp uptick in new users during the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, reaching a new all-time high ($ATH). The Ethereum chain gained approximately 284,100 new users over the first three months of 2026, according to data from Artemis analyzed by Finbold on April 15. As such, the blockchain registered an 81.5% upswing in news users from the fourth quarter of 2025. Ethereum quarterly new users. Source: Artemis New uses on the Ethereum network have been gradually gaining quarter over quarter (QoQ) since the fourth quarter of 2024. As a result, its total daily active…

Crypto wallet firm Exodus sues W3C and its CEO Garth Howat, seeking to compel $175M acquisition

Legal

Listed cryptocurrency firm Exodus Movement (EXOD) is suing W3C, the parent company of crypto card and payments specialists Baanx and Monovate, and its chief executive, Garth Howat, to complete its $175 million acquisition of W3C, agreed in November of last year. A lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeks to compel Howat to comply with obligations under the November 24, 2025 Stock Purchase Agreement. Howat and W3C accepted $80 million worth of loans from Exodus upon signing the deal, with $10 million given to Howat personally, who then declared that they did not need to repay these loans, according…

Atlas Goes Live on Rootstock With Support for BTC, ETH, USDC, and More

Blockchain

Rootstocklabs has launched Atlas, a single interface for moving bitcoin and other assets into Rootstock, the Bitcoin layer two ( L2) network that has operated since 2018. Key Takeaways: Rootstocklabs launched Atlas on April 15, 2026, consolidating $BTC bridging into one interface for all users. BTCFi is a $4.7 billion market as of Q1 2026, but most bridging infrastructure was built for developers, not end users. Atlas will expand to Arbitrum and Polygon soon, with custody integrations from Cobo and Fireblocks coming next. Rootstock Releases Atlas to Replace Multi-Step Bitcoin Bridging Workflow According to the announcement shared with Bitcoin.com News,…

Ethereum ETFs hit 4-day inflow streak, will ETH break above $2,400?

Ethereum

U.S. spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds recorded their fourth straight day of inflows on Tuesday as Ethereum touched $2,400 for the first time since February. According to data from SoSoValue, the ten spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $53.03 million in net inflows on April 14, with Fidelity’s FETH drawing in nearly $38 million. BlackRock’s ETHA followed with $10.49 million in inflows while Grayscale’s $ETH and BlackRock’s ETHB contributed more modest inflows of $3.2 million and $1.2 million, respectively. Notably, none of the remaining $ETH ETFs saw any outflows on the day. This marks the fourth consecutive day of inflows into the investment…

ECB backs tokenized EU capital markets with strict guardrails

Legal

The European Central Bank (ECB) set out a cautious path toward tokenizing Europe’s capital markets, saying the technology can deliver efficiency gains only if it remains anchored to central bank money, infrastructures remain interoperable, and regulation is “robust and supportive.” In its latest Macroprudential Bulletin published on Monday, the ECB said distributed ledger technology (DLT) could help deepen the European Union’s savings and investments union, but warned that benefits will depend on interoperable infrastructure and policymakers keeping pace with new risks. The central bank’s stance highlights a push to modernize market plumbing in the bloc without loosening control over settlement…

L&G brings £50B liquidity funds onchain via Calastone tokenized network

Blockchain

London-based Legal & General Asset Management has made its liquidity funds available in tokenized form through Calastone’s blockchain-based distribution network, enabling investors to access and transfer fund shares via digital infrastructure as an alternative to traditional settlement systems. According to Wednesday’s announcement, the tokenized share classes are issued with permissioned access, allowing authorized users to buy, hold and transfer them within a regulated environment, while traditional share classes remain available through existing distribution channels. The funds, denominated in US dollars, euros and British pound sterling, manage more than £50 billion in assets and are designed for capital preservation and same-day…

Tom Lee says ‘mini crypto winter’ is over, sees Ether above $60K

Ethereum

Bitmine Immersion Technologies chairman Tom Lee said Wednesday that the recent crypto slump was a “mini crypto winter” that may already be ending, in comments that came shortly after the company disclosed a multibillion-dollar quarterly loss tied largely to unrealized markdowns on the company’s Ether holdings. During a keynote speech at Paris Blockchain Week 2026, Lee said that equity markets have bottomed due to the US-Israel war with Iran, and that Ether ($ETH) will emerge from its “massive consolidation,” driven by tokenization and agentic artificial intelligence initiatives tied to the smart contract network. Lee argued that equities have reached their…