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Senate Democrats Are Now Investigating Trump’s Memecoin Dinner and Why It Could Shake Up Crypto Regulation

LegalApr 17

The memecoin news shaking Washington this week is a formal Senate investigation into an April 25 conference at Mar-a-Lago where attendance is restricted to the top 297 $TRUMP token holders and the top 29 receive VIP access to the president, with Senators Warren, Schiff, and Blumenthal sending a letter to Fight LLC demanding documents and answers by April 21. The senators wrote directly that “Congress must also take steps to prohibit and prevent these egregious conflicts of interest,” framing the investigation as part of a broader inquiry into whether Trump is using the presidency for personal crypto profit. The $TRUMP…

Bitcoin Layer 2 Citrea’s Tech is Proven; The Daunting Next Challenge is User Acquisition

BlockchainApr 17

Singapore, April 2025 – A definitive new analysis from Tiger Research asserts that the Bitcoin Layer 2 scaling project Citrea has conclusively validated its core technological framework, shifting the industry’s focus squarely onto the formidable task of ecosystem growth and user acquisition. Citrea’s Technical Validation and Bitcoin Layer 2 Milestone Tiger Research, a prominent Asian Web3 consultancy, recently published a comprehensive report detailing Citrea’s progress. The firm highlights that the project has successfully transitioned from theoretical design to a functional, live mainnet. This critical step demonstrates the practical viability of its Zero-Knowledge (ZK) rollup technology. Consequently, the network now processes…

What’s Next for ETH After the Most Constructive Gains in Months?

EthereumApr 17

Ethereum is trading around $2.3k, posting its most constructive price action in months. For the first time since the correction began, $ETH is showing genuine signs of a structural shift. Though the history of failed breakout attempts throughout this cycle demands that the current move be treated with measured optimism rather than outright conviction. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart In a notable development on the daily chart, $ETH is breaking above both the long-term descending channel’s upper boundary and the 100-day MA. These two levels have capped the price action for the past six months. Therefore, the breakout, if…

USDC Criticism Mounts Over Legal Delays and User Losses

LegalApr 17

Stablecoin issuer $USDC faces renewed scrutiny as critics question its response speed during major crypto exploits. The debate centers on whether Circle should act faster to freeze stolen funds. While the company promotes compliance with legal processes, investigators argue that delays can lead to irreversible losses. Consequently, this tension exposes a deeper issue within regulated stablecoins, where speed and accountability often clash with legal caution. Delays Raise Questions About Response Standards Investigators point to several cases where funds remained movable despite clear exploit traces. Notably, blockchain analyst ZachXBT highlighted a $16 million exploit involving SwapNet. Around $3 million in $USDC…

Major Bitcoin Miners Flood Market With BTC to Stay Solvent Amid Rising Costs

MiningApr 17

Public Bitcoin Bitcoin While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work, one thing is certain: Bitcoin has changed the world.No one can remain indifferent to this revolutionary, decentralized, digital asset nor to its blockchain technology.In fact, we’ve gone a long way ever since a Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz made $BTC’s first official commercial transaction with a real company by trading 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas at his local Papa John’s.One could now argue that While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work,…

SwarmBase Partners With ROAM To Make AI Agent Executions Scalable Through Decentralized Compute And DEPIN

BlockchainApr 17

In a groundbreaking move to advance the effectiveness of decentralized AI to provide Web3 users with reliable decentralized applications, SwarmBase, a decentralized intelligent infrastructure platform, today announced a strategic partnership with ROAM, a Web3 telecom network. This alliance enabled SwarmBase to combine its decentralized intelligent infrastructure platform with ROAM’s DEPIN telecom infrastructure to enhance the capability of AI models’ training, inference, and execution on its platform. SwarmBase is a Web3 intelligence platform with expertise in enabling various AI agents to operate in a coordinated, decentralized, and verified manner. Its decentralized, multi-agent systems address the challenge of making multiple agents work…

Ethereum absorbs $8.4B – But stablecoin activity is moving elsewhere

EthereumApr 17

A divergence emerges in stablecoin flows, as Ethereum strengthens its role as the primary liquidity base while activity expands across other chains. Ethereum absorbs $8.4 billion in net supply, pushing total holdings toward $180 billion, which implies capital prefers depth and security for storage. Meanwhile, $BNB Chain [$BNB] climbs to $16.3 billion, marking a new all-time high, which signals parallel growth rather than capital rotation. This matters because both chains expand simultaneously, reflecting fresh liquidity entering the market. Supply tables reinforce this, showing Ethereum [$ETH] leading by a wide margin, while smaller chains post incremental gains. This distribution suggests capital…

U.S. lawmakers take another swing at crypto tax policy with revised bill

LegalApr 17

Congressmen Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and Max Miller (R-Ohio) re-introduced their Digital Asset Protection, Accountability, Regulation, Innovation, Taxation and Yields (PARITY) Act late last month, seeking to update how the U.S. addresses crypto and taxes. Congress is going to address taxes (in general) in the coming months, and crypto may end up part of this. It's pretty important for anyone in the U.S. who owns any crypto at all, given they will have to report on their digital asset holdings and transactions. The PARITY Act was first released in discussion draft form last December and re-released on March 26 for further…

Conflux Network Taps Zypher Network to Accelerate AI and ZK Adoption

BlockchainApr 17

Conflux Network, an L1 blockchain for scalable and rapid dApp infrastructure, has partnered with Zypher Network, a Web3 network that merges ZK and AI. The partnership attempts to combine AI with zero-knowledge (ZK) capabilities for wider scalability and privacy. As Conflux’s official social media announcement reveals, the move highlights the shared vision of both entities for a seamless blockchain experience and innovation. Thus, the development indicates the wider network alignment within the broader decentralized technology sector. We’re excited to collaborate with Zypher Network. As a pioneering Web3 ecosystem integrating ZK and AI, Zypher is shaping a seamless, privacy-first user experience.…

Ethereum MACD Flashes Golden Cross—Price Surged 74%+ Last 3 Times

EthereumApr 17

A crypto analyst has highlighted how the last three golden crosses in the Ethereum MACD led into significant price rallies. This signal has now appeared again. Ethereum MACD Has Just Seen A Potential Golden Cross In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has shared a technical analysis (TA) signal forming in the 1-week price of Ethereum. The signal in question is related to the Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD), a technical indicator that’s generally used for identifying buying and selling points for an asset. It involves two trendlines. The first, called the MACD line, tracks the difference between the…