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Nexchain Launches AI-Powered Smart Actions – The Future of Autonomous Blockchain Infrastructure

Nexchain has developed its new product named Smart Actions, a series of intelligent modules which will help blockchain networks transition from manual and reactive systems to autonomous and self-optimizing ecosystems. With this announcement, Nexchain demonstrates their commitment to transitioning towards an Intelligent Web3. In the future, ML-based models will take care of all the work required to manage and govern networks instead of a human-run committee or their rigid and inflexible smart contracts. Autonomic Governance and Resource Elasticity The introduction of AI governance forms a crucial pillar to the Smart Actions of Nexchain’s platform. Historically, DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) had…

BlockchainApr 20

Aave Drops 11% as Risk-off Mood and rsETH Hack Concerns Weigh

Aave had an especially steep drop in the past 24 hours, down 11% to trade at $90.25. That decline was more pronounced than the crypto market, which slipped by around 2.25% over the same time. The financial move shows a definitive change in investor trends, where capital retreats from higher-risk holdings. This loss has come at a time when overall market sentiment has been slightly off. Market pulse has turned cautious especially amid the growing geopolitical tensions. Disruptions to major global trade corridors have compounded the uncertainty. The consequence is that funds have increasingly begun flowing back into relatively safer…

DeFiApr 20

Patrick Witt Reveals White House Stepped In to Save Crypto Bill

Crypto Analyst Tony Edward spoke with Patrick Witt, Executive Director, President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets at the Solana Policy Institute summit, where Witt gave a grounded update on the Clarity Act and what’s actually coming next behind the scenes. Witt made it clear that the stablecoin issue almost blocked the bill completely. That’s when the White House stepped in to mediate between banks and crypto companies, trying to find language both sides could live with. “We had to step in there and serve as a mediator… bringing the banks and crypto companies together… and ultimately get it to…

LegalApr 20

You Can Now Buy XRP on WhatsApp

After $XRP went live on the Solana blockchain, users are already executing trades for the asset without even leaving the WhatsApp messaging app. X user @sol_nxxn posted a screenshot of a WhatsApp chat successfully swapping 0.1 $SOL for ~5.99 wXRP. "I just bought $XRP on Solana through WhatsApp. Solana is officially ready for boomers," the user quipped. How it actually works Trading cryptocurrency via a simple text message is the result of several cutting-edge technologies operating in tandem. First of all, this is possible due to the recent bridging of $XRP to Solana. The bridging is facilitated by omnichain interoperability…

ExchangesApr 20

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

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. The result? $USDT monthly supply growth on…

BlockchainApr 20

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

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…

DeFiApr 20

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…

LegalApr 20

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

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…

LegalApr 20

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

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…

LegalApr 20

Poland parliament fails again to override presidential veto on crypto bill

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…

LegalApr 20