Author: NBTC

The Senate passed a 10-day FISA extension 2026 by voice vote Friday, keeping the surveillance program alive until April 30 after a bloc of 20 House Republicans overnight derailed both a five-year and an 18-month renewal that Speaker Johnson and the White House had spent a week negotiating. The Senate cleared a FISA extension 2026 stopgap by voice vote Friday morning, buying Congress until April 30 after an all-night collapse on Capitol Hill left two separate long-term renewal attempts in ruins. The measure goes to President Trump for signature before the program’s Monday expiration. Section 702 allows US spy agencies…

KuCoin Institutional has added Asseto’s CASH+ to its institutional collateral framework, extending its real-world asset (RWA) capabilities across the Off-Exchange Settlement (OES) program and the RWA Collateral Mirroring Solution (RCMS). The integration broadens the pool of eligible collateral, enabling institutional clients to access stablecoin-equivalent trading credit while retaining exposure to yield-generating assets. CASH+ is Asseto’s flagship RWA product, offering tokenized exposure to the CMS USD Money Market Fund, I Class, managed by CMS Asset Management (HK) Co., Limited. Each token tracks the net asset value of the underlying fund on a 1:1 basis, providing a fully backed structure with transparent…

TokenAI, an AI-powered Web3 project, has partnered with DeBox, a renowned Web3 social platform. The partnership attempts to integrate AI into Web3 social networks. As per TokenAI’s official X announcement, the development unlocks exclusive opportunities for communities, innovators, and developers. Hence, the move will utilize decentralized identifiers (DIDs) to derive tangible value from social connections. 🤝 TokenAI ✖️ DeBox Official Partnership!@TokenAI_Global @DeBox_Social🚀 AI × Web3 Social, All-New SynergyUnlocking a new era of decentralized social experience 💡✨ Powered by AI, connected by DIDTurning social connections into real value 🔗🌐 Strong alliance to build… pic.twitter.com/Uja5ExO3bO — TokenAI (@TokenAI_Global) April 18, 2026 TokenAI…

The DeFi community is divided in how they perceived Marc Zeller’s message when eh wrote, “If you have WETH on Aave V3 Core, withdraw now, ask questions later” on X on Saturday, April 18. The two options: a genuine alarm or an act of sabotage. However, a few hours later, more than $6.6 billion had left Aave, with stablecoin borrowing rising to 15%, causing a major liquidity crisis. That the warning came from Zeller, the founder of the Aave-Chan Initiative (ACI), who had spent months publicly battling Aave Labs before announcing his departure in March, added an unmistakable edge to…

Russia’s government submitted a bill to its parliament’s lower house in an effort to amend the country’s legal code to attach criminal liability for crypto services offered without regulatory approval or licensing. In a draft law sent to the State Duma on Friday, Russian lawmakers proposed that entities “carrying out activities related to the organization of digital currency circulation,” that operate without a license from Russia’s central bank, could be subject to criminal liability. Without registration with the Bank of Russia, individuals could face up to $4,000 in fines and up to four years in prison, or more severe penalties…

Three wallets, one denial, and $5.7 billion in market cap gone in 48 hours. RaveDAO’s $RAVE crashed 90% over 24 hours as crypto exchanges Binance and Bitget opened investigations into the trading activity that catapulted the token to a $6 billion market cap last week. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen confirmed the probe on X, and Binance co-CEO Richard Teng subsequently said the exchange was reviewing the matter and would “always” do its part to examine signs of market misconduct. Gate.io was also named in the original allegations from onchain investigator ZachXBT, who has offered a $25,000 bounty for whistleblowers with…

As part of efforts to advance its decentralized network’s efficiency and attract more users to its upcoming token launch, Ozak AI, an agentic AI platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Nosana, a decentralized GPU marketplace. The collaboration announced today via the X platform disclosed that Ozak teamed up with Nosana to scale its AI models and its intelligence platform using Nosana’s decentralized GPU network. Ozak AI is an agentic AI platform that leverages predictive AI capabilities to offer financial intelligence and advanced data analytics solutions to users participating in the DeFi landscape. Its decentralized AI platform prepares to launch…

A roughly $292 million exploit over the weekend has rattled the crypto industry, exposing vulnerabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure and raising concerns about knock-on effects across lending protocols. While investigations are still ongoing, early analysis suggests the attack centered on Kelp’s rsETH token — a yield-bearing version of ether ($ETH) — and the mechanism used to move assets between blockchains. The attacker appears to have manipulated that system to create large amounts of tokens without proper backing, then quickly used them as collateral to borrow and drain real assets from lending markets, mostly from Aave , the largest decentralized…

TL:DR: Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. determined that the token does not meet the criteria of an investment contract, invalidating claims of unregistered securities. The lead plaintiff, Lee Greenfield, reported losses exceeding $40,000 after investing in the Solana and Ethereum versions of the asset. The ruling concludes that there was no “common enterprise” according to the Howey Test, exempting Jenner from federal securities fraud allegations. On Friday, a district judge in California issued a landmark ruling by decreeing that Caitlyn Jenner’s JENNER cryptocurrency does not constitute a financial security. The decision follows a class-action lawsuit accusing the celebrity of promoting unregulated…

Binance CEO Richard Teng announced a remarkable increase in weekend trading volumes in traditional asset-based futures. According to data shared by Teng via X, weekend trading volume in the exchange’s perpetual contracts tied to traditional financial assets rose by approximately 300 percent between January and March. According to the statement, one of the most notable increases occurred during the weekend of February 28 – March 1. During this period, the total trading volume for these products reached $8.1 billion. Teng stated that this growth indicates increased investor demand for access to traditional markets even on weekends. Binance’s products allow users…