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Ethereum rallied to levels seen in late January, touching a three-month high of $2466 before retracing. At press time, Ethereum [$ETH] traded at $2404, up 2.96%, adding to its 7% weekly gains. With the sustained price uptick, Ethereum whales and institutions have turned to profit realization. Aztec Network dumps entire $ETH stack Aztec Network has been aggressively selling its Ethereum holdings over the past three months. In December 2025, the Aztec team sold 1.5 billion AZTEC tokens for 19,388.4 $ETH, worth approximately $59.13 million. Out of these tokens, 4,235 $ETH, worth $12.93 million, was added to the liquidity pool. The…

Introduction In an exclusive interview with BlockchainReporter, we sat down with Gracie Lin, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of OKX SG. In an interview we discussed the much-anticipated launch of the OKX Card in Singapore – a first-of-its-kind stablecoin-powered debit card, which is designed in such a way that makes everyday crypto spending as seamless as using our traditional money. We also unfold the vision behind the OKX Card and its deep integration with OKX Pay as well as how partnerships with Visa and StraitsX are setting new benchmarks in Singapore’s rapidly evolving Web3 payments landscape. From self-custody to zero…

DGrid AI, an AI infrastructure entity for large language models (LLMs), has partnered with Stable, a blockchain-led payment infrastructure entity. The collaboration endeavors to provide resilient AI infrastructure to back the wide-scale deployment of large language models (LLMs) and their invocation. As DGrid AI revealed in its official press release, it will play the role of a core infrastructure entity for streamlined AI operability across diverse ecosystem applications. Hence, the development underscores a wider shift towards the integration of AI capabilities into the blockchain-led payment and financial systems. 🥳Thrilled to announce our partnership with @Stable.Through this collaboration, DGrid will provide…

Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, might be on the verge of a structural shift that might eye $2,900 if validated. According to Ali, Ethereum has officially cleared the X-axis of its ascending triangle, breaking through the critical $2,385 resistance level. This opens the path to $2,900, the analyst added. Ethereum $ETH opens the path to $2,900!Ethereum has officially cleared the X-axis of its ascending triangle, breaking through the critical $2,385 resistance level.This breakout is a significant structural shift. By flipping $2,385 into a support floor, $ETH has neutralized the… https://t.co/NLesHeyzQH pic.twitter.com/Pi0H5ypcts — Ali Charts (@alicharts) April 17,…

Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour reportedly announced a new strategy for the prediction markets platform to crack down on minors illegally using its services. According to a Wednesday Semafor report, Mansour said that Kalshi was launching a “portal for parents” to submit their identification to check whether their children were using the platforms under their names. There have been incidents in which minors have been able to bypass Kalshi’s age requirements — a US-based user must be 18 years old — by using one of their parent’s IDs for verification. “We are also adding selfies to accounts, where you…

$BNB Chain is heading into another major upgrade, and this time the focus is not on how much faster the network can go, but on how well it can hold up when real users start pushing it hard. The Osaka/Mendel hard fork is scheduled for April 28, 2026, at 02:30 UTC, and $BNB Chain’s own release notes say the mainnet upgrade is mandatory for BSC users, with v1.7.2 listed as the required release ahead of the fork. The upgrade bundles nine BEPs and includes changes such as a protocol-level transaction gas cap under BEP-652, along with blob-related and execution-level fixes…

Upbit, one of South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, announced that it has added the SPURS token to its “trading alert” list as part of its investor protection policies. The exchange stated in its announcement that the decision was made in accordance with the audit processes implemented within the framework of the Digital Asset Exchanges Joint Advisory Board (DAXA). According to the statement, reviews of the SPURS/BTC trading pair revealed that the token’s market capitalization and overall performance fell short of expectations, potentially posing risks to investors. Therefore, Upbit has temporarily placed the asset under monitoring to ensure user security. The…

PARIS, France — During a pivotal session at Paris Blockchain Week, Ondo executive Oya Celiktemur delivered a crucial reality check about tokenization liquidity that challenged widespread industry assumptions. According to her detailed analysis, the belief that blockchain technology automatically transforms illiquid assets into liquid ones represents a fundamental misunderstanding of financial markets. This perspective carries significant implications for investors, regulators, and developers working in the rapidly expanding tokenization sector. Tokenization Liquidity: Separating Myth from Reality Tokenization involves converting rights to an asset into a digital token on a blockchain. Many proponents have promoted this process as a solution for unlocking…

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced that its Bybit Card has reached 3 million users globally, according to information shared with Finbold on Thursday, April 16. Bybit said the card expanded from zero to 1 million users in under two years, reached 2 million within the following six months, and surpassed 3 million approximately nine months later. Usage spans categories such as travel, groceries, dining, and retail. At launch, the Bybit Card enabled global crypto and fiat payments at online and offline merchants. It is available as both a virtual and physical card, supports mobile…

Bank of AI and PKUBlockchain map Web4.0’s “agent economy,” pitching x402, ERC‑8004 and MCP while casting Tron and $USDT as the default settlement rail for AI agents. Bank of AI and Peking University’s PKUBlockchain association have released what they call the first comprehensive research report on Web4.0’s “agent economy,” titled “Web4.0: When AI Agents Become Economic Entities — Infrastructure, Market Landscape, and Investment Outlook.” The report argues that as AI systems evolve from “assistive tools” into autonomous entities that can hold assets, generate income and transact, crypto rails need to adapt around them. Web4.0 report puts AI agents on-chain In…