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Polymarket will deploy its V2 upgrade on April 22, requiring a full migration as V1 shuts down permanently after a brief downtime of about one hour. The overhaul introduces a new collateral token, pUSD, backed 1:1 by $USDC, alongside redesigned smart contracts and trading infrastructure. A $5 million bug bounty and multiple audits support the rollout, reinforcing confidence as the platform scales amid rising prediction market activity. Polymarket’s V2 overhaul goes live next week, marking a structural shift in how the decentralized prediction market operates. The update affects its trading engine, collateral system, and developer integrations, reflecting the platform’s push…

When most people hear crypto white paper, they think of Satoshi Nakamoto’s nine-page document, or an ICO-era pitch deck dressed up in technical language. MiCA has a different definition, and the gap between the popular understanding and the legal reality is where many compliance failures begin. MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored by LegalBison’s Co-Founding and Managing Directors: Aaron Glauberman, Viktor Juskin and Sabir Alijev. LegalBison advises crypto and FinTech companies on MiCA licensing, CASP and VASP applications, and regulatory structuring across Europe and beyond. Under MiCA, a white paper is a mandatory legal disclosure…

The new joint partnership between WalletConnect and Polygon Labs indicates stablecoin payments have gone beyond experiments and into full-scale infrastructure. The report describes the use of blockchain-based payments that have reached global scale due to improvements in connectivity, settlement, and user experience. Stablecoin payments just crossed the infrastructure threshold.We partnered with @0xPolygon to break down what’s actually happening in 2026, where the volume is, who’s driving it, and what comes next.Here’s what the data shows 👇 pic.twitter.com/jyjgVxYBAX — WalletConnect (@WalletConnect) April 17, 2026 WalletConnect, already integrating over 500 million wallets with a network of over 700 providers, has emerged as…

The $292 million exploit of Kelp DAO has set off a wave of reactions across the crypto industry, with developers and traders warning that the incident exposed deeper flaws in how decentralized finance (DeFi) is built. Data shared by market participants shows the immediate fallout spread far beyond the hacked protocol. “The rsETH hack is leading to withdrawals across all lending protocols, even on solana and unaffected protocols,” 0xngmi said in one post on Sunday, pointing to steep outflows including “Aave: -6,200m (-23%) net inflows” and smaller but notable declines across Morpho, Sky and JupLend. rsETH is liquid restaking protocol…

South Korean lawmakers are urging the government to prioritize approval of a regulatory framework for stablecoins, as disputes between the Bank of Korea and the Financial Services Commission have delayed progress. The existence of a KRW stablecoin circulating overseas has renewed lawmakers’ urgency to get the Digital Asset Framework Act off the ground. Why is South Korea’s stablecoin law stuck? Rep. Kim Sang-hoon, a key lawmaker from the ruling People Power Party and chairman of the Special Committee on Digital Assets, is publicly demanding that the National Assembly prioritize stablecoin legislation and stop wasting time on controversial proposals. During a…

Traditional finance giants Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities are both considering entering prediction markets, with each separately weighing up how they wish to get involved in the fast-growing sector. “I think at some point we likely will have prediction markets,” Rick Wurster, the CEO of the banking and investing titan Schwab, told investors during a call on Thursday. He added that prediction markets weren’t “of tremendous interest” when he recently asked a group of Schwab clients about them, but it was an area the company would “take a hard look at, and it would be quite straightforward for us to…

As pressure on DeFi markets intensifies following the KelpDAO-related exploit crisis, leading industry commentator 0xQuit has issued a noteworthy warning. According to the analyst, the situation on Aave is “bad and getting worse.” 0xQuit stated in its assessment that multiple liquidity pools on Aave had reached 100% utilization. This situation, they explained, was causing lenders to become locked out of the system and exposing the protocol to an additional risk of “bad debt.” The analyst also argued that lending rates have risen to 10-15%, but this yield is insufficient compared to the risk of financing a potential deficit of approximately…

Sberbank is awaiting approval to offer cryptocurrency custody and trading services to its over 110 million customers. The Central Bank of Russia proposed a regulatory draft to regularize crypto investments last December. Key Takeaways: Sberbank readies crypto trading for its 110M clients, awaiting upcoming Bank of Russia regulations next. Following a December loan to Intelion, Sberbank plans to expand crypto-backed lending to more firms next. A December Bank of Russia draft caps retail buys at $4,000 yearly, paving the way for future market access. Sberbank Ready To Offer Crypto Services As Soon As Regulation Arises Cryptocurrencies are poised to make…

The exploit of the Kelp liquid restaking protocol shows how non-isolated lending and integrations in decentralized finance (DeFi) can cause broader ecosystem contagion, according to crypto industry executives and blockchain security firms. Non-isolated lending on DeFi platforms, including earlier versions of the Aave lending protocol, exposes users to risks from all the various tokens used as collateral on the platforms, according to Michael Egorov, founder of the Curve Finance DeFi protocol. Kelp was the target of a cyber attack on Saturday, causing the platform to pause smart contracts for its restaking token (rsETH) while it moved to investigate the attack…

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…