Tether Gold market cap tops $3.3B as reserves jump 36% in Q1 2026
Tether’s latest attestation shows its Tether Gold token, XAU₮, swelling to more than $3.3 billion in value on the back
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DeFi
Rain adds Mastercard support as $1.95B stablecoin startup targets on-chain settlement
Rain, a $1.95B-valued stablecoin infrastructure firm, is adding Mastercard support to extend its Visa-based model and plug on-chain settlement into
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WLFI sues Justin Sun over alleged smear campaign to crash token price
WLFI alleges paid smear effort after token freeze. Summary Trump-linked World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has filed a defamation lawsuit accusing
Read MoreBitget and WIW3CH expand Blockchain4Her for women in Web3
Bitget has entered a strategic partnership with women-focused Web3 collective WIW3CH to deliver more structured education, networking, and career support
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137 Ventures reloads with $700m to chase AI agents and space
137 Ventures has raised over $700m across two new funds, lifting AUM above $15b as it doubles down on AI
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Crypto VC shrinks to $659m in April, lowest since 2024
Crypto VC funding slid to $659m across 63 April deals, a 74% drop from March that drags monthly flows back
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Brazil shuts crypto out of its official cross‑border payment pipes
Brazil’s central bank has barred crypto from settlement inside regulated eFX payment rails, forcing banks and fintechs back to fiat-only
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Curve’s new bad‑debt pools turn losses into tradable claims
Curve Finance is turning CRV‑linked bad debt into tradable onchain claims via crvUSD–debt pools, shifting bailouts from socialized rescues to
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Ethereum liquidation map pins $874m long “trapdoor” and $403m short cliff
Coinglass data show Ethereum longs face about $874m in liquidations below $2,206, while shorts risk roughly $403m above $2,412, creating
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$14.5m BTC long and $23.3m ETH long on the line
Summary HyperInsight data show Huang Licheng has boosted his Bitcoin long to about $14.5 million with more than 40x leverage,
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