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Rwanda Warns Against Bybit FRW to Crypto Offering

The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has warned the public that crypto payments and trades using the local currency remain illegal in the country after Bybit added support for the Rwandan franc for its peer-to-peer platform on Friday. …
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Crypto Hackers Steal $168 Million from DeFi Protocols in Q1 2026

Crypto hackers stole over $168.6 million in cryptocurrency from 34 decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols in the first quarter of 2026, falling significantly from the same period last year, according to data from DefiLlama. The $40 million…
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Drift Seeks Contact With The Hacker After $280M Exploit

Drift Protocol, a Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX), said Friday it had opened onchain contact with wallets tied to funds stolen in the exploit that outside firms have estimated at roughly $280 million to $286 million.Drift said on…
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Cambodian Lawmakers Propose Severe Prison Time for Crypto Scammers

Cambodia's parliament passed legislation targeting compounds used to defraud victims through scams, including those involving cryptocurrency.In a Friday notice, the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia announced that the chamber had…
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Aave V3 Avoided Unrecovered Bad Debt From 2023 to 2025: Study

A Bank of Canada staff paper found that Aave V3 reported zero non-performing loans in 2024, with overcollateralization and automated liquidations helping prevent lender losses in its Ethereum lending market.Using transaction-level data from…
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Here’s What Researchers Are Doing to Protect Bitcoin From Quantum Threats

Rather than requiring changes to Bitcoin's core rules, the approach lets users opt into quantum-resistant protection at the contract level. Blockstream Research has…
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Altura Launches Onchain Gold Arbitrage Vault for Retail Users

Altura, a decentralized finance protocol founded by former Fidelity and PwC staff is launching an onchain gold arbitrage strategy aimed at retail investors, targeting 20% annualized returns, according to a Thursday release shared with…
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DeFi Is Optimizing For gas, Not For Markets

Opinion by: João Garcia, DevReal lead at Cartesi.Decentralized finance presents itself as a transparent alternative to Wall Street. Yet, what it has largely reconstructed is a simplified version of finance, engineered less around market…
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Riot Platforms Sells 3,778 Bitcoin as Miners Eye Profitability Pressures

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms sold 3,778 Bitcoin in the first quarter, adding to a recent wave of sales by crypto firms amid tough market conditions.The Bitcoin (BTC) was sold at an average price of $76,626, netting Riot $289.5 million,…
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Oil, Crypto Moves as Trump Addresses Nation on Iran War

Crude oil rose to over $100 a barrel while Bitcoin fell 2% after a national address by US President Donald Trump on the conflict in Iran, where he vowed to hit Iran "extremely hard" over the next few weeks. Speaking at the White House on…
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