₿itcoin News and Finance: What You Need to Know

Italy’s outgoing football federation president, Gabriele Gravina, who resigned after the national team’s failure to qualify for the World Cup for the third time in a row, has called for repealing the country’s blanket ban on gambling advertising and redirecting betting revenue into youth development, arguing in an 11-page report that 2019 restriction has failed […]

Iran struck Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline after the U.S.-Pakistan-brokered ceasefire took effect, and Israel hit Lebanon with its largest airstrike wave in years, leaving a two-week truce looking fragile before the ink dried. Key Takeaways: Iran struck Saudi Aramco’s East-West Pipeline on April 8, cutting roughly hundreds of thousands of barrels per day of flow. […]

International law enforcement agencies led by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency froze more than $12 million in suspected criminal proceeds and identified more than 20,000 victims during a coordinated crackdown on cryptocurrency investment fraud. Key Takeaways: The NCA’s Operation Atlantic froze over $12 million in criminal crypto proceeds and identified 20,000 victims across 3 countries. […]

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT published an 11-part thread on April 8, 2026, exposing data exfiltrated from an internal North Korean payment server used by DPRK IT workers, revealing over $3.5 million in processed payments since late November 2025. Key Takeaways: ZachXBT’s April 8 investigation exposed a DPRK IT worker payment server that processed over $3.5 million […]

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their outflow streak despite a strong debut from Morgan Stanley’s new fund. Ether followed with losses, while solana declined, and XRP remained inactive. Key Takeaways Morgan Stanley’s MSBT drew $30.6 million, but bitcoin ETFs still lost $93.9 million amid uneven demand. Blackrock IBIT added $40.38 million, yet Fidelity FBTC saw […]

Bitcoin Depot revealed it lost just over 50 bitcoins in a cyberattack in which an unauthorized party gained access to its corporate systems and settlement account credentials. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin Depot lost 50.903 BTC, worth $3.665 million, after a March 23 cyberattack on corporate systems. Management deemed the event material on April 6 due to […]

A trader using four coordinated wallets built a 145.24 million FARTCOIN leveraged long position on Hyperliquid, triggering a forced liquidation that cost the attacker $3.02 million and pushed $1.5 million in losses onto the platform’s liquidity vault. Key Takeaways: A trader using 4 wallets built a 145.24M FARTCOIN long on Hyperliquid, losing $3.02M on April […]