North Korean Operatives Crept Into Crypto Firms Without A Sound, Here Is What It Means For The Industry

Running as a part of ETH Rangers security initiative for the Ethereum Foundation, The Ketman Project has discovered around 100 North Korean IT operatives working inside Web3 firm. They’re not outside hackers breaking in, they’re insiders, employees working from inside the organizations’ infrastructures. These findings, which emerge from an inquiry which lasted six months, change … Read more

Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz Hours After Trump Said It Would ‘Never’ Close Again

Iran’s military reasserted control over the Strait of Hormuz on April 18, 2026, directly contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims that the critical waterway was fully open and would “never” close again. Key Takeaways: Iran re-imposed Strait of Hormuz controls on April 18, 2026, blaming the U.S. blockade and accusing Trump of making 7 false claims. … Read more

Digital Art NFT Marketplace Foundation Closes After Failed Acquisition in Early 2026

Foundation, the Ethereum-based non-fungible token ( NFT) marketplace that processed roughly $230 million in primary digital art sales since its 2020 launch, has shut down for good after a planned acquisition by display technology company Blackdove fell apart less than three months after closing. Key Takeaways: Kayvon Tehranian confirmed Foundation’s permanent shutdown on April 15, … Read more

Anthropic Debuts Claude Opus 4.7 as Agentic Workflows Take Center Stage

Anthropic officially launched its newest artificial intelligence model, Claude Opus 4.7, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Key Takeaways: Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.7 on April 16, 2026, featuring an 87.6% score on the SWE-bench Verified test. The AI industry shift toward agentic autonomy sees Opus 4.7 outperform GPT-5.4 in complex coding and finance. Developers must … Read more

Rhea Finance, Exploit Prompts Immediate Response, Team Moves to Secure Funds & Limiting Damage

The team behind Rhea Finance has delivered an initial update after a part of its ecosystem was exploited. This statement’s wording suggests that the story is still developing.  As stated in the following announcement, the team discovered this vulnerability around ten hours prior to the update release and urgently shifted their scopes towards securing user … Read more

Anthropic Adds ID Verification to Claude for Select AI Users

Anthropic has begun selectively requiring government ID verification for certain users of its Claude artificial intelligence (AI) platform, tying access to some features and subscriptions to identity checks. Key Takeaways: Anthropic added ID checks for Claude users in April 2026, gating some features. Persona handles verification; Anthropic says no ID images are stored on its … Read more

Crossmint’s Lobster.cash Integrates Mastercard Agent Pay for Agentic Commerce

Lobster.cash, the artificial intelligence (AI) agent payment platform built by Crossmint, announced this week that it will integrate Mastercard Agent Pay and Verifiable Intent, allowing AI agents to process purchases against cardholders’ existing Mastercard accounts. Key Takeaways: Lobster.cash and Mastercard will let Openclaw’s 1 million-plus AI agents charge purchases to existing Mastercard cards. The Verifiable … Read more

Native USDS Goes Live On Avalanche As The Sky Team Continues To Expand The Reach Of Their Stablecoin

Things are getting interesting in the stablecoin race, and this update is one of those that may initially appear simple, yet effectively changes a lot behind the scenes. Native Stablecoins USDS and sUSDS launched on Avalanche Sky Ecosystem has officially launched its native stablecoin, USDS and sUSDS, which will introduce in the decentralized finance sector … Read more

BNB Chain Oversees Osaka/Mendel Hard Fork to Enhance Resilience and Enterprise-Grade Performance

As the Osaka/Mendel hard fork approaches, scheduled for implementation on 28 April, a major milestone in one of BNB Chain’s latest network evolution initiatives. Now, users will find themselves encouraged to stake their investments and gear up for transitions initiated towards reaching sub-second block times. The network has aggressively pushed performance limits over the course … Read more

Nasdaq Logs 11th Straight Gain, S&P 500 Hits Record Close Amid Iran Peace Talks

U.S.-Iran diplomacy hopes triggered a broad risk-on shift across global markets April 15, 2026, lifting equities, pressuring gold, and allowing bitcoin to hold near multi-week highs on institutional demand. Key Takeaways: Gold fell 1.05% to $4,791 on April 15, 2026, as U.S.-Iran diplomacy reduced safe-haven demand on COMEX. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.59% to 24,016.02, … Read more

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