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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — What will it take to build a financial system that billions of people can trust — and barely notice? That question set the tone for a fireside chat titled “Trust, Technology, and Transformation: Building the New Financial Platform for a Tokenized Economy”, where Bybit Co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou took the stage at Paris Blockchain Week 2026 to outline a future where finance becomes more intelligent, more accessible, and ultimately, invisible. Rather than focusing on price cycles or short-term trends, Zhou framed the industry’s next chapter as a fundamental redesign of…

Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, April 15th, 2026, Chainwire Bitunix, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, announced that it has obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, a widely recognized international standard for information security management given by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The certification confirms that Bitunix exchange has established formal systems to manage and protect sensitive data, including user information and their assets. It follows an external audit process that evaluates how organizations identify risks, control access, and respond to potential security incidents. With ISO 27001:2022 now achieved, for Bitunix users, the impact is practical. It means stronger protection of personal…

Georgetown, Cayman Islands, April 15th, 2026, Chainwire The three-year deal commits $3Bn in ETH to ETHGas’ High Performance Staking Service and marks a major step toward forward pricing infrastructure for Ethereum’s growing institutional settlement layer. ETHGas, a performance infrastructure bringing forward markets and execution guarantees to Ethereum, and ether.fi, the leading onchain banking alternative and non-custodial staking protocol, today announced a $3Bn commercial deal to advance the development of institutional-grade blockspace markets on Ethereum.  The Gap in Ethereum’s Market Infrastructure Ethereum currently allocates blockspace through a real-time spot auction with no mechanism for forward pricing, pre-purchase, or execution guarantees. Every…

Singapore, Singapore, April 14th, 2026, Chainwire Printr V2 introduces five creator-selectable fee distribution models, configurable liquidity, anti-vamp protection, and a new on-chain mechanism called Proof of Belief (POB) staking. Live on 8 chains from day one. Printr, the omnichain token launchpad backed by Bybit Venture Studio, has launched Printr V2, a full infrastructure upgrade introducing five fee distribution models, configurable launch profiles, anti-vamp protection, and a new staking mechanism called Proof of Belief (POB). The update arrives as the memecoin launchpad market faces structural challenges. The memecoin market lost 61% of its total value in 2025, with fewer than 1%…

CryptoDirectories Press, Choosing the right Layer-1 blockchain is essential for investors, developers, and DeFi enthusiasts. With so many options available, understanding the key differences in consensus mechanisms, tokenomics, and liquidity incentives is critical. In this article, we compare Berachain with other major Layer-1 blockchains to highlight its unique features and growth potential. For a detailed overview of Berachain, see our pillar article. Overview of Layer-1 Blockchains What is a Layer-1 Blockchain? A Layer-1 blockchain is the foundational network that processes transactions, secures the network, and hosts smart contracts. These blockchains serve as the base layer for DeFi, NFTs, and other…

PHILADELPHIA, April 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The following statement is being issued by Kroll Settlement Administration on behalf of the United States Department of Justice regarding the OneCoin Cryptocurrency Remission Program (“Remission Program”). What is this about? The Department of Justice has commenced a petition for remission process to compensate fraud victims who invested in the fraudulent cryptocurrency platform, OneCoin, between 2014 and 2019. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York filed a number of OneCoin-related prosecutions in the Southern District of New York. Between 2014 and 2019, Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood, co-founders…

Crypto markets shrugged off collapsing peace talks and surging oil prices, with BTC, ETH, and major altcoins posting gains.Bitcoin climbed above $73,000 on Monday even as U.S.-Iran peace talks collapsed in Islamabad over the weekend and President Trump ordered a blockade of ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz en route to Iranian ports.The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is trading at roughly $73,113, per CoinGecko, up about 2.8% over the past 24 hours. Ether gained approximately 2.5% to $2,254. The total crypto market capitalization increased 2% to $2.55 trillion, per CoinMarketCap, while Bitcoin dominance approached 60% for the first time…

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified closed-door 2019 transcripts tied to President Donald Trump’s first impeachment. The documents had been withheld for more than seven years. They detail briefings with then-Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson about the whistleblower complaint that triggered impeachment proceedings. Transcripts Allege Undisclosed Partisan Ties The newly released records show the whistleblower was a registered Democrat. The individual had a prior professional relationship with then-Vice President Joe Biden on Ukraine policy. He also worked as a CIA detailee at the White House. The transcripts also indicate the whistleblower met with Schiff’s committee staff before filing…

In brief The new MiniMax M2.7 matches top closed models in benchmarks. The model underwent a quite license shift to restrict commercial use post-release. The move was justified as a way to prevent service providers from “nerfing” the model when offering it to developers. MiniMax M2.7 is here, the weights are on Hugging Face, and it’s legitimately competing with the best closed models out right now.The numbers: 56.22% on SWE-Pro (a benchmark for software engineering tasks), nearly matching Claude Opus 4.6; 57.0% on Terminal Bench 2. An ELO of 1495 on GDPval-AA (a benchmark for real-world knowledge work tasks across…

April 13, 2026 marked a milestone that even the most aggressive STRC bulls didn’t see coming this fast. Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock — ticker STRC — just printed over $1 billion in single-day trading volume. Not over a week. Not a rolling average. One session. And the kicker? 100% of that volume cleared above the $100 par threshold, meaning every single share that traded was eligible to trigger Strategy’s at-the-market offering. The ATM didn’t just run on Monday. It ran at full capacity. We track this in real time with our STRC ATM Tracker, and…