Aave Labs earns SOC 2 Type II attestation while AAVE price slides back to 2022 lows. Here’s what analysts and the market are saying. Aave Labs has earned SOC 2 Type II attestation, covering Security, Availability, and Confidentiality. The certification confirms that the company’s internal controls met consistent operational standards...
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Coinbase Executive Warns: Bitcoin Rally Still Hinges on Fed and Oil
Coinbase’s David Duong warns Bitcoin’s recovery faces hurdles as Fed policy and oil prices remain key risks despite the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. The U.S.-Iran ceasefire gave markets a brief moment to breathe. Oil prices tumbled from near $117 into the low $90s. Bitcoin crossed $72,000. Stocks and risk assets rallied broadly. ...
Stablecoin Flows Signal L1 Winners, Artemis Finds
Artemis research shows stablecoin capital flows predict L1 crypto returns, delivering a 1.67 Sharpe and profits even in bear markets. Crypto analytics firm Artemis has published new research linking stablecoin capital flows to layer-one blockchain returns. The findings reveal a weekly-rebalanced long-short factor with a 1.67 Sharpe ratio over five...
Binance Moves Key Staff to Hong Kong and Tokyo as War Risks Rise
Binance relocates staff from UAE to Asia due to war risks, aiming to protect operations, reduce uncertainty, and ensure business continuity. Binance has started moving key staff from the UAE due to rising war risks. The company is transferring workers to safer Asian cities. These are Hong Kong, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur,...
Hyperliquid Drives Net Deflation As Daily Buybacks Outpace Rewards Flow
Hyperliquid repurchased 42,446.07 HYPE at $39.38 while distributing 26,783 HYPE to validators. Net supply fell by 15,663 HYPE as buybacks exceeded rewards on April 9, 2026. Market share rose from 3.5% to ~7%, with a new wallet buying $2.39M worth of HYPE. Hyperliquid recorded net deflation as daily buybacks exceeded...
Standard Chartered Sees Solana Shifting Beyond Memecoins Toward Payments
Standard Chartered set SOL $250 target for 2026 and $2,000 forecast for 2030. Solana stablecoin turnover is 2–3x higher than Ethereum, per report data. Bank links Solana growth to low fees and shifts toward payment use cases. Standard Chartered has revised its Solana outlook as blockchain usage shifts across different...
Why Your Altcoins Are Losing Even When Bitcoin Wins
BTC dominance keeps climbing as ETHBTC confirms bearish divergence. Analyst MooninPapa warns alts could underperform hard even if Bitcoin holds strong. Bitcoin printed a slightly higher high on Thursday. On the surface, that sounds like good news. It is not the whole story. According to analyst MooninPapa on X, the...
“Excellent” Tech, D-Grade Market: What Weiss Ratings Found Inside Cardano
Weiss Ratings assigns Cardano an “Excellent” technology grade and B+ overall, yet ADA’s market performance grade sits at D with price down 36% in 90 days. Weiss Ratings just gave Cardano’s technology its highest possible grade. The independent financial rating agency, known for conflict-free analysis across markets, assigned ADA an...
TON Blockchain Just Got 6x Faster. What Catchain 2.0 Changes Now
TON’s Catchain 2.0 upgrade goes live April 10, cutting confirmation times from 10 seconds to under one second. Here is what changed and what it means. The TON blockchain confirmed transactions in around ten seconds. That ended April 10, 2026. Sub-second finality is now live on mainnet, and the gap...
WLFI Defends Lending Position, Reveals $65M Token Buyback
WLFI pushes back on liquidation fears, reveals $65M in WLFI buybacks and major USD1 stablecoin upgrades for AI-native payments. World Liberty Fi is hitting back at what it calls misinformation about its lending activity on WLFI Markets. The project addressed the claims directly on X. According to the team, the...