Hundreds of thousands of Americans are being warned after a Texas-based healthcare firm suffered a major cybersecurity incident. In a new filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital says 257,073 people are affected by a data breach that allowed an “unauthorized party” to access its computer network and information systems. …
Monthly archives: April 2026
Billionaire Dan Sundheim Dumps Nine Stocks, Pours $674,201,000 Into Amazon, Spotify and Autodesk
Billionaire investor Daniel Sundheim is snapping up hundreds of millions of dollars of shares of Amazon (AMZN), Spotify (SPOT) and Autodesk (ADSK). The latest 13F filing of Sundheim’s D1 Capital Partners shows the hedge fund opened a new position in the tech titan Amazon, buying 1,340,523 AMZN shares worth $309.419 million in Q4 of 2025. D1 …
Bitcoin miner Soluna acquires $53M wind farm to power AI facility
Soluna Holdings, a publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) mining and AI infrastructure company focused on renewable energy, announced on Thursday that it closed a $53 million deal to acquire a wind farm to power its upcoming Project Dorothy 3 AI data center campus. The Briscoe Wind Farm, located in Briscoe County, Texas, has a potential capacity …
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Coinbase receives conditional approval for US trust charter
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has approved cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase’s application for a national bank trust charter after six months of consideration. In a Thursday X post, Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal said the company received conditional approval for the OCC application, following December approvals for Ripple Labs, BitGo, …
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Bitcoin holders face $600B in unrealized losses as BTC price slips to $66K
Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $66,450 on Thursday, a 47% drawdown from its all-time high of $126,000 reached in October 2025. As a result, many BTC holders are sitting on significant unrealized losses, underscoring the risks still facing Bitcoin investors at current levels. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s 47% drawdown from its $126,000 all-time high has left holders …
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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 resilience than around the constraints of gas fees. That trade-off, once treated as a technical footnote, is increasingly shaping the limits …
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Coinbase Joins Ripple, Circle With Conditional OCC National Trust Charter Approval
Coinbase Moves Closer to Federal Crypto Custody With OCC Approval According to a Bloomberg report, the OCC granted the preliminary green light to Coinbase National Trust Company, which Coinbase filed to establish on Oct. 3, 2025. The application was listed as pending on the OCC’s Digital Assets Licensing Applications page until Thursday’s announcement. The charter …
XRP Slides Deeper Into Danger Zone as Market Weakness Accelerates Despite Ripple Strength
XRP Price Trend Weakens as Bearish Structure Tightens At 12:09 p.m. on April 2, XRP is trading at $1.29, extending its downward trajectory after failing to sustain a recovery above the $1.33–$1.34 region. The asset remains under pressure near the lower boundary of its recent range, with price action continuing to form lower highs and …
Prediction Market Showdown: CFTC and DOJ Challenge Illinois State Gambling Authority in Federal Court
U.S. Government Sues Illinois Over Prediction Market Rules, Seeks Permanent Injunction The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, names Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and the Illinois Gaming Board as defendants. Federal officials describe it as the first direct federal preemption lawsuit ever brought by the …
Ripple Prime Secures Investment-Grade Credit Rating Backed by $39B Assets
Ripple Prime Earns Investment Grade Rating Amid Rapid Growth Ripple announced on April 2 that Ripple Prime has received investment-grade credit ratings, highlighting the platform’s expanding prime brokerage operations and financial strength. The digital asset and financial infrastructure firm shared on social media platform X that the ratings reflect growth, execution, and increasing institutional demand …
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Bitcoin’s Price Drifts Below Key Levels as Sellers Keep Pressure
Bitcoin Chart Outlook On the daily chart, bitcoin is consolidating inside a longer-term downtrend. Price has failed to reclaim resistance near $69,000 and remains below the levels that would need to change for buyers to shift the trend. Each recovery attempt has produced a lower high. The range between $65,900 and $69,000 is tightening. Volume …
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SoFi Technologies Launches First National Bank Enterprise Crypto and Stablecoin Platform
SoFi Launches Big Business Banking With 24/7 Fiat and Crypto Settlement for U.S. Enterprises SoFi Technologies (Nasdaq: SOFI) made the announcement on Thursday, positioning the product as direct competition to the legacy banking model that shuts down at 5 p.m. on Fridays. The offering targets institutions and enterprise clients that need to operate across both …
Binance Commits $500K to Scale National Ukraine Web3 Ecosystem Growth
Binance Launches Ukraine Digital Resilience Web3 Initiative Binance, a global cryptocurrency exchange, launched a national initiative on April 2 to strengthen Ukraine’s digital infrastructure. The program, called the Digital Resilience Lab, focuses on accelerating Web3 solutions through funding, mentorship, and ecosystem access for local participants. Chief Executive Officer Richard Teng shared on X that Binance …
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BTCC Exchange Named Official Regional Partner of the Argentine National Team
April 2nd, 2026 – LODZ, Poland BTCC, the world’s longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange, today announced its official partnership with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) as the regional partner of the Argentine National Team. The landmark partnership spans the full 2026 FIFA World Cup schedule, bringing together two names whose legacies have been forged through a long-standing …
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Wallet in Telegram launches perpetual futures trading with Lighter
Wallet in Telegram, a third-party wallet integrated directly into the Telegram app, is rolling out perpetual futures support with Lighter, a perpetuals decentralized exchange. Launching Thursday, perpetual futures are available to Telegram users through an integrated custodial solution, Crypto Wallet, the platform said in an announcement seen by Cointelegraph. The integration allows users to open …
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