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Changelly turns 11, reaches 12 million users, and expands global partner network

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April 29, 2026 – Changelly, a leading instant cryptocurrency exchange and trusted blockchain API provider, is marking its 11th anniversary with a new company milestone. More than 12 million users worldwide now rely on the platform’s web and app alone for seamless digital asset swaps, purchases, and cash-outs—with API integrations driving an even greater volume of users beyond that count. After more than a decade on the market, the platform has grown to support 1,200 cryptocurrencies across 200 blockchains for instant crypto swaps. To celebrate, the company is launching Changelly’s…

Polymarket eyes $400 million funding round at $15 billion valuation

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Prediction markets platform Polymarket is targeting a $400 million fundraising round at a valuation of about $15 billion including the new money, The Information reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The $15 billion figure is a 67% jump from Polymarket’s $9 billion valuation established in October 2025, when Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, led a $2 billion investment. According to the report, the new round would add to ICE’s existing stake and could bring total new financing to around $1…

Key Figure Behind $20 Million Meta-1 Coin Fraud Receives 23 Years

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A Texas man found guilty of helping orchestrate a cryptocurrency scam project that defrauded $20 million from nearly 1,000 investors has been sentenced to 23 years behind bars by a US judge on Tuesday. US District Judge LaShonda Hunt sentenced Robert Dunlap, who served as a trustee of the project that sold the fictional token Meta-1 Coin, to prison and ordered him to pay restitution to victims of the fraud, according to the Illinois US Attorney’s office. Assistant US attorneys Jared Hasten and Paige Nutini said in the government’s sentencing…

Sanctioned Crypto Exchange Grinex Pauses Operations After $14 Million Hack

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Sanctioned crypto exchange Grinex said it has suspended trading after losing more than 1 billion Russian rubles ($13.7 million) to an attack bearing signs of involvement by foreign intelligence agencies. The exchange, which is registered in Kyrgyzstan but has been linked to Russia’s crypto ecosystem and alleged sanctions evasion, said on Thursday that the funds were taken from 54 addresses and that the digital footprint and nature of the attack indicate an “unprecedented level of resources and technology available only to entities of hostile states.” “Due to the attack, the…

Ethereum Foundation backs $1 million audit subsidy program for mainnet builders

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Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security Initiative is backing a $1 million audit subsidy program aimed at helping Ethereum mainnet builders access security audits at lower cost. 1/ The Ethereum Audit Subsidy A joint initiative with audit providers to subsidize the cost of audits for Ethereum builders. Security audits are a best practice, yet expensive. The subsidy program makes audits accessible and strengthens the Ethereum ecosystem. https://t.co/89UYDM5lOv — Ethereum Foundation (@ethereumfndn) April 14, 2026 The initiative brings together Areta Market, Nethermind, and Chainlink Labs as part of a broader push to…

Michael Saylor: Bitcoin could reach $20 million, institutional adoption is key for stability, and rehypothecation practices are suppressing prices

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Key takeaways Bitcoin’s price is expected to significantly increase over the long term, potentially reaching $20 million. Bitcoin is currently oversold and is likely to be much higher by the end of the year. Bitcoin is poised to emerge as the dominant digital capital of the world. Global recognition of Bitcoin as a legitimate asset is crucial for its long-term value. The normalization of banks holding Bitcoin as collateral could significantly advance adoption. The creation of credit against Bitcoin collateral can absorb the entire annual supply of Bitcoin. Rehypothecation of…

Polygon Labs explores raising up to $100 million to launch stablecoin payment unit

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Polygon Labs, the company behind the Polygon blockchain, is exploring raising up to $100 million for a new unit focused on stablecoin payments, as it looks to expand into regulated financial services and drive greater transaction volume on its network, The Information reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. This comes after the team reached agreements to purchase Coinme and Sequence for $250 million as part of its push into stablecoin payments. The deals form the foundation of a unified system for regulated, scalable transactions by combining fiat access,…

MARA Holdings moves $17 million in Bitcoin after massive selloff, job cuts

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Blockchain infrastructure company MARA Holdings moved 250 Bitcoin worth about $17 million to new addresses on Monday, according to on-chain data. The move comes after the company sold 15,133 Bitcoin for approximately $1.1 billion last month. The leading crypto miner held 38,689 BTC, valued at $2.6 billion, following its March sale. That figure places it as the fourth-largest public company that holds the digital asset behind Strategy, Twenty One Capital, and Metaplanet. Metaplanet added 5,075 BTC in Q1 2026, moving ahead of MARA with 40,177 coins. Shares of MARA have…

Bitcoin ETFs record $471 million in largest daily inflows in over a month

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Investors poured $471 million into US spot Bitcoin ETFs on April 6, the largest single-day gain since late February, according to Farside Investors. BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC topped the inflows, followed by ARK Invest and 21Shares’ ARKB. Other competing funds posted smaller gains. IBIT pulled in roughly $182 million, and FBTC added approximately $147 million. Together, the two products made up about $329 million of the day’s total inflows, a ratio consistent with their dominance of the spot Bitcoin ETF category since these funds launched in January 2024. The…

Crypto Hackers Steal $168 Million from DeFi Protocols in Q1 2026

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Crypto hackers stole over $168.6 million in cryptocurrency from 34 decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols in the first quarter of 2026, falling significantly from the same period last year, according to data from DefiLlama.  The $40 million private key compromise of Step Finance in January was the largest exploit of the quarter, the data shows, followed by a smart contract manipulation that drained $26.4 million in ether (ETH) from Truebit on Jan. 8. The third-largest was a private key compromise targeting stablecoin issuer Resolv Labs on March 21. The quarterly figure…