Author: Nidhi Rohilla

Crypto investment scams alone accounted for $7.228 billion in losses rising 25% from 2024 Crypto fraud in United States has hit an all time high. FBI’s annual Internet Crime Complaint Center report has revealed the true scale of digital asset scams in 2025 and numbers are deeply alarming. Americans reported $11.366 billion in crypto-related losses in 2025 which is a 22% jump from the previous year. FBI’s IC3 received 181,565 crypto-related complaints and this is 21% increase year over year. The average reported loss stood at $62,604 with 18,589 victims each losing more than $100,000.  Total cybercrime losses in all…

Sangeeth Aloysius, SVP and Head of Product and Design, and Satyartha Srivastava, VP and Head of Derivative Revenue, are both moving out India’s crypto exchange CoinDCX is facing fresh leadership turbulence. Two senior executives are heading for the exit at a time when the company is still navigating the fallout from a high-profile impersonation case involving its co-founders. Sangeeth Aloysius who served as SVP and Head of Product and Design and Satyartha Srivastava who was VP and Head of Derivative Revenue are both moving out according to sources familiar with the matter. Aloysius joined CoinDCX in May 2025 and Srivastava…

The ongoing US-Iran conflict is seen as a factor that could slow the bill’s progress Pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton has raised fresh concerns about the fate of the CLARITY Act saying the landmark U.S. crypto bill may not pass this year if progress stalls before summer. Speaking on the Paul Barron Network Deaton warned that if the bill drags into the summer months the Senate will likely shift its full attention to midterm elections in November. At that point meaningful legislative action on crypto regulation becomes far less likely. Deaton noted that if midterms go badly for Republicans and Democrats…

Cambodia’s New Anti-Tech Fraud Law Targets Pig Butchering Rings With Life Sentences Cambodia has passed its first dedicated law targeting online scam operations imposing penalties that include life imprisonment for ringleaders whose criminal activities lead to the death of a victim. The legislation marks a turning point in the country’s effort to shut down the fraud compounds that have made it a global hub for cyber scams. The Cambodian Senate passed the Law on Anti-Technology Fraud on April 3 2026 with 58 votes in favour. This followed a unanimous 112-member vote in the National Assembly on March 30. The law…

Ripple CTO David Schwartz Tears Apart the No-Freeze Stablecoin Idea With Legal Questions Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has sparked a fresh debate in the crypto community by questioning the viability of so-called no-freeze stablecoins while also outlining why XRP holds structural advantages over fiat-backed digital currencies in global payments. The debate was triggered by Columbia Business School adjunct professor Omid Malekan who predicted that a future stablecoin issuer will differentiate itself by refusing to intervene or freeze and seize funds pushing neutrality as far as legally possible. Malekan called this a potential “killer go-to-market strategy” that could capture massive…

Blockchain Firm REAL Taps Redstone Oracle Infrastructure to Serve Institutional Investors Blockchain infrastructure firm REAL has announced a strategic partnership with oracle provider Redstone to reinforce the data and transparency layer across its tokenized asset ecosystem. The collaboration was announced on April 2 2026 and marks a significant step in building institutional-grade infrastructure for real-world asset tokenization. Under the partnership Redstone will supply price feeds across assets in the REAL ecosystem. The integration is designed to ensure consistent and verifiable market data throughout the full lifecycle of tokenized financial products. This covers pricing data proof-related frameworks and on-chain data representation.…

Drift Exchange Hacked for $280 Million in Sophisticated Crypto Heist Hackers have stolen $280 million from Drift, the largest perpetual futures exchange built on the Solana blockchain. The theft represents roughly half the total value of funds held on the platform and stands as one of the most significant crypto exchange hacks in recent memory. The attack was launched on Wednesday and disclosed by the company through a series of posts on X the following day. Drift said the operation appeared to involve multi-week preparation and was executed in a matter of hours. Hackers took control of the protocol by…

Bitcoin Rises as Iran Signals De-escalation, Markets React Swiftly Iran was open to winding down hostilities, and the reaction across financial markets was swift. Investors had spent weeks sitting on their hands, unsure of where things were heading. The Iran conflict market impact gave them a direction, and they moved fast. Oil started sliding, Bitcoin started climbing, and portfolios that had been frozen in caution began shifting again. However, later among other cryptos, BTC also slipped and oil tokens sparked massive crypto liquidation.  A Turning Point for Markets Nobody rings a bell when sentiment changes, but you can feel it…

Crypto Market Reacts as Bitcoin Holds Strong Amid Global Uncertainty Nobody expected crypto to look this calm right now. Ethereum price today is hovering around $2073.13, and Bitcoin is at $66797.80 amid trade war fears, rising interest rates, and a general sense of financial anxiety globally, most people assumed Bitcoin would be taking a hit. Instead, it has done the opposite, and that has caught a lot of analysts off guard. Bitcoin price trends over the past few weeks have been steadier than many predicted. Investors who have been around long enough remember how quickly things used to fall apart…

Solana Price Prediction: Can SOL Reclaim Its Peak or Is a Bigger Rally Ahead? Solana has had a tough run lately, but things are starting to look up at the price stays at $83.24. The SOL price forecast is back on investors’ radar, and for good reason. The network has cleaned up its act, activity is climbing, and developers are showing up again. Still, reaching a new all-time high is no small task; analysts put the required gain at around 293%. That is a big number, and the market knows it. What’s Driving Optimism? It is not just hope fueling…