Zcash developers are targeting Nov. 5 for NU7 mainnet activation after agreeing on 25-second blocks, existing halvings and NSM integration.

Bitcoin analyst James Check says Bitcoin may have bottomed near $58,000 after two capitulation events, though onchain indicators continue to offer mixed signals.

Binance said it “will not comment on speculation” over reported ECB involvement in its Greek MiCA bid and said it remains committed to EU authorization.

Singapore stablecoin payments firm Dtcpay closes a $25 million Series A with SBI backing to expand its merchant network and payment products.

Ether funds shed money for a third straight session even as the token rose, while every major gained and zcash extended its run.

Free test ether lets fake builders outbid rivals and withhold transaction payloads, while client teams get half the usual review time before Sepolia.

Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in three months, while broader demand signals remain weak.

The network is cutting its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, giving apps fresher blockchain data and validators shorter control windows while reducing the amount of work allowed in each slot.

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned BitBank, a Tehran exchange it says moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Revolutionary Guards and handled payments collected from ships buying passage through the world’s most important oil chokepoint.

Stablecoin payments company dtcpay completed a $25 million Series A funding round with a strategic investment from Japan’s SBI Group.

Another central bank hiked rates overnight, this time the Bank of Japan. The move failed to halt the slide in the yen.

The Fisher Transform indicator shows Bitcoin repeating bull-market recovery moves across weekly and monthly time frames after a key crossover confirms.

Zcash community members are split over the fate of the final Zcash fund, as governance disputes emerged after the fund surpassed $95 million following ZEC’s rally.

Hyperliquid opened manual borrowing as HYPE reached a record $90.92, letting users borrow USDC or USDT directly against HYPE or Bitcoin.

Ethereum Institutional signaled support for reducing Ethereum block times, citing the growing institutional activity coming on the blockchain.

ESMA’s MiCA crypto provider list grew from 243 to 349 since late June, while banks increased their share from about 17% to nearly 23%.

Targeting Americans based on what their spending habits can tell us about their politics is an abuse of our financial system, writes Coin Center’s Laz Pieper.

Some smaller hedge funds with weaker security controls may have lost funds in the targeted attack, sources said.

The regulator is moving ahead with crypto market rules as the SEC also opens a new path for tokenized stock trading.

Bitcoin gains more than 6% to return to $81,000 as analysis anticipates a showdown with resistance from mid-May.