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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy has resumed its buying spree after a two-week gap with a new $329.9 million acquisition of the cryptocurrency. Strategy Has Added 4,871 Tokens To Its Bitcoin Treasury In a new post on X, Strategy co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor has shared details related to the company’s latest Bitcoin acquisition. In total, the firm has added 4,871 BTC for $329.9 million or $67,718 per token with this purchase. Strategy has had a consistent routine of announcing acquisitions on Monday, but the firm had a…

For years, many have viewed XRP through the lens of price speculation, hoping it would remain cheap long enough to accumulate massive holdings. However, David Schwartz is pushing back on that narrative, making it clear that XRP was never designed to stay cheap. Instead, its value is deeply tied to its role as a high-efficiency bridge asset for global payments, where utility drives long-term pricing. David Schwartz Challenges The Cheap XRP Narrative In a recent X post, Diana revealed that the Ripple ex-CTO David Joelkatz Schwartz has revisited one of his most widely discussed statements from 2017, that XRP “can’t…

Key Takeaways: The Solana Foundation and Asymmetric Research launched STRIDE on April 6, 2026, a tiered DeFi security program covering all protocols. Protocols exceeding $10M TVL qualify for foundation-funded 24/7 monitoring, while those above $100M TVL receive formal verification. The new Solana Incident Response Network (SIRN) unites five founding firms, including OtterSec and Neodyme, for real-time crisis coordination. Solana Foundation Debuts STRIDE to Protect DeFi Protocols With Tiered Security The program, which stands for Solana Trust, Resilience and Infrastructure for DeFi Enterprises, moves away from the traditional model of one-off audits and replaces it with continuous, foundation-funded protection scaled to…

Jessie A Ellis Apr 06, 2026 23:26 Sreeram Kannan argues AI agents combined with crypto ownership structures will create a trillion-dollar asset class of software-native firms. EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan laid out a provocative vision at Digital Asset Summit in New York: autonomous AI agents won’t just assist businesses—they’ll become the businesses themselves.The thesis hinges on a simple formula. AI provides intelligence. Crypto provides ownership structures. Combined, they enable what Kannan calls “agentic companies”—firms that exist entirely as software, capable of holding assets, hiring contributors, and accessing global capital without traditional corporate scaffolding.Beyond…

President Trump’s DHS pay order has directed all Department of Homeland Security employees to be paid using redirected federal funds, but legal and budget experts say the administration may be violating a 150-year-old law that gives Congress sole control over federal spending. Summary Trump signed two executive directives — one on March 27 for TSA workers and an expanded memo on April 4 for all DHS employees — directing pay using funds from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, sidestepping the ongoing partial shutdown Legal experts warn the move may conflict with the Antideficiency Act, which bars the executive branch…

Luisa Crawford Apr 06, 2026 20:51 Solana (SOL)’s March 2026 saw SOL classified as a commodity, RWA value crossing $2B with 182K holders, and Mastercard joining the Solana Developer Platform launch. March 2026 delivered Solana (SOL)’s most consequential regulatory win to date alongside record-breaking real-world asset adoption—a combination that’s reshaping how institutions approach the network. SOL was classified as a digital commodity on March 17 through joint SEC and CFTC interpretive guidance covering 16 crypto assets. The ruling explicitly excluded protocol staking from securities regulation, clearing a major hurdle for validators, staking providers,…

Timothy Morano Apr 06, 2026 20:19 Solana (SOL) Foundation unveils STRIDE and SIRN security initiatives offering free threat monitoring for protocols with $10M+ TVL and formal verification for $100M+ protocols. Solana (SOL) Foundation just committed serious resources to ecosystem security, rolling out STRIDE and the Solana Incident Response Network (SIRN) on April 6. The move brings 24/7 threat monitoring to qualifying DeFi protocols and establishes a rapid-response coalition of security firms—all foundation-funded.Here’s what actually matters for builders and users: protocols with more than $10 million in total value locked get free active threat…

Rwanda’s central bank has restated its prohibition on cryptocurrency activity involving the national currency after Bybit introduced support for the Rwandan franc on its peer-to-peer marketplace, prompting a swift regulatory response. In a statement published Sunday, the Centrak Bank of Rwanda said crypto-assets are not authorized for payments, conversions involving the franc, or peer-to-peer trading under the current framework. The central bank warned residents against using such services, citing financial risks and the absence of legal protection in cases of loss. The clarification followed an announcement from Bybit on Friday that users could buy and sell digital assets using the…

In two days, on Wednesday April 8th, a handful of Bitcoin Core developers are going to be doing a demonstration of “attack blocks” designed to take an inordinate amount of time to verify on Signet. The demonstration will take place at 10 AM EST (2 PM UTC). Anyone who wishes to participate can run Bitcoin Core node on Signet and watch the blocks be mined and processed by their node in real-time. Instructions can be found here to spin up a node and follow along (including how to check your node’s logs to see the verification times for the attack…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Bitcoin (BTC) history is filled with strange milestones, and the latest appears to be a single block mined in 2021. Crypto enthusiasts have uncovered surprising details about the 666,666th block, which contains a powerful biblical message that has sparked widespread attention for its unusual mix of superstition and religious symbolism. The news comes as the market celebrates Easter, creating an even more ominous coincidence, which many crypto users are already circulating online.  Bitcoin 666,666th Block Sparks Widespread Curiosity While Bitcoin has captured global attention through its…