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All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Leap Wallet will sunset its software suite by May 28, ending support for its apps, web platform and validator services. Users with delegated ATOM are being urged to redelegate early, while wallet holders are expected to move assets and plan for the shutdown. Leap Wallet is shutting down, drawing a close to one of the more recognizable wallet projects that emerged from the aftermath of the Terra-Luna era. The team said on Friday that its software suite will be sunset by May 28, ending support…

Tony Kim Apr 04, 2026 06:52 Uniswap (UNI) trades at $3.16 with bearish MACD signals, but technical analysis suggests potential recovery to $3.85-$4.00 range within 4-6 weeks if key resistance breaks. UNI Price Prediction: Technical Recovery Possible Despite Near-Term Weakness Uniswap (UNI) is currently facing technical headwinds at $3.16, down 2.65% in the last 24 hours. While momentum indicators signal caution, key support levels and analyst forecasts suggest a potential path to recovery in the coming weeks. UNI Price Prediction Summary • Short-term target (1 week): $3.30-$3.40 • Medium-term forecast (1 month): $3.60-$3.85…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure On-chain investigator ZachXBT has published a new report, titled “The Circle USDC Files,” alleging more than $420 million in compliance failures tied to the company’s USDC stablecoin since 2022.  The analysis, released on social media platform X on Friday, chronicles multiple high‑profile decentralized finance (DeFi) exploits in which Circle allegedly failed to use its on‑chain freezing and blacklist capabilities to halt the flow of stolen funds. Alleged Inaction By Circle Circle’s token contract includes an explicit freeze/blacklist function, and the company’s terms of service reserve the right…

Ethereum could outpace Bitcoin by a wide margin over the next four years — at least according to one of the most bullish forecasts to come out of traditional banking. That is the view from Geoff Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered, who laid out the projection in a recent podcast appearance. Ethereum’s Potential Gain Towers Over Bitcoin’s While Bitcoin grabs the bigger headline number, the math actually favors Ethereum. Kendrick’s base case puts Bitcoin at $500,000 by 2030 — roughly 7.5 times its current price of $66,400. Ethereum, sitting at $2,034, would need to hit…

Ripple RLUSD Funding Drives Small Business Growth Across the United States Blockchain payments company Ripple shared on social media platform X on April 2 an update about its $15 million RLUSD contribution. The post highlighted lending activity, job creation, and expanded financial access for small business owners across the United States, alongside engagement metrics showing 51.6K views. “Last September, Ripple donated $15M RLUSD issued on XRPL to Accion Opportunity Fund,” the crypto firm stated, adding: “Here’s what’s unlocked for small business owners across the U.S.: $53.6M in capital deployed, 905 loans to 895 unique borrowers, $59K average loan size, 1,003…

On April 3, the Shiba Inu (SHIB) price soared by around 3.22%, giving a sign of recovery after a weekly drop in the leading memecoin. The upward momentum in the memecoin was seen amid indicators suggesting a neutral to bullish momentum. Recently, Shiba Inu has completed safe bridging options for BONE tokens between Ethereum and Shibarium, while community-based burn mechanisms keep reducing supply over time. On April 3, Shiba Inu, one of the biggest memecoin, recorded a solid price increase of 3.22% during the last 24 hours following fresh buying interest in this widely followed meme cryptocurrency.  As of now,…

Gold ($2.15B) and Silver ($1.98B) futures on Binance have surged to rank fourth and fifth, respectively, in terms of trading volume, surpassed only by Bitcoin ($21.5B), Ethereum ($18.1B), and Solana ($3.0B). Cumulative trading for gold and silver contracts surpassed $130 billion by early March 2026. The milestone achievement is notable, given that the exchange launched metal perpetual contracts in January this year.Source: CryptoQuantGold and silver futures rival Bitcoin on BinanceRecent events, including geopolitical hostilities, persistent inflation, the weakening of the dollar, and increases in US trade tariffs, have triggered market-wide shocks across both traditional and cryptocurrency markets. However, over the past…

More than 3 million pages of Epstein files have been released, prosecutors have brought no new charges against anyone in his network, and five legal experts have now laid out in precise terms why the evidentiary gap between public scandal and criminal conviction is nearly impossible to close. Summary More than 3 million pages of Epstein and Maxwell-related documents have been released since the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, but no new arrests have been made in the U.S. since the files began dropping in 2025. The DOJ told NPR there has been “no credible evidence” that criminal…

Luisa Crawford Apr 03, 2026 21:53 Alibaba’s Wan 2.7 AI video model hits Together AI with text-to-video now live, image-to-video and editing tools coming soon at competitive pricing. Together AI has rolled out Alibaba’s Wan 2.7 video generation model on its cloud platform, pricing the text-to-video capability at $0.10 per second of generated footage. The deployment marks the first major cloud availability for the four-model suite that Alibaba released in late March.The text-to-video model, accessible via the endpoint Wan-AI/wan2.7-t2v, supports 720p and 1080p resolution with outputs ranging from 2 to 15 seconds. Audio…

On Friday, the Hyperliquid (HYPE) price jumped by over 2.5% on a daily chart in the recovery rally, after losing over 7.88% in a week. The cryptocurrency is trading at around $35.74 with a market capitalization of $9.09 billion, along with a daily trading volume of $160.70 million. Recently, open interest in the HIP-3 markets has soared above $1.4 billion, while the daily perpetual futures volume has hit fresh highs above $5 billion on peak days. On April 3, the Hyperliquid (HYPE) price soared by over 2.5% on a daily chart, helping its price to rebound from the recent dip…