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BIS warns dollar stablecoins could strain banks and policy

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BIS general manager Pablo Hernández de Cos said US dollar stablecoins may pose risks to financial stability and urges stronger global coordination on regulation.

Published Date: 2026-04-20 09:05:52
Creator: Cointelegraph by Christina Comben
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Saylor teases 'bigger' BTC buy days after floating semi-monthly dividends

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Strategy’s Michael Saylor posted “Think Even Bigger” on Sunday, coming just a week after it disclosed $1 billion of Bitcoin buying.

Published Date: 2026-04-20 06:49:48
Creator: Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte
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Coinbase is testing AI agents that show up on Slack and email

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Brian Armstrong has now predicted that AI agents will not only transact onchain more than humans but will outnumber employees at his company very soon.

Published Date: 2026-04-20 06:07:01
Creator: Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea
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Cloud hosting firm Vercel confirms ‘limited’ hack of user info

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Vercel has confirmed it was compromised after a member of a hacking forum put the company’s information up for sale for $2 million.

Published Date: 2026-04-20 06:05:56
Creator: Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan
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The quantum gap: Why Bitcoin and Ethereum are taking different paths on security

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Why Bitcoin and Ethereum are taking different paths to address future cryptographic risks and long-term blockchain security.

Published Date: 2026-04-20 05:57:49
Creator: Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya
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Polymarket in talks to raise $400M at a $15B valuation: Report

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Polymarket’s potential $15 billion valuation would still put it below the $22 billion valuation of competitor platform Kalshi in its latest funding round.

Published Date: 2026-04-20 05:08:17
Creator: Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea
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Hackers impersonated eth.limo team to hijack its domain: Post-mortem

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EasyDNS CEO Mark Jeftovic said the social engineering attack was highly sophisticated and the company is conducting further investigation to determine how the breach occurred.

Published Date: 2026-04-20 04:57:35
Creator: Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte
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Bitcoin erases weekend gains as US-Iran ceasefire faces pressure

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Bitcoin briefly crashed below $74,000 on Sunday as Iran threatened retaliation for a US military seizure of an Iranian cargo ship.

Published Date: 2026-04-20 04:15:27
Creator: Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan
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Aave's TVL tanks $8B a day after $293M Kelp DAO hack

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The Aave token fell nearly 20% to $89.5 in just over 24 hours as users withdrew billions of dollars from the lending protocol.

Published Date: 2026-04-20 03:13:37
Creator: Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea
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Stablecoins not a threat to banks in the near-term: Moody's analyst

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A prohibition on yield-bearing stablecoins and robust payments infrastructure in the US means stablecoins will not eat into banks' market share.

Published Date: 2026-04-19 21:37:01
Creator: Cointelegraph by Vince Quill
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