Crypto News

Covenant AI exits Bittensor over ‘decentralization theatre,’ TAO drops 18%

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Covenant AI said it was leaving Bittensor due to its overreaching control on subnets and their large-scale TAO token sales, but Bittensor’s founder denied all allegations.

Published Date: 2026-04-10 10:36:26
Creator: Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai
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The fake website that led to an arrest: Inside the CoinDCX impersonation case

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A spoofed CoinDCX site sparked a 7.16 million rupee fraud case, triggering arrests before a court ruled the exchange was impersonated

Published Date: 2026-04-10 09:43:29
Creator: Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya
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Hong Kong grants first stablecoin licenses to Anchorpoint and HSBC

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Hong Kong has issued its first stablecoin issuer licenses, approving Anchorpoint Financial and HSBC’s Hong Kong banking arm under its new regime.

Published Date: 2026-04-10 09:36:01
Creator: Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
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CZ hopes in 5 years people stop talking about crypto and just use it

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Some industry insiders speculate the crypto sector may be just one market cycle away from full-scale mainstream adoption.

Published Date: 2026-04-10 06:24:48
Creator: Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte
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Japan approves bill to classify crypto as financial instruments

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Japan tightens oversight with insider-trading bans and new disclosure rules as crypto markets attract more institutional participation.

Published Date: 2026-04-10 06:13:12
Creator: Cointelegraph by Martin Young
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BlackRock Bitcoin ETF sees $269M inflows, best day since early March

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Fidelity and Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETFs also saw a combined $68.2 million in inflows, while four other Bitcoin ETFs also tallied inflows on Thursday.

Published Date: 2026-04-10 06:12:29
Creator: Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea
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Elon Musk’s xAI sues Colorado arguing its AI rules restrict speech

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xAI argues that the law could force Grok to align with state-defined standards, which would conflict with its goal of “maximally truth-seeking” AI.

Published Date: 2026-04-10 04:50:28
Creator: Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea
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x402 protocol adds usage-based pricing for AI compute requests

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The upgrade from flat fees to variable pricing is designed to support the use of AI agents for LLM inference, compute and data queries. 

Published Date: 2026-04-10 04:41:19
Creator: Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby
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Bitcoin can be made quantum-safe without protocol upgrade: Researcher

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A proposed workaround could enable quantum-resistant Bitcoin transactions without a protocol change, but high compute costs limit real-world use.

Published Date: 2026-04-10 03:44:27
Creator: Cointelegraph by Martin Young
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OKX Ventures, HashKey back VPBank-linked CAEX for Vietnam crypto pilot push

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OKX Ventures and HashKey are buying into VPBank-backed CAEX as Vietnam’s strict crypto pilot pushes offshore exchanges toward a high-bar, onshore licensing regime.

Published Date: 2026-04-10 02:30:00
Creator: Cointelegraph by Christina Comben
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