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Lydian has launched the Lydian Card, a co-branded Visa Platinum card issued by Rain that allows users to spend more than 300 supported digital assets, including stablecoins and major cryptocurrencies, across Visa’s global merchant network. The card is available in both physical and instant-issue virtual formats and can be used wherever Visa is accepted, giving cardholders access to more than 150 million merchants worldwide, according to a release seen by Bitcoin Magazine. Users will be able to fund, manage, and track transactions through an app or online dashboard, aiming to streamline the conversion of digital assets into everyday purchasing power.…

Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor has hinted at another large Bitcoin purchase, just a week after the company disclosed that it bought around $1 billion of Bitcoin in the second week of April. Strategy disclosed last Monday that it acquired 13,927 Bitcoin for $1 billion between April 6 and 12, at an average price of $71,902 per coin, posting “Think ₿igger” the day before the filing. However, Saylor posted “Think Even ₿igger” on X on Sunday along with a chart of Strategy’s purchase history, something he has historically done to hint at another purchase announcement. It comes just days after the Bitcoin treasury company…

EasyDNS has confirmed that a security failure within its own systems allowed a social engineering attacker to briefly seize control of eth.limo, a primary gateway for the Ethereum Name Service. Summary An attacker impersonated an eth.limo team member to bypass account recovery protocols at easyDNS and gain control of domain settings. DNSSEC safeguards prevented the redirection of users to malicious sites by rejecting forged responses that lacked valid cryptographic signatures. EasyDNS is migrating the service to Domainsure to eliminate account recovery vulnerabilities and prevent future social engineering breaches. The incident occurred on Friday when an attacker successfully impersonated an eth.limo…

Bitcoin is absorbing the return of Middle East risk better than oil or equities.Bitcoin traded at $74,335 on Monday morning, down 1.6% over 24 hours but still up 4.8% on the week after the U.S. Navy seized an Iranian ship over the weekend and Tehran reimposed controls on the Strait of Hormuz.Ether slipped 2.6% to $2,272, Solana fell 1.5% to $84, and BNB held flat at $618, with the broader top-10 showing red across the board but none of the moves breaching 3%.Brent crude jumped 5.7% to $95.50 a barrel, European natural gas futures surged as much as 11%, S&P…

Solana failed to settle above $90 and extended losses. SOL price is now consolidating losses below $85 and might struggle to start a recovery wave. SOL price started a fresh decline below $88 and $85 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $85 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $85.50 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could start a recovery wave if the bulls defend $82 or $80. Solana Price Dips Below $85 Solana price failed to remain stable…

Ethereum Name Service gateway eth.limo has revealed that the domain hijacking on Friday was caused by a social engineering attack directed against EasyDNS, its domain name service provider. According to a postmortem published by eth.limo on Saturday, an attacker impersonated one of its team members to initiate an account recovery process with easyDNS, granting access to the eth.limo account and allowing them to alter domain settings.“The NS records were changed and directed to Cloudflare… Once we understood that a DNS hijack had taken place, we immediately notified the community as well as Vitalik Buterin and others. We then began contacting EasyDNS…

Sberbankが暗号資産取引提供へ ロシア最大手で政府が過半数株式を保有する銀行スベルバンク（Sberbank）が、顧客への暗号資産（仮想通貨）取引アクセス提供の準備が整ったと、ロシア国営通信社「タス通信（TASS）」が4月17日付で報じた。 TASSによると、これはスベルバンクのシニアバイスプレジデント兼ウェルスマネジメント部門責任者ルスラン・ベステロフスキー（Ruslan Vesterovsky）氏が、4月16日に開催されたモスクワ証券取引所（MOEX）のフォーラムで明らかにしたものだという。 同氏は、ロシアで暗号資産関連規制の導入および組織的取引が始まれば、スベルバンクは他の市場参加者やロシア中銀とともに、顧客に暗号資産取引へのアクセスを提供できると述べたとのこと。 また同氏は、取引所の取引が市場に必要な流動性と低いスプレッドをもたらすことで、スベルバンクは既存の金融インフラを通じて、証拠金取引やAI（人工知能）を活用した投資戦略なども提供可能になると説明したという。 制度整備を巡ってはロシア政府が4月17日、暗号資産流通の違法な組織化に刑事責任を設ける法案を下院に提出した。同法案の対象には、ロシア中銀の免許・登録など法令上の要件を満たさずに、暗号資産の保管、売買、交換、移転などのサービスを仲介する行為が含まれる。 また同法案は、「デジタル通貨流通の違法な組織化」を処罰対象とし、350万ルーブル（約730万円）以上の損害や収入を伴う場合は最長4年、組織的な事案や1350万ルーブル（約2,820万円）以上の特に大規模な損害・収入を伴う場合は最長7年の禁錮刑が科される可能性がある内容となっている。 なおロシア最高裁は、刑事責任導入の必要性に関する十分な根拠が示されていないとして、同法案に否定的見解を示している。 参考：タス通信画像：PIXTA 関連ニュース 露スベルバンク、暗号資産担保融資の検討を開始。規制当局とインフラ整備へ＝報道  スベルバンク、ロシア初の暗号資産カストディ構想を中央銀行に提案  スベルバンクがビットコイン（BTC ($74,494.00 · Live)）の仕組債発行、モスクワ証券取引所への上場も計画  ロシア大手銀スベルバンク、金担保のデジタル資産発行 露最大の商業銀行スベルバンクがメタマスク対応へ、独自プラットフォームで

A breach at web infrastructure provider Vercel is forcing crypto teams to rotate API keys and do a deep inspection of their underlying code. In a bulletin, Vercel said the hacker was able to grab behind-the-scenes settings that weren’t locked down, potentially exposing API keys — the digital credentials apps use to connect to other services. Those credentials act like digital passwords, allowing software to connect to databases, crypto wallets, and external services. In the wrong hands, they can be used to impersonate an app, burn through usage limits, or manipulate how it runs.A post on cybercrime forum BreachForums claimed…

Ethereum price started a fresh decline and traded below $2,350. ETH is now consolidating above $2,250 and might struggle to recover. Ethereum started a downside correction from the $2,465 zone. The price is trading below $2,350 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $2,300 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $2,250 zone. Ethereum Price Dips Again Ethereum price failed to remain stable above $2,420 and started a downside correction, like Bitcoin. ETH price dipped below…

The exploit of the Kelp liquid restaking protocol shows how non-isolated lending and integrations in decentralized finance (DeFi) can cause broader ecosystem contagion, according to crypto industry executives and blockchain security firms.Non-isolated lending on DeFi platforms, including earlier versions of the Aave lending protocol, exposes users to risks from all the various tokens used as collateral on the platforms, according to Michael Egorov, founder of the Curve Finance DeFi protocol.Kelp was the target of a cyber attack on Saturday, causing the platform to pause smart contracts for its restaking token (rsETH) while it moved to investigate the attack that left…