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Kash Patel said the FBI has arrested Shu Zewei, a Chinese national accused of cyberattacks during the COVID-19 pandemic. summary Xu Zewei has been extradited from Italy to face US charges over alleged coronavirus research hacking. The FBI linked Mr. Xu to Hafnium, which is accused of compromising approximately 13,000 U.S. organizations. Kash Patel has filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick. Mr. Xu was extradited to the United States from Italy over the weekend. He is expected to face federal charges related to his hacking activities in 2020 and 2021. Officials said Xu and…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that companies providing services to Iranian airlines could face sanctions under Operation Economic Fury. The market’s approval rating for President Trump agreeing to ease oil sanctions on Iran by April was 3%, down from 14% the day before. market reaction President Trump’s “approval” rating among Iran’s demand markets has fallen to 3% from 62% a week ago. Markets on April 30 were bearish across all submarkets, with traders pricing in little chance of a last-minute policy change. why is it important This market trades $1,944 in real USDC every day, and it only…

Bitcoin is trading at $78,000, ending the last week of April on a quiet but sustained rise, with the price now above the midpoint of the $75,000-$80,000 resistance band. The move has been methodical rather than explosive, and its cautious nature, combined with what derivatives markets are currently showing, may actually set up a stronger move than most expected. Bitcoin Price Analysis: Daily Chart The daily structure continues to improve. BTCは現在、以前の下降チャネルを上回って連続数セッションを過ごしており、100日移動平均線は回復しており、RSIは60台後半付近に向けて上昇傾向にあり、枯渇ではなく勢いが増していることを示している。 The $75,000-$80,000 resistance zone is currently being systematically withdrawn from within. The next meaningful test is set at $80,000. This is a psychological approximation and is also the upper…

Dogecoin is showing strong technical resilience as it continues to respect the Ichimoku cloud, indicating sustained buyer interest and a healthy short-term structure. Although momentum appears to be building as price has consistently rebounded from key support levels, the next move will depend on whether the bulls are able to maintain control and push toward a breakout. DOGE bounces off Kumo support 3 times Trader Tardigrade recently revealed that Dogecoin has established a notable bullish pattern on the 4-hour timeframe. The asset successfully bounced back from the bottom of the Ichimoku cloud (cloud) on three separate occasions. This behavior indicates…

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, a U.S. Army Special Forces Master Soldier stationed at Fort Liberty in Fayetteville, North Carolina, was arrested by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on suspicion of accessing classified information related to military operations against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and then placing 13 bets on multiple polymarket event contracts, winning approximately $404,222 in each event. The initial disbursement was $33,933, and federal prosecutors are calling this the Department of Justice’s first prosecution of insider trading on a prediction market platform. The indictment, unsealed in the Southern District of New York, charges Van Dyke with unlawful…

TRUMP’s official meme coin is down more than -95% from its January 2025 high of $75, and traders who rode the wave ended up acting as if there was a second act to the story. The upcoming Mar-a-Lago conference, which will feature the top 297 token companies, had a trading volume of just $1.4 billion in the run-up, compared to $12.9 billion in comparable pre-dinner trading volume in 2025. It’s not just the price that makes this particular crash noteworthy. This is the structure below. Two companies, an affiliate of the Trump Organization and a company run by Trump’s longtime…

Trustworthy editorial content reviewed by industry-leading experts and experienced editors. Advertising disclosure Aave DAO has announced a proposal to deploy 25,000 ETH from the Treasury to support coordinated recovery efforts following the recent Kelp DAO exploit. The move is part of a broader “DeFi United” initiative aimed at restoring users’ funds and stabilizing affected lending markets. On April 18th, KelpDAO suffered a major attack targeting the rsETH Ethereum LayerZero adapter, allowing hackers to exfiltrate assets and destroy the backing relationships between locked ETH collateral and tokens issued across the chain. This breach created cascading liquidity and solvency challenges across DeFi…

Bitcoin’s latest on-chain and derivatives data points to a constructive setup, with VanEck highlighting lower volatility and prudent positioning, as well as negative funding rates and clustered hashrate drawdowns. In its latest report, the firm notes that while realized volatility has fallen from approximately 56% to 41% as tensions ease between the US and Iran, the seven-day average funding rate has fallen to approximately -1.8%, the lowest level since 2023 and in the 10th percentile of measurements since late 2020. Since 2020, Bitcoin’s average 30-day return during negative funding periods was 11.5%, compared to 4.5% over the entire period, with…

The White House has reportedly confirmed that US President Donald Trump will attend an exclusive event for top holders of the TRUMP meme coin at his Florida mansion on Saturday, after questions arose earlier this month about whether he would attend.Reuters reported on Friday that the White House confirmed that President Trump will deliver the keynote address at a gala luncheon hosted by the company that developed the official Trump (TRUMP) meme coin.The gala will be held at Mar-a-Lago. The top 297 TRUMP token holders will be able to participate, and the top 29 will also be eligible to participate…

Deloitte and Touche LLP has completed SOC 2 Type 2 exams for Chainlink’s CCIP and data feeds, making Chainlink the only data and interoperability oracle platform in the blockchain industry to simultaneously achieve SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 1, and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certifications, a full stack of security credentials that organizational risk teams require prior to deployment. summary Deloitte and Touche LLP completed SOC 2 Type 2 testing of Chainlink CCIP and Data Feed on April 21, 2026, announced by Chainlink via X on April 21, 2026. This certification covers Chainlink price feeds, SmartData feeds including Proof of…