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Aave to overhaul collateral and listing standards after KelpDAO exploit
The lending giant is expanding its asset listing criteria beyond financial risk to include cybersecurity and architecture, and wants the rest of DeFi to follow.

Purge of millions of crypto tokens underway, BTC needs it for sustainable bull cycle: Ben Cowen
Researcher and market analyst Ben Cowen says the purge of millions of altcoins is already underway and is necessary for a sustainable bitcoin bull market to be in place.

Altcoins climb as bitcoin and ether retreat from weekly highs
Altcoins outperformed bitcoin and ether on Thursday as traders rotated into higher-risk assets amid improving market sentiment.

Core Scientific sold $208 million of bitcoin in Q1 as AI pivot continues
The firm's AI pivot relies on a 590 MW contract expansion with CoreWeave, projected for $10.2 billion in revenue over 12 years.

Memecoin trades carry rare 'seven-leg' parlay odds, BONK's Nom says at Consensus
The BONK core contributor argued memecoins skipping ETF and public-company rails end up rinsing retail.

Colombia wants to mine bitcoin with surplus renewable energy
President Gustavo Petro said Colombia's Caribbean coast could host bitcoin mining facilities powered by surplus renewable energy, following a path similar to Paraguay.

Zcash bets turn into second-largest liquidations behind bitcoin as ZEC rockets 30%
The privacy coin extended its multi-month rally on Tuesday with $46.7 million in shorts liquidated, after Multicoin Capital disclosed a significant ZEC position.

Morgan Stanley brings crypto trading with lower fees than rivals
The bank is rolling out crypto trading on E*Trade with lower fees than Coinbase, Robinhood and Schwab, according to Bloomberg.

Bitcoin moves above $82,000 while ZEC and DASH post double-digit rallies
BTC climbed above $82,00 as a weaker dollar lifted crypto markets, while privacy coins and AI-linked tokens led an altcoin rally.

Beyond humans: Lily Liu says Solana is building the payment rails for the 'AI machine economy'
At Consensus Miami 2026, Solana Foundation President Lily Liu argued that stablecoin adoption by firms like Western Union validates Solana’s role as financial infrastructure for both human and machine economies.

