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Federal prosecutors have urged a U.S. court to grant a reduced sentence to former Celsius executive Roni Cohen-Pavon, citing his cooperation in the case against the company’s founder.
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Federal prosecutors have asked a New York court to reduce Roni Cohen Pavon’s sentence due to his cooperat

Elon Musk has settled a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil lawsuit over the timing of his 2022 Twitter stock disclosure
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Musk’s trust will pay a $1.5 million SEC penalty without admitting wrongdoing in the Twitter case.
The SEC alleged Musk disclosed his 2022 Twitter

Uphold has pushed back against the New York Attorney General’s statement on its $5 million CredEarn settlement
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Uphold says the NYAG statement misrepresented key facts about its $5M CredEarn settlement.
The NYAG said more than 6,000 Uphold customers lost over $34M after Cred

SAP has agreed to acquire artificial intelligence startup Prior Labs, in a move aimed at strengthening its capabilities in models designed for structured business data.
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SAP agrees to acquire Prior Labs, committing over $1.1 billion to scale tabular AI research, with the deal expected to c

A newly disclosed Linux security flaw has drawn attention from U.S. cyber officials after researchers warned that attackers could use a small Python script to gain root access on affected systems.
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CISA added Copy Fail to its exploited bugs list after reports of active Linux abuse.

Bitcoin (BTC) begins the week with traders watching several U.S. economic events that could shape risk appetite
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Bitcoin traders are watching the Fed decision for clues on inflation, growth and future rate cuts.
GDP and PCE inflation data could shape market expectations and trigger

Pi Network will sponsor Consensus 2026 in Miami, placing the project before blockchain builders, investors, and policy figures
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Pi Network will sponsor Consensus 2026 in Miami, with both founders scheduled to speak.
Chengdiao Fan and Nicolas Kokkalis will address AI, Web3, and online

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said the US CLARITY Act could move forward in May, giving the crypto industry a clear path under federal rules
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Mike Novogratz said the CLARITY Act may reach committee in early May before June signing.
The bill seeks clearer crypto rules after delays

Pi Network has confirmed it is an official sponsor of Consensus 2026 in Miami, with co-founders Nicolas Kokkalis and Chengdiao Fan each presenting at the event on May 7 and May 6 respectively, as the network simultaneously faces a mandatory April 27 deadline for all node operators to upgrade to

BNB Chain has officially become the leading blockchain network for autonomous AI agents, with more than 150,000 on-chain deployments as of April 20, a 43,750% increase from the fewer than 400 agents that existed across all blockchains at the start of 2026, with one in every three AI agents

Apple has fixed a security flaw that let notifications marked for deletion stay on a device longer than expected
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Apple patched an iPhone flaw that kept deleted Signal message previews stored inside notification databases.
Federal investigators reportedly recovered readable Signal previe

PUSD, a Shariah-compliant stablecoin backed by Gulf currencies, is set to launch on ADI Chain, a Layer 2 network built for institutional settlement in the Middle East
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PUSD joined ADI Chain, giving institutions another stablecoin option for settlement across Gulf and Africa.
The Shariah-

European investors are starting to weigh crypto offerings when choosing banks, even as regulatory gaps and low awareness continue to slow adoption.
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35% of European investors said they would consider switching banks for better cryptocurrency investment services, showing growing influence o

Bybit has led an $8 million Series A funding round in Hata, a Malaysia-based digital asset exchange that operates with two licenses
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Bybit led Hata’s $8 million round to expand liquidity, users, and local digital asset products.
Hata operates under two Malaysian licenses for digital asse