Recent News on Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and Finance | Yellow

Prediction market platform Kalshi announced plans to launch cryptocurrency trading in the US, including perpetual futures, putting it in direct competition.

Decentralized finance lost $13.21 billion in two days after the KelpDAO breach, with Aave shedding $8.45 billion as lenders froze markets.

Nearly 1 in 4 investors across Germany, Italy, Spain and France now hold digital assets, with Spain leading regional adoption at 28%.

Volo Protocol froze its vaults after an attacker drained $3.5M in WBTC, XAUm and USDC, marking April's latest Sui DeFi breach.

Ripple executive Odelia Torteman confirmed BlackRock, Mastercard, and Franklin Templeton are actively exploring XRP Ledger tools for payments and tokenization.

Grayscale's Zach Pandl argues Bitcoin carved its cycle floor near $70K, pointing to a 20% rebound and on-chain breakeven data.

PENGU token gained 5.7% in 24 hours and generated $141M in volume as Pudgy Penguins maintains its cross-sector brand presence in crypto and wider culture.

Asterium has launched AUZ, a tokenized gold token supporting fractional ownership from 0.01 grams and 24/7 liquidity with regulated backing.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson argues the $292M KelpDAO breach revealed how restaking and bridges turn one forgery into DeFi-wide contagion.

CHIP token leads CoinGecko trending with $457M in 24-hour volume against a $124M market cap, a volume-to-cap ratio that draws significant speculative attention.