Cardano Founder Struggles to Prove Identity Online: ZK Solution Needed?
The creator of Cardano joined a Telegram group about Midnight, sparking questions among members about whether it was really him.
The creator of Cardano joined a Telegram group about Midnight, sparking questions among members about whether it was really him.

Ah, Binance, the grand wizard of crypto exchanges, has waved its wand and poof-the XRP/TUSD pair vanishes like a snozzcumber in a chocolate river. Low liquidity? Declining volume? Phfft! Off with its head! But fear not, XRP fans, your precious token isn’t banished entirely. Just this one pairing, as useless as a Gizzard Puddin’ without the gizzard.
This came after whispers spread like wildfire that the two retail-focused brokerages might find themselves on the outside looking in as SpaceX gears up to become the largest IPO in history (because who doesn’t love a good record-breaking moment?).

History has shown that when whales start splashing around in a coin, it’s usually the calm before the storm-or more accurately, the calm before the coin shoots back up. According to CW8900, a pseudonymous crypto prophet who may or may not live under a rock, this kind of behavior usually signals the end of a downward spiral and the beginning of another glorious ascent.
The Finance Ministry, in a proclamation that echoed through the marble halls of indifference, announced that these draft laws would formalize crypto trading in Russia. “Regulated intermediaries,” they declared, would be the new gatekeepers, preserving a sliver of access for the unwashed masses while throwing open the doors for the qualified elite. A true triumph of equality, no?
Picture, if you can, Bitcoin facing its imminent doom as though it were a timid schoolboy caught cheating on an arithmetic exam. Every feeble attempt to cling to the bottom of the bear flag-those pitiful twitches upward-has been scorned by fate. Two tiny leaps, meant to confirm the neckline’s betrayal, might well have been the last acts in this comic tragedy. Could the grand descent be next? Oh, the suspense makes one itch in the ears with anticipation!

On Tuesday last, the crypto market presented a most dramatic display of volatility, with bitcoin ascending to $68,300 shortly after midnight UTC, only to descend with equal haste to $66,500. The initial surge, I am told, was prompted by reports of Mr. Trump’s willingness to end the war in Iran, sans the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Alas, such optimism was short-lived, as Israeli officials declared their readiness to persist in their endeavors for weeks to come.

Tom Lee’s Bitmine, a name now synonymous with Ethereum gluttony, has been on a buying spree that would make a Black Friday shopper blush. Their latest acquisition brings their total ETH holdings to a mind-boggling 4.73 million, a chunk so large it represents nearly 3.92% of all Ethereum in existence. That’s enough to make even the most seasoned crypto whale feel like a minnow.
On 31 March, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York etched its decree against Peken Global Limited-the wily operator of KuCoin-finalizing a saga that had more twists than a Dostoevskian plot. The court permanently forbids Peken Global from allowing US customers access, unless they first bow before the altar of CFTC registration.

Ah, VDOR. That deliciously obscure memecoin that has set Solana’s blockchain aflame, surging more than 130% in the past week. A mere seven days ago, it languished at a humble $0.0067. By March 31, 2026, it had danced up to $0.0169, proving once again that cryptocurrency is nothing if not a surreal carnival ride. And let’s not even talk about the sheer volume of people who probably just Googled “oil-backed crypto” for the first time last week.