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Dr. Donald Kagin The Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org) has selected Donald Kagin, Ph.D., as the 2026 recipient of the nonprofit organization’s highest honor, the Abe Kosoff Founders Award. The announcement was made at the PNG’s annual awards dinner following the April 22, 2026 PNG Dealer Day at the Central States Numismatic Society (www.CSNS.org) convention in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois. Kagin is President of Kagin’s, Inc. of Belvedere Tiburon, California, author of the reference book Private & Pioneer Gold Coins of the United States 1786-1862, and other numismatic works. He has been a PNG member since 1994 and is…
SoFi added XRP deposit support to its crypto platform on April 21, expanding its digital-asset offering. SoFi support materials say users cannot currently withdraw crypto to external wallets. The bank charges a 1% fee on crypto buy and sell orders and no fee to receive crypto deposits. SoFi Crypto added XRP deposit support to its platform, but the launch drew user criticism because the bank still does not allow crypto withdrawals to external wallets. According to SoFi’s support page, users can transfer some crypto assets from external wallets into SoFi Crypto, but cannot currently withdraw crypto from SoFi to an…
Make CryptoSlate preferred on The March and April 2026 drawdown has structural consequences, as Bitcoin ETF holders stayed steady.Bitcoin sits near $78,000, roughly 38% below the $125,761 peak from Oct. 6, and US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $1.32 billion in March, reversing a four-month outflow streak. Then, the ETFs added another $2.42 billion in net inflows between Apr. 6 and Apr. 22.The strongest days were Apr. 17, with $663.9 million in inflows, and Apr. 22, with $335.8 million in inflows. Gemini’s coin-level data show that ETF-held Bitcoin fell only from 1.38 million BTC at the October 2025 high to…
United States Mint Director Paul Hollis will be at the Central States Numismatic Society convention on opening day, April 23, 2026. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Mint.) More than 400 dealers buying and selling coins, exhibits from museums and private collectors, a thousand free souvenir coins, and an appearance by the newly appointed director of the United States Mint are among the attractions planned for the Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) 87th Anniversary Convention Coin Show. The event will take place April 23-25, 2026, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, 1551 North Thoreau Drive, in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois.…
ABTC expanded its mining fleet, adding over 11,000 ASIC machines and lifting the total hashrate to 28.1 EH/s. Shares rose sharply following the update, signalling investor confidence in the scale-up. The company remains under pressure after a US$59.5M (AU$83.3M) quarterly loss amid tough mining conditions. American Bitcoin (ABTC) has expanded its mining operations in Alberta, bringing more than 11,000 additional application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) units online at its Drumheller facility. The company, co-founded by the sons of US President Donald Trump, now operates a fleet of roughly 89,242 units following earlier hardware purchases American Bitcoin has completed the energization of…
Ronin will migrate to an Ethereum layer-2 using the OP Stack, marking the end of its sidechain model after four years. The upgrade introduces major tokenomics changes, including a sharp drop in inflation and increased treasury funding. A new automated reward system aims to better incentivise developers as the network integrates with Ethereum. Ronin will undergo a major structural overhaul on 12 May, shifting from its long-standing role as an Ethereum sidechain to a full layer-2 network. The change will be executed at block 55,577,490, integrating the chain with the OP Stack to align with Ethereum’s scaling ecosystem. During the…
Make CryptoSlate preferred on Federal prosecutors have charged Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an active-duty U.S. Army soldier who the indictment says has served as a U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant, with allegedly using classified information about a military operation to make more than $400,000 in prediction-market profits.After months of online discourse around suspected insider trading on Polymarket and Kalshi, the case is a direct test for crypto prediction markets. Prosecutors allege that Van Dyke had access to nonpublic details of Operation Absolute Resolve, the U.S. operation to capture Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores, and used that knowledge to trade event contracts…
Key takeaways Pepe extends gains on Wednesday, stretching its rally from the 50-day EMA. Derivatives data show heightened retail activity as risk-on sentiment returns to the market. Pepe (PEPE) is experiencing a steady rally on Wednesday, trading in the green for the third consecutive day. The frog-themed meme coin is gaining traction as broader market sentiment improves, lifting retail demand for meme coins. Market sentiment boosts meme coin demand The broader market’s upside, despite ongoing geopolitical tensions surrounding the US-Iran blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and faltering peace talks, is boosting retail interest in meme coins. According to CoinMarketCap,…
Tron founder Justin Sun has filed a lawsuit against the Trump-backed DeFi project World Liberty Financial, alleging it attempted to extort him out of 4 billion WLFI tokens worth over US$300 million. Sun claims he was offered an ultimatum to voluntarily withdraw his tokens from circulation or have them forcibly burnt and permanently destroyed. World Liberty CEO Zach Witkoff claimed in response that Sun’s accusations are a ploy to distract from his own criminal conduct and that the ultimatum was part of a strategy to protect WLFI users. Scammer versus scammer! In what shapes as the scammer legal showdown of…
Make CryptoSlate preferred on On Apr. 22, a malicious version of Bitwarden’s command-line interface appeared on npm under the official package name @bitwarden/[email protected]. For 93 minutes, anyone who pulled the CLI through npm received a backdoored substitute for the legitimate tool.Bitwarden detected the compromise, removed the package, and issued a statement saying it found no evidence that attackers accessed end-user vault data or compromised production systems.Security research firm JFrog analyzed the malicious payload and found it had no particular interest in Bitwarden vaults. It targeted GitHub tokens, npm tokens, SSH keys, shell history, AWS credentials, GCP credentials, Azure credentials, GitHub…