Blockspace: Tether Freezes $344 million, OnRamp Finance Launch, and DPRK Crypto Hacks

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🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Tether's $344M freeze, the truth behind quantum computing threats to Bitcoin, and Donald Trump's latest Mar-a-Lago meme coin gala. Plus, insider trading on Polymarket and the current state of Bitcoin mining economics. Stay informed on the latest in crypto. Michael Tangen, CEO of OnRamp Finance, and Taylor Monahan join us to talk about Bitcoin-native financial services and the cascading fallout of the Kelp DAO attack. The team breaks down the massive $344 million Tether freeze on Tron, the controversial 15-bit quantum key breakthrough, and the wild story of an Army Green Beret caught insider trading on Polymarket. From hash rate updates and Bitcoin mining economics to Donald Trump’s latest Mar-a-Lago meme coin gala, we cover the biggest stories moving the needle in the crypto industry today. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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0:00.0	What's going on, y'all?
0:06.0	Welcome back to Blockspace Live for the closing show this week on this beautiful Friday morning or afternoon if you're on ET.
0:13.0	We have got a pack show for you today.
0:15.2	To start off, we've got a hash rate and difficulty and hash price update from our friends at Luxoron HashRate Index.
0:21.6	Then we are moving on to a big quantum bounty.
0:25.3	This news just broke today where a researcher, a single researcher, not working in a big
0:29.7	national lab, broke a 15-bit electric curve key and was rewarded a Bitcoin from Project 11.
0:36.8	That will be our top story for today.
0:38.5	And then for our second story, a little bit of a duo for the top one today.
0:43.5	Trump is hosting a meme coin gala because, of course, why wouldn't you do that when
0:49.2	every meme coin is down over 90%.
0:52.0	And then for our interviews today, we have Michael Tenguma of OnRamp,
0:57.7	the CEO and founder of OnRamp to talk about OnRamp finance. And we have Taylor Monaghan,
1:01.8	formerly of Metamask on to talk about the cascading fallout of the Kelpdal attack and what it
1:09.6	means for the future of Defi.
1:11.1	For our final stories today, we will be covering some pretty interesting stuff regarding
1:17.4	and regarding prediction markets, including some insider trading from a U.S. Special Forces
1:23.7	member that was involved in the Nicholas Maduro raid.
1:26.6	And we also have tether freezing
1:28.4	300 plus million dollars worth of Tron on the same week that Justin Sun is saying that World
1:35.8	Liberty Financial is putting in backdoors and freezing assets. So interesting docket as we close
1:41.9	out the week today. Black Space goes live on Monday, Wednesday, Friday at noon Eastern,
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