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Zcash surged more than 30% in 24 hours after Grayscale Investments accumulated approximately $46 million worth of ZEC, driving trading volume above $760 million.

Meta has launched Muse Spark, a new AI model designed to deliver “personal superintelligence” through its Meta AI assistant across its apps and platforms.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has proposed new rules requiring stablecoin issuers to adopt risk-based anti-money laundering programmes, marking a major shift in US crypto compliance.

ARK Invest increased its stake in Robinhood Markets, purchasing roughly $13 million in shares following the platform’s selection for a US government-backed savings initiative.

Four crypto wallets made roughly $663,000 by betting on a US-Iran ceasefire just hours before it was confirmed, raising concerns over potential insider trading.

Thailand’s securities regulator has proposed new rules to tighten scrutiny over funding sources behind cryptocurrency firms, targeting both direct and indirect backers.

A White House report found that banning stablecoin yields would have minimal impact on bank lending while imposing significant economic costs on users.

Iran is reportedly considering charging ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz a tariff paid in Bitcoin following a proposed two-week ceasefire with the United States.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed David Woodcock as director of its division of enforcement, effective May 4, as lawmakers question the exit of his predecessor.

A group of North Korean IT workers generated more than $3.5 million in crypto by posing as developers and infiltrating projects, according to leaked data shared by blockchain investigator ZachXBT.

Standard Chartered is planning to absorb Zodia Custody into its corporate and investment bank division, consolidating its crypto custody operations as early as April 2026.

UBS and five major Swiss banks are launching a sandbox to test potential use cases for a Swiss franc-denominated stablecoin.

Ben Delo, co-founder of BitMEX, has donated £4 million ($5.3 million) to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, marking his entry into political funding.

Bitcoin dropped below $71,000 on Wednesday after briefly rallying to $72,700 as optimism over a US-Iran ceasefire quickly faded amid renewed Middle East conflict.

Tehran officially closes the Strait of Hormuz following the violations of the April 8 ceasefire.

For the better part of a decade, the gilded youth of the financial world — the "crypto-native" generation — dismissed gold as a "boomer rock." 

To them, the heavy, yellow metal was an analog relic, a petrous souvenir of an era before the lightning-fast efficiency of the blockchain. 

For decades, the Strait of Hormuz has existed in the global consciousness as a geopolitical abstraction — a narrow, jagged ribbon of blue on a map that experts warned was the "jugular vein" of the modern world. 

But as the closure of the Strait enters its second month, that abstraction has curdled into a cold, suffocating reality. 

For a fleeting moment last autumn, it appeared that the long-running friction between the frantic world of cryptocurrency and the buttoned-down halls of global finance had finally reached a grand synthesis. 

With the debut of spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and Bitcoin scaling heights near $126,000, the industry’s boosters declared that "digital gold" had finally arrived as a permanent fixture of the modern portfolio.

The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday evening following an urgent diplomatic intervention led by Pakistan, easing fears of an immediate escalation in the five-week conflict.

World Liberty Financial’s treasury has drained liquidity from its own USD1 stablecoin pool after borrowing more than $50 million from Dolomite.

Paolo Ardoino has been confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026, set to take place April 27–29 at The Venetian in Las Vegas.

New academic research suggests that a quantum attack capable of overtaking Bitcoin mining would require hardware and energy on a scale comparable to a star, placing it far beyond physical feasibility.

Pi Network has completed its first validator reward distribution, delivering payouts to eligible users after more than 526 million KYC validation tasks were processed.

The system allows agents to place bets, interpret game outcomes and execute strategies using real cryptocurrency without human intervention.