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The European Union has approved its 20th sanctions package against Russia, introducing a full ban on all transactions with Russian crypto service providers from May 24, 2026.

Iran has denied reports that it is collecting cryptocurrency tolls for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, amid rising confusion over wartime payment policies.

Trading firm Jane Street has asked a US court to dismiss an insider trading lawsuit filed by the administrator of Terraform Labs over the 2022 Terra ecosystem collapse.

The White House has confirmed that Donald Trump will deliver a keynote address at a gala for top holders of the Official Trump memecoin on Saturday.

Morgan Stanley has launched a “Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio” allowing issuers to hold reserve assets in its money market fund while earning yield, marking a deeper push into digital asset infrastructure.

The US Department of Justice has frozen more than $701 million in cryptocurrency linked to investment scams targeting Americans as part of a coordinated enforcement operation.

Ripple has partnered with Kyobo Life Insurance to pilot South Korea’s first blockchain-based settlement of government bonds, aiming to compress the traditional two-day cycle into near real-time execution.

Deloitte and Touche completed a SOC 2 Type 2 examination for Chainlink’s CCIP and data feeds on April 21, 2026, making it the only crypto oracle platform with a full stack of institutional-grade security certifications.

GraniteShares has delayed the launch of its 3x Long and 3x Short XRP ETFs to May 7, marking the fifth postponement in three weeks.

Bernie Moreno has set an end-of-May deadline for the CLARITY Act, warning that failure to pass the bill could shelve it for years amid midterm election pressures.

Pi Network has set an April 27 deadline for all Mainnet node operators to upgrade to Protocol 22 or face automatic disconnection from the network.

Spanish police seized two crypto cold wallets holding about €400,000 during a raid on what authorities described as the country’s largest illegal manga distribution platform.