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Aptos has launched Confidential APT on its mainnet, introducing a privacy-focused token designed to conceal balances and transfers while maintaining verifiable transactions.

Startale Group will integrate Sunnyside Labs’ Privacy Boost into its Soneium app, enabling private crypto transfers with compliance controls on the Sony-linked blockchain network.

Stablecoin transfer volume fell 19.18% over the past 30 days to $8.31 trillion, even as total supply and user adoption continued to increase, according to RWA.xyz.

Ondo Finance has partnered with Broadridge to enable proxy voting for tokenised stocks and ETFs, allowing crypto wallet holders to participate in corporate governance for the first time.

Polymarket is seeking approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to reopen its main prediction market to US traders after a 2022 settlement forced it offshore.

Bitcoin fell 0.7% on April 28, briefly dropping below $76,000 as global markets lost momentum following a pause in Middle East geopolitical tensions.

Anti-Money Laundering enforcement has overtaken securities violations as the biggest regulatory risk for crypto firms, with US authorities issuing $900 million in fines in the first half of 2025.

Eric Trump has accused Forbes of publishing “politically motivated propaganda” after it criticised his Bitcoin venture American Bitcoin.

RedStone has launched a new settlement layer designed to make tokenised real-world assets usable as collateral in decentralised finance lending markets.

The United States Treasury has sanctioned two blockchain wallets linked to Iran and coordinated with Tether to freeze $344 million in USDT as part of a broader enforcement action.

Japan-based crypto exchange Bitbank has launched a credit card that allows users to settle bills directly in Bitcoin, marking a first for a licensed exchange in the country.

Canaan has secured a follow-on order from Tether for custom mining modules set for deployment at a South America facility in 2026.