Senator Blumenthal Probes Binance Iran Compliance as Warren Targets SEC Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) inquired into Binance’s handling of Iran-linked accounts, prompting the exchange’s detailed response…
Russia Criminalizes Unregistered Crypto Services Russia’s lower house of parliament received a draft bill on April 18, 2026, to criminalize unregistered cryptocurrency services, imposing fines and…
Grinex Suspends Operations After $13.7M Hack Grinex, a sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange, suspended operations following a $13.7 million hack, coinciding with Chainalysis reporting on shadow crypto economy…
Circle Launches USDC Bridge for Cross-Chain Transfers Circle launched the USDC Bridge this week, a native service enabling direct cross-chain USDC transfers via burn-and-mint without wrapped…
Pi Network Hits 18 Million Verified Users Ahead of Node Protocol Deadline Pi Network has crossed 18 million identity-verified users, marking a significant milestone as the…
Justin Sun Flags Coercion in WLFI Proposal Tron founder Justin Sun publicly criticized World Liberty Financial’s (WLFI) governance proposal on April 16, 2026, labeling it “coercion”…
Charles Schwab Spot Crypto Plans and BitMEX USDT Activity Charles Schwab, managing over $10 trillion in client assets, is advancing toward spot crypto trading access for…
Sky USDS Native Deployment on Avalanche Sky’s USDS and sUSDS stablecoins launched natively on Avalanche on April 13, 2026, via the Skylink bridge, marking the first…
US Government Moves $606K Bitfinex Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime The U.S. government transferred approximately 8.2 BTC (valued at roughly $606,000) seized from the 2016 Bitfinex hack…