FinCEN and OFAC published a joint proposed rule on April 8, 2026 requiring payment stablecoin issuers to build bank-grade compliance programs, with a full enforcement deadline of January 18, 2027.
XRP moved sharply from $1.33 to $1.35 on elevated volume, but consolidation without follow-through raises questions about durability. ETF inflows of $3.32 million were too small to shift price direction at this scale, and $1.36-$1.40 remains a meaningful resistance ceiling.
Brian Armstrong's January opposition to the CLARITY Act contributed to a Senate Banking Committee delay that stalled the bill for months. On April 11 he reversed that position, backing the current draft and aligning with Treasury Secretary Bessent's call for Congress to act — though the Senate committee has still not scheduled a markup.
X's Head of Product Nikita Bier says the feature has already moved markets. Canada gets a pilot trading button through Wealthsimple. X Money's public launch looms in the background.
Holding Bitcoin or Ethereum inside a tax-advantaged retirement account is now possible for millions of investors. The mechanics are different from a standard brokerage IRA, the fees are higher, and the risks are distinct. Here is what you need to understand before opening one.
Finance Minister Roland Lescure calls euro stablecoin volume "not satisfactory" and endorses a 12-bank consortium building a MiCA-compliant alternative to dollar dominance.
The April 25 luncheon at Mar-a-Lago for TRUMP token holders promises the president's attendance. Problem: Trump also said he'd be at the White House Correspondents' Dinner that same day in Washington.
The stablecoin sector added $1.37 billion in the week ending April 11, 2026. USDC posted the week's strongest absolute inflow at $1.27 billion. BlackRock's BUIDL led all gainers with a 5.29% rise — while WLFI's USD1 shed 5.27%, losing $232 million tied to the project's ongoing controversy.
Senators Warren, Schiff, and Blumenthal have sent a formal document request to Fight Fight Fight LLC — the TRUMP token co-issuer — over a planned April 25 Mar-a-Lago gala where top token holders receive exclusive access to the President.
The crypto conference happening Saturday at the President's own venue is reserved for the top 297 holders of his own token, with the top 29 getting direct access.
The deal is $4.2 billion and all-stock. The buyer processes crypto trades. The target processes $500 billion in annual shareholder payments. The bet is that those two worlds are about to merge.
Cross-border, cross-bank, near real-time. The transaction ran on XRP Ledger while most banks were closed. DTCC picked Ondo for its 50-firm tokenization working group the same week.
The Binance founder told Consensus Miami that American crypto traders get worse prices than everyone else. He floated reviving Binance.US as one fix. The other option is bolder.
The venture capitalist who shaped the Trump administration's crypto agenda hit his 130-day legal limit and moves to a broader advisory role. He leaves behind a stalled market structure bill, an unbuilt Bitcoin reserve, and a crypto industry asking who fills the gap.
Governor Kay Ivey signed the DUNA Act on April 1, 2026, giving decentralized autonomous organizations full legal personality in Alabama. Over $24.5 billion in DAO treasury assets have operated without this protection. That is changing.
