Stablecoin volume has grown quarter-over-quarter for 10 straight quarters, accelerating after the GENIUS Act — link | AI comment
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Drift gets $148 million funding from Tether and partners as it replaces Circle stablecoin with USDT after massive exploit — link | AI comment
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Coindesk
Drift gets $148 million rescue fund and Tether will replace Circle's USDC for settlement after massive exploit
The money will be used by Drift to recover user funds after more than $270 million in funds were exploited this month, and will relaunch Drift as a USDT-based perpetuals DEX on Solana.
Charles Schwab begins rollout of spot Bitcoin, Ethereum trading platform — link | AI comment
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The Block
Charles Schwab begins rollout of spot bitcoin, ethereum trading platform
The new platform, called Schwab Crypto, will roll out over the coming weeks and will only support bitcoin and ethereum at first.
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Kraken's parent company Payward to acquire derivatives exchange Bitnomial for $550 million in cash and stock — link | AI comment
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Coindesk
Kraken's parent company Payward to acquire derivatives exchange Bitnomial for $550 million in cash and stock.
The deal gives Payward control of a fully licensed U.S. crypto derivatives stack, accelerating its expansion in regulated markets.
Strategy proposes semi-monthly dividends on its popular STRC preferred stock — link | AI comment
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Coindesk
Michael Saylor's Strategy (MSTR) moves to pay STRC dividends twice per month
"[The] proposed changes are intended to stabilize price, dampen cyclicality, drive liquidity, and grow demand," said Executive Chairman Michael Saylor.
Bitcoin liquidity remains concentrated on Binance and Coinbase despite infrastructure maturation. Binance consistently provides $30M in orderbook depth at 1% from the mid-price, while Coinbase maintains $16-20M — link | AI comment
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Digital asset investment products saw inflows of $1.4bn, the strongest weekly total since January and a third consecutive week of positive flows — link | AI comment
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Strategy has acquired 34,164 BTC for ~$2.54 billion at ~$74,395 per Bitcoin — link | AI comment
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Michael Saylor (@saylor) on X
Strategy has acquired 34,164 BTC for ~$2.54 billion at ~$74,395 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 9.5% YTD 2026. As of 4/19/2026, we hodl 815,061 $BTC acquired for ~$61.56 billion at ~$75,527 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC https://t.co/ifGXjMeIZH
BitMine's ETH holdings reached 4.976 million after acquiring 101,627 tokens over the past week — link | AI comment
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Prnewswire
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 4.976 Million Tokens, and Total Crypto and Total Cash Holdings…
Bitmine now owns more than 4% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 82% of the way to the 'Alchemy of 5%' in just 9 months Ethereum...
UK sets out plan to integrate payments rules covering stablecoins and tokenized deposits — link | AI comment
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The Block
UK sets out plan to integrate payments rules covering stablecoins and tokenized deposits
HM Treasury proposed unifying UK payments rules for traditional services, stablecoins, and tokenized deposits during Fintech Week in London.
DoorDash to offer stablecoin payouts with Tempo in push toward everyday crypto payments — link | AI comment
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The Block
DoorDash to offer stablecoin payouts with Tempo in push toward everyday crypto payments
Stripe, Coastal Bank and ARQ are also deploying stablecoin payment flows on Tempo's network alongside DoorDash.
New York sues Coinbase, Gemini Titan; calls their prediction markets illegal gambling — link | AI comment
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Reuters
New York sues prediction markets Coinbase and Gemini Titan, calls their operations gambling
New York's attorney general sued Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan on Tuesday, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling.
Russia passes crypto bill in first reading; permits use in foreign trade settlements — link | AI comment
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The Block
Russia passes crypto bill in first reading; permits use in foreign trade settlements
The bill would prohibit the use of crypto for domestic payments but allow its use in foreign economic activities, according to TASS.
This Friday 8 AM UTC, 109K $BTC are set to expire on Deribit with a notional value of $8.52 billion.
Max pain price $72,000, put/call ratio: 0.91 | AI comment
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Max pain price $72,000, put/call ratio: 0.91 | AI comment
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Ethereum max pain price $2,200, $1.34 billion notional value, put/call ratio 0.68 | AI comment
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Tether supports freeze of more than $344 million in USDT in coordination with OFAC and U.S. law enforcement — link | AI comment
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tether.io
Tether Supports Freeze of More Than $344 Million in USD₮ in Coordination with OFAC and U.S. Law Enforcement - Tether.io
23 April 2026 – Tether announced today that it has supported the U.S. Government in freezing $344 million USD₮ across two addresses. The freeze was executed after the addresses were identified, preventing further movement of funds. The freeze follows information…