📢 Polymarket ranked first among crypto, trading, and prediction platforms in Q1 2026, recording 122M visits according to Similarweb.

📢 Foreign central banks have reallocated reserves into gold, with total holdings now surpassing U.S. Treasuries for the first time in nearly 30 years.

📢 More than $1 trillion in stablecoins has been transferred so far this month, according to DeFiLlama.

📢 Active addresses on Ethereum have reached record levels even as prices decline, with CryptoOnchain noting that this on-chain divergence could point to undervaluation.

📢 NVIDIA’s market value has climbed above $5.2 trillion.

📢 The total stablecoin market cap has risen to $305.29 billion.

📢 Caladan reports that about 93% of Web3 gaming projects are effectively no longer active.

📢 Markets are fully pricing in a 100% probability that the Fed will keep rates unchanged at 3.50%–3.75%.

📢 CryptoQuant says Bitcoin’s late-April decline was caused by leveraged liquidations rather than selling in the spot market.

📢 About $266M in long positions got wiped out as Bitcoin dropped below $76,000.

📢 TON Brings AI Wallets to Telegram

AI agents are starting to handle money onchain.

• $TON introduces Agentic Wallets for Telegram-based AI
• Agents can hold funds and make transactions on their own
• No need for approval at every step, making flows smoother

📢 Daily active users on Canton reached a new all-time high on April 26.

📢 Bybit Pay Expands to South Africa🇿🇦

Crypto payments are getting more practical on the ground.

• Bybit partners with MoneyBadger to enter South Africa
• Users can pay with crypto using simple QR codes
• Works across merchants nationwide

📢 The U.S. stock market lost $500 billion in market value right at the open.

📢 Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research estimates that crypto markets are roughly 90–95% through their current price and volume downturn compared to past cycles.

📢 Visa Opens the Door to Self-Custody Spending

Big step toward using your own crypto in everyday payments.

• VISA partners with WeFi to support self-custodied crypto spending
• Users keep control of their funds while paying through Visa’s network
• Rollout starts in parts of Europe, Asia, and Latin America

📢 After 10.8 years of inactivity, an Ethereum ICO member who deposited $3,100 in 2015 just shifted 10,000 $ETH valued $22.88M, earning a 7,381x return.

📢 In order to increase Aave liquidity and expand GHO liquidity, LayerZero Labs is pledging more than 10,000 $ETH to DeFi United, including a 5,000 ETH contribution and a 5,000 ETH deposit.

📢 The overall value of Solana's RWA ecosystem exceeds $2.5 billion, setting a new record.

📢 Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $89.7M net outflows for the second straight day, with BlackRock hit hardest at $112.2M in withdrawals.

📢 Bitcoin exchange netflows climbed to +9,905 BTC on April 27, marking the largest single-day inflow in the past 30 days, according to CryptoQuant.