Morgan Stanley increased its Bitcoin holdings to over $100 million in April 2026. The firm also purchased about 177.76 BTC worth $13.75 million during the same period.
Zonda crypto exchange CEO Przemysław Kral disclosed a cold wallet address holding 4,503 BTC worth $334 million. The exchange cannot access the funds because founder Sylwester Suszek, who holds the private key, has been missing since 2022.
South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance is launching a blockchain deposit token pilot for government operational spending. The pilot starts in Sejong City under a regulatory sandbox and targets full rollout in Q4 2026.
The White House is urging the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act, a crypto market structure bill. The House approved it 294–134 in July 2025, but the Senate has not scheduled a vote.
Tether added 951 BTC to its reserves on 14 April 2026, worth approximately $70 million at current prices. Total holdings now stand at 97,141 BTC, valued at roughly $7.2 billion.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed HB 798 on 13 April 2026, extending unclaimed property rules to digital assets. The law bars the state from selling dormant crypto for at least one year after delivery.
Deutsche Börse acquired a $200M stake in crypto exchange Kraken on 14 April 2026. The deal gives the German exchange operator a 1.5% fully diluted stake in Kraken's parent company, Payward Inc.
Pi Network has completed its mainnet upgrade to Protocol 21, a mandatory hard fork. Node operators faced a 6 April 2026 deadline to update or risk disconnection from the network.
South Korea's Bithumb exchange mistakenly credited users with 620,000 Bitcoin worth $44 billion in February 2026. The Bank of Korea has since proposed mandatory circuit breakers for crypto exchanges to halt trading during sudden price moves.
Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF (MSBT) launched on NYSE Arca on 08 April 2026. It recorded $30.6 million in first-day inflows, the best opening day of any ETF in the firm's history.
Japan's Cabinet approved a bill on 10 April 2026 to move crypto assets under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. The bill still requires Diet approval before it becomes law.
The U.S. Treasury, FinCEN, and OFAC proposed AML and sanctions rules for stablecoin issuers on 08 April 2026. The rules target permitted payment stablecoin issuers defined under the GENIUS Act.
The SEC brought 95 book-and-record enforcement cases since fiscal year 2022, resulting in $2.3 billion in penalties. The agency now states those cases identified no direct investor harm and produced no investor benefit.
Circle announced cirBTC, a wrapped Bitcoin token backed 1:1 by native BTC. The token targets OTC desks, market makers, and DeFi lending platforms on Ethereum and Circle's Arc blockchain.
Chainalysis projects stablecoin transaction volume could reach $1.5 quadrillion by 2035, up from $28 trillion in 2025. The high-end figure depends on two macro catalysts: a generational wealth transfer and merchant point-of-sale adoption.
The SEC's crypto safe harbor proposal has entered White House review under OIRA. SEC Chair Paul Atkins confirmed the move at the Vanderbilt Digital Asset Summit on 07 April 2026.
Broadridge has extended its governance platform to support on-chain proxy voting for tokenized equities. Galaxy Digital will use it first at its May 2026 annual shareholder meeting.
SWIFT is building a blockchain-based ledger with 40+ financial institutions, targeting live deployment by mid-2026. ISO 20022 migration completed in November 2025, enabling richer data fields for digital asset settlement.
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