US Secret Service, UK NCA, and Canadian police traced $45M in crypto fraud across 30 countries, freezing $12M and contacting 3,000 victims directly.

JPMorgan estimates Q1 2026 crypto inflows dropped sharply to around $11 billion, with Strategy's Bitcoin purchases and VC funding accounting for the bulk.

The Seoul Administrative Court overturned the FIU's three-month suspension of Upbit, ruling that KYC rules for small transactions lacked specificity.

Bithumb filed for provisional asset seizure against users who refused to return 7 BTC from the February payout error that credited 620,000 phantom bitcoins.

A new CEA report finds that prohibiting stablecoin rewards would add just $2.1 billion in bank loans, undercutting the banking lobby's core argument.

Canary Capital submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a spot PEPE ETF on April 8. The fund would hold PEPE directly with up to 5% in ETH for gas fees.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent published a WSJ op-ed urging Congress to pass the Clarity Act before April ends, calling it essential to US financial leadership.

Visa launched Intelligent Commerce Connect, letting AI agents make purchases across 150M+ merchants. Stablecoin and x402 protocol integrations deepen the crypto link.

The March FOMC minutes reveal growing support for rate increases as oil-driven inflation reaches 3.5%. Bitcoin slips below $71,000 as traders reprice rate expectations.

UBS, PostFinance, Raiffeisen, ZKB, BCV, and Sygnum begin testing a regulated CHF stablecoin in a live sandbox throughout 2026.