S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs for a second day on Middle East ceasefire talks. SOL, XRP, and BNB led crypto gains while BTC stayed flat.

Drift Protocol is relaunching with a Tether-funded recovery pool of roughly $150 million for users hit by the April 1 exploit, and USDT will sit at the center of the rebuilt perp DEX.

Schwab Crypto launched on April 17, 2026 with direct spot BTC and ETH trading for the largest US brokerage's 36 million accounts.

Powell's Fed chair term expires May 15, 2026. Warsh's confirmation hearing is April 21. The statute is silent on what happens if the vote slips.

Seoul's Ministry of Economy and Finance approved a sandbox pilot on April 16 that lets ministries pay operating expenses in deposit tokens instead of government cards.

21Shares' second S-1 amendment for its Hyperliquid ETF plans to stake 30-70% of HYPE holdings and list on Nasdaq under the ticker THYP.

CryptoQuant says whale wallets accumulated 270,000 BTC in 30 days, the largest wave since 2013. BTC trades at $74,675 with Fear and Greed at 55.

Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Elon Musk warning that X Money, which just launched with Visa and a 6% yield, poses consumer, national security, and financial stability risks.

Ripple and Kyobo Life will pilot tokenized settlement of Korean government bonds on Ripple Custody, a first for the KRW sovereign debt market.

A Cato Institute report says daily Bitcoin coffee purchases could generate 70+ pages of US tax filings. The new PARITY Act just dropped the fix.