xStocks, the Backed Finance tokenized equities platform, has gone live on BNB Chain with more than 50 US stocks tradable onchain alongside its Solana deployment.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xstocks-bnb-chain-50-tokenized-us-stocks-april-2026/

US banking groups are pressing Congress to delay stablecoin rulemaking while Agora pushes ahead with a federal charter application of its own.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/banks-slow-stablecoin-law-agora-charter-april-2026/

Canada's $195B AIMCo pension fund disclosed a $219M position in Strategy, its first ever Bitcoin-linked exposure, according to BitcoinNews.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/alberta-pension-fund-strategy-219m-first-bitcoin-bet-april-2026/

The US has seized close to $500M in Iranian crypto assets under Operation Economic Fury, marking the largest disclosed action against Tehran's onchain flows.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-seizes-500m-iran-crypto-operation-economic-fury-april-2026/

MARA Holdings is acquiring Long Ridge Energy for $1.5 billion to power an AI data center buildout, marking the bitcoin miner's biggest move beyond mining.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/mara-holdings-long-ridge-energy-15b-ai-data-center-april-2026/

Japan Exchange Group CEO Hiromi Yamaji says JPX wants to list spot BTC and ETH ETFs as early as 2027, citing the success of US products.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jpx-japan-bitcoin-ethereum-etf-2027-april-2026/

Rakuten Pay opened XRP conversion for 44 million users, putting a $23B loyalty network on rails that reach 5 million Japanese merchant locations.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/rakuten-pay-xrp-loyalty-points-44m-users-april-2026/

Wasabi Protocol lost roughly $5 million after an attacker took control of the deployer admin key and drained contracts across three chains.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/wasabi-protocol-5m-deployer-key-exploit-april-2026/

Shinhan Card, one of South Korea's largest card issuers, is testing stablecoin payments on the Solana testnet, signaling Korea's deepest card-rail crypto experiment yet.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/shinhan-card-stablecoin-solana-testnet-pilot-april-2026/

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou says Malaysia's Securities Commission removed the exchange from its alert list after months of formal engagement and policy discussions.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bybit-malaysia-watchlist-removed-ben-zhou-april-2026/