FBI, Dubai Police, and Chinese authorities dismantled nine crypto scam centers in a joint sweep, while European police separately arrested ten suspects.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fbi-dubai-china-crypto-scam-centers-dismantled-april-2026/

Ripple is deploying its institutional custody stack inside Kbank, Korea's first internet-only bank, to power digital asset wallet services for clients.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ripple-kbank-korea-custody-institutional-wallet-april-2026/

World Liberty Financial begins voting on a proposal to unlock 62.3B previously frozen WLFI tokens via staggered vesting plus a 4.5B insider burn.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/world-liberty-financial-62-billion-token-unlock-vote-april-2026/

FTC settles with Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky for $10M and a permanent industry ban, sharply down from the original $4.7B judgment.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/mashinsky-celsius-ftc-10m-settlement-industry-ban-april-2026/

Steak 'n Shake reports Bitcoin payments cost roughly half what credit card processing does, the first concrete merchant data on Lightning savings.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/steak-n-shake-bitcoin-50-percent-processing-fees-april-2026/

Jerome Powell tells reporters he will remain a Federal Reserve governor after his chair term ends May 15, keeping a seat at the policy table under Warsh.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/powell-stays-fed-governor-may-15-chair-end-april-2026/

FOMC keeps rates unchanged but drops easing bias as three officials dissent. BTC at $75,008 with Fear & Greed at 38, traders read a hawkish hold.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fed-holds-rates-three-dissents-inflation-april-2026/

Meta is rolling out stablecoin payouts for creators through Stripe, its first live crypto payments product since the Diem wind-down.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/meta-stablecoin-creator-payouts-stripe-april-2026/

Kevin Warsh advanced out of the Senate Banking Committee toward a full vote, putting a hawkish-leaning Fed chair within reach as crypto trades flat.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kevin-warsh-senate-banking-committee-fed-chair-april-2026/

Wall Street is filing the first prediction market ETFs for US elections, pulling political odds out of crypto venues and into regulated brokerage wrappers.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/wall-street-prediction-market-etfs-us-elections-april-2026/