Strategy's STRC preferred has accumulated 77,000 BTC in 2026, ten times the net intake of every US spot Bitcoin ETF combined, per River data.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-strc-77000-btc-accumulation-etfs-combined-april-2026/

Coinbase's x402 protocol rolled out Agent.market, a paid service catalog where autonomous AI agents can buy access to APIs and tools using stablecoins.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-x402-agent-market-ai-agent-app-store-april-2026/

Grayscale amended its Hyperliquid ETF filing, naming Anchorage Digital Bank as custodian and replacing Coinbase Custody in institutional crypto custody.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/grayscale-hyperliquid-etf-anchorage-digital-bank-custodian-coinbase-custody-april-2026/

Polymarket is reportedly negotiating a raise of up to $400 million at a $15 billion valuation as prediction market demand keeps setting new records in 2026.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/polymarket-400-million-raise-15-billion-valuation-prediction-market-april-2026/

Tether led an $8M round in Abu Dhabi tokenization firm KAIO and plans an institutional onchain fund with Mubadala Capital, deepening its UAE footprint.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tether-kaio-mubadala-capital-abu-dhabi-tokenization-april-2026/

Ripple gave itself a 2028 deadline to swap out the XRP Ledger's cryptography before quantum machines can break it, calling the threat 'credible.'

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ripple-2028-quantum-proof-xrp-ledger-deadline-april-2026/

WSJ reports Senate Democrats plan to grill Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh on perceived gaps in his financial disclosures at Tuesday's confirmation hearing.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/warsh-senate-democrats-disclosure-gaps-fed-chair-confirmation-hearing-april-2026/

Paul Atkins told a conference audience on April 20 that the SEC has ended 'regulation through enforcement' against crypto. What the shift actually means.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-chair-atkins-ends-regulation-through-enforcement-crypto-april-2026/

Poland's parliament again failed to override a presidential veto on its crypto bill, leaving it the only EU member state without a national MiCA framework.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/poland-mica-crypto-bill-veto-override-fails-only-eu-country-april-2026/

RAVE cryptocurrency fell 98% to $0.50 in two days, wiping $6.7 billion in market cap after insider dumps and exchange blacklists.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/rave-token-98-percent-collapse-6-7-billion-market-cap-april-2026/