Sberbank, which serves over 100 million Russian retail customers, is preparing a crypto trading rollout per TASS, landing days after Russia's new bill.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sberbank-russia-largest-bank-crypto-trading-rollout-april-2026/

Iran named Bitcoin for Strait of Hormuz oil tolls, but insiders told Cointelegraph stablecoins handle most of the actual settlement. Here's what that split means.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/iran-bitcoin-hormuz-oil-tolls-stablecoins-settlement-april-2026/

The Financial Stability Board warned that private credit markets could trigger a triple whammy shock. Here is what it means for crypto.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fsb-triple-whammy-private-credit-warning-crypto-april-2026/

Vitalik Buterin has flagged a DNS registrar attack on eth.limo, the ENS gateway service, and is warning users to stay cautious during the team's response.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/vitalik-warning-eth-limo-dns-registrar-attack-april-2026/

A new draft law would put criminal penalties on crypto exchanges, P2P desks and OTC operators serving Russian users without official registration.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-bill-criminalize-unregistered-crypto-services-april-2026/

X's new Cashtags feature drove $1 billion in trading volume in its first two days after Wealthsimple wired it into its Canadian brokerage feed.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/x-cashtags-1-billion-trading-volume-wealthsimple-48-hours-april-2026/

The US issued a license April 17 letting buyers take Russian oil already loaded on tankers. Crypto rallied: BTC +3.7%, ETH +4%, XRP +3.6%.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-russia-oil-tanker-license-crypto-rally-april-2026/

Polymarket prediction-market traders now price a US-Iran peace deal by June 30 at 74%, and crypto is rallying 3%+ across BTC, ETH, and XRP.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/polymarket-us-iran-peace-deal-74-percent-odds-june-2026/

Gate has opened its first Pre-IPO subscription, giving retail users tokenized exposure to SpaceX under ticker SPCX, with the window closing in 48 hours.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gate-io-first-pre-ipo-spacex-spcx-subscription-april-2026/

Cointelegraph reports central banks hold record gold reserves this century. Bitcoin sits at $77,134, up 2.9% in 24 hours. Here is what that parallel signals.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/central-banks-record-gold-reserves-bitcoin-77000-april-2026/