A grandson of mob boss John Gotti was sentenced for wire fraud after moving $420K in stolen COVID relief through crypto rails amid rising KYC scrutiny.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gotti-grandson-covid-fraud-crypto-sentenced-april-2026/

The Philippines SEC told citizens that dYdX and six other crypto platforms are not registered to solicit investments locally, escalating regional enforcement.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/philippine-sec-dydx-seven-crypto-platforms-unauthorized-advisory-april-2026/

A wallet tied to Justin Sun cleared $274M USDT from Aave after the protocol froze its rsETH markets from the KelpDAO exploit. The speed is the story.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/justin-sun-linked-wallet-274-million-usdt-aave-freeze-april-2026/

The Arbitrum Security Council took emergency action to freeze 30,766 ETH worth roughly $71M tied to the KelpDAO exploit address on Arbitrum One.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/arbitrum-security-council-freezes-30766-eth-kelpdao-exploit-april-2026/

RedotPay is now letting users pay in 100+ countries with SUI and native USDC on the Sui network, opening the chain's first major card rail.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/redotpay-sui-usdc-sui-integration-100-countries-april-2026/

Tron processed about $2 trillion in USDT transfer volume during Q1 2026, extending its lead as the dominant settlement rail for Tether's stablecoin.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tron-2-trillion-usdt-transfers-q1-2026/

Tim Cook stepped down as Apple CEO on April 20, 2026. His legacy includes Apple Pay, a payment rail nearly every crypto card now depends on.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tim-cook-steps-down-apple-ceo-apple-pay-crypto-legacy-april-2026/

BlackRock's Jay Jacobs says Bitcoin is driven by geopolitical and inflation risk, not broader market sentiment. What the framing means with BTC at $76K.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/blackrock-jay-jacobs-bitcoin-own-drivers-geopolitical-inflation-april-2026/

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/