Payward, the parent company of Kraken, is acquiring CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange Bitnomial in a $550 million cash and stock deal announced April 17.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kraken-payward-acquires-bitnomial-550-million-derivatives-cftc-april-2026/

Flow Capital plans to tokenize a $150M private credit fund via Singapore's DigiFT to raise additional capital, per a Bloomberg report on April 17, 2026.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/flow-capital-digift-150-million-private-credit-tokenization-april-2026/

Singapore Gulf Bank now lets institutional clients swap US dollars for USDC on Solana at par, with no spread, putting a licensed bank behind Circle's rails.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/singapore-gulf-bank-usdc-mint-redeem-solana-1-to-1-april-2026/

Tennessee's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act heads to the Senate Finance Committee April 20, 2026, with a 10% allocation cap and air-gapped custody rules.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tennessee-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-act-senate-finance-committee-april-20-2026/

S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs for a second day on Middle East ceasefire talks. SOL, XRP, and BNB led crypto gains while BTC stayed flat.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sp500-nasdaq-record-highs-altcoin-rally-iran-ceasefire-april-2026/

Drift Protocol is relaunching with a Tether-funded recovery pool of roughly $150 million for users hit by the April 1 exploit, and USDT will sit at the center of the rebuilt perp DEX.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/drift-protocol-tether-150-million-recovery-pool-usdt-relaunch-april-2026/

Schwab Crypto launched on April 17, 2026 with direct spot BTC and ETH trading for the largest US brokerage's 36 million accounts.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/charles-schwab-launches-schwab-crypto-spot-bitcoin-ethereum-trading-april-2026/

Powell's Fed chair term expires May 15, 2026. Warsh's confirmation hearing is April 21. The statute is silent on what happens if the vote slips.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/powell-fed-chair-term-expires-may-2026-successor-legal-ambiguity-warsh-confirmation-crypto-markets/

Seoul's Ministry of Economy and Finance approved a sandbox pilot on April 16 that lets ministries pay operating expenses in deposit tokens instead of government cards.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-deposit-tokens-government-purchasing-cards-regulatory-sandbox-ev-charging-april-2026/

21Shares' second S-1 amendment for its Hyperliquid ETF plans to stake 30-70% of HYPE holdings and list on Nasdaq under the ticker THYP.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/21shares-hyperliquid-etf-thyp-second-s1-amendment-30-70-percent-staking-nasdaq-april-2026/