Strategy holds 766,970 BTC and is closing on BlackRock's 784,620 at 10x the pace. Meanwhile, 220+ copycat treasury firms trade below NAV.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-766970-btc-blackrock-ibit-gap-17000-bitcoin-treasury-race-april-2026/

The HKMA grants its first two stablecoin issuer licenses to HSBC and Anchorpoint Financial, a Standard Chartered-led venture, after reviewing 36 applications.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hsbc-standard-chartered-hong-kong-first-stablecoin-licenses-hkma-anchorpoint-april-2026/

Trump-backed WLFI token falls to record lows after the team's defense of its $150M Dolomite lending position failed to reassure holders.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/wlfi-token-12-percent-drop-all-time-low-dolomite-treasury-buyback-underwater/

Japan

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/japan-cabinet-approves-fiea-amendment-crypto-reclassification/

MSBT pulled in $34 million and 430 BTC on day one, outperforming every previous Morgan Stanley ETF debut. An OCC charter and E*Trade crypto trading are next.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/morgan-stanley-msbt-best-first-day-etf-34-million-occ-charter-etrade-crypto/

Trump-backed WLFI denies any liquidation threat after borrowing $75M against its own token on Dolomite, where pool utilization hit 93% and depositors can't withdraw.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/world-liberty-financial-denies-liquidation-risk-dolomite-93-percent-utilization-wlfi/

Treasury Secretary Bessent and Fed Chair Powell summoned Wall Street CEOs to warn them about Anthropic's Mythos AI model and its unprecedented cyber capabilities.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bessent-powell-wall-street-urgent-meeting-anthropic-mythos-ai-cybersecurity-banks/

US Secret Service, UK NCA, and Canadian police traced $45M in crypto fraud across 30 countries, freezing $12M and contacting 3,000 victims directly.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/operation-atlantic-us-uk-canada-45-million-crypto-fraud-approval-phishing-secret-service/

JPMorgan estimates Q1 2026 crypto inflows dropped sharply to around $11 billion, with Strategy's Bitcoin purchases and VC funding accounting for the bulk.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jpmorgan-q1-crypto-inflows-11-billion-strategy-vc-concentration-slowdown/

The Seoul Administrative Court overturned the FIU's three-month suspension of Upbit, ruling that KYC rules for small transactions lacked specificity.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-court-cancels-upbit-suspension-dunamu-fiu-kyc-regulatory-gaps/