Bithumb filed for provisional asset seizure against users who refused to return 7 BTC from the February payout error that credited 620,000 phantom bitcoins.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bithumb-court-provisional-asset-seizure-7-bitcoin-40-billion-payout-error-unjust-enrichment/

A new CEA report finds that prohibiting stablecoin rewards would add just $2.1 billion in bank loans, undercutting the banking lobby's core argument.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/white-house-cea-stablecoin-yield-ban-bank-deposits-2-1-billion-0-02-percent-lending/

Canary Capital submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a spot PEPE ETF on April 8. The fund would hold PEPE directly with up to 5% in ETH for gas fees.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/canary-capital-pepe-etf-s1-sec-meme-coin-spot-fund-april-2026/

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent published a WSJ op-ed urging Congress to pass the Clarity Act before April ends, calling it essential to US financial leadership.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bessent-wsj-op-ed-clarity-act-congress-crypto-market-structure-april-2026/

Visa launched Intelligent Commerce Connect, letting AI agents make purchases across 150M+ merchants. Stablecoin and x402 protocol integrations deepen the crypto link.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/visa-intelligent-commerce-connect-ai-agents-purchases-stablecoin-x402-april-2026/

The March FOMC minutes reveal growing support for rate increases as oil-driven inflation reaches 3.5%. Bitcoin slips below $71,000 as traders reprice rate expectations.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fed-minutes-rate-hike-risk-war-inflation-bitcoin-crypto-march-2026/

UBS, PostFinance, Raiffeisen, ZKB, BCV, and Sygnum begin testing a regulated CHF stablecoin in a live sandbox throughout 2026.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ubs-six-swiss-banks-chf-stablecoin-sandbox-postfinance-sygnum-raiffeisen-2026/

South Korea's FSC orders real-time reconciliation every 5 minutes, automated kill switches, and monthly audits after Bithumb's 620,000 phantom Bitcoin error.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-fsc-5-minute-crypto-balance-checks-kill-switches-bithumb-phantom-bitcoin/

The SEC's FY 2025 enforcement report admits 7 registration and 6 dealer-definition crypto cases caused no investor harm, as Chair Atkins pivots to fraud.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-admits-crypto-enforcement-cases-no-investor-benefit-atkins-fy2025-report/

Federal prosecutors told the court that a Supreme Court copyright ruling has no bearing on Roman Storm's criminal charges. A retrial on two counts is set for October.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/doj-rejects-roman-storm-supreme-court-defense-tornado-cash-retrial-october-2026/