Why Meta is choosing partners over power in its 2026 stablecoin push
Meta’s 2026 stablecoin push favors partnerships over issuing its own coin. Here is why the company is choosing infrastructure and...
Month: April 2026
Token voting is crypto’s broken incentive system
Token voting fails crypto governance with low participation and whale dominance. Decision markets price conviction to fix broken DAO incentives.Opinion...
Ripple adds digital asset support to treasury management platform
The update adds digital asset accounts and real-time visibility tools for corporate finance teams managing liquidity across systems.Ripple has added...
Franklin Templeton deepens crypto push with CoinFund spinoff deal
Franklin Templeton has agreed to acquire CoinFund spinoff 250 Digital to launch Franklin Crypto, a dedicated crypto arm targeting institutional...
Digital Asset Firm Coinshares Lists on Nasdaq After $1.2 Billion Vine Hill Combination
Europe’s largest digital asset manager, Coinshares, began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on April 1, 2026, under the ticker...
Ripple Launches Digital Asset Accounts as XRP and RLUSD Enter Core Corporate Treasury Workflows
Ripple integrates digital assets directly into treasury systems, signaling a shift toward unified liquidity management where CFOs can seamlessly oversee...
Franklin Templeton Acquires 250 Digital to Launch Franklin Crypto Institutional Unit
Franklin Templeton has agreed to acquire 250 Digital, a crypto trading firm spun out of venture capital firm Coinfund, to...
XRP Closes Q1 2026 Down 27%, Market Capitalization Plummets $29 Billion
XRP weathered a brutal first quarter, closing down 27% from its 2025 year-end valuation. Its market capitalization shrank from $112...
Hong Kong misses March target for first stablecoin licences
Hong Kong’s first stablecoin licences failed to materialize by the expected end of March target, with the HKMA saying only...
Who is Kevin Warsh? Trump’s Fed pick wants ‘regime change’ at central bank
US President Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to lead the Fed, but the financier’s plans to lower interest rates may...
Gen Z turns Bitcoin into a solid portfolio diversifier
Gen Z embraces Bitcoin despite acknowledged volatility. Younger investors treat crypto risk as portfolio diversification rather than pure speculation.Opinion by:...
Bitcoin snaps 5-month losing streak: Key BTC price levels to watch in April
Bitcoin ended its longest monthly losing streak since 2018 with a green March candle, sparking hopes of a powerful rebound...
Fed’s Barr invokes Panic of 1907 in warning on stablecoin rules
US Fed Governor Michael Barr said clearer US rules could help the market grow, but warned that GENIUS Act implementation...
US crypto wash trading case reaches court as 3 extradited, 10 charged
Extraditions of executives from market makers Vortex, Contrarian, Gotbit and Antier mark the latest step in a multi‑agency effort targeting...
Bitcoin ETFs post $1.3B in March inflows, first monthly gain of 2026
US spot Bitcoin ETFs ended Q1 in the red, with about $500 million of net outflows despite March inflows, as...
