Tron founder Justin Sun filed a lawsuit in a California federal court against World Liberty Financial, the Trump-backed decentralized finance ( DeFi) project, alleging his $75 million WLFI token position was frozen without disclosure.

Bitcoin surged past $78,000 (peaking at $78,446), effectively erasing all losses since April 20 and reclaiming a $1.56 trillion market cap. The rally followed President Trump’s indefinite extension of the Iran ceasefire.

FTX’s bankruptcy estate sold Alameda Research’s early stake in Anysphere, the startup behind AI code editor Cursor, for $200,000 in 2023. SpaceX announced a $60 billion option to acquire the same company on April 21.

Blockchain analyst Wenzhao Dong observed that the Lazarus Group demonstrated a sophisticated grasp of market liquidity. Rather than engaging directly in spot markets, the attackers strategically routed their activity through Aave, effectively shifting the risk onto the lending protocol.

Three separate proceedings have been filed in the High Court at Auckland against bet365, Super Group, and Skycity over online gambling operations offered to New Zealand residents.

Soluna Holdings signed its fourth capacity expansion with Blockware on Tuesday, adding 3.3 MW at Project Dorothy 1B, a wind-powered data center in West Texas.

SpaceX and artificial intelligence (AI) coding startup Cursor announced a strategic partnership on Tuesday, giving SpaceX the right to acquire Cursor for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for the joint development work.

Institutional adoption of digital assets is moving into live financial deployment as major firms focus on infrastructure and execution. Ripple executive Cassie Craddock said activity seen across Paris events shows this shift is already reshaping mainstream finance.

XRP deposits have been enabled on SoFi, expanding regulated crypto access for U.S. retail users. The move places the asset within a national chartered bank platform, while Ripple highlighted closer links between traditional finance and digital asset markets.

U.S. crypto sentiment is improving as regulators signal a clearer, less punitive path for digital assets. That shift is drawing support from industry leaders, including Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse, who tied it to investor protection and market growth.

Strategy Inc. added 34,164 bitcoin to its treasury this week, bringing its total holdings to 815,061 BTC, putting a million bitcoins within reach before year’s end.

Carmine G. Agnello Jr., the grandson of late Gambino crime family boss John J. Gotti, was sentenced this week to 15 months in federal prison for defrauding the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) out of approximately $1.1 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief loans.

Shakepay, a CIRO-registered Canadian crypto platform with more than 1.5 million users, began rolling out bitcoin-backed loans on April 21, 2026, making it the first crypto trading platform in Canada to offer such a product.

On April 21, bitcoin experienced a volatile trading session, fluctuating between $75,000 and $77,000 as market sentiment swung alongside high-stakes geopolitical developments.

Polymarket, the world’s leading prediction market platform, officially announced on Tuesday, that it is expanding its product suite to include perpetual futures trading.