Industry leaders and financial experts have issued a sharp rebuke of the South African National Treasury’s Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations 2026, calling the proposal a regressive move that mirrors apartheid-era economic controls.

The two companies would agree to merge, with CS Digital receiving $55 million in an all-share transaction, to combine Olenox’s energy expertise with CS Digital’s expertise in bitcoin mining. The combined company would seek to develop off-grid mining and AI data center initiatives close to generation sites.

Ripple opens registration for Swell 2026 in New York, with the company describing it as its biggest Swell yet. The event brings Swell and Apex into one program, with builders, financial leaders, developers and the XRP community under one roof.

An anonymous wallet with no prior trading history turned $174,000 worth of ether into $2.45 million by trading Apecoin on both sides of an 80% price surge in a single day.

Europe’s MiCA rules helped euro stablecoins surge even as broader crypto adoption cooled, while a Balancer exploit wallet reawakened to move funds through Thorchain. In Washington, more than 100 crypto groups pushed the Senate to act on the CLARITY Act. Grayscale said bitcoin may be forming a durable bottom as recent buyers return to breakeven, and Tether froze $344 million in USDT with U.S. authorities, highlighting the growing role of issuers in enforcement.

CFTC escalates prediction market fight as state challenges intensify across the U.S. The Kalshi case in Massachusetts heightens tensions, with regulators warning states they will see them in court.

Bitcoin’s safe-haven properties remain under market pressure as Willy Woo says major capital pools still treat it as untested. That perception keeps bitcoin tied to risk assets during global uncertainty.

State gambling enforcement against Kalshi is being challenged as 38 attorneys general back Massachusetts’ lawsuit. The case could shape whether states can enforce gambling licensing rules against event contracts.

Polish prosecutors have opened a fraud investigation into cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto after chief executive Przemysław Kral departed for Israel, where his citizenship could prevent extradition, leaving up to 30,000 users facing losses tied to an inaccessible cold wallet holding 4,500 bitcoin.

Litecoin’s official account confirmed on Saturday afternoon that a zero-day bug triggered a denial-of-service attack against major mining pools, leading to a 13-block chain reorganization that reversed invalid transactions before they could settle on the main chain.

Tokyo-listed Metaplanet Inc. issued its 20th series of zero-interest bonds on April 24, 2026, raising ¥8 billion (approximately $50 million) earmarked entirely for bitcoin purchases.

A coalition of five DeFi protocols filed a Constitutional AIP on the Arbitrum governance forum on April 25, asking the Arbitrum DAO to release 30,765.67 ETH frozen after the April 18 KelpDAO exploit.

A domain registered on July 20, 2008 — e-cash.org — is drawing renewed attention from Bitcoin historians and researchers who believe Satoshi Nakamoto registered it weeks before creating bitcoin.org.

Chainlink Labs has listed three oracle data services on the AWS Marketplace, giving developers a direct path to connect blockchain smart contracts with Amazon cloud infrastructure.

Bitcoin extended its inflow streak to nine days with a modest $14 million inflow, as ether returned to gains. XRP added to its steady rise, and solana slipped into outflows.