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.

Bitcoin extended its inflow streak to five days with a $238 million addition. Ether followed with steady gains despite mixed trading activity, while both XRP and Solana added to the momentum.

Kalshi, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulated exchange known for its prediction markets, is reportedly preparing to launch crypto perpetual futures for the U.S. market.

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed lawsuits Tuesday against Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan, alleging their prediction market platforms operate as illegal gambling businesses under state law, according to Reuters.

A cross-chain message forgery drained 116,500 restaked ether from KelpDAO on April 18, triggering what Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson called the largest DeFi exploit of the year and a contagion event that pulled billions in total value locked from the broader ecosystem within 48 hours.

Clearer crypto rules and lighter compliance demands could redirect U.S. capital markets strategy under SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins. The shift points to broader support for blockchain finance while keeping investor protection central to oversight.

Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov is calling for industry-wide security standards after a wave of DeFi exploits. Investors say repeated failures are part of the sector’s evolution, not a sign of decline.

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Japan Securities Clearing Corporation, Mizuho Financial Group, and Nomura Holdings have launched a proof-of-concept (PoC) trial to manage Japanese government bond (JGB) collateral on the Canton Network blockchain.

The market capitalization of tokenized real-world assets ( RWA) has grown nearly 20-fold over the past three years, surpassing $29 billion as institutional adoption accelerates across private credit, government debt, and commodities.