📢 Schwab Opens the Door to Spot Crypto

• Schwab to offer direct spot trading for $BTC and $ETH
• Retail investors getting access in the coming weeks
• Marks a bigger push by traditional finance into crypto

📢 Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire set to begin at 5 p.m. EST.

📢 Rhea Finance was exploited after an attacker used a fake token pool to manipulate oracle systems, draining $7.6M, according to CertiK.

📢 Bitcoin is still formally banned in just a few countries, including China, Algeria, Egypt, Bangladesh, Morocco, Iraq, and Qatar, though rules in many of these places are gradually changing.

📢 Bitcoin miner reserves have fallen by roughly 61,000 BTC since the start of the cycle, with major players like Riot Platforms, Marathon Digital, and Core Scientific contributing to the selling.

📢 Fewer than 1% of crypto protocols reveal their market maker agreements, a stark contrast to the transparency typically required in traditional equity markets.

📢 Starknet, Aztec, and Arbitrum rank among the top Layer 2 projects by development activity, according to Santiment.

📢 The U.S. government transferred about $606K in Bitcoin seized from Ilya Lichtenstein to Coinbase Prime, according to Arkham.

📢 Tennessee's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act is scheduled for a Senate Finance Committee hearing on April 20, bringing it a step closer to potentially becoming law.

📢 Ethereum recorded its most active quarter ever in Q1 2026, processing 200M transactions.

📢 According to CryptoQuant, Bitcoin is moving into a “value accumulation zone,” with downside risk becoming more limited.

📢 CoinGecko reports that crypto spot trading volume dropped 39% in Q1 2026, falling from $4.5T to $2.7T.

📢 Singapore Gulf Bank Rolls Out Direct USD–$USDC Bridge

• 1:1 mint & redeem for $USDC and USD
• Built on $SOL for faster, cheaper transfers
• Singapore Gulf Bank stepping deeper into crypto rails

📢 Flow Capital Takes Private Credit On-Chain

• $150M private credit fund set to be tokenized
• Brings traditional assets onto blockchain rails
• Opens the door for broader investor access

📢 The U.S. government moved 8.2 $BTC (about $606K) linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack to Coinbase Prime, likely as part of court-ordered restitution rather than a sale.

📢 Ethereum Foundation says its ETH Rangers have identified 100 attackers, responded to over 36 incidents, and helped secure more than $5.8M in funds over the past six months.

📢 Michael Saylor’s Strategy Bitcoin position has moved into profit as Bitcoin climbs above its $75,577 average cost basis.

📢 Michael Saylor just shared a post saying “Bitcoin and chill.”

📢 Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz is open to global shipping, but U.S. naval restrictions targeting Iran will remain in place until a final deal is reached.

📢 Donald Trump stated that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open and ready for unrestricted passage.