🇺🇸 JUST IN: Kraken has become the first crypto company to gain access to the Federal Reserve’s primary payment system, obtaining a “master account.” This marks a historic step in bridging digital assets with traditional financial infrastructure.

#CryptoNews #Kraken #FederalReserve #Blockchain #Fintech

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The boundary between traditional finance and digital assets is fading fast—and Paris is the epicenter of the conversation.

The @pbwsummit 2026 returns to the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris on April 15–16.

Featured speakers include:
• Clara Chappaz, former French Minister for Digital Affairs
• Nikhil Sharma, BlackRock
• Kara Kennedy, J.P. Morgan
• Sabih Behzad, Deutsche Bank
• Chuck Mounts, S&P Global
• Monica Long, Ripple
• Ben Zhou, Bybit

Plus thousands of global leaders, innovators, and decision-makers shaping the future of finance.

Cointelegraph is proud to join as Strategic Media Partner.

#futureoffinance #digitalassets #fintech #blockchain #pbwsummit

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We’re live at Paris Blockchain Week. 🇫🇷

Cointelegraph is on site as innovators and industry leaders converge for one of the year’s most pivotal events.

Say gm and swing by our booth.

📍 Booth 31E
#Blockchain #Crypto #ParisBlockchainWeek

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Cross-chain swaps have always been a challenge—both to build and to profit from.

That’s changing now.

Changelly launches the DeFi Swap API, empowering wallets and Web3 platforms to integrate seamless cross-chain swapping with ease.

For API partners, this means:

• A new, high-demand revenue channel fueled by real user demand
• Smooth integration across chains like ETH, SOL, BTC, TRON—and more on the way
• Fully decentralized execution for both on-chain and cross-chain transactions
• Access to 3,000+ DeFi tokens, backed by aggregated liquidity
• Smart intent-based routing for maximum efficiency
• Zero need to manage liquidity or infrastructure

With rapid onboarding, 24/7 support, and turnkey scalability, it’s the simplest way to add powerful, monetizable DeFi features to your platform.

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#DeFi #Blockchain #Web3 #APIIntegration

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🇺🇸 LATEST: U.S. lawmakers introduce the bipartisan PACE Act, aiming to establish a national payments license for fintech and crypto firms under the oversight of the OCC.

#Fintech #Crypto #PACEAct #OCC #Blockchain #Regulation

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🗞 Stay updated with the latest from the past 24 hours!

🇺🇸 Rep. Begich is reviving the BITCOIN Act under a new name: the American Reserves Modernization Act (ARMA).

🇺🇸 The Information reports Google has signed a classified AI deal with the Pentagon.

🇦🇪 The UAE will exit OPEC and OPEC+, effective May 1, according to the state news agency.

🚨 Over $266M in long positions were liquidated as Bitcoin dropped below $76,000.

🔥 State Street, managing $4.7T in assets, plans to launch tokenized fund services from Luxembourg by year-end.

🚨 Robert Kiyosaki says he’ll grow wealthier during a potential 2026–27 crash by buying discounted assets—urging others to act instead of “getting wiped out.”

🇨🇿 Per Governor Aleš Michl, a Czech National Bank study shows that adding just 1% Bitcoin to a model portfolio boosts expected returns without meaningfully increasing risk in local currency terms.

🔥 David Marcus announces Lightspark’s partnership with Visa—now a principal member of its network—to scale stablecoin-powered global payments.

⚡️ Mark Moss argues the fiat, debt-driven monetary system put in place after the U.S. abandoned the gold standard in 1971 functions exactly as designed—just not in favor of the public.

🔥 Matt Hougan suggests Bitcoin’s recent rise may reflect growing global volatility, reinforcing its appeal as a monetary hedge.

🔥 Bitwise’s Jeff Park notes IBIT options open interest has surpassed offshore derivatives for the first time—predicting a volatility-fueled Bitcoin rally led by IBIT.

🔥 Michael Saylor of Strategy highlights Bitcoin’s ~38% annual returns as potentially enabling far higher credit yields than gold, real estate, or money market assets.

🇺🇸 Sam Bankman-Fried’s request for a new trial was denied by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who dismissed the claims as “wildly conspiratorial” and reputation-driven.

🔥 Jack Mallers explains why Bitcoin outshines gold: “Bitcoin is uniquely both a monetary asset and a monetary network.”

🔥 JACK MALLERS: “Bitcoin to me is perfect money.”

🔥 An early Ethereum ICO investor who put in $3,100 in 2015 just moved 10,000 $ETH—worth $22.88M—after over 10.8 years of inactivity. That’s a 7,381x return.

⚡️ Strategy proposes shifting $STRC dividend payouts from monthly to semi-monthly. Shareholders can now vote on the change. Details here.

#Bitcoin #Ethereum #CryptoNews #MarketUpdate #Blockchain #Finance #DeFi

Yoni Crypto

🔥 BIG: The Bank for International Settlements, along with partner banks, is launching live trials of its blockchain-based cross-border payments prototype. Using real-value transactions, the test marks a major milestone under Project Agorá.

Learn more
#Blockchain #CrossBorderPayments #BIS #ProjectAgorá

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🔥 BIG: The SEC has approved Paxos as the first blockchain-based clearing agency in the U.S.—a major step forward in bridging crypto and traditional finance. Learn more.
#CryptoRegulation #Blockchain #FinTech #Paxos #SECApproval

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⚡️BREAKING: Justin Sun has revealed TRON’s new quantum-resistant signature feature — now live on testnet. Join TRON Network #TRON #Blockchain #Crypto

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🇺🇸 LATEST: Senator Ron Wyden urges Senate leadership to maintain the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act’s provisions—exactly as approved by the Senate Banking Committee—in any version of the Clarity Act brought to the floor, reports Eleanor Terrett.

#Blockchain #CryptoRegulation #ClarityAct #Wyden

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🇷🇺 LATEST: Russian President Putin has signed the country's first major law regulating cryptocurrency exchanges, digital depositories, and digital asset custody, according to TASS.

#Russia #Cryptocurrency #Regulation #Putin #Blockchain

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🇯🇵 BREAKING: $2.7T MUFG is launching a proof-of-concept to move Japanese government bond repo transactions onto the blockchain via Canton Network. More details #DeFi #Japan #Blockchain #CantonNetwork

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🚨 LIVE: Arthur Hayes speaking at Korea Blockchain Week just revealed — the currency set to drive AI agentic payments isn’t here yet. It’ll be whatever can convert directly into compute power. And right now? That currency doesn’t exist. #AI #Blockchain #Cryptocurrency

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🔥 BIG: Kraken’s parent company, Payward, partners with Singapore Gulf Bank to provide institutional clients across Asia and the Gulf with instant, round-the-clock settlement for digital asset trades.

Learn more #Crypto #Blockchain #Fintech #DigitalAssets

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