Coinbase reaches deal on CLARITY Act that bans crypto platforms from offering passive yields on stablecoins, pushing Polymarket odds near 62% as Senate markup talk shifts to May 11.
Brazil banned crypto and stablecoins inside regulated eFX cross-border payment rails, but the move shows stablecoin adoption is now too large for central banks to ignore.
Democrats and Thom Tillis are demanding crypto ethics language before the CLARITY Act can move, keeping passage uncertain even as adoption pressure builds.
Paul Sztorc's eCash hard fork would copy Bitcoin, give holders 1:1 eCash and reassign part of Satoshi Nakamoto's dormant 1.1 million BTC balance on the new chain.
The Ethereum Foundation unstaked about 17,000 ETH after a fresh BitMine sale, putting traders back on alert for another possible treasury move.
Finding Satoshi argues Hal Finney and Len Sassaman jointly created Bitcoin, sending Satoshi-move odds to 10% as old evidence around RPOW, timing and dormant coins gets a fresh look.
Adm. Samuel Paparo said the U.S. military is running a Bitcoin node, reviving debate over node concentration, BIP-361 governance, and state competition around the network.
AI agents and broader automation now account for roughly 19% of on-chain activity, but the live integrations show crypto's machine-money thesis is still mostly stablecoin-first.
Crypto platforms lost more than $605 million between April 1 and April 19, 2026 as Kelp DAO, Drift Protocol, Grinex, Rhea Finance, Hyperbridge, and CoW Swap exposed the industry's bridge, access-control, oracle, and web-infrastructure failures.
Banks are escalating their fight over stablecoin yield in the CLARITY Act, while Polymarket still shows only 54% odds of passage and bitcoin trades near 75.7K.