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Squads, a Solana-based multisig protocol, has raised $18 million in new funding to expand its stablecoin platform, Altitude, The Block reported. The round was led by Solana Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Hon Ventures, and L1D. The new round brings the company's total funding to $42.9 million.

Tron founder Justin Sun withdrew 93.41 million USDT from the Spark (SPK) USDT deposit pool approximately 30 minutes ago and subsequently deposited the funds to the HTX exchange. According to on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa, the withdrawal accounts for 9.89% of the total value locked (TVL) in the pool.

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not visit Washington next week.

Crypto media outlet Blockworks has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A funding round, valuing the company at $192 million, CNBC reported. The round was co-led by ParaFi Capital and Reciprocal Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures. Blockworks plans to use the capital to acquire competitors and build out its data and research infrastructure for on-chain asset investors.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened mixed today. - S&P 500: -0.01% - Nasdaq: +0.25% - Dow Jones: +0.01%

Binance has announced that it will list AIGENSYN/USDT perpetual futures at 2:15 p.m. UTC today. The exchange will support up to 20x leverage.

A White House official stated that U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed with oil companies measures that could sustain a blockade of Iran for several months if necessary, Walter Bloomberg reported. The meeting was also attended by White House Chief of Staff Suzy Wiles, Treasury Secretary Vasant, and Vice President Vance. The official said President Trump discussed how to maintain the blockade for months while minimizing the impact on U.S. consumers, in addition to measures already taken to stabilize global oil markets.

Monthly trading volume in prediction markets has surpassed $25 billion, with growth primarily driven by retail investors, The Block reported. According to a joint report by Bitget Wallet and Polymarket, trading volume reached $25.7 billion in March 2026, a 10.6% increase from the previous month. An analysis of approximately 1.29 million wallets in the first quarter of this year revealed that 82.3% of all users traded in volumes under $10,000, highlighting the market's retail-centric structure. Bitcoin-related prediction markets recorded an all-time high trading volume of about $5.42 billion. Ethereum followed with $1.19 billion, Solana with $420 million, and XRP with $308 million. The report explained that cryptocurrencies are driving initial user adoption in prediction markets, citing their low barriers to entry and 24-hour trading characteristics.

Ethereum (ETH) has broken through a major downtrend line on its daily chart, with the next significant resistance level at $2,400, according to an analysis by CryptoPotato. The outlet noted that the upper resistance of a descending channel, observed from the peak in late 2025 to the low in February of this year, was recently breached. The nearest resistance is around the $2,400 mark, a level that has thwarted all breakout attempts since mid-March. Should ETH manage a daily close above this resistance, its next target could be the 200-day moving average, currently located at the $2,800 level. The analysis also highlighted a developing falling wedge pattern on the four-hour chart, a bullish signal that further supports a potential upward move.

Cos, founder of blockchain security firm SlowMist, urged DeFi protocols to use artificial intelligence (AI) to find vulnerabilities and strengthen their security before hackers do. In a post on X, he noted a clear increase in recent DeFi hacking incidents. He added that with both malicious and white-hat hackers actively using AI, older decentralized protocols must take preemptive action. Cos also stressed that any long-held private keys should be considered compromised and must be changed.

Securities token platform Securitize has partnered with Computershare to build the infrastructure for tokenizing U.S. stocks and expanding the market onto the blockchain, CoinDesk reported. The collaboration will allow publicly traded companies to issue shares in a tokenized format, officially known as Issuer-Sponsored Tokens (IST), alongside their traditional equity. According to Securitize, this will enable investors to hold their shares in digital wallets in addition to conventional brokerage accounts.

Visa has added the Polygon network to its global stablecoin settlement program, according to Polygon Labs. The move allows Visa's partners, including card issuers and acquirers, to settle transactions using stablecoins based on the Polygon blockchain. Polygon Labs noted that its network is one of the leading blockchains for U.S. dollar-based stablecoin payments, citing its high transaction speeds and low fees as key advantages for large-scale financial settlements.

Iran's state-run Press TV reported, citing a high-ranking Iranian security source, that Iran will take unprecedented military action if the United States continues to seize vessels linked to the country.

Stablecoin management platform Stable Sea has partnered with U.S. asset manager WisdomTree to offer corporate clients a yield product based on tokenized treasury bonds, The Block reported. Through the collaboration, companies using Stable Sea can deposit their operating funds into WisdomTree's tokenized money market fund (WTGXX) to generate interest income. The fund invests in U.S. Treasury bonds and is structured to maintain a net asset value (NAV) of $1 per share.

Standard Chartered believes the DeFi ecosystem remains robust despite the significant market impact from the KelpDAO rsETH hack, The Block reported. In a report, SC analyst Geoffrey Kendrick acknowledged that the $292 million rsETH hack on April 19 exposed structural risks in DeFi, leading to approximately $17 billion in withdrawals from Aave over three days. However, he highlighted that a DeFi industry coalition led by Stani Kulechov subsequently raised over $300 million for a joint response, with public support from Aave DAO, Arbitrum (ARB), Consensys, Joseph Lubin, Mantle (MNT), and Lido. Kendrick concluded that rather than hindering DeFi's growth, the incident could foster its development by demonstrating the industry's unity.

Only a small fraction of users on the prediction market platform Polymarket are profitable, creating a structural polarization where a few well-funded and technologically advanced traders capture most of the gains, according to an analysis by crypto risk monitoring firm Solidus Labs. In a recent report, Solidus found that half of all profits from major political prediction markets between December 2025 and February 2026 were concentrated in less than 1% of participating wallets, CoinDesk reported. The report detailed that just 0.55% of profitable maker (limit order) wallets accounted for 50% of the total profit, while among taker (market order) wallets, half of the profits were captured by only 0.26% of participants. In dollar terms, this means that of approximately $16 million in profits, around $8 million went to this sub-1% group.

Prominent cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne has donated £5 million ($6.75 million) to Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party ahead of the country's general election, the Financial Times reported. Harborne is known as an early investor in Tether, the world's largest stablecoin issuer, and its affiliated cryptocurrency exchange, Bitfinex. He has been a consistent political donor to the Reform UK party since 2019.

The government of Bhutan transferred 102.446 BTC, worth around $7.89 million at the time of the transaction, to an external wallet about an hour ago, according to on-chain analysis firm Arkham. Arkham interpreted the move as a precursor to a sale. The firm noted that at this pace, Bhutan's government would sell all its remaining BTC by October of this year. Since the start of the year, Bhutan has sold a total of $269.8 million in BTC and currently holds an estimated $263 million worth of the cryptocurrency. All of the country's mining operations appear to have ceased, Arkham added, noting that Bhutan has generated approximately $754 million in on-chain profits from its Bitcoin holdings.

Bitcoin's daily spot trading volume has recently fallen below $8 billion, leading to reduced market depth and liquidity that make prices more vulnerable to sharp fluctuations, CoinDesk reported, citing analysis from Glassnode. Market depth refers to the size of buy and sell orders within 2% of the current price. The outlet added that the Federal Reserve is set to announce its interest rate decision on April 29. While the market expects rates to remain unchanged, risk assets could be impacted if the Fed releases a hawkish statement expressing concerns about economic growth and inflation risks.

Coinbase has announced it will list perpetual futures contracts for semiconductor stocks, including Intel (INTC), Micron (MU), and SanDisk (SNDK). Trading is scheduled to begin today, April 29, provided liquidity conditions are met.

Solana-based memecoin issuance platform Pump.fun (PUMP) has announced a change to its strategy, reducing the portion of net protocol revenue allocated to PUMP token buybacks from 100% to 50%. The platform stated that over the past nine months, it has bought back and burned approximately $370 million worth of PUMP, which accounts for 36% of the token's circulating supply. For the next year, 50% of protocol revenue will be directed to an automated buyback and burn program based on smart contracts. The remaining 50% will be used for company operations, including product development, hiring, marketing, and potential mergers and acquisitions.

Cryptocurrency payment network MoonPay has acquired crypto security startup Sodot in an all-stock deal worth approximately $100 million, Unfolded reported.

Latin American digital wallet Belo has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round, CoinDesk reported. The round was led by stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT), with participation from Titan Fund, The Venture City, Mindset Ventures, and G2. Belo plans to use the funds to expand its operations into Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

BlockBeats reported, citing data from DeFiLlama, that as of April 18, 12 cryptocurrency security incidents this month have resulted in total losses exceeding $606 million. This figure is 3.7 times the total amount lost to security breaches in the entire first quarter. According to the report, this makes April 2026 the worst month for such losses since February 2025. BlockBeats added that even excluding large-scale hacks like those targeting Drift Protocol and KelpDAO, a series of security incidents at smaller protocols is eroding trust in the DeFi industry.

OKX announced it will list RLUSD, the stablecoin from Ripple (XRP), for spot trading at 11:00 a.m. UTC today.