The American Bankers Association has called for more time on stablecoin rulemaking tied to the GENIUS Act, citing gaps in regulatory coordination. Summary American Bankers Association has asked regulators to extend the comment period on GENIUS Act stablecoin rules, citing lack of clarity from t

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced at Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas on April 22 that Google plans to invest $175 billion to $185 billion in 2026 in capital expenditures to build the infrastructure needed for autonomous AI agents, up from $31 billion in 2022.

On April 22, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that its enforcement team, together with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Southwest Regional Organized Crime Unit (SWROCU), conducted raids on eight suspected illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency trading venues in London on April 21, issuing stop orders at each location. The FCA confirmed that there are currently no legally registered P2P crypto platforms in the UK.

According to CoinTelegraph’s report on April 23, CertiK senior blockchain investigator Natalie Newson said that real-time deepfakes, phishing attacks, supply-chain vulnerabilities, and cross-chain vulnerabilities are the main sources of some of the largest-scale crypto hacking attacks in 2026. By 2026, the cryptocurrency industry has already lost more than $600 million due to hacking attacks.

Kenya’s Credit Bank has partnered with Anzens to pilot the USDA stablecoin, potentially becoming the first licensed commercial bank in an emerging market to directly mint and distribute a stablecoin. Key Takeaways: Credit Bank PLC and Anzens launched a pilot to slash cross-border payment fees to

According to a public report from the April 23, 2026 Hong Kong Institutional Digital Wealth Management Summit, Fu Peng, Chief Economist of Xinhuo Group (Hong Kong stock code: 01611), said at the forum that he has been paying attention to the crypto industry since 2022 and continues to follow developments in the sector. Xinhuo Group officially announced on April 20 that Fu Peng has joined the company as Chief Economist; this summit is his first public address after joining Xinhuo Group.

MetaMask co-founder and longtime developer Dan Finlay posted on the X platform on April 22 to announce that it was his last working day at Consensys. He said he is stepping down due to extreme physical and mental burnout caused by more than a decade of work developing crypto wallets, and he plans to spend more time with his family. On the same day, Finlay also announced the launch of MetaMask’s ERC-7715 advanced permissions feature.

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch posted an update on an X security investigation on April 22 in U.S. Pacific time, saying the investigation team has processed nearly 1 PB of Vercel global web and API logs, and that the scope of the investigation goes far beyond the Context.ai intrusion incident. Rauch said that the attackers stole Vercel account keys by distributing malware to computers, and that they have notified the victims.

Tesla Releases Q1 2026 Financial Results: Revenue $22.4 billion, up 16% year over year; Non-GAAP EPS 0.41; Free cash flow of about $1.4 billion, and operating cash flow of about $3.9 billion. Management warned that free cash flow may turn negative in the coming quarters, because 2026 capital expenditures are expected to exceed $25 billion, for Robotaxi, Optimus, and AI infrastructure. It also recognized a $222 million impairment on its Bitcoin assets, with the stock down about 15% this year. A SpaceX IPO could drive follow-on momentum.

According to a Bloomberg report dated April 23, Polymarket—long a dominant force in predicting-market trading volume—has been facing multiple operational challenges. Dune Analytics data shows that Polymarket’s global trading volume has been surpassed by Kalshi; on valuation, after Kalshi announced a new round of funding last month, it reached $22 billion. The two prediction markets simultaneously announced plans to enter the perpetual futures market in April.