Official announcements, product launches, and industry news from across the crypto ecosystem.
Charles Schwab has announced Schwab Crypto™, providing direct spot Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to retail brokerage clients. Custody is held through Schwab Premier Bank, with Paxos as sub-custodian and trade execution partner. Schwab clients already hold approximately 20% of all spot crypto ETPs in the US.
Bitmine (BMNR) now holds 4,803,334 ETH representing 3.98% of total ETH supply, plus 198 BTC and $864M cash. The company also launched MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network), an institutional-grade Ethereum staking platform, with 3.33M ETH already staked at $7.1B. Bitmine is approved for uplisting to the NYSE effective April 9, 2026.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has launched the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), an exchange-traded product that seeks to track the performance of Bitcoin. MSIM is the first U.S. bank-affiliated asset manager to offer a cryptocurrency ETP, reflecting continued firmwide focus on digital asset solutions.
Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) has launched Circle Payments Network Managed Payments, a fully managed stablecoin settlement solution allowing payment service providers, fintechs, banks, and global enterprises to access regulated digital dollar infrastructure without managing digital assets directly.
Cluster Protocol has raised $5 million to accelerate CodeXero, a browser-native vibe coding AI IDE for EVM development, bringing total funding to $7.75 million. CodeXero enables developers to build, test and deploy smart contracts directly from the browser using AI-assisted workflows.
The Department of the Treasury officially confirmed that all forfeited Bitcoin holdings have been consolidated into a single reserve managed by a newly established digital asset office, in accordance with President Trump’s March 2025 executive order. The reserve holds approximately $25B in BTC but still lacks formal congressional authorisation.
Bitcoin Bancorp (OTC: BCBC) has completed its first installations in greater Los Angeles, expanding its licensed Bitcoin ATM network to Southern California following its Texas rollout. The US crypto ATM market is valued at $267.4M in 2025 and projected to reach $7.68B by 2034. The US currently hosts over 35,000 Bitcoin ATMs.
Following the $292M KelpDAO exploit attributed to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, LayerZero Labs has permanently disabled support for applications using single-DVN (Decentralised Verifier Network) configurations. All existing integrations must migrate to multi-DVN setups within 30 days or face forced suspension.
Tether Operations Limited confirmed it has extended a $127.5M credit facility to Drift Protocol’s recovery fund to help offset losses sustained in the April 1, 2026 exploit. The facility carries no interest and is repayable over 18 months from protocol revenue.
Mastercard has introduced its Crypto Partner Program, connecting digital asset companies with its global payments infrastructure to support blockchain payments, stablecoin settlement, and cross-border commerce. The program builds on its Engage platform and Start Path blockchain track, with a dedicated Crypto Card program enabling digital asset firms to issue Mastercard-branded cards.
Russia’s largest bank confirmed its infrastructure is ready for retail and institutional cryptocurrency trading, pending final regulatory guidance from the central bank. The rollout would grant approximately 80 million Sberbank customers access to Bitcoin and Ethereum trading through existing banking infrastructure.
In a joint statement, the SEC and CFTC formally classified XRP as a digital commodity under CFTC jurisdiction, concluding the longest-running securities enforcement dispute in crypto history. The ruling provides regulatory clarity for exchanges, custodians, and institutional investors holding or offering XRP.
Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm has led a $120M Series B round in Nexus Labs, the team behind the zkSync-compatible smart contract development framework used by over 2,400 projects. The round values Nexus Labs at $1.1 billion and will fund expansion into parallel EVM tooling and cross-chain developer abstractions.
The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong issued the territory’s inaugural stablecoin operating licences to HSBC Digital Assets and a joint venture between Standard Chartered and Animoca Brands, permitting the issuance of HKD-pegged digital currencies for retail and institutional use.
Following the XRP-Tokyo 2026 Conference, Ripple Labs signed agreements with financial institutions in South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal to deploy On-Demand Liquidity using XRP for cross-border payments.
Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy, announced its Bitcoin holdings have crossed the 500,000 BTC threshold, valued at approximately $38 billion at current prices. The company has been accumulating Bitcoin continuously since August 2020 and remains the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder by a significant margin.
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act), which establishes a comprehensive legal framework for crypto-asset classification between the SEC and CFTC, passed the Senate Banking Committee 14-9. The bill proceeds to a full Senate floor vote expected in late April, representing the most significant US crypto legislation since the GENIUS Act.
The Ethereum Pectra upgrade activated on mainnet, introducing EIP-7702 (smart account transactions), validator consolidation via EIP-7251, blob throughput increases under EIP-7691, and peer data availability sampling improvements. The upgrade marks the most significant Ethereum protocol change since Dencun in 2024.
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has surpassed $50 billion in assets under management, making it the largest Bitcoin fund ever and the fastest ETF in history to reach this milestone. Daily inflows in February 2026 averaged $420 million. IBIT now holds approximately 550,000 BTC, representing over 2.6% of total supply.
The Solana Foundation announced a $100M ecosystem recovery and security hardening fund in response to Q1 2026 security incidents including the Drift Protocol exploit. The fund will provide grants for security audits, MPC infrastructure upgrades, and oracle validation improvements across the Solana ecosystem.
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou publicly confirmed the largest crypto theft in history within two hours of detection, announcing the exchange would absorb the $1.47 billion loss in full and guarantee every user withdrawal. The attack, attributed to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, involved a malicious JavaScript injection into the Safe multisig UI during a routine cold-wallet rotation.
The FBI formally attributed the February 21 Bybit hack to TraderTraitor, a Lazarus Group subunit. OFAC simultaneously sanctioned 15 cryptocurrency wallet addresses associated with the laundering operation, which was already moving funds through THORChain and eXch at the time of designation.
Safe published a comprehensive post-mortem of the developer laptop compromise that enabled the $1.5B heist, announcing a mandatory cryptographic UI verification protocol requiring all signers to independently verify transaction payloads against a hardware-anchored reference before signing, effective immediately for all enterprise clients.
Fireblocks reported a fivefold increase in enterprise MPC custody sign-ups following the Bybit hack. CEO Michael Shaulov attributed the spike to institutions seeking custody architectures where no single compromised machine can produce a valid transaction, replacing legacy multisig-over-UI setups that the Bybit attack exploited.
The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) was signed into law, establishing the first federal regulatory framework for USD-pegged stablecoins. The law requires 1:1 reserves, monthly audits, and AML/KYC compliance for any stablecoin issuer serving US customers, covering both bank and non-bank issuers.
President Trump signed an executive order establishing the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, directing the Treasury Department to retain all Bitcoin forfeited through law enforcement proceedings as a permanent national reserve asset. The order also created a working group to evaluate budget-neutral mechanisms for further BTC acquisition without using taxpayer funds.
Coinbase announced the acquisition of Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options and futures exchange by open interest, for $2.9 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction. The deal gives Coinbase dominant positioning in crypto derivatives and access to Deribit’s $30B+ in open interest across BTC and ETH options markets.
Visa announced the expansion of its stablecoin settlement network to 30 countries, enabling merchants and financial institutions to settle transactions natively in USDC without fiat conversion. The network processes over $1 billion in monthly stablecoin volume and now supports settlement in USD, EUR, and GBP.
The European Commission issued clarifying guidance confirming that the outer limit for grandfathering arrangements under Article 143(3) of MiCA is July 1, 2026 in all member states. Crypto-asset service providers operating under transitional national registrations must obtain full MiCA CASP authorisation before this deadline or cease EU operations.
TRM Labs closed a $70 million Series C funding round at a $1 billion post-money valuation, joining Chainalysis in the blockchain intelligence unicorn club. The round was led by PayPal Ventures and Thoma Bravo. Funds will accelerate TRM’s DPRK tracking capabilities and government contract expansion across five new jurisdictions.
The Ethereum Pectra upgrade successfully activated on the Holesky and Sepolia testnets, confirming the mainnet deployment timeline for March 2026. Key improvements include EIP-7702 for smart account transactions, EIP-7251 for validator consolidation allowing up to 2,048 ETH effective balance, and EIP-7691 for increased blob throughput targeting lower L2 fees.
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