Day: April 28, 2026

Western Union enters the stablecoin market with the launch of USDPT based on Solana as early as next month. At the initial stage, USDPT will not be available to retail customers at all. The token is being developed for internal settlements to speed up transfers between partners within the Western Union network. The company began…

Jump Crypto, the team behind Firedancer, stated that Falcon uses the most compact signatures among NIST standards. This may help maintain high network throughput for Solana. The two main validator clients in the Solana network have started testing a new signature solution called Falcon. It is designed to protect the network from future threats posed…

Signals from the US are increasingly pointing to possible changes in the attitude toward bitcoin, and it seems we won't have to wait long. At the Bitcoin 2026 conference, discussion of a strategic BTC reserve already sounds less like an idea and more like an almost-ready step. Senator Cynthia Lummis confirmed that the Clarity Act…

For the week ending April 26, trading volume on Kalshi reached $3.4 billion according to Artemis. This is a new all-time high for the prediction market platform. But the main point is not the total volume, but its structure. Sports events accounted for about $3 billion, or 88% of Kalshi’s weekly turnover. This category alone…

Bitcoin hit a 12-week high on Monday but could not hold the peak. In the morning in Europe, the price reached $79,488, the best level since January 31, then rolled back to $77,000. In recent sessions, the market gradually pushed the price toward $80,000. Traders closed shorts, and major players started entering the asset again…

Ripple is expanding its presence among institutional players in South Korea thanks to a partnership with KBank, the country's first fully online bank and the exclusive banking partner of the Upbit exchange. The agreement was signed on April 27 at the KBank headquarters in Seoul. The document was approved by CEO Choi Woo Hyun on…

Key Points: Food prices are rising faster again. And judging by the latest data, this is not the limit yet. In March, inflation in the US food and beverage sector reached 7.9% year-over-year. This is the sharpest jump in the past year. At the same time, current figures may not reflect the full picture. The…

Key points: TRON plans to launch a testnet with quantum attack protection in the second quarter of 2026. They want to update the mainnet as early as the third quarter. Justin Sun is betting on post-quantum security. According to him, this will become a key requirement in the era of artificial intelligence development. TRON even…

Key Points: This week, tokens worth more than $650 million will enter the market. The largest unlocks include Sui, Jupiter, and Sign. Such events often increase volatility and can affect prices in the short term. That is why they are getting special attention right now. Sui will unlock tokens on May 1. 42.62 million tokens…

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou stated that a single MiCA license is not enough to build a profitable business in Europe. According to him, the basic authorization opens access to the market but does not give platforms the full set of products that exchanges usually earn from. Additional licenses are needed for derivatives, tokenized assets, and…

The laboratory that was at the origins of Cardano wants to enter the trillion-dollar Bitcoin market. But community approval is essential. We’re talking about a budget of $46.8 million. Input Output Global, the main Cardano development team, has nearly halved its request. Now they are asking for $46.8 million for work in 2026 through the…