XRP changed hands at $1.34 on April 7, up 2.2% on risk-on flows, while focus shifts to a late-April Senate Banking Committee markup for the CLARITY Act. The bill could codify XRP as a CFTC-regulated digital commodity and, if it advances by May, some analysts tie it to $4–$8 billion of potential XRP ETF inflows and a move above $1.60; a slip past May is framed as a downside risk toward $0.82.

Argentina's federal prosecutors obtained phone logs showing seven calls between President Javier Milei and LIBRA architect Mauricio Novelli around Milei's Feb. 14, 2025 X post promoting $LIBRA at 7:01 pm local time. Investigators also recovered a deleted note describing a $5 million multi-tranche arrangement tied to Milei's endorsements, while estimates say 114,410 wallets lost funds as $LIBRA collapsed with losses pegged at $251 million to $400 million. Milei is listed as a person of interest but has not been charged, and lawmakers are set to question officials on April 8, 2026.

Chaos Labs has exited its role as Aave's primary risk manager after a governance dispute over compensation and risk approach tied to the V4 migration. The firm had set key parameters across Aave V2 and V3 since November 2022, and its departure leaves the protocol without a dedicated owner for functions affecting more than $50 billion in TVL. The disagreement included a proposed $5 million annual budget and questions around V4's added operational scope.

On April 6, 2026, the Solana Foundation announced STRIDE, a structured security evaluation and continuous monitoring program for Solana-based DeFi protocols, administered by Asymmetric Research. The rollout follows an April 1 Drift Protocol exploit in which $286 million was drained in under 12 minutes. STRIDE includes public evaluation results and tiered benefits, including 24/7 threat monitoring for protocols above $10M TVL and formal verification tooling for those above $100M TVL.

President Trump announced Thursday that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will serve as interim U.S. attorney general, replacing Pam Bondi. Blanche previously signed an April 2025 DOJ directive that dissolved the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and told prosecutors to avoid regulatory-violation cases against crypto firms. The policy has already been cited in the SDNY case involving Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, where one charge was dropped after prosecutors referenced the memo.

Global X Management Company launched the Global X Ethereum Covered Call ETF (EHCC) on April 2, 2026, aiming to make weekly income distributions by selling call options on Ether-related ETPs. The actively managed fund charges a 0.75% expense ratio and invests at least 80% of net assets in U.S.-listed spot and futures Ether ETPs, without holding ETH directly.

Brian Armstrong said on April 2, 2026 that he will personally spend time on Bitcoin's quantum-resistance efforts and oversee Coinbase's post-quantum cryptography work. The move comes as late-2025 research from Google Quantum AI and Caltech modeled a hypothetical quantum system that could break Bitcoin encryption in under nine minutes, close to the network's 10-minute block interval. Coinbase is also pointing to the need for community consensus through the BIP process before any protocol-level upgrade can be adopted.

BlackRock and other major Wall Street firms are advertising roles for permanent digital-asset desks, including a New York Managing Director position listed at $270,000–$350,000. The article says crypto firms posted 5,154 openings in early 2025, and highlights Singapore job listings rising 158% as institutional hiring spreads beyond New York.

Riot Platforms said it sold 3,778 Bitcoin in Q1 2026 for $289.5 million, while producing 1,473 BTC over the same period. The miner finished the quarter with 15,680 BTC, down 18% from 18,005 at the end of 2025, as it directed capital toward high-performance computing colocation and other infrastructure needs.