In his April 6, 2026 annual letter to shareholders, Jamie Dimon told investors JPMorgan must accelerate its roadmap as tokenization and blockchain spawn fresh competitors. He warned that “an entirely new wave of competitors is emerging on the back of blockchain technology.”
Kwasi Kwarteng says he is buying bitcoin via Stack BTC as he warns of a UK market 'doom loop' and faltering fiscal tools. His public move is a notable signal from a senior political figure toward BTC.
Morgan Stanley set the fee on its proposed spot Bitcoin ETF at 14 basis points (0.14%), which would make it the cheapest Bitcoin fund on the market if approved. The move intensifies fee competition and could shift investor flows toward lower-cost ETF options.
Moscow’s finance ministry said it may require exporters to convert cryptocurrency earnings into rubles and will submit crypto regulation legislation to parliament next week.
Circle Internet Group’s shares have climbed back into the market spotlight this month as traders reacted to improving stablecoin economics. The move underscores renewed investor interest in USDC-linked business models.
Nasdaq will partner with Kraken to offer tokenized versions of publicly traded stocks worldwide, moving further to integrate blockchain into traditional market infrastructure. The collaboration aims to broaden access and modernize settlement and custody for equity trading.
The Federal Reserve and OCC have clarified how banks should treat capital tied to tokenized securities, reducing regulatory uncertainty as adoption grows. The guidance makes it more feasible for banks to custody, settle and finance tokenized assets under existing prudential rules.
Core Scientific said Morgan Stanley will provide up to $1 billion in credit to fund data center infrastructure for high‑density computing, including AI and high‑performance computing. The financing supports a strategic shift beyond Bitcoin mining toward enterprise compute workloads.
A clause in a U.S. housing bill would bar the Federal Reserve from offering a consumer-facing digital dollar until 2030, delaying any retail CBDC rollout. The measure represents a legislative rebuke to CBDC proponents and could reshape the policy timetable.
X updated its Paid Partnerships Policy to ban crypto and financial promotions in organic posts, cutting off a common channel for sponsored crypto messaging and affecting creators and brands that used partnership labels.