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President Trump told hundreds of top $TRUMP memecoin holders at a private April 25 event at Mar-a-Lago that the White House will not allow banks to block the CLARITY Act, pledging to sign the bill immediately and framing crypto market structure legislation as a national priority. CLARITY Act legislation received the most direct public presidential backing it has seen yet on April 25 when Trump addressed top $TRUMP memecoin holders at a private gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. TheStreet reported that Trump told the gathering he would not allow banks to hinder the progress of the bill and…

Paystand announced the launch of USDb, a stablecoin designed specifically for commercial-scale business finance, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and treasury operations, on the Bitcoin network. Paystand is a Bitcoin-powered B2B payments network that processes accounts receivable and accounts payable for more than one million businesses across North America and Latin America. The company has handled over $20 billion in payment volume and built a full-stack CFO platform through acquisitions of Yaydoo, Teampay, and Bitwage, covering AR automation, spend management, LATAM compliance, and cross-border payroll. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, Paystand operates Paystand.org, a non-profit…

CiDi Games published a roadmap on May 3 for building a gaming layer on Pi Network. It covers a developer SDK, a browser-based gaming hub, and tools for outside studios to integrate Pi payments into their own games. Pi co-founders Chengdiao Fan and Nicolas Kokkalis speak at Consensus 2026 in Miami two days later. The conference runs May 5 to 7. The roadmap was almost certainly timed to land before they took the stage. CiDi began Q1 2026 trials without releasing data CiDi started trial operations in Q1 2026 but has not released player counts, engagement numbers, or transaction volume.…

Bitcoin spent the past 24 hours returning to the key levels on my channel map rather than continuing its breakout. It tested a boundary, failed to convert that test into acceptance, and rotated lower into the next pocket of support memory. Bitcoin price slid from the upper $68,000s and low $69,000s to around $66,400 by late morning in Europe on April 2. The 24-hour move came in at roughly 3%, with the high near $69,170 and the low near $66,218. Over 48 hours, the net change stayed close to flat, yet the path inside that window shifted the balance of…

Ethereum price started a fresh decline and traded below $2,265. $ETH is now consolidating above $2,220 and might struggle to recover. Ethereum started a downside correction below the $2,280 zone. The price is trading below $2,300 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a rising channel with support at $2,295 on the hourly chart of $ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $2,220 zone. Ethereum Price Dips Further Ethereum price failed to remain stable above $2,320 and started a downside correction, like Bitcoin. $ETH price dipped…

Elvira Nabiullina, the head of the Central Bank of Russia, has declared that first-wave banks were finalizing their preparations to support the digital ruble on day one. She also clarified that the bank was on schedule for the launch expected by September. Central Banks Reinforce Preparations Are ‘On Schedule’ To Launch Digital Ruble The Central Bank of Russia is all hands on deck to prepare the launch of the digital ruble, the Russian central bank digital currency ( CBDC), whose pilot started in August 2023. Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of the Bank of Russia, offered a report on the level of…

Tezos will host its annual global gathering of developers and creators on March 30 in Cannes, France, featuring a program focused on real‑world applications with sessions highlighting Tezos X scalability, Etherlink’s breakthrough speed improvements, and advanced AI integration. Bridging Code and Experience The Tezos ecosystem returns to Cannes, France, on March 30 for Tezdev 2026. This fifth annual free event gathers global developers and creators near the Ethereum Community Conference to showcase blockchain innovation. This year’s flagship addition is the XP Zone, an interactive environment designed to bridge the gap between abstract code and tangible experience. Attendees will enter a…

A new development has occurred in the case against Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), one of the most talked-about figures in the cryptocurrency world in the US. The former FTX CEO, who was previously sentenced to 25 years in prison, had his request for a retrial rejected by Judge Lewis Kaplan. According to court documents, the request for a “retrial,” made while the appeal process against Bankman-Fried’s conviction was ongoing, was evaluated on legal grounds. Judge Kaplan acknowledged that the continuation of the appeal process may, in some cases, limit the jurisdiction of the lower court, but stated that this does not…

Binance said its Irish subsidiaries filed accounts late after it could not secure a suitable auditor. The episode puts binance ireland under scrutiny, as several entities in Ireland missed deadlines by more than a year. What the filing delays mean A number of the companies were more than one year overdue on required annual returns and accounts. Moreover, some subsidiaries were late by up to 18 months, which left them in breach of the law. The issue centres on company accounts filing and a corporate filing breach that affected multiple Irish entities. Binance said the problem came from a missing…

Agentic AI is gaining attention across finance, but the industry’s biggest obstacle is no longer whether the models are powerful enough. The harder problem is whether banks, asset managers, and treasury desks have the infrastructure to delegate financial tasks to autonomous systems without losing control of money, accountability, or compliance. A Deloitte poll of more than 3,300 finance and accounting professionals showed the gap clearly: 80.5% said AI-powered tools such as agents and GenAI chatbots could become standard within five years, but only 13.5% said their organizations were already using agentic AI. Citi Sky showed why the infrastructure debate matters…