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On April 16, the Ministry of Economy and Finance of South Korea announced that the “pilot project to use blockchain digital currency to execute treasury funds” has been selected as the regulatory sandbox program hosted by the National Affairs Coordination Office for 2026. According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s notice, the pilot program allows government agencies to use blockchain “deposit tokens” to execute part of their commercial promotion expenses, replacing the current government procurement card. The plan is to prioritize launching in Sejong City in the fourth quarter of 2026, and expand the scope afterward based on an assessment of the results.

According to Bloomberg on April 16, OpenAI, Anthropic PBC, and Google have begun collaborating through the industry nonprofit Frontier Model Forum, sharing information to detect and stop adversarial AI model distillation activities that violate the terms of service. OpenAI confirmed to Bloomberg that it has participated in the information-sharing effort related to adversarial distillation.

Although Franklin Templeton is a traditional financial institution, Reed says, the company is indeed building on the blockchain with the spirit of a crypto-native company. He added that the crypto industry is still in its early stages, but the pace of change is accelerating.

According to on-chain data platform Hyperbot, well-known Hyperliquid trader Huang Licheng (Maji Big Brother) significantly increased his Bitcoin and HYPE long positions on April 16. As of the latest data, his total open position size on the Hyperliquid platform exceeds $56.5 million, with unrealized gains on his portfolio of approximately $1.9 million.

Ilya Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR Protocol, presented a thesis on April 16, 2026, at the Buidl Asia 2026 conference in Seoul that digital assets will expand beyond their current role as investment vehicles to become core transaction infrastructure in an artificial intelligence-driven economy,

Rakuten Wallet has introduced XRP for trading and payments in Japan, allowing 44 million Rakuten Pay users to convert loyalty points into XRP, effectively integrating it into a major consumer commerce network. This move enhances everyday spending and expands XRP's reach in the market.

The Seoul Administrative Court's 5th Division, presiding over Judge Lee Jung-won, ruled on March 9 in favor of Dunamu, overturning the Financial Intelligence Unit's (FIU) 3-month business suspension order, according to the court's judgment. The FIU announced plans to appeal the ruling, stating

Asset manager and financial giant Goldman Sachs filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday, for a new actively managed fund called the Goldman Sachs Bitcoin Premium Income ETF. Key Takeaways: Goldman Sachs filed for a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF on

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) tightened its monetary policy stance on April 14 for the first time since 2022, supporting a stronger Singapore dollar amid elevated oil and gas prices from the Iran conflict. Singapore stocks have outperformed regional peers, declining only 0.5 per cent sin

Fellowship PAC recently revealed in accordance with FEC filing documents that it has raised $11 million, including $10 million from Cantor Fitzgerald and $1 million from Anchorage Digital. The PAC focuses on supporting Republican candidates and has spent $3 million on advertising for Nxum Group. When the organization was established, it claimed to have $100 million in funding commitments, but its actual amount raised is currently only $11 million.

Legal & General Asset Management（L&G AM）announced that it has successfully moved more than £50 billion of its liquidity funds on-chain through a tokenized distribution network built with Calastone, supporting T+0 settlement and multi-currency pricing. This deployment is based on Ethereum, and it plans to expand to more blockchains in the future while ensuring compliance with the regulatory framework.

A report from the Cato Institute states that the United States requires reporting capital gains tax for every Bitcoin transaction, which would increase the reporting burden. The report recommends either eliminating the capital gains tax or raising the exemption threshold in the “Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act” to about $80k to ease the tax burden on small transactions.

The Florida State Attorney’s Office and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office jointly recovered $5.4 million in cryptocurrency scam funds, involving an investment fraud scheme that used romance as a cover. Some of the funds have been returned to victims in Florida and Massachusetts. Since its inception, CFEU has recovered $7.2 million, and another $12.6 million in assets remains frozen. Massachusetts has also carried out multiple law-enforcement actions, shutting down scam websites and recovering funds.

Bitcoin continues to rise, reaching $74,630. Tether uses its profits to buy 951 bitcoins. Virginia passes an unclaimed property law, requiring idle cryptocurrency to be transferred to the state government. U.S. stocks are driven by tech stocks, and the S&P 500 index hits a new high. Crypto market dynamics show that investors are paying attention to geopolitical conditions and U.S. monetary policy.

According to The Block’s report, Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 market open interest reached a peak of $2.38 billion in April, but has recently fallen to $2.1 billion. TradeXYZ dominates the market, accounting for more than 90% of the share. The top ten by trading volume on Hyperliquid are mainly driven by tokenized stocks and commodity futures, offering 24/7 trading services that traditional exchanges cannot provide.