Charles Schwab opens waitlist for direct bitcoin and ether trading, targeting Q2 limited launch
Charles Schwab confirmed it’s on track to launch spot bitcoin and ether trading in H1 2026 through a new “Schwab Crypto” account offered via its banking subsidiary.CEO Rick Wurster told Barron’s in March that a limited rollout begins in Q2, with broader access to follow. A waitlist is live now.The service will be unavailable in New York and Louisiana at launch. Fee structure and custody arrangements remain undisclosed.
Ethereum Foundation doubles staked ether, clearing two-thirds of 70,000 ETH target
The foundation’s latest staking allocation mirrors its biggest-ever single-day move and is a major step-up from its initial February deployment.The shift toward staking comes after prior ETH sales drew pushback from parts of the Ethereum community, which saw the sales as a signal of weak confidence in ETH.
A Nevada state judge said Friday he would grant a preliminary injunction barring Kalshi from offering sports, entertainment, and election-related contracts in the state without a gaming license.The judge extended a temporary restraining order first issued on March 20, calling Kalshi’s baseball game contracts “indistinguishable” from placing a bet on a state-licensed platform.Nevada is now the only state with a court-enforced, in-effect ban against Kalshi.
IMF warns tokenized finance could amplify market crises, urges central bank-anchored settlement
The IMF published a report Thursday arguing that tokenization is a structural overhaul of financial architecture that could amplify instability if guardrails aren’t established.IMF Financial Counselor Tobias Adrian warned that instant settlement removes the time buffers regulators rely on to intervene during crises, and compared stablecoins to money market funds.The warning arrives as major U.S. exchanges race to build tokenized securities platforms and the SEC greenlights pilot programs.
Drift Protocol $280M exploit took 'months of deliberate preparation'
Drift Protocol said, with “medium-high confidence,” that the recent attack was carried out by the same actors responsible for the $58 million Radiant Capital hack in October 2024.
Art on Tezos turns Cannes into a live testbed for digital culture
At TezDev 2026 in Cannes, “Art on Tezos” staged an immersive, projection-mapped environment that framed on-chain work as a living model for digital culture.Speakers highlighted how Tezos lowers costs and barriers so artists from Kurdistan, Africa and South America can build sustainable practices and even escape repression.Trilitech’s planned Tezos-powered exhibition at HEK Basel signals that on-chain art is moving deeper into museum ecosystems, compressing photography’s century-long legitimation curve.
Crypto's popularity among kids drove X Games-MoonPay deal: 'New energy and new transformation'
X Games CEO Jeremy Bloom said in an interview that he wants to keep evolving the brand and building alongside “the Gen Zs, the middle school kids, the high school kids, and college kids.”Crypto companies eager to attract new users, and MoonPay in particular, have been sponsoring sports teams across various leagues for years.
Leap was launched in late 2021 with a $50,000 grant from Terraform Labs, the no-longer-operating R&D firm behind the TerraUSD.After the collapse of Terra, Leap pivoted to become an ecosystem wallet for Cosmos chains.
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