Francesco Campisi · 4 months ago Pyth Network Challenges Bloomberg: Fidelity and Euronext Go On-Chain Pyth Network's Data Marketplace launched April 9, 2026 with Fidelity, Euronext, and Tradeweb publishing proprietary data on-chain for the first time. The $50 billion financial data industry just got its first real challenger. BlockchainFintechSmart Contracts
Francesco Campisi · 4 months ago Binance Brings SpaceX and OpenAI to Your Wallet: Pre-IPO On-Chain Pre-IPO tokens for SpaceX and OpenAI are now live on Binance Web3 Wallet. Private markets worth trillions just opened to retail investors on-chain — no brokerage account needed. RWABinanceToken
Francesco Campisi · 4 months ago CZ vs Star Xu: The $1 Billion Book Shaking the Crypto Industry CZ's Freedom of Money, published April 8, 2026, triggered a $1 billion public bet with OKX CEO Star Xu over allegations of contract forgery and rival reporting. The feud between crypto's two biggest exchange founders is shaking industry governance. BinanceNewsCrypto
Giulia Ferrante · 4 months ago CONSOB, CASPs and MiCA: Italy's April 15 Crypto Deadline Explained Italy's CONSOB sets April 15, 2026 as the first hard deadline for crypto supervisory fees under MiCA. Miss it and forced collection kicks in — with a full market shutdown looming on June 30. RegulationEuropeFintech
Francesco Campisi · 4 months ago Amundi and Spiko Launch SAFO: $400 Million in Three Weeks SAFO, the tokenized fund from Amundi and Spiko, hit $400 million AUM in under three weeks — overtaking BlackRock BUIDL as the fastest-growing tokenized fund on Chainlink. Europe's institutional RWA race is now real. EthereumRWAFintech
Giulia Ferrante · 4 months ago Japan Reclassifies Crypto as Financial Instruments Under FIEA Japan's Cabinet approved a landmark FIEA amendment on April 10, 2026, reclassifying Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP as financial instruments — on par with stocks and bonds. A 20% flat tax and insider trading ban are part of the package. Here's what changes from 2027. RegulationAsiaBitcoin
Giulia Ferrante · 4 months ago Circle Launches CPN Managed Payments: USDC Settlement Without Touching Crypto Circle's CPN Managed Payments lets banks and fintechs settle cross-border payments via USDC without ever holding crypto. Thunes, Worldline, and Veem are already on board — and the GENIUS Act could accelerate US adoption fast. StablecoinsFintechNews
Giulia Ferrante · 4 months ago Solana Alpenglow: Transaction Finality Drops to 150 Milliseconds Solana Alpenglow replaces Proof-of-History and TowerBFT with Votor and Rotor, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to 150ms. The biggest protocol upgrade in Solana's history is targeting mainnet by end of 2026. SolanaBlockchainWeb3
Giulia Ferrante · 4 months ago Ethereum Foundation Sells 5,000 ETH: Strategy or Warning Sign? The Ethereum Foundation converts 5,000 ETH to stablecoins via CoWSwap TWAP — and Paradigm drops Reth 2.0 at 1.7 Gigagas/s. Two April 2026 signals that reveal more about ETH's direction than the price chart alone. EthereumDeFiStablecoins
Francesco Campisi · 4 months ago Visa and Coinbase Launch Autonomous Payments for AI Agents AI agents can now pay autonomously for digital goods using Visa cards — within user-defined limits. Visa, Coinbase x402, and Nevermined's April 2026 integration marks a turning point for the agentic economy. AIFintechCoinbase
