Recent News on Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and Finance | Yellow

Ethereum recorded 3.62 million transactions in a single day while trading over 50% below its all-time high, as analysts flag rare bullish signals.

BlackRock reported $2.2 billion in Q1 2026 net income with $130 billion in total inflows as its IBIT Bitcoin ETF continued to attract capital.

X launched Smart Cashtags on iPhone for US and Canadian users, bringing real-time stock and crypto price charts directly into the platform's timeline.

Ethereum outperformed Bitcoin for the first time in 2026 as $325M left BTC ETFs and ETH network activity jumped 41%, raising rotation questions.

Bernstein projects prediction market volumes will reach $1 trillion by 2030, as Kalshi and Polymarket surpass $60 billion in 2026 year-to-date trading.

The SEC issued temporary staff guidance that could exempt certain self-custodial crypto interfaces from broker-dealer registration, with direct implications for XRP Ledger's native DEX.

Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh filed a 69-page ethics disclosure showing assets worth over $100M, including stakes in Solana, Polymarket, and SpaceX.

Goldman Sachs filed for a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF that sells options tied to BTC spot price, surprising analysts who say it could beat BlackRock to market.

Institutional crypto trading is shifting away from centralized exchanges as OTC and decentralized platforms gain share. New data shows a structural change in how liquidity, execution, and price discovery are evolving across digital asset markets.

Tether launched tether.wallet, a self-custodial app supporting Bitcoin, USDT, XAUT, and USAT, though its cloud-based key backup feature has already drawn scrutiny.