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Today โ€” 22 April 2026Main stream

Coinbase Spent $1.07 Million on Washington Lobbying in Q1 2026 Focused on the CLARITY Act and Stablecoin Rules

22 April 2026 at 03:00
Coinbase lobbying activity for Q1 2026 totaled $1.07 million, the company disclosed in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, targeting the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the GENIUS Act stablecoin law, and digital asset tax treatment legislation. Coinbase lobbying inโ€ฆ

Iran Refuses to Negotiate Under Threat as Ceasefire Deadline Arrives and Hormuz Tensions Rise

22 April 2026 at 02:40
Iran war news escalated Tuesday as parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated publicly that Tehran will not accept negotiations under conditions it considers coercive, with the 10-day US-Iran ceasefire set to expire Wednesday and both sides sharpening rhetoric ahead ofโ€ฆ

Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues ActBlue Over Gift Card Donations and False Claims to Congress

22 April 2026 at 02:15
US election news from Texas arrived Monday as Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in Tarrant County district court against ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform, alleging it violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by continuing to accept giftโ€ฆ

House Homeland Security Panel Opens Hearing on Crypto Fraud and Digital Extortion by Transnational Criminal Networks

22 April 2026 at 01:59
The most urgent crypto scam news on Capitol Hill arrived Tuesday as the House Homeland Security Committee held a joint subcommittee hearing on how transnational criminal organizations use crypto fraud, online scams, and digital extortion to steal from Americans. Cryptoโ€ฆ

Coinbase Launches Agentic.market, a Discovery Layer Where AI Agents Buy and Sell Services With Stablecoins

22 April 2026 at 01:15
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced Monday the launch of Agentic.market, a marketplace platform for Coinbase AI agents that allows autonomous software agents to discover, compare, and purchase services from other agents without API keys, paying in USDC through the x402โ€ฆ

Coinbase Study Finds Privacy Tools Like Railgun Are Mathematically Safe From Quantum Attacks

22 April 2026 at 00:40
study producing major crypto privacy news found that zero-knowledge proof systems including Railgun, PrivacyPools, Aleo, and Aztec are mathematically immune to quantum attacks, because they rely on information-theoretic security rather than encryption, meaning they remain safe even against infinitely powerfulโ€ฆ

Coinbase Advisory Board Paper Warns Crypto Cannot Afford to Wait on Quantum Threats

22 April 2026 at 00:15
A 50 page quantum computing crypto risk assessment published Tuesday by Coinbaseโ€™s independent advisory board concludes that while todayโ€™s blockchains remain secure, a fault-tolerant quantum computer capable of breaking widely used encryption is increasingly plausible and that preparation must beginโ€ฆ

Ripple Reveals a Four Phase Plan to Make the XRP Ledger Safe From Quantum Attacks by 2028

21 April 2026 at 23:55
Ripple announced a structured four phase roadmap for XRP quantum security on Monday, targeting full quantum-resistant cryptography on the XRP Ledger by 2028 in response to Google Quantum AI research showing that current blockchain cryptography could eventually be cracked byโ€ฆ

Warsh Pledges to Sell His Full Crypto and Venture Portfolio Worth at Least $192 Million

21 April 2026 at 23:40
Kevin Warsh crypto holdings disclosed in his 69-page OGE Form 278e financial filing include indirect stakes in more than 20 blockchain and digital asset companies spanning Solana, dYdX, Polymarket, Dapper Labs, and Lightning Network infrastructure, with combined assets alongside hisโ€ฆ

GOP Senator Britt Urges a Way Forward to Confirm Warsh Before the May 15 Deadline

21 April 2026 at 23:15
The most significant Fed nomination news from Tuesdayโ€™s hearing came not from the nominee but from Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama, who signaled the first concrete Republican effort to find an offramp around the Tillis blockade, urging all partiesโ€ฆ

Warsh Tells the Senate Trump Never Asked for a Rate Cut Commitment and He Would Have Refused

21 April 2026 at 22:55
The most pointed Kevin Warsh news from Tuesdayโ€™s Senate confirmation hearing was his direct answer to the central question senators asked: CNBC confirmed that Warsh told the Senate Banking Committee โ€œThe president never asked me to predetermine, commit, fix, decideโ€ฆ

Yesterday โ€” 21 April 2026Main stream

Warsh Calls the Fedโ€™s 2021 Inflation Response a Fatal Policy Error at Senate Confirmation Hearing

21 April 2026 at 22:30
In the most consequential Federal Reserve news in years, Trumpโ€™s Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh testified before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday that the central bank committed a โ€œfatal policy errorโ€ on inflation in 2021 and 2022, and that correctingโ€ฆ

Virginia Voters Decide Today on a Redistricting Plan That Could Shift the House Majority

21 April 2026 at 22:02
Virginia redistricting reaches its decisive moment today as voters in a statewide special election choose whether to approve a Democratic-drawn congressional map that would shift the stateโ€™s House delegation from six Democratic seats and five Republican seats to a projectedโ€ฆ

Will XRP price break out of the symmetrical triangle or slide as the 4H MACD turns bearish at the apex?

21 April 2026 at 04:00
XRP price is at $1.4311 on April 20, as the 4H chart shows a symmetrical triangle reaching its apex simultaneously with a bearish MACD crossover, compressing an imminent directional resolution into the tightest point of the pattern. XRP (XRP) priceโ€ฆ

Will Bitcoin price break above $77,500 or reverse as the 4H MACD prints a bearish crossover at ascending channel resistance?

21 April 2026 at 03:00
Bitcoin price is at $76,466 on April 20, pressing the upper boundary of a 4H ascending channel from the February lows while the MACD simultaneously prints a bearish crossover on the same timeframe, creating a directional tension that will defineโ€ฆ

XRP Weekly Gain Outpaces Bitcoin and Ethereum as Trading Volume Jumps 23%

21 April 2026 at 02:00
The XRP price prediction picture improved this week as CoinGecko showed XRP trading at $1.43 with a 6.7% gain over seven days, outperforming the broader cryptocurrency market which rose 3.2% over the same period, while 24-hour trading volume jumped 23%โ€ฆ

FBI Director Kash Patel Files $250 Million Defamation Suit Against The Atlantic Over Drinking Report

21 April 2026 at 01:45
Kash Patel news broke Monday as the FBI Director filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick in US District Court in Washington, alleging the magazine published โ€œfalse and obviously fabricated allegationsโ€ in a storyโ€ฆ

Michigan Attorney General Rejects DOJ Request for Detroit Ballots in Broader Federal Election Push

21 April 2026 at 01:20
US election news arrived Sunday when Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel formally rejected a Department of Justice demand for ballots and voting materials from Wayne County, which includes Detroit, calling the request โ€œas absurd as it is baselessโ€ in aโ€ฆ

Trump Weighs Unfreezing $20 Billion in Iranian Assets After Years of Attacking Obama for the Same Move

21 April 2026 at 00:45
The Trump Iran deal under negotiation includes a proposal to unfreeze $20 billion in Iranian assets in exchange for Tehran surrendering its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, CNN reported, according to two US officials and two additional sources briefed onโ€ฆ

Brent Crude at $94.57 as Strait of Hormuz Records Near-Zero Traffic for Second Straight Day

20 April 2026 at 23:40
The crude oil price benchmark Brent reached $94.57 per barrel Monday morning, up more than 5% from Fridayโ€™s close, as CNBC reported that Kpler maritime data recorded essentially zero tanker crossings of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, with shippingโ€ฆ

JD Vance Departs for Islamabad Amid Deep Uncertainty Over Whether Iran Will Show

20 April 2026 at 23:20
Iran peace talks entered their most uncertain phase yet Monday as Vice President JD Vance prepared to lead a delegation to Islamabad alongside envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Axios reported, even as Iranโ€™s Foreign Ministry formally stated it hasโ€ฆ

OpenAI Investigates ChatGPT Outage Affecting Users Across Multiple Regions

20 April 2026 at 22:59
A ChatGPT outage struck thousands of users globally Monday, TechRadar reported, with Downdetector recording a spike from under 1,000 reports to over 5,000 within roughly 30 minutes of disruptions first appearing around 10:05 AM ET, as OpenAI confirmed on itsโ€ฆ

Iranโ€™s Revolutionary Guards Vow Retaliation After US Marines Board and Seize Touska

20 April 2026 at 22:45
IRGC news on Monday confirmed that Iranโ€™s Revolutionary Guards declared they will take โ€œnecessary action against the terrorist US militaryโ€ once the safety of the Touskaโ€™s crew is confirmed, CNN reported, after the USS Spruance fired on the Iranian-flagged cargoโ€ฆ

Before yesterdayMain stream

Trump Breaks With His Own Energy Secretary Over Gas Price Timeline

20 April 2026 at 22:25
Trump news today includes a rare public rebuke of a sitting cabinet member, as President Trump told The Hill that Energy Secretary Chris Wright is โ€œtotally wrongโ€ on gas prices, the Washington Examiner reported, insisting prices will fall below threeโ€ฆ

Trump Threatens to Bomb Iran Power Plants by Wednesday With No Deal in Sight

20 April 2026 at 21:55
Iran war news escalated Monday as President Trump renewed his threat to bomb Iranian bridges and power plants if no deal is reached before Wednesdayโ€™s ceasefire expiry, NBC News reported, even as Iranโ€™s central military command warned its response toโ€ฆ

Bitcoin Proves More Resilient Than Oil as Iran Tensions Resurge Monday

20 April 2026 at 21:35
Bitcoin price today opened at $74,335, down 1.6% over 24 hours, Yahoo Finance reported, as the asset absorbed the weekendโ€™s Iran escalation significantly better than oil, which surged over 5%, and European equities, which fell over 1%. Bitcoin (BTC) priceโ€ฆ

Iran Pulls Out of Second-Round Pakistan Talks as Ceasefire Nears Expiry

20 April 2026 at 20:51
Iran news today centers on Tehranโ€™s formal refusal to send negotiators to Islamabad, Al Jazeera reported Monday, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei stating that โ€œno clear prospect for productive negotiations is foreseen under current conditions,โ€ even as a USโ€ฆ

Oil Price Surges 5% as Hormuz Goes Dark and US Seizes Iranian Vessel

20 April 2026 at 20:45
Oil price news Monday showed Brent crude jumped 4.3% to $94.18 and WTI rose 5.6% to $88.54, reversing Fridayโ€™s 9% collapse as Iran reimposed Strait of Hormuz restrictions over the weekend, the US Navy seized the Iranian cargo vessel Touska,โ€ฆ

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