Circle said on April 2, 2026 it will launch Circle Wrapped Bitcoin (cirBTC), a tokenized BTC product aimed at institutional users. The company says each cirBTC will be backed 1:1 by native BTC, with reserves independently verifiable onchain in real time. The initial release is planned for Ethereum and Arc, with crosschain mobility positioned as a core feature.

Soluna Holdings said Thursday it completed a $53 million acquisition of the Briscoe Wind Farm in Briscoe County, Texas, to supply power for its planned Project Dorothy 3 AI data center campus. The company said the site can reach up to 300 MW of capacity and projected annualized revenue of $20 million to $24.4 million. Soluna shares rose about 7.6% after the announcement, trading around $0.76 at the time of writing.

On April 2 in New York, the Linux Foundation said it created the x402 Foundation and accepted Coinbase's contribution of the x402 protocol to set up neutral, open-source governance for a proposed "payments over HTTP" standard. The protocol is intended to embed payments into web interactions so apps, APIs, and AI agents can exchange value within typical HTTP-based workflows. The announcement was made at the MCP Dev Summit North America.

Coinbase said Thursday it received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust company charter tied to Coinbase National Trust Company. The structure would be a non-insured national trust focused on custody, staking, and related fiduciary services, and Coinbase said it already holds more than $245 billion in assets under custody. The company must still meet OCC pre-opening requirements before it can begin operating under the charter.

By April 2, BlackRock held about $53.22 billion in Bitcoin, or roughly 782,290 BTC, up from 760,850 BTC valued at $51.26 billion on February 28. Over the same period, its Ethereum position fell from 3.15 million ETH ($6.37 billion) to 3.02 million ETH (around $6.35 billion), even as ETH's price increased. Across its crypto portfolio, total value rose by about $1.94 billion to $59.57 billion, with Bitcoin at 89% and Ethereum at 11%.

Wallet in Telegram has launched in-app perpetual futures trading for its 150M+ users via an integration with Ethereum-based DEX Lighter. Users can take leveraged long or short positions on 50+ assets and place trades inside Telegram with up to 50x leverage. Availability is not global, with access restricted in jurisdictions including the United States and the United Kingdom.

eToro plans to enable cryptocurrency trading for New York residents on April 1, 2026, marking its first full entry into the state after holding a BitLicense for nearly three years. The rollout is expected to include about 20 cryptocurrencies and will sit alongside the platform's stock, ETF, and options offering.

Russia has introduced crypto mining restrictions across 13 regions, a move expected to impact about 50,000 miners, after the activity was legalized in August 2024. The measures are tied to peak autumn-winter periods and run through 2031, while year-round bans in southern Buryatia and Zabaikalsky Krai are set to begin on January 1, 2026. The crackdown is framed around power supply stress, with Siberian shortfalls cited at nearly 3,000 MW.