Mercado Libre will end Mercado Coin, a Brazil-launched crypto loyalty token used for cashback rewards, with the program set to stop on April 17, 2026. From that date, users will no longer be able to buy, sell, or earn the token, and any unspent balance will be automatically converted into local fiat and credited to Mercado Pago accounts.

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index is still in "extreme fear" at 11 and has stayed there for 12 straight days, after only a brief rebound from March 17 to March 18. Bitcoin has continued consolidating above the $60,000 support, while analysts point to muted sell pressure and signs that longer-term holders may be accumulating.

Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) slid more than 8% to around $0.229, with $0.2270 flagged as a pivotal support that has held since March 26, 2026. If price closes a four-hour candle below $0.2270, the setup points to a possible further 10% drop toward $0.20, while a break above the descending trendline would be needed to shift momentum. Separate on-chain tracking shows the top 100 addresses raised holdings 2.04% over the past week as exchange reserves fell 1.40%.

S&P Dow Jones Indices has placed its iBoxx US Treasuries Index on the Canton Network, turning the fixed-income benchmark into a tokenized digital asset for institutional use. The move, announced Tuesday with Kaiko, is meant to let firms pull index pricing and levels onchain via tokens rather than traditional data feeds. S&P said the token is permissioned and not an investable product.

U.S. equities jumped Tuesday after reports suggested President Trump may be willing to end U.S. military operations in Iran, while Iran also indicated openness to talks under certain demands. The S&P 500 rose about 2.4% to near 6,496 and the Nasdaq gained roughly 3.3% to around 21,475, with about 77% of stocks advancing. Bitcoin climbed about 1.9% to approximately $67,798 and Ethereum rose roughly 3.9% to around $2,096 as broader risk appetite improved.

On 1 April 2026, Russia's Finance Ministry approved draft laws that would route domestic crypto transactions through licensed intermediaries and limit retail purchases to 300,000 rubles per year per intermediary, subject to a suitability test. In the same week, Dubai's VARA released rules for exchange-traded crypto derivatives, allowing retail and institutional access with safeguards including a 5:1 retail leverage cap and a 20% initial margin requirement.

Russian officials have cleared a package of draft laws that would redirect most domestic crypto trading toward licensed intermediaries, tightening oversight of a market that has largely operated offshore and peer-to-peer. Alongside the same push, proposed limits for individuals have been discussed at roughly $3,850 per year, as authorities also warn that P2P users are increasingly targeted by scams.

Chainalysis said it released its first blockchain intelligence agents this week, aiming to extend automated investigation and compliance workflows to any employee, not only trained analysts. The company said the tools rely on its verified transaction dataset and use auditable, deterministic workflows, with humans remaining responsible for high-stakes decisions. Chainalysis added that agents are expected to start rolling out over the summer of 2026, beginning with investigation and compliance teams.