On April 2, 2026, the People's Bank of China approved 12 additional commercial banks to operate the e-CNY, expanding the operator roster to 22. The digital yuan was reclassified to M1 on January 1, 2026 and now accrues interest for verified wallets, while mBridge has processed over $55 billion in cross-border volume with 95% settled in e-CNY. PBOC data through late 2025 shows 16.7 trillion yuan ($2.4 trillion) in cumulative transactions, yet e-CNY remains about 0.16% of China's M0 money supply.

Alabama formally recognized DAOs under state law after Governor Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 277 on April 1, 2026. The DUNA Act grants qualifying DAOs legal personhood and limited liability for members, takes effect October 1, and bars profit distributions to members.

On April 1, 2026 at 18:36, Franklin Templeton said it agreed to acquire 250 Digital, a liquid crypto investment manager spun out of CoinFund, and place it inside a new division named Franklin Crypto. The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2026 and will be partly paid in BENJI tokens, which represent shares in Franklin Templeton's on-chain U.S. Government Money Fund. After the announcement, Franklin Resources shares rose as much as 1.5% in pre-market trading.

On March 31, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor proposed revising its approach to digital assets in 401(k) retirement plans, reversing the 2022 guidance that urged fiduciaries to use "extreme care." The proposal removes any categorical ban and introduces a six-part safe-harbor checklist covering performance, fees, liquidity, valuation, benchmarking, and fiduciary understanding. Separately, on March 30, Senators Cynthia Lummis and Bill Cassidy introduced the "Mined in America Act" tied to domestic mining equipment and a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

On March 30, 2026, Senators Cynthia Lummis and Bill Cassidy filed the "Mined in America Act" to expand US-based Bitcoin mining hardware production and reduce reliance on China-linked equipment. The proposal would create a voluntary Commerce Department certification tied to access to existing federal energy programs and would codify a Treasury-run Strategic Bitcoin Reserve using seized assets, with no new taxpayer funding.

On March 30, 2026, the Midnight network reached its genesis block and began operating as a privacy-focused blockchain built under Input Output and associated with founder Charles Hoskinson. Monument Bank said it plans to tokenize up to £250 million (roughly $335 million) of retail deposits on Midnight, while the network debuts with federated node operators including Google Cloud, MoneyGram, and Worldpay. NIGHT was reported trading down over 90% from its post-launch high of about $0.45 reached shortly after its September 2025 debut.

On 30 March 2026, Universal Digital's USDU began trading on Crypto.com after being registered with the Central Bank of the UAE as a Foreign Payment Token. The USD-backed stablecoin operates under ADGM's FSRA licensing and CBUAE registration and is limited to institutional and professional users, not retail. USDU is an ERC-20 on Ethereum backed 1:1 by US dollar reserves held at Emirates NBD and Mashreq, with monthly attestations; as of late March 2026 its market cap was between $97.5 million and $98.8 million.

Pi Network has told Mainnet node operators to upgrade to Protocol 21.2 by April 6, 2026, warning that nodes that miss the cutoff will be disconnected. PI/USDT was trading around $0.177 on OKX in late March 2026, about 94% below its all-time high, as the project lines up additional mandatory upgrades through May.

World Foundation said it completed a $65 million over-the-counter sale of WLD, with the first settlement on March 20 and a related X thread posted on March 28. The sale averaged roughly $0.2719 per token, with $25 million worth of tokens locked for six months, while the rest is intended for operations such as R&D and Orb manufacturing. Attention is also on July 23, 2026, when about 52.5% of WLD's total supply is scheduled to unlock.