Canada's Department of Finance confirmed Bill C-15 has received Royal Assent, opening the door to a federal stablecoin regime overseen by the Bank of Canada. The plan would require fiat-backed issuers to register, hold 1:1 reserves, and offer par-value redemptions, while restricting yield and certain marketing. Authorities expect consultations over the next 12 to 18 months, with full rollout targeted for 2027.

Polymarket has launched price-based prediction contracts linked to equities, commodities and exchange-traded funds, with outcomes automatically settled using Pyth Network price feeds. The lineup includes daily up-or-down and closing-price markets for major equity indexes, gold and oil, plus more than a dozen US-listed stocks such as Tesla, Nvidia and Apple. Contracts reset at the end of each trading session.

Coinbase said it received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to form Coinbase National Trust Company under federal oversight. Announced on 2 April, the national trust charter is positioned as a custody and market-infrastructure vehicle rather than a commercial bank, with no deposits or lending.

Polymarket has added Pyth Network as the resolution source for a new set of traditional-asset prediction markets, enabling trading tied to U.S. equities, commodities, and ETFs. The rollout includes daily up/down and daily close markets for major equity indices, plus gold, silver, WTI crude, and natural gas, along with more than a dozen U.S. stocks such as Tesla, Coinbase, Palantir, Nvidia, and Apple.

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.

On April 2, the CFTC and the U.S. Department of Justice filed three lawsuits against Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois to defend what they describe as exclusive federal authority over prediction markets and event contracts. The agencies argue that state actions impose inconsistent obligations on CFTC-registered designated contract markets and increase uncertainty for participants operating across jurisdictions.

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.