Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said Robinhood Banking has exceeded $1.5 billion in deposits, supported by nearly 100,000 funded accounts. The service, launched in November 2025 for Robinhood Gold users, offers FDIC-insured checking and a high-yield savings option via Coastal Community Bank. The update came as HOOD rose 6.35% on March 30, while Coinbase faces potential pressure on USDC-related rewards under the GENIUS Act and the pending CLARITY Act.

Coinshares started trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on April 1, 2026, using the ticker CSHR, following a business combination involving Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: VCIC) and the newly formed parent Coinshares PLC. The transaction carried an approximately $1.2 billion pre-money equity value and included a $50 million institutional common equity commitment. Coinshares said the U.S. listing is intended to broaden access to institutional capital, analyst coverage, and support its U.S. product expansion plans.

As of Tuesday morning, March 31 (UTC), the crypto market remained cautious, with total market cap near $2.38 trillion and 24-hour trading volume at $95.5 billion. Bitcoin hovered around $67,235 while Ethereum edged up to about $2,050, as traders weighed mixed ETF flows, options-expiry aftereffects, and several event risks including NFP on April 3 and an FTX payout dated March 31.

CoinShares International Limited started trading on Nasdaq on April 1, 2026 under the ticker CSHR after completing a $1.2 billion SPAC merger with Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp. The transaction created Odysseus Holdings Limited as the new public parent above CoinShares PLC, and the deal had first been disclosed in September 2025.

A senior CFTC official said in remarks delivered on 31 March that insider-trading laws apply to prediction markets and that the agency will step up detection, investigations, and prosecutions. The comments come as total trading volume across platforms including Polymarket and Kalshi reached $75 billion in Q1 2026, versus $330 million in Q1 2024.

The U.S. Department of Justice charged 10 executives and employees tied to four crypto market-making firms over alleged schemes to artificially inflate trading volume and token prices. The DOJ said three defendants were arrested in Singapore, extradited to the U.S., and made an initial court appearance in Oakland on Monday. Authorities also reported seizing more than $1 million in cryptocurrency, while BTC was trading in the highs $68k at the time of writing.

XRP ended the latest month with a close below the Bollinger Bands midline at $1.99, keeping the lower band near $0.62 as the main downside reference. Separately, 900 million DOGE (about $83 million) was withdrawn from Bithumb to unknown wallets within one hour, while Bitcoin entered April holding above $68,000 as traders watch macro and policy events for direction.

On April 1, 2026, Standard Chartered reiterated its forecast that the stablecoin market cap could reach $2 trillion by end-2028, even as average velocity has risen to six turnovers per month. The bank argues the pickup is being led by USDC-driven activity tied to TradFi payment-rail displacement and early AI-agent payment experiments, while JPMorgan estimates $500B–$600B by 2028.