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BNY has gone live on CLSNet, CLS's automated bilateral payment netting calculation service, as FX market participants focus on settlement risk and post-trade efficiency. The move brings one of the largest global custodians into a network that standardizes and automates post-trade matching and nettin

DTCC and SSImple Collaborate on SSI Automation Ahead of Europe's T+1 Settlement Shift The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has announced a collaboration with SSImple to automate the submission of Standing Settlement Instructions into its ALERT database as market participants prepare for Eur

ASEAN Economic Ministers Agree on Trade and Energy Measures The economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed on Thursday, April 30, to strengthen existing free trade agreements and ratify a regional petrol security deal amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle

SpaceX's board has approved a new compensation package for Elon Musk as the company prepares for a potential initial public offering that could value the rocket and satellite business at about $1.75 trillion, according to reports. The package links Musk's possible share awards to major valuation and

On April 30, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced via social media that he has ordered Ukrainian representatives to coordinate with a U.S. working team to understand the details of Russia's short-term ceasefire proposal, according to CCTV News. Zelenskyy stated he has arranged for Ukrai

Yunfeng Financial (00376.HK) announced on April 30 that it has completed a strategic investment in WooshPay, a global financial infrastructure and cross-border payment service provider. The investment aims to integrate WooshPay's global payment settlement capabilities with Yunfeng's existing

China's decision to unwind Meta's US$2 billion acquisition of Manus has created significant uncertainty for AI founders with Chinese roots building operations outside their home country, according to reporting by Tech in Asia. The January announcement that China was investigating the deal—citing

4 月 29 日，Meta 宣布面向哥伦比亚和菲律宾创作者推出 USDC 稳定币支付，由 Stripe 提供基础设施支持，这标志着其自 Libra 项目失败四年后首次重返加密支付领域。

iFOREX has announced its listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker IFRX, with a market valuation of around £43.3 million. The listing adds a public market layer to the broker's business built around proprietary trading platforms and retail client services, while

North Korean hackers have stolen nearly three-quarters of all cryptocurrency taken by cybercriminals so far in 2026 through two precisely executed attacks on decentralized finance platforms in April, according to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. The two incidents—a $285 million breach of Drift

根據福克斯商業頻道（Fox Business）於 4 月 30 日報道，美國財政部長史考特·貝森特（Scott Bessent）在 Kudlow 節目中表示，美國已扣押近 5 億美元的伊朗加密貨幣資產，作為「經濟狂怒行動」的一部分。貝森特表示，此次行動旨在凍結銀行帳戶、扣押資產並向外國政府施壓以切斷與伊朗的聯繫。

據鏈上數據追蹤機構 Arkham Intelligence 最新數據，不丹於 4 月 29 日轉移約 100 枚比特幣，價值近 800 萬美元；Arkham Intelligence 數據顯示，不丹 2026 年迄今的比特幣出售總額已超過 2 億美元，目前仍持有逾 3,400 枚比特幣，累計利潤超過 7.5 億美元。

根據 SoSoValue 的數據，美東時間 4 月 29 日，美國比特幣現貨 ETF 合計錄得 1.38 億美元資金凈流出，為連續第三個交易日出現凈流出；同日，美國以太坊現貨 ETF 合計凈流出 8,772.56 萬美元，富達（Fidelity）FETH 及貝萊德（BlackRock）ETHA 為主要流出來源。

PayPal 於 4 月 30 日正式宣布策略重組，將業務架構簡化為三大核心板塊：結帳解決方案與 PayPal、消費者金融服務與 Venmo，以及支付服務與加密貨幣；其中支付服務與加密貨幣板塊單獨成立，整合 Braintree、中小企業處理、增值服務及加密貨幣業務（含穩定幣 PYUSD）。

Ant International said its payments network links more than 150 million merchants with over 2 billion consumer accounts worldwide, supporting more than 300 payment methods across 220 markets. The company handles more than 20 million transactions per day on average and is expanding across Asia,

The Bank of England has expressed concern about plans to reduce capital requirements for professional trading firms, citing potential increases in financial risk, according to reports from April 30. This position creates a disagreement with the UK Financial Conduct Authority, which proposed the capi

據《洛杉磯時報》於 4 月 30 日報道，來自加州紐波特海灘的 22 歲男子 Evan Tangeman，由華盛頓特區聯邦地區法官 Colleen Kollar-Kotelly 判處 70 個月聯邦監禁及三年監管釋放；Tangeman 於 2025 年 12 月認罪，承認為加密詐騙集團洗錢 350 萬美元。

Crypto exchange OKX introduced its Agent Payments Protocol (APP) on Wednesday, an open standard designed to enable AI agents to conduct full business cycles including payments, negotiations, and dispute resolution. The protocol follows similar offerings from competitors including x402, incubated by

April Blockchain Upgrades: Live Forks and Planning Phases In April 2026, blockchain protocols took divergent paths—some delivering live mainnet changes, others refining future architectures. Polygon's Giugliano hard fork activated on April 8, Polkadot executed Runtime v2.1 through governance in la

根據美國司法部（DOJ）於 4 月 30 日公告，由杜拜警方主導、美國聯邦調查局（FBI）和中國公安部共同參與的國際聯合行動，在上週搗毀至少 9 個加密貨幣詐騙中心，合計逮捕 276 人，其中另有 1 人由泰國皇家警察逮捕。DOJ 公告同日指出，6 名被告已在聖地牙哥聯邦法院被提起聯邦欺詐及洗錢罪指控。