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A survey commissioned by CoinDesk of 1,000 registered voters in the United States shows that only 1% of respondents listed cryptocurrency as the most important issue in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, ranking almost last among all concerns. In contrast, cost of living (36%), jobs and the economy (13%), and Social Security and Medicare (11%) emerged as the most pressing issues for voters.The survey also revealed that American voters generally hold a negative view of cryptocurrency, with only 27% of respondents indicating they have invested in, traded, or used cryptocurrency, while another 27% said they might participate in the future. About 47% of respondents believe the Republican Party is more friendly towards cryptocurrency, while only 14% think the Democratic Party is more supportive of the crypto industry; however, in terms of "which party they trust more to manage cryptocurrency affairs," the Democratic Party slightly leads with 27% over the Republican Party's 25%, while 40% expressed distrust in both parties.Although cryptocurrency is not a core election issue, about 40% of respondents still indicated they are more inclined to vote for candidates who align with their views on cryptocurrency, demonstrating that the issue of digital assets continues to gain influence in American politics.

According to the latest poll by POLITICO, despite the AI and cryptocurrency industries investing significant political funds in the U.S. midterm elections, the overall American public remains notably cautious, even negative, towards both industries.The survey shows that 45% of Americans believe "investing in cryptocurrency is not worth the risk," while 44% of respondents think the pace of AI development is "too fast." Nearly half of the respondents indicated that they trust traditional banks to safeguard their funds more than cryptocurrency platforms; about two-thirds support the government implementing strict regulations on AI or establishing unified regulatory principles.Reports indicate that super PACs supporting the AI and cryptocurrency industries are rapidly becoming a significant funding force for the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. Among them, the pro-AI organization Leading the Future has raised over $75 million; the cryptocurrency PAC "Fairshake," supported by Coinbase, Andreessen Horowitz, and Ripple, has invested approximately $28 million in several key primaries.However, polls show that voters are more inclined to support candidates advocating for "increased AI regulation" rather than those pushing for deregulation. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy stated, "People do not trust the cryptocurrency industry and do not want AI companies to crush them culturally and economically."Additionally, more than half of Americans indicated that they have never purchased and would not consider purchasing cryptocurrency; 43% of respondents believe the risks of AI outweigh the benefits.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Eric Trump increased his personal wealth from approximately $190 million to $280 million through American Bitcoin.Meanwhile, the company's stock price, after significant dilution, has fallen about 92% from its peak, resulting in a loss of approximately $500 million for public investors.

One of the largest cryptocurrency service providers in Latin America, Bitso, released the "2025 Latin America Cryptocurrency Landscape Report," which shows that nearly 40% of cryptocurrency purchases in the region involve dollar-pegged assets, such as USDT and USDC. The report analyzes data from nearly 10 million customers in major markets such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.

According to Cointelegraph, Polymarket is in communication with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to seek the reopening of its main platform to U.S. users. If approved, this could mean that the restrictions on U.S. users, which have been in place since its settlement with the CFTC in 2022, may be lifted.The report states that Polymarket has previously made a limited return to the U.S. market through the regulated QCEX framework, and if a full return is achieved, it will further intensify the competitive landscape of prediction markets in the U.S.

According to CoinDesk, Tether led a $14 million Series A funding round for the Latin American digital wallet platform Belo, which also included participation from Titan Fund, The Venture City, Mindset Ventures, and G2.Belo stated that it will use the new funds to expand into the markets of Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay, while continuing to strengthen its business presence in Brazil, focusing on serving freelancers, remote workers, and users of cross-border money transfers.Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Belo currently has over 3 million users in Latin America. Its product is a digital wallet based on cryptocurrency infrastructure, allowing users to hold and transfer local currencies and "digital dollars" (stablecoins).Reports indicate that stablecoins have rapidly gained popularity in emerging markets like Latin America in recent years, primarily used for hedging against inflation, cross-border remittances, and bypassing high-cost foreign exchange systems. Belo integrates payments, currency exchange, and cross-border transfers into a single application process, utilizing cryptocurrency infrastructure for backend settlements to reduce the costs and delays of cross-border transfers.

According to BBX data, yesterday the capital actions of mining companies' AI transformation coincided with the innovation of cryptocurrency ETF products, with the following core dynamics:HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ / TSX-V: $HIVE) announced on April 22 the completion of a $115 million private placement of 0% convertible preferred notes (including full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option), with the notes maturing in 2031 and estimated net proceeds of approximately $109.5 million; the initial conversion price of the notes is about $2.57 per share, representing a premium of approximately 17.5% over the closing price on April 16, while implementing capped call options to hedge against dilution risk. The funds will be used for GPU procurement and data center construction, and the company has also received conditional approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange, expecting to upgrade from the TSX Venture Exchange to the TSX main board around April 30.Keel Infrastructure Corp. (NASDAQ: $KEEL) (formerly Bitfarms) announced on April 22 the completion of the sale of its 70 MW Paso Pe mining site in Paraguay, with actual proceeds after delivery adjustments of approximately $13 million (the original agreed price was up to $30 million, with the difference reflecting delivery adjustments). CEO Ben Gagnon stated that this marks the company's complete exit from Latin American assets, and the proceeds will be fully redeployed to North American HPC/AI infrastructure pipelines; following the announcement, the company's stock price rose by about 4%.GSR (privately held) officially launched the GSR Crypto Core3 ETF (NASDAQ: $BESO) on Nasdaq on April 22, which is the first multi-asset actively managed cryptocurrency ETF in the U.S. covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, with a management fee of 1.00%, rebalancing weekly based on research-driven signals, and executing on-chain staking for yield on portions of its Ethereum and Solana holdings; the investment advisor is Framework Digital Advisors, and the chief market maker is Jane Street Capital.

According to official news, the Trump family mining company American Bitcoin announced that it has completed the power deployment of approximately 11,298 ASIC miners, further advancing its expansion plan and enhancing overall mining capacity.Data shows that after this expansion, the company's total self-owned hash rate reaches approximately 28.1 EH/s, an increase of about 12% compared to before; the total scale of miners has increased to approximately 89,242 units, with new hash rate of about 3.05 EH/s and energy efficiency of about 13.5 J/TH.In terms of operations, approximately 58,999 miners are currently online, corresponding to a hash rate of about 25.0 EH/s, with an average energy efficiency of about 14.1 J/TH. The company stated that this round of expansion will strengthen its structural advantages in Bitcoin accumulation.

The U.S. Department of Justice revealed that Carmine Agnello, the grandson of mob boss John Gotti, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining approximately $1.1 million in COVID relief funds and investing part of the money into cryptocurrency ventures.Prosecutors stated that from April 2020 to November 2021, Agnello obtained multiple relief loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) through false declarations, falsely claiming they were for the operation of his auto parts and recycling business, while actually diverting the funds for personal use, including approximately $420,000 invested in cryptocurrency-related investments. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York indicated that this conduct occurred during the peak of the pandemic, representing a serious abuse of government aid funds. Agnello is expected to report to prison on July 1. Additionally, official data shows that fraud related to U.S. pandemic relief funds is severe, with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimating that about $135 billion (approximately 15% of the total) has flowed into fraudulent activities.

According to Fortune, the blockchain project Tempo, supported by Stripe and Paradigm, has launched a "stablecoin consulting" service, providing support for stablecoin adoption to enterprises and financial institutions, including identifying applicable scenarios and dispatching engineers to assist with stablecoin integration.The report states that the American food delivery platform DoorDash is collaborating with Tempo to explore paying delivery personnel with stablecoins; Stripe, Coastal Community Bank, and ARQ are also building stablecoin infrastructure based on Tempo, while Visa, OnePay, Felix, Fifth Third Bank, and Howard Hughes Holdings are integrating their payment services with Tempo.

According to data from TheMinerMag, in the first quarter of 2026, publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies including MARA, CleanSpark, Riot, Cango, Core Scientific, and Bitdeer collectively sold over 32,000 BTC, surpassing the total amount sold throughout last year and even exceeding the sell-off levels triggered by the Terra-Luna collapse in Q2 2022, setting a "new record for a single quarter."The backdrop of this sell-off is the key metric for measuring miner profitability, "hashprice," which has fallen to a historical low of below $35 per PH/s per day, with about 20% of miners already in the red. Asset management firm CoinShares stated in its report: "Unless the BTC price rebounds significantly, high-cost miners will further capitulate in the first half of 2026."

According to Globenewswire, the American law firm Bernstein Liebhard has announced that it has filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit on behalf of investors against the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Gemini Space Station, alleging that Gemini made false statements regarding its business operations and prospects in its prospectus and related disclosures, particularly accused of exaggerating the viability of its core cryptocurrency platform business. Investors wishing to serve as lead plaintiffs must submit their applications by May 18, 2026.It is reported that Bernstein Liebhard is a well-known investor relations law firm that has previously filed class action lawsuits against companies such as Ruhnn, Apple, and AsiaInfo-Linkage.

According to a report by Bloomberg, a recent study shows that many cryptocurrency investors in the United States may not have reported their digital asset holdings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Tyler Menzer, an assistant professor at Texas Christian University, and his co-authors found that between 2013 and 2021, only 6.5% of taxpayers reported cryptocurrency sales, while surveys during the same period indicated that 12% to 21% of American adults had held cryptocurrency. The analysis suggests that some investors failed to accurately report income and transactions related to cryptocurrency, potentially leading to tax revenue loss.The study found that cryptocurrency holders are more likely to hold meme tokens, are younger, and have lower incomes, with trading behaviors significantly differing from traditional stock investors. CoinTracker data shows that for the 2025 tax year, cryptocurrency investors are required to report an average of 836 transactions, with average short-term losses of $636 and average long-term gains of $2,692.

According to Jinshi reports, the Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey shows that 58% of investors expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates within the next 12 months, while 46% of investors expect the European Central Bank to raise interest rates within the next 12 months.

According to an article in the American Bankers Association (ABA) Journal, experts including the ABA's chief economist point out that the recent research report by the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) on the issuance of yield from payment stablecoins raises the wrong questions and may mislead policymakers.The CEA report mainly explores "how prohibiting the issuance of yield from payment stablecoins will affect bank lending," concluding that banning yields would only increase bank lending by about $1.2 billion, with minimal impact.However, the ABA believes that the real policy concern is not the consequences of "prohibition," but the risks that may arise from "allowing" the issuance of yield from payment stablecoins: accelerating deposit outflows, allowing yields to stimulate households and businesses to move funds from bank deposits (especially community banks) to stablecoins, which would have a significant impact when the market size expands to $1-2 trillion. ABA analysis shows that loans in Iowa alone could decrease by $4.4 billion to $8.7 billion as a result.Impact on community banks: Deposit outflows will force community banks to replace funding with higher-cost wholesale financing (such as Federal Home Loan Bank advances), raising their funding costs and thereby reducing loans to local households and small businesses. It is not a harmless "reshuffling": The CEA believes that deposits are merely "reshuffled" within the banking system, with overall impact being minimal.However, the ABA points out that deposits flowing from community banks to a few large institutions or stablecoin reserve accounts will harm sectors that rely on relationship-based bank lending. The ABA believes that prohibiting the issuance of yield from payment stablecoins is a prudent protective measure that allows stablecoins to mature as a tool for payment innovation rather than becoming a source of economic risk that substitutes for insured deposits.

American musician Garrett Dutton (stage name G. Love) lost 5.9 BTC, amounting to approximately $420,000, after downloading and using a fake Ledger wallet app from the App Store and entering his recovery phrase.On-chain analyst ZachXBT discovered that the attacker had laundered the stolen Bitcoin through the KuCoin platform. This incident once again exposes the security risks of counterfeit wallet applications and reminds users to be vigilant when downloading and using cryptocurrency-related apps, avoiding entering sensitive information through unofficial channels.

Trump stated that the whole world is relying on the United States for oil due to Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said, "Tomorrow at 10 o'clock we will implement blockade measures... Other countries are also working to ensure that Iran cannot sell oil, and this will work very well! Many ships are heading to our country, they will refuel and then leave to transport this oil, so they will not pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and this issue will ultimately be resolved.The whole world is relying on the United States. Due to the 'Drill, Baby, Drill' campaign, our oil reserves have increased, and our oil reserves are greater than the total of Russia and Saudi Arabia combined. The situation now is that ships are coming in, refueling, and no longer needing to pass through the Strait of Hormuz!"

American Philadelphia musician G.Love posted on the X platform that during the process of changing computers and reconfiguring Ledger, he mistakenly downloaded a malicious counterfeit application from the Apple App Store, resulting in the theft of his retirement funds, with approximately 5.92 bitcoins transferred all at once.On-chain detective ZachXBT subsequently stated that he had traced the flow of the stolen funds and pointed out that the relevant assets had been laundered through the recharge addresses of a centralized exchange (CEX). ZachXBT also questioned the review mechanism of the Apple App Store, claiming that there is an issue that allows counterfeit applications to be listed on the Apple platform, further amplifying the security risks to user assets. The incident has once again sparked market concerns about wallet security and the application ecosystem review mechanism.

According to reports from Al Hadath, citing Arab media, sources say that the technical delegations from the United States and Iran arrived in Pakistan on Friday morning local time. The Iranian delegation will participate in negotiations on Saturday, despite having expressed some views on the events in Lebanon. Details of the Iranian delegation's arrival in Pakistan are kept confidential.