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Iran's central bank announced that the first transit fee collected from ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz was paid in "cash foreign currency," contradicting earlier reports that the toll would be collected in cryptocurrency. The payment was deposited directly into bank accounts in foreign c

Bruce Markets reported that its overnight U.S. equities venue, Bruce ATS, has recorded sustained growth since launch, with monthly average traded notional reaching $502 million in March 2026. According to Bruce Markets, traded notional on the platform has grown at an average monthly rate of 66% sinc

Saudi Arabia's venture capital market is experiencing disruptions from the US-Israel war on Iran that began at the end of February 2026, with researchers predicting the biggest funding declines will become visible in the second half of the year. According to Tracxn, a market data platform, $108

The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has called on the UK government to ramp up military recruitment and prepare for potential conscription as the threat of conflict with Russia increases, according to a report released on April 24, 2026. The defence think tank, established in 1831, warned

Visible Oil Stocks Face Record Decline Global visible oil stores are set to drop to record lows even if traffic through the Strait of Hormuz restarts by the end of April, according to analysts quoted in reporting from April 24, 2026. Visible stocks—the oil in audited tanks and tracked

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has censured Sapia and required the firm to pay £19.6 million to clients of WealthTek following an investigation into inadequate client money safeguards. The payment, comprising £19.1 million to WealthTek's administrators and £500,000 to the Financial Services C

The Canadian Securities Administrators has adopted final amendments to trading fee caps, lowering the maximum fee charged by marketplaces for executing trades in inter-listed equities, according to the CSA announcement. The changes apply to securities priced at CAD $1.00 or more that are listed on b

Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced it will cut approximately 120 jobs as the nation's largest bank reviews roles and expands its use of artificial intelligence, according to Bloomberg. The cuts include 43 roles at Bankwest in Western Australia, with six positions affected by automation. This a

Wisconsin filed a lawsuit against five major prediction market platforms—Coinbase, Polymarket, Kalshi, Robinhood, and Crypto.com—claiming their "event contracts" violate state gambling laws and constitute illegal sports betting. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul argued that labeling these

3F, a vault protocol built on Morpho, has raised $4 million in funding to offer leveraged exposure to tokenized real-world assets, according to The Block. The funding includes a $750,000 pre-seed round that ran from July 2025 to

香港高等法院七人陪審團於 4 月 24 日以多數票裁定，加密貨幣交易所火幣（現更名為 HTX）前高級經理陳柏良，涉嫌於 2020 年使用化名個人帳戶在火幣平台暗池進行交易的指控不成立，同時裁定六項以犯罪或不誠實意圖存取電腦指控，以及一項洗錢指控，全數罪名均不成立。涉案金額涉及 500 萬枚 Tether（USDT）。

台中地方檢察署（台中地檢署）於 4 月 23 日正式起訴萬里開發公司負責人洪岳鵬及台中銀行 6 名分行主管，共計 7 人，涉嫌罪名包括違反銀行法特別背信罪、洗錢防制法鉅額洗錢罪及組織犯罪防制條例相關罪嫌。根據聯合新聞網援引台中地檢署起訴書，案件涉及不法金流達 36 億 4,000 萬元新台幣。

DBS announced on April 24 the expansion of its Spark GenAI program, developed in partnership with Enterprise Singapore and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), to support local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in adopting artificial intelligence. The program uses a three-tier

根據金管會證期局提供的最新統計數據，截至 2026 年 3 月底，台灣共 14 家證券商已開辦虛擬資產 ETF 複委託業務，累計交易逾 98.99 億元新台幣。台灣證期局副局長黃仲豪聲明，台灣金融監督管理委員會（金管會）已要求券商公會就虛擬資產 ETF 複委託業務過去一年執行情況提交評估報告，評估將參與資格擴展至散戶。

美國佛蒙特州獨立參議員伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）於 4 月 24 日在 X 平台發文，引用《紐約客》（The New Yorker）1 月刊登的報告，列出川普家族據稱透過加密貨幣、波斯灣交易及其他來源獲得的收益明細，估計總額達 40.5 億美元。

根據威斯康辛州司法部長喬什·考爾（Josh Kaul）於 4 月 23 日發布的官方新聞稿，威斯康辛州已在戴恩縣（Dane County）對 Kalshi 提起訴訟，指控平台以「事件合約」（event contracts）形式運作的預測市場業務，符合威斯康辛州法律對賭博的法定定義，屬無牌賭博活動。