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TradFi & Fintech
Rain Seeks US Trust Bank Charter for Stablecoin Issuance
The proposed subsidiary would also hold client assets and manage stablecoin reserves, but would not accept deposits or make commercial loans.

DeFi
Ether.fi Announces Dollar Stablecoin Powered by Ethena
Ethena will manage reserves, minting, redemptions and compliance for a platform reporting more than $300 million in existing stablecoin balances.

DeFi
Bloomberg Terminal Adds 24/7 Hyperliquid Perpetuals Pricing
The WSL HYPE worksheet pairs perpetuals with reference prices across commodities, indexes, equities, currencies and crypto.

DeFi
Arbitrum Adopts Paxos' USDG as Its Ecosystem Dollar
The stablecoin goes live on Arbitrum One with Fluid, Morpho, GMX, Maple and Kraken behind it. A proposal published the same day asks ArbitrumDAO to add 100 million ARB to an incentive program that still has about 63.7 million ARB unspent

DeFi
Circle Adds Aave to Bitcoin-Backed Borrowing in Mint
The new lending option extends the Morpho-based service, while borrowers remain exposed to liquidation under third-party protocol rules.

Regulation & Politics
DOJ Presses Roman Storm Case as FinCEN Drops Mixer Proposal
A new filing targets Storm’s venue challenge, while his acquittal motion remains pending and a retrial is scheduled for April 26, 2027.

Regulation & Politics
CFTC Staff Clears Fast Track for Stock-Index Perpetual Conversions
Exchanges must give position holders five calendar days' notice and a chance to exit, while leaving other material contract terms unchanged.

DeFi
Aave Raises Core GHO Borrow Rate to 4.5% Amid Thin Redemption Reserves
The GHO Risk Council also lifted Prime’s base rate, while Ethereum’s USDC conversion module remained nearly empty.

Security
ZachXBT Says He Fronted $349,700 to Infiltrate Alleged Laundering Ring
The investigator links his undercover work to a 442,000 USDT freeze after identifying a cluster he tied to Bybit and valued at more than $12 million.

DeFi
Aave Activates LlamaRisk Agents for Pendle Collateral on Plasma
The agents can adjust pricing and borrowing parameters for a principal token with $36.72 million supplied, subject to fixed step limits and cooldowns.





