🚨JUST IN: $12T Charles Schwab launches spot Bitcoin and Ethereum trading through Schwab Crypto.
Select retail clients can now trade bitcoin:native and ethereum:native directly alongside stocks and ETFs.
BREAKING: 🇰🇷SOUTH KOREA TO REVIEW JOINING U.S. HORMUZ OPERATIONS
South Korea says it will “review its position” after Trump urged Seoul to help secure Hormuz shipping following an attack on one of its ships.
Seoul says any decision will consider maritime safety, U.S. ties, international law, and Korean Peninsula security.
🚨RIPPLE-BACKED EVERNORTH MOVES CLOSER TO NASDAQ LISTING
Evernorth filed a second amendment to its Form S-4 ahead of its planned public listing under ticker XRPN via a merger with Armada Acquisition Corp II.
The company disclosed it holds 473M+ XRP, worth about $656M, positioning its XRP treasury as the core of a future institutional liquidity strategy.
⚡️CRYPTO CARD SPENDING UP 500% SINCE SEPTEMBER 2024
Monthly volume now around $600M, with March 2026 at $606M. Visa processed 90% of transactions. TRON led with 35%, BNB Chain 15%.
Southeast Asia made up 60% of global stablecoin payment volume. Local card issuance jumped 83x between 2024 and 2025.
🚨 NEW: The U.S. Defense Department has signed deals with Google, Microsoft, AWS, Nvidia, OpenAI, Reflection, and SpaceX to deploy AI in classified military systems.
🇺🇸 LATEST: Trump reportedly plans executive order to expand retirement access for workers without employer plans.
Crypto inclusion in 401k plans still under review, per Bloomberg.