Daily Recap — April 6

Lead stories

In Russia, cryptocurrency may soon be recognized as inheritable property and included in asset division — a new bill would turn it from an “ownerless” digital asset into fully protected property under the law.

How Korean actors “hacked” Drift Protocol for $285M.

Russia is expanding its crypto payment system into Africa to conduct international settlements bypassing Western banks.

Strategy purchased another 4,871 Bitcoin for $329.9M at an average price of $67,718.

Western Union acquired a Dash digital wallet. Earlier it was reported the company plans to launch a USDPT stablecoin on the Solana blockchain.

Around 99% of Bitcoin Taproot transactions since 2024 are considered “dust” — very small transfers with no real financial purpose.

Of the 41 tokens listed in 2025, only 6 are currently trading above their listing price.

Charles Schwab, managing $11.9T in assets, plans to launch spot trading for BTC and ETH in the first half of 2026.

Nigeria ranks first globally in ownership of USDT and USDC stablecoins.

Solana Foundation introduced Solana Agent Skills — a toolkit for AI agents enabling interaction with the Solana blockchain with just one line of code.

Polymarket will launch its own collateral token fully backed by USDC (1:1).

North Korean IT specialists have been infiltrating crypto companies and DeFi projects for about 7 years — at least 40 platforms are believed to have been affected.

China is increasing its focus on blockchain in lending — regulators are urging banks to adopt blockchain and privacy-preserving technologies.

BitMine purchased another 71,252 ETH last week — the company now holds 4.803M ETH (~4% of total supply).

The Fund — $27M+ market cap, $200K+ liquidity 💼

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