The European Union <a href="https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/04/23/russia-s-war-of-aggression-against-ukraine-20th-round-of-stern-eu-sanctions-hits-energy-military-industrial-complex-trade-and-financial-services-including-crypto/">imposed</a> sanctions on the Russian cryptocurrency sector on April 23 - as part of a new, 20th package of measures, which Brussels called the largest in two years. As restrictions against the financial sector tighten, Russia is increasingly using cryptocurrencies for international settlements, the release explained.

EU bans transactions with Russian crypto platforms

Users of Aave, a cryptocurrency lending platform, have withdrawn about $9 billion from the project. The outflow of funds was triggered by hackers who placed $200 million worth of stolen rsETH token on the platform as collateral and <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/04/19/2026-s-biggest-crypto-exploit-kelp-dao-hit-for-usd292-million-with-wrapped-ether-stranded-across-20-chains">borrowed</a> about $236 million in more liquid tokens, essentially creating a "budget hole" for Aave, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-19/crypto-hack-worth-290-million-triggers-defi-contagion-shock">writes.</a>

Crisis of confidence: $9 billion withdrawn from the largest cryptocurrency lending platform 

Microsoft Corporation

Tesla, Inc.

Apple Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

Meta Platforms, Inc.

The co-founder of Fundstrat believes that the US stock market has bottomed out amid the war in the Middle East. Now, in his opinion, we should pay attention to the "Magnificent Seven", the US technology sector and Ethereum

'Bottom passed': Fundstrat expects US stocks to record gains after Iran deal

The Russian authorities have unveiled a plan which, according to their version, will legalize foreign crypto exchanges and at the same time tighten the rules of cryptocurrency trading for Russians. Market players say that this is more of an isolationist approach.

The digital curtain of the Russian Federation: what threatens platforms and users with the bill on the crypto-market

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

SK hynix Inc.

Stocks in Asia had to suspend trading due to a sharp rise in stocks

Gold and bitcoin surge to three-week highs after U.S. truce with Iran

Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX has increased its IPO target by one and a half times. Anthropic, the developer of chatbot Claude, wants to go public in October and expects to raise more than $60 billion. South Korean SK Hynix decided to hold a secondary listing in the U.S. for up to $14 billion, and Samsung investors urged the company to follow the example of its competitor. The main events on the IPO market during the week are in our selection.

SpaceX's $75 billion and Anthropic's $60 billion listings: what's important about IPOs by March 29

Janus Living, Inc.

Ukrainian-rooted startup Swarmer, whose drone software is actively used in combat missions, debuted on Wall Street with the best result since the listing of Newsmax, US President Donald Trump's <a href="https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/05/05/newsmax-ceo-shares-his-secrets-to-success-as-trumps-favourite-us-channel-sees-its-stock-so#:~:text=Self%20declared%20as%20US%20President%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%9Cfavourite%20US%20channel%E2%80%9D%2C">"favorite American TV channel."</a> Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken and payment service PhonePe have postponed their IPOs amid the Iran crisis. The new Texas Stock Exchange is assembling a stellar team for its upcoming launch. The main events in the IPO market for the week - in our selection.

Startup with Ukrainian roots grows by 1000%, pauses Kraken: the main thing about IPO by March 22

Nasdaq, Inc.

The pilot project will cover securities from the Russell 1000 index and ETFs based on the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq 100

Nasdaq has received authorizations to trade digital copies of stocks. How will this change the market?

Citi's pessimistic scenario assumes the largest cryptocurrency collapses to $58,000

Citi worsens bitcoin forecast by 20% due to stalled cryptocurrency laws in the US

Cryptocurrency tested the $74,000 mark amid geopolitical tensions and ETF inflows

Bitcoin is up nearly 4%. Why not all crypto traders see reason for optimism

Coinbase Global, Inc.

Hyperliquid Strategies Inc.

Strategy Inc

Bloomberg believes that a bullish trend has begun to form in the cryptocurrency market. Elena Nefedova, Head of the Investment Department at Astero Falcon, tells us what signs there are that it may be on the verge of reversal and what investors should pay attention to in this regard.

The crypto market may be waiting for a reversal. How should an investor prepare for this? 

Generate Biomedicines, Inc.

Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank invested $110 billion in OpenAI - the company has completed its funding round, having raised a total of more than twice as much money as in the previous investment round. SpaceX plans to file a confidential IPO in March and expects a valuation of $1.75 trillion, Bloomberg has learned. That said, its listing, the largest in history, is forcing other companies to reconsider going public. Chinese service of payments in steblecoins RedotPay may in 2026 place shares in the U.S. for $1 billion. The main events on the IPO market for the week - in our selection.

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