NovaBay Pharmaceuticals is shifting away from its legacy pharma operations and repositioning around crypto, including an on-chain treasury approach tied to token holdings and staking. The company said in a Form 8-K that it will adopt the name Stablecoin Development Corporation and start trading under the ticker SDEV on NYSE American on 3 April.

LastPass US is moving forward with a proposed class action settlement tied to a data breach that occurred between August 2022 and November 2022. The deal includes an $8.2 million fund that may reimburse up to $10,000 per person for documented extraordinary losses, plus smaller amounts for other eligible losses and added monitoring services. Claims must be filed by July 2, 2026, ahead of a July 14, 2026 final approval hearing.

President Donald Trump has appointed Todd Blanche as interim U.S. Attorney General, replacing Pam Bondi, after a Justice Department shake-up. Earlier this year, Blanche shut down the DOJ's National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and told prosecutors to avoid cases based mainly on regulatory violations. A July 2025 disclosure says he moved crypto and Coinbase shares to family members before taking office, while reports said he still held $159,000 to $485,000 in crypto when he signed an enforcement memo.

Centrifuge (CFG) rose 12% over the past 24 hours after the project said it would expand to Base Chain and enable trading of tokenized S&P 500 exposure as a new asset class. Price moved from $0.14 to $0.172, while on-chain indicators also strengthened, including TVL rising to $1.6 billion from $1.2 billion and total holders reaching 9,111.

Gold (XAU) and silver (XAG) futures have moved into the top five by trading volume on Binance Futures, soon after Binance launched USDT-settled perpetual contracts for the metals. CryptoQuant said cumulative volume across the metals contracts has already reached the tens of billions of dollars, while BTC and ETH still lead overall futures activity at around the low-$20-billion range and $18.1B, respectively. WuBlockchain also reported that oil perps for CL and BZ logged $760 million and $358 million on April 2, with XAU and XAG together posting $5.58 billion in daily volume.

A February 2026 survey by consulting firm Clabo of 1,486 people in Japan found Gen Z is the most alert to crypto-related scams, while many Boomers struggle most with understanding blockchain basics. The study said skepticism is driven by low technical understanding (23.3%), worries about price swings (21.1%), and fear of fraud (19.2%), and it also reported that Millennials lead in actual crypto ownership and investment activity.

Solana (SOL) fell nearly 35% in Q1, but its stablecoin market cap still rose by around 5%, signaling a gap between price performance and on-chain conditions. The network’s total transaction volume has crossed 500 billion, while Solana’s RWA value reached a new all-time high of $2 billion, up more than 40% QoQ. The setup suggests liquidity—particularly USDC supply growth—could play a larger role than price action in driving interest this cycle.

A February 2026 survey by consulting firm Clabo of 1,486 people in Japan found Generation Z is the most aware of crypto-related fraud, while older respondents more often struggle to understand blockchain basics. The same dataset shows Millennials are the most likely to hold digital assets, though adoption remains limited overall, with 33.7% currently holding crypto and 50% never having invested.