The U.U. said that the daily selection of encrypted news - Tether published a quarterly audit report for the first quarter of 2026, achieving a net profit of approximately $104 billion

1. Tether issued a quarterly audit report for 2026, which realized a net profit of approximately $1.04 billion

Tether issued an audit report for the first quarter of 2026, which achieved net profits of approximately $1.04 billion during the period, raising the excess reserve to an all-time high of $8.23 billion. As at 31 March, USDT-related liabilities stood at approximately $183.0 billion, with reserves dominated by short-term, highly liquid assets, of which the United States had a bond of $14.1 billion; in addition, it held approximately $20 billion in gold and $7 billion in bitcoin. The total assets reported were approximately $19.17 billion and the overall excess collateral structure was maintained。

2.4 The number of encrypted hacker incidents in the month reached an all-time high, with loopholes taking advantage of attack losses of approximately $651 million

In terms of number of events, April was the month with the largest number of hacker incidents in encrypted history; at the same time, according to CertiK AlertMonitoringIn April, a total of approximately $651 million was identified as a loss due to a gap-use attack, of which approximately $3.5 million was attributed to cyber fishing. Without taking into account the Bybit incident in February 2025, April was the highest recorded loss since March 2022, when it was approximately $715 million。

3. JPX STATED TO ADVANCE THE LISTING OF ENCRYPTED ASSETS ETF, AS EARLY AS OR NEXT YEAR

THE JAPAN EXCHANGE GROUP (JPX) CEO YAMADO HAS INDICATED THAT, FOLLOWING THE AMENDMENT OF LAWS RELATING TO ENCRYPTED ASSETS AND THE CLARIFICATION OF TAX TREATMENT, JPX WILL ADVANCE THE LISTING OF ENCRYPTED ASSETS ETF, WHICH MAY BE LAUNCHED AT THE EARLIEST IN 2027, AND MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL 2028。

Ban by the Central Bank of Brazil on the use of encrypted assets in regulated cross-border payments

The Central Bank of Brazil issued resolution 561 amending the eFX rules for cross-border payment services. The new regulations make it clear that eFX cross-border payments must be made through foreign exchange transactions or non-resident Rayar accounts, prohibiting the use of virtual assets, and set the threshold for single digital payments and cross-border transfers related to investments at $10,000. The rules also reinforce the KYC, information retention (10 years) and data submission requirements, and allow banks, vouchers and payment agencies to provide the service. The resolution will enter into force on 1 October 2026。