[News Brief] Apr 22, morning | U.S. and Iran Near Interim Agreement on the Strait of Hormuz

The United States and Iran are reportedly close to an interim agreement regarding the Strait of Hormuz and are aiming to announce it on Wednesday.

BlockBeats reported that the two countries are preparing to announce an interim agreement. Specific details of the agreement were not disclosed.

Reports said a draft accord related to the Strait of Hormuz has been finalized, with only the approval of Iran’s Supreme Leader remaining.

BlockBeats reported that a draft agreement has been prepared and is currently awaiting approval from Iran’s Supreme Leader.

U.S. President Donald Trump said there would be results on the Iran issue within 48 hours.

BlockBeats reported that on the 5th, President Trump said, “There will be results within 48 hours.”

U.S. Senate Democrats plan to block the cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, citing a deadlock in ethics negotiations.

As a result, the bill is increasingly likely to fall short of the 60 votes needed before the August 7 recess. Punchbowl News reported that Democrats do not intend to provide the votes required for cloture. The lack of meaningful progress in related ethics negotiations was cited as the background. A cloture vote is a procedural step used to end debate on a bill and move to a final vote. In the U.S. Senate, 60 votes are required for it to pass.

An error was found in the random number generation path of certain Coldcard hardware wallets and firmware, and as of August 3, 2026, a total of 1,815.75 Bitcoin (BTC) had been moved from 5,294 addresses in four separate transfers.

The fourth transfer amounted to about 448.7 BTC, and the final damage has not yet been confirmed. Wu Blockchain reported that the issue occurred during a code migration in 2021, when a software pseudorandom number generator was used incorrectly. This may have reduced the search space for recovery phrases. Updating the firmware does not retroactively protect seeds that were already created. Users must install the fixed firmware, generate a new seed, and move their funds. This issue is limited to specific devices and firmware and should not be considered a flaw in Bitcoin’s cryptographic system as a whole.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal in his fraud case was denied, leaving his 25-year prison sentence in place.

ABC News reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York dismissed Bankman-Fried’s appeal.

A transfer of 500 million Tether (USDT) from Binance to an unidentified wallet was detected.

According to Coinglass on the 5th, the transaction was spotted at 7:22 p.m. KST. The funds were withdrawn from Binance to an external unidentified wallet.

The treasury wallet of World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency project linked to the Trump family, transferred 170 million WLFI tokens to Binance.

The tokens were worth about $9.17 million at the time of transfer. Wu Blockchain reported that the transaction was detected by on-chain data analytics firm Onchain Lens. It has not been confirmed whether the transferred tokens were sold.

Bybit’s Austrian payments subsidiary has secured an electronic money license.

The company can now expand payment services in the European Union. Cointelegraph reported that through this regulatory approval, Bybit will be able to develop card payment and merchant payment services. The business scope also includes open banking and peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) will establish a dedicated department for virtual assets and stablecoins.

The new department will begin operations on the 7th. Foresight News reported that the name of the new organization will be the “Virtual Assets and Stablecoins Department.”