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BYDFi begins its month-long 6th anniversary celebration on April 1, 2026, highlighting its evolution into a CEX+DEX integrated crypto trading platform.

Circle has taken on a significant new role in the Canton Network by becoming a Super Validator under CIP-0041, giving the company a fixed network weight that allows it to contribute to governance and help secure the G…

Mercado Libre, Latin America's leading e-commerce platform, is discontinuing its proprietary cryptocurrency, Mercado Coin, roughly four years after its debut. The company announced the phase-out through official notif…

NYSE plans to launch a tokenized stock trading platform by 2026, aiming to modernize settlement and expand market access within regulated frameworks.

Ripple confirmed a $50 billion valuation via a $750 million buyback while XRP struggles, highlighting growing concerns that the company’s expansion may not translate into token demand.

Ripple Prime, the institutional prime brokerage arm of Ripple, has broadened its partnership with decentralized exchange Hyperliquid to now include on-chain perpetual contracts for traditional commodities. The upgrade…

Google's Quantum AI team has released a blog post and whitepaper revealing that breaking Bitcoin's blockchain encryption may require significantly less computing power than previously believed. The findings are raisin…

Bitmine expanded its holdings to 4.7 million ETH, controlling nearly 4% of supply as it deepens its institutional staking and treasury strategy.

MicroStrategy's Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock, trading under the ticker STRC, became available to UK retail investors on Trading 212 on March 30, 2026. The Bitcoin-backed preferred stock trades near…

BlackRock awarded CEO Larry Fink a total compensation package of $37.7 million for 2025, marking a 23% increase from the previous year, driven by record assets under management and explosive growth in its cryptocurren…

Coinbase is once again under scrutiny following resurfaced claims about how XRP was listed on the exchange. The controversy centers on statements made by Ripple's David Schwartz in 2023, shedding light on the tense ne…

When a traveler from Bangkok taps to pay in Singapore using a Thai e-wallet, the experience feels effortless — and that's by design. Behind the scenes, Singapore-based StraitsX is quietly running the stablecoin infras…

MicroStrategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded holder of Bitcoin, appears to have paused its aggressive BTC accumulation strategy after nearly three months of consistent weekly purchases. The company’s Executive Ch…

Goldman Sachs revealed roughly $153 million in XRP ETF exposure, highlighting rising institutional engagement alongside growing adoption and regulatory clarity.

Global prediction market volume surpassed $20 billion monthly as TRM Labs reports rising use in geopolitical risk hedging and institutional activity growth led by platforms like Polymarket.

Circle shares fell amid volatility as Coinbase partnership expands USDC use into U.S. mortgage collateral, highlighting long-term adoption potential despite outflows.

IREN is pivoting from loss-making Bitcoin mining to AI cloud infrastructure, aiming to scale GPU capacity and reach $3.7 billion in AI revenue by 2026.

Morgan Stanley is preparing to enter the Bitcoin ETF market with one of the most competitively priced funds in the space. The bank plans to charge a management fee of just 0.14% for its upcoming Bitcoin ETF, which wil…

Prediction market platform Kalshi is making a significant move to attract institutional investors after its affiliate, Kinetic Markets, received regulatory approval to offer margin trading to professional clients. The…

IREN shares dropped after a sharp earnings miss as the company accelerates its transition from Bitcoin mining to AI data center infrastructure.

Mastercard's $1.8 billion acquisition of BVNK isn't just a headline-grabbing deal — it's a definitive statement about where global payments are heading. The price tag, more than double BVNK's last valuation of $750 mi…

Mastercard agreed to acquire stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for $1.8 billion, signaling a strategic shift toward regulated stablecoin settlement in global payments.

Strategy revealed a $42 billion equity issuance plan to fund Bitcoin purchases, intensifying debate over the sustainability and risks of its leveraged accumulation model.

GameStop used 4,709 BTC as collateral in a Coinbase covered-call options deal to secure $368 million, signaling a shift toward crypto-based liquidity management.

Tether, the issuer behind the world's largest stablecoin USDT, has selected KPMG as its Big Four auditing partner, according to the Financial Times. The company has also brought in PwC to help prepare its internal sys…

BitMine launched its MAVAN institutional Ethereum staking platform with $6.8 billion staked as shares fell amid broader crypto market weakness.

GameStop's high-profile $420 million Bitcoin transfer earlier this year was not a sell-off — but the gaming retailer is no longer holding its cryptocurrency in the traditional sense either. The company's latest annual…

OKX is in no rush to go public in the United States. Despite its rapid global expansion and a recent valuation of $25 billion, the major crypto exchange says it will only enter public markets when it can genuinely del…

Strategy's perpetual preferred equity instrument, STRC (ticker: STRC), has bounced back to its $100 par value during Thursday's trading session — a milestone that gives the Michael Saylor-led bitcoin treasury giant th…

Solana reports over 15 million AI-agent transactions and launches an enterprise platform with Mastercard and other payment firms to expand institutional adoption.

Ripple launches an MAS-backed XRP Ledger pilot in Singapore as markets focus on the SEC’s upcoming ETF decision shaping XRP’s near-term outlook.

BitMine Immersion Technologies launches its MAVAN staking platform and claims it is now the world’s largest Ethereum staker, signaling rising institutional demand for on-chain yield.

Traditional finance and blockchain technology are converging faster than ever, and a new partnership between BitGo and ZKsync is set to accelerate that shift. The two companies are joining forces to deliver a comprehe…

Eric Trump touted the Trump family’s crypto ventures as among the most successful despite sharp boom-and-bust cycles and limited supporting data.

SpaceX is preparing to file for an IPO targeting up to $75 billion, with investors closely watching Elon Musk’s firm as a major test of demand for large-scale infrastructure and growth listings.

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) has announced a new $1.5 billion share repurchase program following board approval, as disclosed in an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The program adds over $1.1 b…

BlackRock's head of digital assets, Robbie Mitchnick, made a striking case at the Digital Asset Summit in New York — arguing that artificial intelligence, not the proliferation of new tokens, is the most powerful forc…

Shares of Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, plunged 20% on Tuesday after a draft version of proposed U.S. stablecoin legislation sparked concerns over potential limits on yield payments. The sharp declin…

Korean listed firms are adopting Bitcoin treasury strategies while DeFi protocols hold $5.2 billion in largely idle reserves, highlighting gaps in capital management.

Crypto firms raised $1.2 billion led by Kalshi while Mastercard’s planned BVNK acquisition and rising Bitcoin accumulation highlight a shift toward institutional infrastructure and payments integration.