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Federal regulators intensify scrutiny of payment giants, signaling potential enforcement over account restrictions that may conflict with consumer expectations and disclosed policies, raising stakes for Paypal, Stripe, Visa, and

The idea of a sitting U.S. president lending his signature to the nation’s currency is an unprecedented moment in the ongoing relationship between state-backed money and cultural symbolism. According to Reuters, the U.S. Treasury disclosed that President Donald J. Trump’s signature would appear on f

Brazilian President Lula signs the "Anti-Gang Law," granting courts the authority to confiscate digital assets held by criminals, such as Bitcoin, and allocate them to public safety funds. Judges can seize, freeze, and sell assets in advance to strengthen efforts against organized crime. The law's design references international cases and considers the technical challenges of managing crypto assets to avoid repeating the mistakes of South Korea's lost coin incident.

Midnight hasn’t even launched, and yet, they just pulled off something that most blockchains dream about. Monument Bank is going to tokenize retail customer deposits. In the first phase alone, that’s $335 million worth of real-world assets moving onto Midnight. That’s more than the value of al

GameStop (NYSE: GME) disclosed in its fiscal 2025 annual report filed on March 24, 2026, that it pledged 4,709 of its 4,710 bitcoin as collateral with Coinbase Credit to execute a covered-call options strategy, generating premium income while maintaining economic exposure to the asset, rather than selling its holdings as market speculation had suggested.

Google has set a 2029 deadline for migrating its services to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), signaling a shift from warnings to concrete action as quantum threats edge closer to reality. The tech giant argued that rapid progress in quantum hardware and quantum error correction, along with revised e

ARK Invest announces that it will incorporate data from the market prediction platform Kalshi into its research and risk management. ARK uses it to enhance research, real-time monitoring, and risk hedging, thereby improving investment decision accuracy. Kalshi recently raised $1 billion, with a valuation of $22 billion, demonstrating institutional interest in prediction markets and strengthening its market position.

MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor proposes the concept of digital credit as a development direction for the cryptocurrency market. Using STRC preferred stock as an example, he emphasizes its low volatility and high yield characteristics. In Saylor's three-layer digital capital framework, digital credit aims to provide stable returns and bridge the gap in institutional crypto allocations, although it also faces critics' concerns about its sustainability.

Bitcoin (BTC) weakly declined to around $68,880. White House AI and Cryptocurrency Director David Sacks resigned without completing major legislative agenda. MARA Holdings sold 15,133 Bitcoins, raising approximately $1.1 billion for debt repurchase. The market experienced panic betting due to geopolitical instability, with analysis indicating a net outflow of $170 million in spot trading of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

MARA Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA), the world’s largest Bitcoin miner by market capitalization, announced on March 26, 2026, that it sold 15,133 bitcoin for approximately $1.1 billion between March 4 and March 25, while simultaneously repurchasing $913 million of its convertible notes at a discount to reduce outstanding indebtedness by roughly 30%.