On March 26, 2026, David Sacks announced the conclusion of his 130-day term as the specialized crypto and artificial intelligence (AI) lead for President Donald Trump. Sacks now joins the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST), a federal committee of industry and academic experts providing policy recommendations to the White House. The …
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Bitpanda announced the launch of Vision Chain as a dedicated infrastructure to facilitate the scaling of tokenized assets. Built using the Optimism OP Stack, this Ethereum Layer 2 network enables banks and developers to issue and manage assets while remaining compliant with European regulations like the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) and MiFID II. The new …
Billionaire investor and hedge fund manager Seth Klarman is loading up hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the tech, healthcare and airline industries. The latest 13F filing of Klarman’s Baupost Group shows that the firm opened a fresh position in the tech titan Amazon (AMZN). In Q4 of 2025, Baupost Group bought 2,121,391 …
A crypto strategist known for making timely Bitcoin calls believes a BTC bull rally is still a ways off. The widely followed pseudonymous crypto trader Wick tells his 155,800 followers on X that the S&P 500 (SPX) is printing a bearish pattern against Bitcoin, setting the top crypto asset up for a deeper correction for …
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) logged $171 million in outflows on Thursday, their biggest day of redemptions since March 3, when they posted $348 million in outflows. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) led the outflows with $41 million, Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) followed with $32 million, the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF …
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The Financial Times reported Friday that Tether has hired KPMG to conduct its first full audit of USDT’s financial statements and brought in PwC to help prepare its internal systems, citing people familiar with the matter. The reported mandate follows Tether’s Tuesday announcement that it had formally engaged a Big Four firm for an inaugural …
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Large Bitcoin holders accumulated 61,568 more Bitcoin over the past month against the backdrop of escalating conflict in the Middle East and macroeconomic uncertainty. Whales and sharks, defined as those holding between 10 and 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC), have increased their holdings by 0.45%, while wallets with under 0.01 Bitcoin have added 0.42%, or 213 BTC, …
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The UK government is cracking down on a $20 billion Chinese-language crypto guarantee marketplace, with sweeping sanctions aimed at cutting the platform off from crypto access. The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said in a statement Thursday that Xinbi provides crypto-based services, scam-enabling tools and other illicit services to bad actors and plays a …
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Tech-focused asset manager ARK Invest said it will start using Kalshi’s prediction market data to improve how it makes its investment decisions, one of the latest cases demonstrating the broader value of prediction market data beyond trading. According to a statement from Kalshi, ARK will use prediction market data to gauge real-time expectations and guide …
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A US federal judge in San Francisco has granted Anthropic’s request for temporary reprieve after the Pentagon’s designation of the company as a supply chain risk. In an order on Thursday, Judge Rita Lin of the District Court for the Northern District of California ordered a preliminary injunction against the Pentagon over the label. It …
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US lawmakers have introduced a second bill this week aimed at curbing prediction market insider trading by government officials, amid growing concerns over such activity on major platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket. In an announcement on Thursday, US lawmakers Todd Young, Elissa Slotkin, John Curtis and Adam Schiff unveiled the bipartisan Public Integrity in …
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Eliminating the Cost of Onchain Transactions Mixin, a privacy-first platform for digital asset transactions, has announced a major expansion of its gas fee subsidy program, further reducing costs for users moving assets across multiple blockchains. Launched in 2025, the program allows users to import external Web3 wallets into the Mixin ecosystem and conduct onchain transactions. …
The Multi-Billion Dollar Legal Dispute Top cryptocurrency exchange Binance has reportedly initiated talks with Nigerian authorities to resolve its ongoing tax evasion case through an out-of-court settlement. At a hearing before High Court Judge Emeka Nwite in Abuja, the company’s counsel, Sunday Agaji, confirmed that discussions were underway with the Nigeria Revenue Service. According to …
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Rapid Adoption and Capacity Expansion Firelight, the onchain protection layer for DeFi, has surpassed 50 million XRP staked on its protocol. The achievement follows several large-scale deposits exceeding 1 million XRP each and a newly expanded deposit cap of 65 million FXRP. According to a media statement, demand for Firelight’s vaults was so strong that …
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US Debanking Fight Ignites as FTC Targets Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and Stripe Practices Access to financial services has become a focal policy concern as federal regulators scrutinize industry practices. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson issued warning letters on March 26 to Paypal, Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard, addressing customer access and compliance with …
