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Kroll Bond Rating Agency assigned Ripple Prime a BBB investment-grade issuer rating. CEO Brad Garlinghouse called it a clear validation of the platform's strength and technology.
A solo miner operating at just 230 TH/s found Bitcoin block #943,411 and earned 3.139 BTC. Meanwhile, mining difficulty climbed nearly 4% in the latest adjustment.
Crypto exchange aggregator BestChange has overhauled its referral program, raising per-user rewards from $1 to $5 and adding up to 30% commission on AML checks.
BinanceBusinessBitcoin miner Riot Platforms sold 3,778 BTC for $289.5 million in Q1 2026, redirecting proceeds toward AI and high-performance computing infrastructure in Texas.
Japanese firm Metaplanet purchased 5,075 BTC for $405.5 million in Q1 2026, securing third place among public companies by Bitcoin treasury size. Meanwhile, other corporate holders are actively liquidating their reserves.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said the world's largest bank may eventually enter the prediction markets space, as the sector hits record $23.2 billion in monthly trading volume.
Europe's largest digital asset manager CoinShares debuted on Nasdaq through a $1.2 billion SPAC merger. Meanwhile, Franklin Templeton is acquiring CoinFund's subsidiary to form Franklin Crypto.
Bitget and ArbitrageScanner are organizing a closed networking event on April 13 in Moscow, one day before the Blockchain Forum 2026 conference.
Oracle has begun mass layoffs affecting thousands of employees worldwide as the company redirects resources toward AI infrastructure. Meanwhile, Block CEO Jack Dorsey envisions AI replacing middle management entirely.
The USDT issuer has parted ways with two top precious metals traders recruited from HSBC just months ago, as the company builds a gold reserve worth tens of billions of dollars.
Google researchers found that fewer than 500,000 physical qubits could be enough to crack Bitcoin and Ethereum's cryptographic defenses — a 20-fold reduction from prior estimates.
Transak founder Sami Start says venture capital firms have become far more selective in crypto deals, prioritizing infrastructure over abstract ideas. Meanwhile, Midas closed a $50M Series A round.
QCP Capital analysts highlight Bitcoin's consolidation between $65,000 and $70,000, while over 40% of altcoins trade near all-time lows.
Crypto investment products recorded $414 million in outflows during the week of March 23–27, marking the first negative week in over a month. Ethereum and Bitcoin funds bore the brunt of withdrawals.
Financial Times has identified KPMG as the Big Four firm hired by Tether for its first comprehensive audit, with PwC preparing the stablecoin issuer's internal systems for the review.
BinanceBusinessCryptoQuant data shows aggregate open interest on BTC and ETH perpetual futures hit ~$30B on March 16, with Binance posting the largest daily OI increase among all centralized exchanges.
JPMorgan analysts found Bitcoin weathered the Iran conflict better than gold and silver: precious metals plunged from record highs while Bitcoin ETFs attracted $1.3 billion in inflows.
Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings sold 15,133 BTC for approximately $1.1 billion between March 4-25 and used the proceeds to repurchase convertible senior notes, saving $88.1 million.
Elon Musk's X has appointed Benji Taylor, formerly of Base and Aave, as its new head of design. The hire comes as X prepares to launch its X Money payments platform in April.
Fenbushi Capital co-founder Bo Shen is offering a 10-20% reward for help recovering $42 million stolen from his personal wallet in 2022. Investigators ZachXBT and Taylor Monahan have already frozen $1.2 million.
CircleBusinessOn-chain investigator ZachXBT found that 16 wallets frozen by Circle belong to legitimate businesses unrelated to the underlying court case. Circle has yet to comment on the incident.
Germany's Bundeswehr is developing an AI system for faster battlefield decision-making, while the Pentagon has granted Palantir's Maven platform program-of-record status.
Apple is testing a dedicated Siri application codenamed Campo with chat-like functionality and an Ask Siri feature deeply integrated across its ecosystem, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
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