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Stablecoins just got their own Stripe for plastic cards. Kulipa raised $6.2 million seed funding to build card-issuing infrastructure specifically for stablecoin payments The platform lets fintechs and crypto wallets white-label payment cards without building card operations from scratch
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A $1.7 trillion asset manager just stopped dipping its toe in crypto and jumped in with both feet. Franklin Templeton is launching Franklin Crypto, a dedicated digital asset division built around its acquisition of 250 Digital
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When your stock drops below a dollar and delisting looms, you either find believers or you fold. Cango raised $75 million total: a $10 million convertible note plus a $65 million insider-led equity round, all while shares trade under NYSE's $1 minimum threshold.
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A $1.5 trillion asset manager just bought its way into the institutional crypto market, and it's not calling it blockchain or digital assets. Franklin Templeton is acquiring a CoinFund spinoff to create Franklin Crypto, a dedicated arm targeting institutional crypto investors.
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Google just moved doomsday three years closer for every blockchain that hasn't planned its quantum defense. Google's Quantum AI team published research compressing the timeline for quantum computers to break Bitcoin and Ethereum's cryptography to approximately three years
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OpenAI just closed a [$122 billion funding round](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/04/01/openai-raises-a-record-usd122-billion-at-as-revenue-crosses-usd2-billion-per-month), the largest private raise in history, while running at $24 billion annualized revenue.
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CoinShares just became the first European crypto asset manager to list on a U.S. exchange, and the timing tells you everything about where institutional money is actually flowing.
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The FBI went undercover to catch market makers faking crypto volume, and it worked. Federal grand juries indicted 10 individuals tied to alleged pump-and-dump schemes following an FBI undercover operation
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Australia just made crypto platforms get the same licenses as banks—and the template matters more than the law.
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CoinShares just became the latest crypto firm to choose public markets over private control, valuing itself at $1.2 billion through a SPAC deal that says more about where institutional crypto is going than the deal itself.
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MercadoLibre is killing its loyalty token but doubling down on stablecoins, and that tells you everything about where crypto actually works in commerce. MercadoLibre is shutting down Mercado Coin, its rewards-based cryptocurrency that functioned like airline miles on the blockchain.
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When a crypto miner posts a $285 million loss and the stock goes up anyway, you're watching capital flow from one economy to another in real time. Bitfarms reported a $285M net loss tied to falling Bitcoin prices, yet shares climbed on the news
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A U.S. state just turned bitcoin into municipal infrastructure debt. New Hampshire Business Finance Authority is issuing a $100 million bond backed by bitcoin, with BitGo handling custody and liquidating BTC to cover payments
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Bitcoin's price is approaching levels that have marked generational buying opportunities, but the pain trade that makes those opportunities real hasn't arrived yet.
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A bitcoin miner just announced it's selling all its bitcoin to build AI infrastructure, and that tells you everything about where the real compute war is heading. Bitfarms is actively selling its bitcoin holdings and targeting zero BTC on its balance sheet as it pivots from mining to AI data centers
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When a Bitcoin treasury company sells Bitcoin, either the strategy is broken or the stock never made sense in the first place. Nakamoto (NAKA) shares hit new lows after the firm sold roughly $20 million in BTC, contradicting its entire business model
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Bitcoin just got a credit rating for a public bond deal, and that changes everything about how institutions can use crypto as collateral. A New Hampshire state authority is issuing the first bitcoin-backed bond rated by Moody's, receiving a Ba2 rating (non-investment grade, but rated nonetheless)
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Anthropic left the source code for Claude Code sitting in a public repository, and now it's replicated across the internet like a digital wildfire.
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OpenAI just let ordinary investors buy a piece of the most valuable private company on earth, and that changes everything about who owns the AI future. OpenAI raised $3 billion from retail investors, its first public offering to individuals, as part of a $122 billion total funding round.
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Coinbase just told you exactly what Web4 infrastructure looks like, and most people missed it. Base announced a strategic pivot toward tokenizing major asset classes, scaling stablecoin infrastructure, and supporting AI agent commerce
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