Hong Kong just missed its own deadline for approving the first regulated stablecoins, and the silence is louder than the excuse. Hong Kong's monetary authority failed to issue any stablecoin licenses by its March 2026 target, offering only vague assurances it's "advancing the process"
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Uniswap Foundation just showed its books: $85.8 million in assets, runway through January 2027, and a rare glimpse at how DeFi's infrastructure actually gets funded. Uniswap Foundation disclosed $85.8 million in treasury assets with projected funding through January 2027
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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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CoinShares just became the latest crypto firm to take the SPAC route to Nasdaq, and the parade of companies choosing U.S. listings over Europe tells you everything about where regulatory clarity actually lives.
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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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Trump's Iran war deadline just gave bitcoin two catalysts in one day, and the second one matters more than you think. Trump set a three-week target to end the Iran conflict, sending Asian stocks up 4% and S&P 500 futures climbing as risk appetite returns
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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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