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Strategy (MSTR) buys $1.3 billion worth of Bitcoin Strategy has significantly expanded its digital asset treasury, acquiring 17,994 Bitcoin for approximately $1.28 billion. Strategy has extended its relentless Bitcoin ($BTC) buying spree by purchasing an additional $1.28 billion worth of Bitcoin. This comes after Michael Saylor, the company’s executive chairman, teased the purchase on Thursday. According to a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the corporate intelligence and software firm acquired 17,994 Bitcoin ($BTC) between March 2 and March 8. Its average purchasing price was $70,946 per $BTC. With this latest purchase, Strategy’s total aggregate…

According to the Ripple CEO, the secret sauce behind the latest product from Ripple Treasury solves two major pain points in corporate finance. Ripple has introduced a new treasury management system that combines fiat and digital asset management into a single, real-time platform. The product removes the need for multiple systems and allows companies to manage liquidity better. Brad Garlinghouse, the Ripple CEO, emphasized that the system solves two major challenges by giving companies a trusted, regulated way to access digital assets within their existing workflows and by removing friction between managing fiat and crypto accounts. Key Points Ripple launched…

Industry group NC Blockchain is urging Senator Thom Tillis to push the Clarity Act forward, warning that a ban on stablecoin yield could drive capital abroad. The Clarity Act is facing intense lobbying from the North Carolina Bankers Association (NCBA), which is pushing for a total ban on stablecoin yields. The North Carolina Blockchain & AI Initiative argues that NCBA’s position does not reflect the views of all local financial institutions, noting that some are in favor of the ongoing technological advancements. However, the NCBA campaign specifically targets Sen. Tillis because he is a key Republican negotiator and represents the…

Tezos is preparing to launch the first public testnet for Tezos X — a major upgrade designed to merge EVM and Michelson smart contracts into a single composable execution environment. — The testnet is expected to go live in May, marking the first real deployment of a roadmap that has been evolving since 2024. At its core, Tezos X is designed to eliminate one of blockchain’s biggest usability problems: fragmented ecosystems that rely on bridges, wrapped assets, and isolated liquidity. Instead of operating across disconnected environments, Tezos X allows applications built with Solidity and Michelson to interact directly on the…

Bitcoin may no longer move in step with Federal Reserve policy, according to a new report from Binance Research, which points to a structural shift driven by spot exchange-traded funds. For years, crypto markets reacted sharply to interest rate signals, with bitcoin falling when central banks tightened monetary policy. That pattern now appears to be breaking as Binance data shows bitcoin’s correlation with its Global Easing Breadth Index, which tracks 41 central banks, has turned strongly negative since 2024. Spot bitcoin ETFs were approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in January 2024. Before ETFs, the relationship was…

Blockchain has clearly divided the history of the stock market into “before” and “after.” For over three years, the securities market has been actively setting its sights on tokenization. An increasing number of global financial hubs are now exploring and testing this technology. This is because blockchain does not merely translate traditional securities into a new digital format; it fundamentally “rewires” the very philosophy of the stock market. The following opinion editorial (Op-Ed) was written by Volodymyr Nosov, Fintech entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of WhiteBIT. Thanks to tokenization, stock trading can now happen 24/7 — no more waiting for Monday…

The crypto market continues to evolve as networks break barriers and connect liquidity across ecosystems. The latest development brings a major shift. The $SUI Solana integration now allows users to trade $SUI directly against Solana-based assets. This move signals a growing trend toward seamless interoperability. This integration does more than just add another token to a blockchain. It creates new opportunities for traders and developers. Users can now explore deeper liquidity while interacting with multiple ecosystems. The $SUI Solana integration reflects a broader push toward unified DeFi experiences. Cross-chain functionality has always remained a key challenge in crypto. Many networks…

A few hundred of the top $TRUMP memecoin holders were treated to some personal time with U.S. President Donald Trump and his high-profile guests on Saturday at an event at his Florida club in which Trump warned bankers against getting in the way of crypto legislation. Speaking at the private Mar-a-Lago gathering in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump took up the stance his White House crypto advisers had occupied on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. He pushed back against the bank lobbyists who’d stalled the legislation — the crypto industry’s primary policy aim. The White House won’t let the banks…

Visa is working with WeFi, a deobanking infrastructure provider that combines traditional banking with decentralized finance, to explore stablecoin-based payments and on-chain banking in select markets across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, the companies said Tuesday. The partnership will test how on-chain banking and stablecoins can be embedded into traditional payment ecosystems under established regulatory frameworks. “Access to modern financial services is still uneven globally,” Reeve Collins, co-founder and Chairman of WeFi, stated. “On-chain banking closes that gap, and partnering with Visa makes it usable at scale.” At launch, the focus will be on regulated stablecoins designed for everyday payments.…

This week, Google published a paper describing how a quantum computer could theoretically derive a bitcoin private key in 9 minutes, with ramifications that stretch to Ethereum, other tokens, private banking, and potentially everything in the world. Quantum computing is easy to mistake for a faster version of a regular computer. But it is not a more powerful chip or a bigger server farm. It is a fundamentally different kind of machine, different at the level of the atom itself. A quantum computer starts with a very cold, very small loop of metal where particles begin to behave in ways…