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The growing link between social media and finance has sparked fresh debate after Elizabeth Warren questioned MrBeast over his latest fintech move. MrBeast recently expanded his business reach by acquiring Step, a banking app built for teenagers. The move has drawn attention because Step previously explored cryptocurrency features. Now, lawmakers want clear answers about how MrBeast plans to handle crypto, especially with a young audience in focus. JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senator Elizabeth Warren says she has “questions for MrBeast” over his cryptocurrency plans following banking app acquisition. pic.twitter.com/svXKs31iha — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) March 27, 2026 MrBeast Deal Raises Concerns About Young…

Crypto-backed mortgages gain traction as housing costs strain affordability, positioning digital assets as an alternative pathway to unlock homeownership while reshaping how lenders assess wealth and borrower eligibility. Housing Affordability Pressures Drive Crypto Mortgage Innovation Growing barriers to homeownership are prompting financial firms to redefine how wealth is evaluated, with Coinbase partnering with Better Home & Finance Holding Company to enable crypto-backed mortgages supported by Fannie Mae that allow borrowers to use bitcoin or $USDC instead of cash for down payments. Access constraints stem from structural shifts in housing affordability and borrower qualification standards. According to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Cost…

The US government’s crypto and AI czar, David Sacks, is stepping down from his special government employee (SGE) role to join Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang on Donald Trump’s new tech council. Sacks announced his departure in an Interview with Bloomberg that also covered the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Sacks told Bloomberg, “In the first year of the Trump administration, I had that role as an SGE. I had 130 days.”“We’ve now used up that time,” Sacks said, adding that his role as co-chair of PCAST means he’ll now “make recommendations on not…

Jed McCaleb, a leading figure in the cryptocurrency world, has announced a remarkable investment plan in the field of artificial general intelligence (AGI) development. McCaleb plans to allocate $1 billion of his approximately $3.9 billion crypto fortune to developing an AGI system based on the workings of the human brain. This investment will be made through the Astera Institute, which McCaleb founded. This initiative will not be limited to artificial intelligence alone. McCaleb has pledged an additional $600 million to support research in the field of neuroscience. This move indicates a multidisciplinary approach to AGI development, aiming for a better…

Lawyers representing the US city of Detroit plan to file an amicus brief in Coinbase’s lawsuit against Michigan, which argues that federal regulators should have authority in overseeing prediction markets and not states. In a Thursday filing in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan related to state officials’ motion for a preliminary injunction, District Judge Shalina Kumar approved an order which will allow Detroit to file a brief supporting state authorities in their lawsuit against Coinbase. Kumar gave Detroit’s lawyers until April 3 to make the filing as the lawsuit continues. Source: US District Court for…

Institutional demand is rapidly reshaping crypto trade execution as Binance’s OTC desk captures surging volume, signaling a decisive shift toward private liquidity channels and strategic positioning in bitcoin markets. Binance OTC Growth Reflects Rising Institutional Liquidity Demand Deepening institutional involvement is changing how large cryptocurrency transactions are executed across private liquidity venues. Binance, a global digital asset exchange, indicated its OTC desk is capturing a rapidly expanding share of trading activity as block trades and structured deals gain traction. Binance CEO Richard Teng posted on X on March 28: “In just two months of 2026, we’ve already hit 25% of…

Luxor Technology Corporation has unveiled Commander, a new fleet management and profitability optimization platform designed to give Bitcoin mining operators a unified control layer across their entire infrastructure. The Seattle-based Bitcoin mining software firm says Commander is built to consolidate fleet operations, energy management, and profitability optimization into a single system within its broader ecosystem, according to a note shared with Bitcoin Magazine. Luxor, which already manages more than 1 gigawatt of Bitcoin mining and data center compute, positions Commander as a major step toward what it calls a “full-stack mining infrastructure,” integrating mining pool services, firmware, energy tools, derivatives,…

The recent launch of a groundbreaking crypto-backed mortgage product has been (rather expectedly) lambasted by economist and financial commentator Peter Schiff. He has warned that the new financial vehicle will drive up costs for homebuyers and significantly increase the risk of default. “Crypto-backed mortgages increase the cost of buying homes. Not only must homebuyers pay interest on the home loans, but they also must pay interest on the crypto-backed second mortgages,” he said. Crypto mortgage mechanics The controversy centers on a newly-announced partnership between Better Home and Finance and crypto exchange Coinbase, which recently became the first crypto-backed mortgage product…

US Representatives Max Miller and Steven Horsford published a discussion draft bill on Thursday titled the ‘‘Digital Asset Protection, Accountability, Regulation, Innovation, Taxation, and Yields Act’’ or the ‘‘Digital Asset PARITY Act,” to overhaul the tax code for digital assets. The Digital Asset PARITY Act seeks to overhaul the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by adding provisions that would clarify the tax treatment of digital assets. The legislation said that stablecoins are not subject to gains if the cost basis, or the amount paid by the investor, does not fluctuate by more than 1% of $1 or $0.01, according to…

LF Labs has announced LF Pay, a Web3 payment solution built to clean up how digital currency transactions work within the LF ecosystem. The payment layer connects directly to the LF token, meaning real transaction activity drives token utility rather than leaving adoption and token value as separate conversations. More usage of LF Pay is designed to feed back into token liquidity and ecosystem strength from day one. 🚀 Introducing LF Pay: Revolutionizing Transactions in Web3! 🚀Get ready to experience a new era of seamless, efficient, and secure transactions with LF Pay! Designed to be the ultimate Web3 payment solution,…