Flexa ends a seven-year crypto payments experiment, shutting down its SPEDN app while pivoting toward scalable infrastructure for merchants and partners, signaling a shift from consumer-facing pilots to broader digital asset integration across existing payment systems.

Federal crackdown exposes alleged crypto price manipulation network, signaling intensifying enforcement risk for digital asset firms as authorities target coordinated trading schemes that inflated valuations and misled investors across global markets.

Anthropic accidentally shipped the full source code of its Claude Code CLI inside a public npm package, exposing roughly 512,000 lines of Typescript to anyone paying attention.

Moody’s Ratings has assigned provisional Ba2 ratings to up to $100 million in bitcoin-backed taxable revenue bonds set to be issued by the Business Finance Authority of the State of New Hampshire.

Mercado Libre is shutting down mercado coin, its Brazil-based cryptocurrency loyalty token, effective April 17, 2026, nearly four years after the company launched it as a cashback reward inside its e-commerce and payments platform.

U.S. stocks climbed sharply Tuesday as reports of a potential pause in U.S. military operations against Iran gave traders reason to step back from the exits. Roughly $1.75 trillion was injected back into Wall Street following the surge.

Chainalysis launched its first blockchain intelligence agents this week, putting automated investigation and compliance tools into the hands of any employee — not just trained analysts.

Bitcoin closed March with a modest gain after a volatile session, swinging between $65,926 and $68,517 before settling above $67,500.

The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a rule that could allow cryptocurrencies and private assets in 401(k) plans. The move may expand investment options but raises concerns about risk and complexity.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that any decision to end the war with the United States and Israel must guarantee the security and interests of the Iranian people, reaffirming conditions Tehran has held since hostilities began.

Warnings of eroding U.S. credibility and accelerating de-dollarization are intensifying fears of a harsher economic path marked by rising debt, higher interest rates, persistent inflation, and an elevated risk of recession.

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Ripple is advancing global payment efficiency through a partnership with Convera, aiming to accelerate cross-border transactions using stablecoin-backed settlement while reducing friction and preserving fiat-based enterprise workflows.

Google’s latest quantum research claims to sharply reduce the resources needed to crack Bitcoin-style cryptography, putting a 2029 migration deadline squarely in view.

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