Plume has launched a payroll pilot that pays employees partly in a tokenized money market fund. The move could reshape how income is delivered and used in onchain finance.

Bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their rebound with a second consecutive day of inflows. Activity in XRP and solana ETFs remained absent, reflecting fading short-term interest.

OpenAI closed a $122 billion funding round on March 31, 2026, pushing its post-money valuation to $852 billion and setting a new record for private capital raises.

XRP is advancing into enterprise finance as Ripple integrates it into treasury systems, enabling real-time liquidity management and positioning it as a functional asset for corporate cash operations.

Morgan Stanley moves closer to launching a bitcoin ETF with fresh SEC filing updates, signaling imminent approval and intensifying fee competition among major issuers as institutional crypto investment products rapidly evolve.

Blackrock is pushing deeper into crypto income strategies with a bitcoin-linked ETF designed to generate yield while tracking price exposure, signaling a more complex evolution in institutional bitcoin investing that blends derivatives with core holdings.

EDX Markets Holding Company, Inc. applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) this week, seeking approval to organize EDX Trust, National Association as a de novo national trust bank in Chicago.

World has released a toolkit that lets developers convert web apps into Mini Apps with minimal code changes and full compatibility with Ethereum’s EIP‑1193 standard.

Cango Inc. closed a $65 million insider equity round and a $10 million convertible note deal on March 31 and April 1, 2026, respectively, bringing in fresh capital to fund its pivot toward artificial intelligence (AI) and energy infrastructure.

Court order finalizes CFTC case against a former FTX engineering chief, enforcing financial penalties and long-term bans while underscoring how cooperation can shape outcomes in major crypto fraud investigations.

On April 1, bitcoin twice broke above $69,000 amid optimism over possible U.S.–Iran diplomacy.

Onchain analysts flagged an estimated $200 million or more, drained from Drift Protocol accounts on April 1, 2026, making it one of the largest decentralized finance ( DeFi) breaches recorded this year.

SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a move that could produce the largest IPO in history.

On Tuesday, a bitcoin holder whose wallet sat untouched since May 2014 moved 500 BTC across five separate transfers, adding to a broader pattern of long-dormant addresses awakening throughout the month.

Europe’s largest digital asset manager, Coinshares, began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on April 1, 2026, under the ticker symbol CSHR.