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Valkyrie amends Bitcoin Fund S-1 filing with enhanced custody and valuation rules

Valkyrie Investments refiled an amended Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for its Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, adding more precise rules around custody, valuation, seed investments, and risks as the cryptocurrency investment vehicle awaits regulatory approval to trade on Nasdaq. The new filing updates the index used to value the fund’s Bitcoin from Lukka Prime to the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant, which calculates the reference rate as of 4 PM Eastern

Bitgo Debuts Unified Digital Asset Financing Platform for Institutional Borrowing

Bitgo Prime has debuted a unified on-platform financing solution to streamline collateralized borrowing and lending for institutional clients. Bitgo Prime announced the launch of its integrated financing platform in New York on March 31, 2026. This new offering consolidates borrowing, lending, and collateral management into a single workflow to eliminate the fragmented infrastructure typically associated […]

Interactive Brokers Launches Crypto Trading for Individual Investors in Europe

Interactive Brokers expands its digital asset offerings by allowing eligible individual investors in the European Economic Area to trade 11 major cryptocurrencies. Interactive Brokers (IBKR) announces the launch of crypto-asset trading for individual investors across the European Economic Area (EEA) on March 31, 2026. This service is facilitated through Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited, an authorized […]

Study: Critical Exploit in Openclaw Allows Full Administrative Hijacking

A new study warns that Openclaw is facing a systemic security collapse after researchers found critical vulnerabilities, malware‑infected extensions, and prompt injection risks that allow attackers to steal data or hijack systems. The ‘Trusted Environment’ Fallacy A March 31 study by Web3 security firm Certik has pulled back the curtain on a “systemic collapse” of […]

Iran Targets Google, Microsoft, Tesla, and More Tech Companies in Retaliation Threat

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a formal threat against Google, Microsoft, Tesla, and 15 other firms, labeling them legitimate military targets for alleged complicity in regional assassinations. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, that it will target 18 global companies in retaliation for what it describes as “terrorist […]

Bitcoin ETFs Rebound With $69 Million Inflow as Ether Ends Losing Streak

Bitcoin ETFs kicked off the week with renewed inflows, while ether broke its prolonged outflow streak. Solana and XRP, however, remained under pressure with notable declines. Crypto ETFs Mixed: Bitcoin, Ether Rise While Solana, XRP Fall The new week opened with a shift in tone, but not a full reversal. Pockets of strength emerged, though […]

Keyrock Secures $1.1B Valuation After Ripple Support and SC Ventures Funding Drive Expansion

Keyrock’s $1.1 billion valuation signals accelerating institutional conviction in crypto infrastructure as major financial players deepen exposure to liquidity, trading, and tokenized market services worldwide. Keyrock Valuation, SC Ventures Investment, Crypto Infrastructure Expansion A Brussels-based digital asset firm secured fresh capital to expand its global footprint and service offerings, marking a notable shift in institutional […]

Flexa Retires SPEDN After 7 Years, Shifts to Scalable Crypto Payment Infrastructure

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. Flexa SPEDN Shutdown Crypto Payments Pivot Strategy A digital payments company marked the end of a long-running crypto pilot […]

FBI Sting Operation Exposes Crypto Price Rigging Network as 10 Foreign Nationals Charged, Over $1M Seized

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. Crypto Market Manipulation Charges Target Firms, Executives Federal prosecutors detailed a sweeping enforcement action targeting crypto market abuse. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) […]

Anthropic Source Code Leak 2026: Claude Code CLI Exposed via npm Source Map Error

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. Claude Code npm Leak Reveals Unreleased Features Including KAIROS, BUDDY, and Agent Swarms The company confirmed the incident on March 31, 2026, speaking with Venture Beat, attributing it […]

Moody’s Assigns Ba2 Rating to $100M Bitcoin-Backed Revenue Bonds From New Hampshire Authority

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. Moody’s Rates $100M Bitcoin-Collateralized Revenue Bonds According to the release from Moody’s shared with Bitcoin.com News, the bonds, split into two classes, Series […]

Mercado Libre Ends Mercado Coin Program, Cites No Official Reason

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. Mercado Coin Is Being Discontinued The company notified users through the Mercado Pago digital wallet app and email. No public statement […]

New Hampshire’s Bitcoin-Backed Municipal Bond Moves Closer With Moody’s Rating

Bitcoin MagazineNew Hampshire’s Bitcoin-Backed Municipal Bond Moves Closer With Moody’s RatingA first-of-its-kind municipal bond backed by bitcoin is moving closer to issuance after receiving a sub-investment-grade rating from Moody’s Investors Service, marking a major step in the convergence of digital assets and traditional public finance.The proposed $100 million issuance, structured by the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (BFA), earned a Ba2 rating — two notches below investment grad

Global Markets Rise as Trump and Iran Signal End to Military Operations

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. Bitcoin, Stocks, and Gold Prices Jump The S&P 500 closed up approximately 2.4% near 6,496. The Nasdaq […]

Bitget Wallet plugs XRP Ledger into its payment stack for 90 million users

<p>Bitget Wallet adds XRP Ledger integration, enabling XRP transfers, RLUSD transactions, and cross-chain swaps for 90M users.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/xrp-ledger-integration-bitget-wallet/">Bitget Wallet plugs XRP Ledger into its payment stack for 90 million users</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Cardano’s $9B network has little real activity — its new system aims to fix that

The Midnight Foundation declared its network live on Mar. 29, with the genesis block dated Mar. 17.That launch gives Cardano's community its first production test of Charles Hoskinson's argument that public blockchains cannot reach regulated finance, identity, and business use unless the infrastructure itself embeds privacy and compliance from the start.Cardano enters that test in an unusual position: a market cap above $9.1 billion, 672 active developers per Electric Capital data, and a DeFi fo

Chainalysis Deploys AI Agents to Counter Criminal Use of Artificial Intelligence in Crypto

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. Chainalysis Brings AI-Powered Investigation Tools to Compliance Teams The announcement came at the company’s annual Links conference, where CEO Jonathan Levin framed the rollout as a direct response to [&#8230;]

Afroman Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker

Bitcoin MagazineAfroman Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 SpeakerAfroman has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026. Born Joseph Foreman, the Grammy-nominated rapper best known for his 2001 hit &#8220;Because I Got High&#8221; arrives in Las Vegas this April not just as an artist, but as someone who spent three years in court defending his right to say what happened to him. In August 2022, law enforcement officers from the Adams County, Ohio Sheriff&#8217;s Office raided his home on su

Washington moves to cut China out of the machines powering US Bitcoin mining

America holds roughly 38% of global Bitcoin mining capacity, and the specialized hardware powering that position comes overwhelmingly from Chinese manufacturers.Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced the Mined in America Act on Mar. 30 to address that gap, proposing certification, domestic manufacturing support, and the codification of President Donald Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to begin unwinding a foreign hardware dependence they frame as a national industrial vulnerability

Bottom Confirmed? Bitcoin Ends March in the Green as Analyst Forecasts $60K–$84K Range

Bitcoin closed March with a modest gain after a volatile session, swinging between $65,926 and $68,517 before settling above $67,500. Market Volatility and Geopolitical Catalysts On the final day of March, bitcoin navigated another volatile session, oscillating between $66,200 and a peak just around $68,500 before retracing to sub-$66,000 levels during the morning session. As [&#8230;]