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 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

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 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 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 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

Bitcoin Magazine New Hampshire’s Bitcoin-Backed Municipal Bond Moves Closer With Moody’s Rating New Hampshire is advancing a first-of-its-kind bitcoin-backed municipal bond—rated Ba2 by Moody’s Investors Service—that blends crypto volatility with traditional debt markets by offering investors yield plus upside tied to bitcoin collateral without taxpayer risk. This post New Hampshire’s Bitcoin-Backed Municipal Bond Moves Closer With Moody’s Rating first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.

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

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

Bitcoin Magazine Afroman Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker Afroman has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026. Born Joseph Foreman, the Grammy-nominated rapper best known for his 2001 hit “Because I Got High” 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 This post Afroman Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Jenna Montgomery.