Quick Summary: Wallet in Telegram now offers perpetual futures trading through a partnership with decentralized exchange Lighter, supporting 50x leverage across 50+ assets. Wallet in Telegram, a third-party wallet built directly into the messaging app, has launched perpetual futures trading through a new integration with Lighter, a decentralized perpetuals exchange. The feature became available on Thursday through an integrated custodial solution called Crypto Wallet. The rollout brings leveraged derivatives trading to one of the largest consumer-facing distribution channels in the crypto industry.Users can open long and short positions with leverage of up to 50 times across more than 50 assets.…
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Quick Summary: The x402 Foundation, a new open-source payments consortium, launches with founding support from Stripe, Cloudflare, and several major technology and financial firms. A new open-source governing body focused on internet payments has been established, drawing support from some of the largest names in technology and finance. The x402 Foundation has been formed with Cloudflare, an internet services company, and payments giant Stripe among its founding members. The consortium aims to bring together industry stakeholders under a shared governance structure.Beyond its founding members, the x402 Foundation has attracted expressions of intent and support from a broad range of prominent…
Quick Summary: Major Bitcoin miners including Riot Platforms, MARA Holdings, and Empery Digital are offloading significant BTC holdings amid volatile prices and operational costs. Blockchain analytics firm Arkham flagged a 500 Bitcoin outflow on Wednesday from a wallet it attributes to Riot Platforms, suggesting a possible sale by the mining company. Riot had not publicly commented on the transaction by the time of publication. The move follows the company’s announcement of record 2025 revenue of approximately $647 million, largely driven by growth in Bitcoin mining income.The reported outflow is part of a broader trend among publicly listed miners reducing their…
Quick Summary: SoFi is launching SoFi Big Business Banking, a regulated platform enabling companies to manage dollars and stablecoins with 24/7 blockchain settlement. SoFi has announced the launch of SoFi Big Business Banking, a new platform designed to allow companies to manage both U.S. dollars and cryptocurrency, including stablecoins, within a regulated banking environment. The service represents an effort to bring traditional financial infrastructure and blockchain technology under one roof. SoFi positions the offering as a unified solution for businesses that currently rely on multiple separate providers.The platform is intended to replace what SoFi describes as a fragmented system involving…
Quick Summary: Postquant Labs has launched a blockchain testnet allowing quantum processors, GPUs, and CPUs to operate together to test real quantum computing advantages. Postquant Labs has introduced a blockchain testnet designed to allow quantum processors, GPUs, and CPUs to operate alongside one another within a single environment. The initiative is intended to help researchers determine whether quantum computing can offer measurable benefits for blockchain-related tasks. The testnet is currently experimental and does not function as a live mainnet.The project was developed with advisory support and hardware access provided by D-Wave, a quantum computing company. Since its launch, the testnet…
Quick Summary: Tokyo-listed Metaplanet bought 5,075 BTC for roughly $405 million in Q1 2026, pushing its total holdings to 40,177 BTC and overtaking MARA Holdings globally. Metaplanet, a Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company, purchased 5,075 BTC during the first quarter of 2026 at an average price of approximately $79,900 per coin, spending around $405 million in total. The acquisition was disclosed in the company’s quarterly report on Wednesday. The purchase brings Metaplanet’s cumulative holdings to 40,177 BTC, acquired for a total of roughly $4.18 billion at an average cost basis of $104,106 per coin. The firm also reported a year-to-date BTC…
Quick Summary: France’s Lightning Stock Exchange plans to list aerospace supplier ST Group on April 9 in what could be Europe’s first fully onchain stock market debut. France’s Lightning Stock Exchange is preparing to conduct what may become Europe’s first fully onchain stock market listing, marking a significant step in the integration of tokenization technology into the initial public offering process. The exchange has announced plans to list ST Group, a French aerospace supplier, on April 9. If completed as planned, the event would represent a notable milestone for blockchain-based capital markets on the continent.The listing would bring tokenization directly…
Quick Summary: U.S. prosecutors charged 10 people linked to crypto firms for wash trading and pump-and-dump schemes uncovered by an undercover FBI operation. Federal prosecutors in the United States have charged ten individuals connected to multiple cryptocurrency firms for allegedly running wash trading and pump-and-dump schemes. The charges stem from an undercover sting operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The operation targeted deceptive market practices that authorities say have long undermined the integrity of digital asset markets.Wash trading involves a party simultaneously buying and selling the same asset to generate artificial trading volume, creating a false impression of…
Quick Summary: Coinbase’s chief legal officer says negotiators are near agreement on the Clarity Act, projecting a Senate markup hearing within weeks. Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal says lawmakers are close to finalizing the Clarity Act, the crypto market structure bill that has drawn fierce opposition from the banking sector over provisions allowing stablecoin yield products. Speaking on Fox Business, Grewal expressed confidence that negotiators would bridge the remaining divide. He framed the bill’s passage as central to fulfilling what he described as President Trump’s vision of the United States as the global crypto capital.Grewal directly addressed the banking…
Quick Summary: Cryptocurrency prices dropped sharply after geopolitical tensions drove oil up 10%, strengthened the dollar, and triggered nearly $400 million in liquidations. Cryptocurrency markets declined following a surge in geopolitical tensions that sent oil prices climbing by 10% and weighed heavily on equities. The resulting strength in the US dollar contributed to a broad risk-off move across financial markets. Investors pulled back from higher-risk assets, with digital currencies among the hardest hit. The sell-off reflected wider concerns about global instability rather than any crypto-specific development.Trading data revealed that funding rates turned deeply negative during the downturn, a signal that…
