Scrutiny over crypto access to the U.S. payment system intensifies as lawmakers question how Kraken secured Federal Reserve account approval, raising fresh concerns about regulatory consistency, risk controls, and the future of digital asset integration. Lawmaker Presses Fed Over Crypto Account Approval Heightened scrutiny over access to U.S. payment infrastructure is intensifying as policymakers examine […]
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‘They’re Here’: Bitwise Signals End of Anticipation Phase as Institutions Embed Into Crypto
Institutional capital is rapidly embedding crypto into mainstream finance, with adoption accelerating and allocation strategies expanding as market integration approaches a critical tipping point driven by large-scale investor participation. Institutional Capital Accelerates Crypto Integration as Allocations and Product Access Rapidly Expand Institutional capital rotation into crypto markets is accelerating, with Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley signaling […]
Read MoreBitcoin Treasury Companies Pull Back in 2026 as Strategy Accelerates Purchases: Cryptoquant
Strategy purchased approximately 45,000 bitcoin over the last 30 days—its fastest accumulation pace in nearly a year—while the rest of the corporate bitcoin treasury sector bought fewer than 1,000 BTC combined, according to a new Cryptoquant report. Cryptoquant Says Bitcoin Treasury Summer Is Over Outside Strategy The data reveals a stark split in the corporate […]
Read MoreKalshi Approved for Margin Trading After Affiliate Kinetic Markets Gets FCM Registration
Kalshi gained regulatory approval to offer margin trading after its affiliate Kinetic Markets LLC was registered as a futures commission merchant with the National Futures Association on March 24, 2026. Kalshi Margin Trading Approved The NFA filing lists Kinetic Markets as both an FCM and swap firm. Bloomberg was the first to report on the […]
Read MoreMCP in 2026: 97 Million Downloads and Growing Crypto Infrastructure From Bitgo to Coingecko
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has recorded approximately 97 million monthly SDK downloads as of March 2026, confirming the open standard’s position as the primary infrastructure layer for agentic artificial intelligence (AI) applications. AI Tool Integration Just Got Standardized — MCP Downloads Cross 97 Million in March 2026 Anthropic open-sourced MCP on Nov. 25, 2024, […]
Read MoreBitcoin Erases March Gains as Q1 Losses Top 25% Amid Geopolitical Friction
Bitcoin’s early March rally has reversed, with the price sliding below $66,000 and hitting a multi‑week low amid geopolitical tensions and U.S. market weakness. Crypto and Wall Street Diverge From Global Indices After kicking off March with a bullish surge, bitcoin now appears destined for a round trip back to its opening levels. The top […]
Read More‘Going Great’: Trump Touts Iran Operation While Ceasefire Falls Apart and Oil Climbs Past $108
Iran formally rejected a U.S.-brokered 15-point ceasefire proposal this week, pushing Brent crude above $108 per barrel and triggering a broad selloff across global equity markets. Hormuz Crisis Deepens: Iran Rejects Peace Plan, Crude Oil Climbs Tehran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, dismissed the plan as “one-sided” and “maximalist,” calling U.S. claims of productive negotiations “fake […]
Read MoreAltcoins Tumble as Total Market Capitalization Falls Below $1 Trillion Mark
The altcoin market suffered a sharp sell-off on Friday, with total capitalization dropping below $1 trillion for the first time in weeks. ETH and SOL Spearhead the Retreat The altcoin market endured a brutal session on Friday, March 27, as investors aggressively unwound positions in a frantic flight to liquidity. The safe haven narrative, which […]
Read MoreCalifornia Governor Bars Policymakers From Insider Betting on Prediction Markets
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday barring gubernatorial appointees from using insider information to place bets on prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi. California Bans Gubernatorial Appointees From Betting on Prediction Markets With Non-Public Information The order takes effect immediately. It extends California’s existing conflict-of-interest statutes directly to prediction markets, which […]
Read MoreMiCA Decoded: 174 Registered CASPs, but Only 14 Can Operate a Centralized Crypto Exchange (CEX)?
If the EU has already issued 174 MiCA licenses, why are there only 14 actual crypto exchanges on the list? To demystify this, we need to decode what the public registers are really telling us about how crypto businesses are setting up in Europe. MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored […]
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