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 on…
Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) faced a difficult week, with bitcoin and ether posting heavy outflows. Smaller assets showed mixed resilience, with XRP attracting modest inflows.
Crypto ETFs Slide as Bitcoin, Ether Post Heavy Weekly Losses
The last full trading week of…
Warren Presses Commerce Department Over Bitmain Security Risks and Trump-Linked Crypto Ties
March 31, 2026
U.S. lawmakers escalate pressure on crypto mining supply chains as Elizabeth Warren targets Bitmain’s U.S. ties, raising alarms over foreign influence, infrastructure exposure, and politically linked partnerships shaping the future of bitcoin mining.
Warren Targets…
Binance Launches Oil and Gas Perpetual Futures With 100x Leverage Amid Iran War Energy Crisis
March 31, 2026
Binance is giving energy traders a new playground, 100x leveraged perpetual futures on WTI crude oil, Brent crude, and natural gas, dropping April 1, 2026, and no, it is not an April Fools joke.
Crypto Traders Can Now Trade Oil Futures on Binance
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, by trading volume, announced three new USDT-margined perpetual contracts Monday: CLUSDT for West Texas…
Bitcoin Slumps to $68K as Middle East Peace Hopes Fade
March 30, 2026
Bitcoin fell 3.6% as geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and Iran rattled global markets. The cryptocurrency dropped from a high of $71,405 to $68,123, cutting its market capitalization to $1.36 trillion and dragging the broader crypto economy to $2.43 trillion.
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Figures compiled by coinatmradar.com indicate that approximately 597 crypto automated teller machines (ATMs) have been withdrawn from the market so far this year.
Crypto ATM Data 2026: 597 Net Removals
Recent figures show the global count of crypto ATMs edged close to the…
BNP Paribas opens regulated access to bitcoin and ethereum through ETNs, giving retail clients exposure via traditional securities accounts while advancing a broader institutional blockchain strategy.
BNP Paribas Adds Crypto-Linked ETNs for Retail Investors
Growing access to regulated crypto-linked instruments is reshaping how traditional investors engage with digital assets, as BNP Paribas…
Bitcoin Treasury Giant Metaplanet Speaks to Shareholders at Japan Bitcoin Future Forum
March 27, 2026
Metaplanet’s March 25 program in Yokohama felt more like a company attempting to define a new moment rather than holding a simple investor relations exercise. On paper, the Japan Bitcoin Future Forum was a half-day conference built around themes like “Japan’s Bitcoin…
Gamestop Bitcoin Strategy: Company Used BTC Holdings for Covered Calls, SEC Filing Shows
March 27, 2026
Gamestop disclosed in its fiscal 2025 annual report that it pledged 4,709 of its 4,710 bitcoin holdings as collateral with Coinbase Credit to run a covered-call options strategy, confirming the company held its position rather than selling.
Gamestop Fiscal 2025 Annual…
Decentralized finance ( DeFi) protection protocol built, Firelight, has surpassed 50 million XRP staked following several whale-scale deposits.
Rapid Adoption and Capacity Expansion
Firelight, the onchain protection layer for DeFi, has surpassed 50 million XRP staked on its protocol. The achievement follows several large-scale deposits exceeding 1 million XRP each and a newly expanded deposit cap…
