RedotPay says it restructured teams for efficiency after a Bloomberg report flagged executive turnover, China sensitivities and new funding talks. Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments company RedotPay said it has “consolidated” teams to improve efficiency as it scales, after a report claimed executive turnover and sensitivities tied to its mainland China connections. On Wednesday, a Bloomberg...Continue Reading

Ethereum’s FCR aims to reduce bridge times by up to 98%, bringing L1-to-L2 and exchange deposits down to 13 seconds without a hard fork. Ethereum client teams are testing an opt-in fast confirmation mechanism that could cut the time some layer-2 networks and exchanges wait to recognize mainnet deposits to about 13 seconds. The proposed...Continue Reading

Bitcoin price traded at $74,000 as investors braced for Jerome Powell’s post-FOMC speech that could see volatile swings toward key BTC price levels. Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $74,000 on Wednesday, 2.6% below its six-week high of $76,000 reached on Tuesday, as traders expect volatility after the US policy decision on interest rate cuts.  Key takeaways:...Continue Reading

A UK parliamentary committee urged an immediate moratorium on crypto political donations until stronger safeguards are in place. A cross-party parliamentary committee in the United Kingdom has urged the government to impose an immediate moratorium on cryptocurrency donations to political parties until stronger safeguards are in place. In a report published on Wednesday, the Joint...Continue Reading

Tally said its platform served more than one million users, supporting governance across hundreds of organizations and processing over $1 billion in payments. Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governance platform Tally is shutting down after five years of operations, citing a lack of sustainable business models for governance tooling in the crypto market.  Tally co-founder and...Continue Reading

US spot Bitcoin ETFs draw $1.2 billion over seven days, far short of October 2025’s nine-day, $6 billion streak, as XRP ETFs turn green. US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their inflow streak to seven consecutive days, marking the longest run since October 2025. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs added $199.4 million on Monday, bringing...Continue Reading

Online shopping was the leading real-world use case for crypto among Australians, followed by paying for services such as freelancing and video game purchases. More Australians reported using cryptocurrency to pay for goods and services in 2026 compared to the year before, but banking friction has continued to weigh on crypto users, according to a...Continue Reading

Spikes in large deposits to exchanges have been associated with increased selling pressure, according to analysts at CryptoQuant. Centralized crypto exchanges recorded a spike in Bitcoin hourly inflows on Monday as the crypto market rallied, with one analyst warning it could signal selling pressure.  Hourly Bitcoin flows into exchanges spiked to 6,100 BTC on March...Continue Reading

The Senate Banking Committee has been looking to advance its crypto market structure bill since postponing a markup in January. US Senator Tim Scott says he is expecting a possible compromise this week on a stablecoin yield payments provision that has stalled a crypto market structure bill in the Senate. “I believe that this week...Continue Reading

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is dropping VR support for its flagship metaverse world, which it launched in 2021 as part of the company’s big gamble on virtual worlds. Meta Platforms will shut down its Horizon Worlds metaverse for virtual reality users in June, pivoting to a mobile-only experience as it retreats from the aggressive metaverse push...Continue Reading