Bitcoin’s best month since September was a 1.8% gain
BTC closed March at $68,221, snapping a five-month losing streak by the slimmest of margins. It opened the month at $67,000.
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Gemini’s 10-K reveals loan loop between exchange and founders
Gemini’s 10-K, filed yesterday, laid out the exchange's entire structure. Social media users called it a circular scheme.
Bitcoin’s quantum deadline just moved up
Requirements for a quantum bitcoin attack dropped from millions to sub-10,000 qubits, cutting estimates by two orders of magnitude.
The great AmEx partnership with XRP that wasn’t
Repeated claims by XRP influencers about a major American Express (AmEx) partnership using the XRP Ledger never materialized.
Stripe stablecoin unit Bridge denies shipping trucks to company in Venezuela
Stripe’s stablecoin subsidiary Bridge appears as a possible unauthorized shipper of 12 trucks sent to a Chávez-linked company in Venezuela.
Kash Patel ‘spiderkash’ leak triggers dozens of Solana memecoin scams
Hackers leaked FBI Director Kash Patel’s email, leading to unverified links to a porn account and a frenzy of Patel-themed memecoins.
— Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy
Saylor continues to liken STRC to a money market as risks mount
Michael Saylor was happy to quote a CNBC TV news anchor who likened Strategy’s STRC to a money market fund.
Bitcoin mortgages debut with 60% haircut and no margin calls
After an initial 60% haircut on its market value, BTC-backed mortgages feature no further margin calls or collateral top-ups.
Flare’s billion-dollar XRP DeFi dream has just 80 new users a day
Flare’s FXRP DeFi ecosystem, pitched as a billion‑dollar XRP breakthrough, has seen slow adoption and largely flat user growth.
— Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy
Strategy slashes STRK offering after falling $25B short of share target
Strategy slashed its $20.33B STRK at-the-market offering on March 22 after selling just 5% of its 269.8M share goal.