Mastercard said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire London-based stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK in a deal valued at up to $1.8 billion, as the payments giant expands deeper into blockchain-enabled financial services. Mastercard Targets Cross-Border Payments Growth With BVNK Acquisition The transaction includes up to $300 million in performance-based contingent payments and is expected to […]
Paypal just turned its stablecoin into a global contender, pushing PYUSD into dozens of new markets in a single sweep. Paypal Broadens Crypto Push With PYUSD Rollout Across Emerging Markets Paypal is expanding access to its dollar-pegged stablecoin, PYUSD, to users in 68 additional countries, bringing total availability to 70, according to a March 17 […]
Austin-based fintech firm Ironlight Group, Inc. closes a $21 million Series A funding round to advance its regulated marketplace for tokenized securities. On March 16, 2026, Ironlight Group, Inc. announced the close of its $21 million Series A financing backed by senior Wall Street executives and institutional investors. The funding round includes participation from the […]
Strategy has expanded its already massive bitcoin treasury once again, purchasing 22,337 BTC for roughly $1.57 billion and lifting its total holdings to 761,068 BTC. Strategy Now Holds 761,068 BTC After Major Bitcoin Buy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor revealed the purchase Monday, noting that Strategy paid an average of $70,194 per bitcoin for the newly […]
KGEN has partnered with Playnance, a Web3 gaming infrastructure company, to connect Playnance’s onchain entertainment platform with KGEN’s gaming network. Expanding Global Reach via VeriFi KGEN, a verified distribution protocol, and the Web3 gaming infrastructure company Playnance have partnered to link Playnance’s onchain entertainment platform with KGEN’s global gaming network. The alliance is intended to […]
At 8:30 a.m. EST on Sunday, bitcoin traded near $71,754 on March 15, 2026, consolidating within a narrow $70,540 to $71,893 intraday range while the broader technical picture leaned mildly constructive. With a market cap of $1.44 trillion and 24-hour trading volume above $22.5 billion, the world’s largest cryptocurrency continued to hover inside a well-defined […]
Ark Labs secured $5.2 million in seed funding led by Tether to scale its Arkade infrastructure for programmable bitcoin transactions. Ark Labs announced on March 12, 2026, the closure of a $5.2 million seed round in Lugano, Switzerland, to expand its Bitcoin-based financial infrastructure. The round features prominent investors including Tether, Ego Death Capital, and […]