Author: James Wilson

Trump’s push for an extra $200 billion Iran war budget on top of record defense spending is forcing crypto markets to reprice geopolitical risk, debt, and the dollar in real time. Summary Coin Bureau says Trump is looking to Arab states to help fund an Iran war as the Pentagon lines up an extra $200B on top of a roughly $900B defense budget. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms the Pentagon will seek around $200B in supplemental Iran war funding, warning “it takes money to kill bad guys,” as total U.S. military outlays approach the $1T mark. Escalating war costs and…

Bitcoin trades in a tight mid‑$60k range beneath stacked moving‑average resistance, with extreme fear and weak momentum keeping any breakout on a short leash. Summary Bitcoin trades in a tight $66,037–$68,130 range, capped by layered moving average resistance. All major EMAs and SMAs sit above spot, with the 200‑day EMA near $85,095 reinforcing downside pressure. Momentum gauges remain neutral to weak, as sentiment hovers in “extreme fear” territory across crypto markets. Bitcoin (BTC) hovered around $66,597 on March 31, 2026, as the largest cryptocurrency by market value remained trapped in a narrow range and “technically constrained” beneath a wall of…

MiCA-licensed Tesseract has launched Dedicated Client Vaults, segregated smart-contract yield accounts built for institutions wary of pooled DeFi products. Summary Finnish MiCA-licensed crypto asset manager Tesseract has launched Dedicated Client Vaults for institutional and professional investors. Each vault is a segregated smart contract tied to a single client, letting institutions retain 100% ownership of vault tokens while meeting MiCA custody rules. CEO James Harris says pooled yield vaults like Morpho’s could be treated as collective investment schemes under MiCA, exposing users to unlicensed securities risk.esma. Finnish crypto asset manager Tesseract Investment Oy, one of the first firms to secure a…

Summary Former a16z crypto investor Sam Broner has co-founded The Better Money Company, raising $10M in seed funding to build a stablecoin clearinghouse. The round was led by a16z crypto with backing from BoxGroup, Sunflower Capital and angels including Circle co-founder Sean Neville and ex-Microsoft exec Charlie Songhurst.finance. Better Money plans to support GENIUS Act-compliant dollar tokens such as Paxos and Stripe’s Bridge, while excluding USDT but not its U.S. sibling USAT. Former a16z crypto investor Sam Broner has raised $10 million to launch The Better Money Company, a startup aiming to become a clearinghouse for U.S. dollar stablecoins in…

KB Kookmin Card is partnering with Avalanche and OpenAsset to build a hybrid stablecoin credit card system that spends from a blockchain wallet first, then falls back to traditional credit if needed. Summary KB Kookmin Card is partnering with Avalanche and OpenAsset to build a hybrid payment system that links a stablecoin wallet to existing credit cards. The model supports on‑chain stablecoin top-ups, payments and settlement while preserving rewards, protections and merchant workflows from traditional card rails. KB Kookmin Card filed a patent for the structure in January 2026, as South Korean financial groups race to roll out regulated stablecoin…

Summary Bhutan’s government-linked wallets moved 325 BTC (about $25.19M) to a Galaxy Digital-linked address and 375 BTC (around $25.18M) to an unknown wallet. The roughly $50M in suspected sales follow a March selling spree in which Bhutan offloaded more than $84M in Bitcoin via exchanges and OTC desks. Druk Holding & Investments, Bhutan’s sovereign fund, has mined BTC since 2019, at one point amassing over 13,000 BTC and ranking among the top four state holders. The Royal Government of Bhutan is suspected of selling roughly 700 BTC, worth about $50M, after on-chain data from Onchain Lens and Arkham Intelligence flagged…

Cardano price fell 4% even as its privacy-focused partner chain Midnight successfully completed its mainnet launch. Summary Cardano price dropped over 4% despite Midnight’s mainnet launch, as a whale offloaded ADA ahead of the event, triggering market pressure. Bearish technical indicators signal further downside risk, with key support at $0.20 and resistance near $0.28. According to data from crypto.news, Cardano (ADA) price fell over 4% from $0.25 to $0.24 last check on Tuesday, March 31. Zooming out the charts, the token has fallen nearly 9% over the past week and over 30% since the beginning of the year. Cardano’s price…

BNB price is trading close to $600, a major psychological support level for the token. Can bulls manage to defend it now that Binance has revealed a new prediction market feature within its self-custody wallet? Summary BNB price hovered near the $600 support as Binance launched a prediction market feature within its self-custody wallet via third-party platforms. The feature enables users to bet on real-world events and could boost BNB demand through potential staking-based utility mechanisms. Mixed technical indicators signal market indecision, with resistance at $625 and key downside support near $562.5. Binance, the leading crypto exchange in the world,…

Nakamoto, the Bitcoin treasury firm that rebranded from KindlyMD, has pared back its crypto exposure in March, selling $20 million worth of Bitcoin while also cutting a sizeable portion of its Metaplanet investment at a loss during the first quarter. Summary Nakamoto sold 284 BTC for about $20 million in March, executing the sale at roughly 20% below its year end 2025 valuation. The company also reduced its Metaplanet stake, selling five million shares at a lower price and locking in losses on a previously marked down investment. Data from its latest filing shows the company disposed of 284 BTC…

U.S. prosecutors have moved forward with charges against a Maryland resident accused of carrying out two exploits that drained more than $54 million from the decentralized finance platform Uranium Finance. Summary US prosecutors have charged a Maryland resident over two 2021 Uranium Finance exploits that resulted in more than $54M in losses. Authorities said smart contract flaws were used to withdraw excess funds, with the second breach effectively forcing the platform to shut down. Law enforcement has seized about $31M tied to the case, while the accused now faces fraud and money laundering charges. Court filings unsealed by the U.S.…