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Crypto governance company, Tally, processed more than $1 billion in payments, served more than a million users, helped secure over $80 billion in protocol assets, completed a 60-day US ICO registration process, and then decided to kill the token sale and shut down anyway.The company stated that the market for venture-backed governance tooling does not exist at the scale needed to support the business, even after five years of operation and apparent traction.The closure arrives the same week Mastercard agreed to acquire stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for up to $1.8 billion to expand cross-border remittances and business payment rails.BVNK built…

Elevated bullion prices and sizable numismatic premiums are pushing many 2026 U.S. Mint gold coins beyond the reach of casual buyers. Collectors hoping to acquire every product scheduled for release this year could face a combined cost of about $68,380, assuming gold prices remain within the Mint’s $5,100 to $5,149 per ounce pricing range. That total would make 2026 the most expensive year yet for modern U.S. Mint gold coin collecting. CoinNews photo illustration shows gold renditions of the 1804 Draped Bust dollar and the 1916 Standing Liberty quarter among classic designs featured in the US Mints 2026 Best of…

The SEC just made its biggest crypto classification move in years, placing major tokens such as Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, Dogecoin, Avalanche, XRP, and Chainlink into a “digital commodities” bucket while saying some token sales can stop being treated as securities-law cases once the issuer’s core promises are fulfilled.Paired with a new SEC-CFTC coordination framework, the March 17 interpretation is less a narrow staking memo than a broad attempt to replace years of crypto-by-enforcement with a clearer split between assets, contracts, and regulator turf.Until Gary Gensler left the SEC, crypto in the US has lived under a legal cloud. Tokens were…

Eureka the big San Francisco made 64 pound gold bar recovered from a famous 1857 shipwreck Fractional ownership is coming to one of the most famous gold artifacts of the California Gold Rush. Kagin’s Digital, a subsidiary of Kagin’s Inc., has structured a digital offering allowing accredited investors to purchase shares in the “Eureka Bar,” a 933.34-troy-ounce gold ingot recovered from the 1857 wreck of the SS Central America. Weighing about 64 pounds, the bar is considered the largest known surviving gold artifact from the California Gold Rush era and one of the most significant ingots ever produced. Rather than…

Disclosure: This is a paid article. Readers should conduct further research prior to taking any actions. Learn more ›A token sale tied to a live ecosystemPlaynance is bringing G Coin to a major public milestone today, after saying March 18 would mark the token’s generation event and broader market debut. Unlike projects that arrive before product adoption, Playnance is pitching G Coin as the utility layer for an ecosystem that already has more than 200,000 holders; its official tracker recently showed 203,732 holders.Launch materials distributed through Chainwire also said roughly 13 billion G Coin had already been distributed during the…

Bitcoin has mostly traded around $74,000 on Wednesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve’s policy decision. However, as of press time, Bitcoin has just lost the $73,500 support, with a route to $72,000 now in sight.The meeting is expected to leave the federal funds target range at 3.50% to 3.75% while updating projections for inflation, growth, and unemployment after the Middle East conflict pushed energy prices higher.The policy rate itself has drawn less attention than the Fed’s quarterly projections and Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference. Andre Dragosch, Bitwise Europe’s head of research, said:“Markets price in no change by the…

Attackers compromised an employee laptop on March 1, extracted legacy credentials containing production secrets, and escalated access to Bitrefill’s hot wallets, database, and gift card purchasing systems. Approximately 18,500 purchase records were accessed, including email addresses and crypto payment addresses. Bitrefill’s investigation found forensic indicators, including malware signatures, on-chain fund tracing, and reused IP addresses, consistent with DPRK state-sponsored groups Lazarus and Bluenoroff. Bitrefill said on March 17 that a cyberattack earlier this month compromised its hot wallets, parts of its database, and gift card purchasing systems after attackers gained access through a single employee laptop and used legacy credentials…

Tether has launched a framework that enables AI models to be trained directly on consumer devices rather than cloud systems. The system uses BitNet and LoRA to reduce memory and compute demands, making on-device training more practical. It supports a wide range of hardware and builds on Tether’s broader push into local, privacy-focused AI tools. Tether has rolled out a new AI framework designed to bring large language model training onto consumer devices, including smartphones and a range of non-Nvidia GPUs. The system is part of its QVAC initiative, which centres on running and refining AI models locally rather than…

Mastercard agreed to pay up to $1.8 billion for BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure firm that connects blockchain payments with traditional banking rails.The deal includes $300 million in contingent payments and closes what Mastercard told investors would have taken too long to build internally: the ability to move money seamlessly across fiat and on-chain systems for remittances, payouts, P2P transfers, and B2B payments.The acquisition is part of a broader race with Visa to establish an early lead in stablecoin-based payment systems.The card networks are absorbing the best parts of blockchain technology before it gets big enough to threaten them.BVNK had held…

Moody’s brings credit ratings onchain via TIE, enabling institutional users to access insights within blockchain workflows under issuer-controlled access. A new Moody’s platform connects traditional credit analysis with blockchain systems, launching on Canton with plans to expand across markets and assets. TIE introduces onchain distribution of Moody’s credit data, combining issuer-led access with a network-agnostic design for institutional finance use cases. Moody’s Ratings has introduced a new system designed to bring its credit analysis directly into blockchain-based financial infrastructure. The platform, known as the Token Integration Engine (TIE), enables the delivery of ratings data within onchain workflows used by institutional…