Expense management startup Ramp is being considered for a charge card pilot program by the U.S. government’s General Services Administration, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The government’s internal expense card program, dubbed SmartPay, is a $700 billion program. It is estimated that the charge card pilot program contract for which Ramp is being […]
Two more U.S. states are joining the trend of holding bitcoin as part of their state reserves. On April 10, bitcoin reserve bills in both New Hampshire and Florida advanced, helping state-owned bitcoin reserves become a reality. Governments holding bitcoin is a growing theme across the U.S., with several states proposing to invest a portion […]
Osman Kabaloev, Russia’s deputy head of the Finance Ministry, has reportedly stated that the country should be developing its own stablecoin. Following a recent freeze on wallets linked to the sanctioned Russian exchange Garantex by US authorities and stablecoin issuer Tether, Russia is alleged to be exploring the creation of its own stablecoins. BREAKING: RUSSIAN […]
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. Image: Meta Meta was summoned to Washington to defend its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp in a trial brought by the US Federal Trade Commission, which alleges the deals were part of a monopolistic strategy. The FTC wants Meta to divest these platforms to create a more level playing field in the […]
Donald Lim, COO of Dito CME and president of the Blockchain Council of the Philippines, emphasized the growing impact of blockchain in the country and the need to simplify it during his keynote at the PBW 2025 press launch. The speech happened at the press launch of the upcoming Philippine Blockchain Week 2025 in Makati […]
At this year’s Paris Blockchain Week, Bob Ejodame, VP of Capital Markets at INX, offered an insightful perspective on the evolving regulatory landscape in the United States, the emergence of real-world assets (RWA), and the broader implications for institutional and retail crypto adoption. A Shift in U.S. Regulation Ejodame began by addressing the notable shift […]
Analyst and trader Benjamin Cowen believes Bitcoin (BTC) is primed to continue outperforming altcoins. In a new strategy session, Cowen tells his 892,000 YouTube subscribers that the total market cap of altcoins (Total3) when paired against Bitcoin is going to continue on a downtrend. Total3 is the total market cap of all cryptocurrencies with the […]
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Main Takeaways:- The plan involved obtaining an additional 3.4k BTC for $285M collected from the sale of MSTR stock. The company continues to hold a $37 billion capital increase capability not yet used for BTC buys. On Monday, April 14, the founder of Microstrategy, Michael Saylor, revealed the company purchased an additional 3,459 Bitcoin (BTC) […]
Arizona’s Digital Asset Reserve bill is heading to a final House vote after clearing the Committee of the Whole. On April 17, Arizona’s State Bill 1373, also referred to as the Strategic Digital Asset Reserve Bill, moved one step closer to becoming law after being approved by the full House in a preliminary review. SB […]
