Phantom launches Japan and South Korea international ETF perpetual contracts, supporting up to 20x leverage

Michael Saylor “Laser Eyes” post surpasses 1 million views, billionaires follow up by buying crypto

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Saylor has restarted the laser eyes symbol, expressing his bullish conviction in Bitcoin, and contrasting it with the current market’s fear sentiment. MicroStrategy holds 761,068 Bitcoins and plans to increase that to 1,000,000 by 2026. Real estate billionaire Grant Cardone has also announced additional Bitcoin purchases, strengthening market confidence and signaling a long-term hold.

Square enables “Bitcoin payments” with zero fees and no minimums for million-dollar U.S. small and mid-sized businesses, with Jack Dorsey pushing BTC into everyday use

Square announces that it will automatically enable Bitcoin receiving functionality for eligible U.S. sellers. Transactions are converted to U.S. dollars in real time, and fees are waived through the end of 2026. This move simplifies the process for merchants to use cryptocurrency and increases the viability of Bitcoin as a daily payment tool. Industry experts believe this could become foundational infrastructure for the financial system.

A CEX sets up an internal venture investment program called "Next Bets" to drive employee innovation projects

A CEX CEO, Brian Armstrong, announced the launch of a venture capital program called "Next Bets," which allows employees to submit innovative projects and pitch them, with the goal of reducing creative talent drain. The program opens twice each year, is typically executed by small teams, and focuses on high-potential directions. The Base blockchain project originated from this, and more progress will be announced in the future.

Midnight mainnet goes live: Cardano founder puts $200 million behind the crypto privacy revolution

Midnight, the privacy blockchain founded by Charles Hoskinson, officially went live on March 30. Its design focuses on addressing three major obstacles to the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency, improving user experience and privacy through a selective disclosure mechanism. Its core technologies include a keyless design and a dual-token system. With the airdrop underway, its valuation briefly surpassed $1 billion, and it is now working with Monument Bank to advance commercial deployment.

Steakhouse Financial: The official website is temporarily offline, but the vault is running normally. The attack originated from social engineering that compromised an OVH account.

Steakhouse Financial releases the latest updates on the security incident. The official website is still offline, but the Steakhouse Vaults site is operating normally, and there are no issues with the deposit and withdrawal functions. The attack originated from a phone-based social engineering assault, which resulted in the theft of domain management permissions, and the website’s DNS now points to a malicious IP. The official team has rolled back all changes, and users’ assets are safe.

Square enables Bitcoin payments for millions of merchants, instant exchange to USD with zero fees

Square announced that it will automatically enable Bitcoin payment functionality for millions of small businesses in the United States, with transactions converted to USD in real time. Merchants do not need to configure it proactively, and they can do so without fees through the end of 2026. The industry compares it to the connection of TCP/IP and the internet, suggesting that Bitcoin’s adoption in financial infrastructure will become widespread and could change the role of payment rails.