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Citigroup has reduced its 12-month price targets for Bitcoin and Ethereum, citing delays in US crypto regulation and broader macro uncertainty.

Crypto research firm Messari has laid off staff and replaced its CEO, with Eric Turner stepping down and CTO Diran Li assuming the role.

Robinhood Ventures Fund has invested roughly $35 million across payments giant Stripe and AI audio firm ElevenLabs, signalling a push into private market infrastructure.

Robert Kiyosaki has urged investors to accumulate Bitcoin and other hard assets ahead of a potential market rupture, warning that current conditions resemble a fragile asset bubble.

Injective has announced plans to integrate USD Coin (USDC) and Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol to expand stablecoin liquidity and enable native cross-chain payments on its blockchain.

Crypto payments platform Bitrefill has disclosed a cybersecurity breach linked to methods associated with the Lazarus Group, following a March 1 attack that compromised an employee device.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a no-action letter to crypto wallet provider Phantom, allowing it to operate certain services without registering as a broker.

World, the identity network co-founded by Sam Altman, has launched AgentKit, a developer toolkit enabling AI agents to prove they are linked to a verified human identity.

Mastercard has agreed to acquire stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK in a deal worth up to $1.8 billion, as it accelerates its push into blockchain-based payments.

Maestro has launched Mezzamine, a Bitcoin-denominated credit market designed to connect institutional BTC holders with mining firms seeking capital backed by future production.

PayPal has expanded access to its US-dollar stablecoin PYUSD to 70 countries, extending availability beyond its initial rollout in the United States and United Kingdom.

Cari Network has chosen ZKsync’s Prividium infrastructure to power a tokenised deposit platform for US regional and mid-sized banks, aiming to modernise payments and settlement.