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SoFi is the first US nationally chartered bank to support direct Solana deposits, letting 13.7M users transfer SOL without a third-party exchange.

US-Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear sites sent Bitcoin down 6% to $63K on Saturday, with $515M liquidated as crypto priced the conflict alone.

Tether has frozen $4.2B in USDT over crime links, $3.5B since 2023. The latest action aided a DOJ pig-butchering seizure. Critics flag centralization risks.

Trump Media plans to spin off Truth Social after its $6B TAE merger. No deal is final. The fate of its 11,542 Bitcoin and ETF filings remains unclear.

Magic Eden shuts Bitcoin and EVM marketplaces in March, bets on iGaming. Its ME token is down 97%. Users must withdraw assets before the April wallet closure.

South Korea's tax agency published a wallet seed phrase unmasked in a press release; 4M PRTG tokens were drained then returned, exposing institutional custody gaps.

The DOJ's Scam Center Strike Force seized over $578M in crypto from Southeast Asian pig butchering networks in its first three months of operation.

MoonPay and M0 launched PYUSDx Friday, a framework letting developers issue custom stablecoins backed by PayPal USD, with USD.ai as the first builder.

Barclays is scouting blockchain vendors for payments and stablecoin infrastructure, with a partner selection possible by April, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Citi will launch direct institutional Bitcoin custody in 2026, integrating BTC into its $30T asset base with Swift rails, tax reporting, and cross-margin support.