
Gemini Has Cut 30 Percent of Its Staff This Year, and the Winklevoss Brothers Blame AI
Gemini's workforce is down to 445 after cumulative 30% cuts in 2026. The exchange exited UK, EU, and Australia while pivoting to prediction markets.
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Gemini's workforce is down to 445 after cumulative 30% cuts in 2026. The exchange exited UK, EU, and Australia while pivoting to prediction markets.

Trump-backed World Liberty Financial releases AgentPay SDK, enabling AI agents to hold, move, and transact with USD1 across EVM chains.

South Korea's opposition party introduced a bill to permanently abolish the planned 22% crypto gains tax, arguing it is unfair when stock gains face no income tax.

xPlace confirms $XP as the token ticker for its Q4 2026 TGE, with 5% going to ecosystem partners and 2.5% to NFT communities including Claynosaurz and MonkeDAO.

Institutional Bitcoin demand hit its highest level since October 2025 as buyers absorbed 81,200 BTC last month, six times the amount miners produced.

The Federal Reserve held rates at 3.5-3.75% and raised its inflation forecast. Bitcoin dropped 4.6% to $70,711, but traders see a bullish bounce forming.

The SEC approved Nasdaq's rule change to trade tokenized versions of Russell 1000 stocks and S&P 500 ETFs on the same order book as traditional securities.

Fold reports 8% revenue growth and 2,000 new customers in Q4, while CEO Will Reeves argues Bitcoin rewards will replace traditional airline loyalty programs.

FTX Recovery Trust announces its fourth distribution of $2.2 billion on March 31, 2026, bringing cumulative payouts above $8 billion and three creditor classes to full recovery.

Ripple-backed Evernorth files its S-4 with the SEC to merge with Armada Acquisition Corp II and list on Nasdaq under ticker XRPN with 388 million XRP.