Crypto Cards Roundup March 17 - Mastercard Signs 85 Partners, RedotPay Lands Two Licenses, MetaMask Goes Polymarket

Michael Saylor's Strategy bought 22,337 BTC at $70,194 average, funded by preferred and common stock sales. Total holdings: 761,068 BTC worth $57.6 billion.

Australia's Senate committee endorses the Digital Assets Framework Bill, requiring crypto exchanges and custody providers to obtain financial services licenses.

Crypto lender BlockFills filed Chapter 11 in Delaware with up to $500M in liabilities after a $75M loan loss, frozen withdrawals, and a commingling lawsuit.

Japan's largest corporate Bitcoin holder raised $531M in new capital to keep buying BTC, despite holding 35,102 coins at a 32% loss. Here is what the math looks like.

Bitcoin reclaims $73,800 and Ethereum surges 14% in a week as $300M in short positions get wiped out. Fear and Greed climbs from 8 to 41.

The SEC dismissed its civil fraud case against BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji with prejudice, adding to a growing list of crypto enforcement retreats.

Wu Blockchain reports Coinbase is negotiating a minority equity stake in Bybit, giving the offshore exchange a path into the US market.

Aave Shield will auto-block swaps with over 25% price impact. The post mortem pins the $50M loss on illiquid markets, but CoW Swap says multiple systems failed.

An attacker accumulated 84% of Thena's THE supply cap on Venus Protocol, manipulated the price, and borrowed $3.7M in CAKE, BTC, and BNB before anyone noticed.