Metaplanet Buys 5,075 Bitcoin in Q1 2026, Total Holdings Hit 40,177 BTC – Crypto News Bitcoin News

Metaplanet Overtakes MARA Holdings in Bitcoin Race With Q1 2026 Purchase The Tokyo-based company Metaplanet (TSE: 3350 / OTCQX: MTPLF) disclosed the Q1 acquisition on April 2, 2026, confirming the purchase was completed by March 31. The company spent roughly $398 million on the quarter’s buys, acquiring bitcoin at a weighted average price of approximately…

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Trump’s 3-Week Iran War Timeline Jolts Global Markets — Can Crypto Break Out of Its Holding Pattern?

Global financial markets are once again being reshaped not by earnings, innovation, or policy shifts, but by geopolitics. A single statement from U.S. President Donald Trump suggesting the Iran conflict could end within “two to three weeks” has injected both optimism and uncertainty across asset classes, from equities and oil to cryptocurrencies. What initially appeared…

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Naoris Protocol Deploys Post-Quantum Mainnet to Secure Global Digital Infrastructure – News Bytes Bitcoin News

Naoris Protocol announced the official launch of its Mainnet on April 1, 2026, introducing a post-quantum Layer 1 blockchain designed to withstand emerging quantum computing threats. This deployment establishes a production-ready environment where decentralized Proof of Security (dPoSec) consensus and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) approved cryptography protect transactions from future decryption. The…

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Lithosphere Activates Makalu Testnet to Power AI-Native Blockchain Infrastructure

London, United Kingdom–(Newsfile Corp. – April 2, 2026) – Lithosphere has officially activated its Makalu Testnet, introducing a new infrastructure layer designed to support AI-native blockchain systems and autonomous digital coordination. The release represents a foundational step toward enabling intelligent execution directly within decentralized environments, where applications, agents, and systems operate beyond traditional transaction-based…

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