Tagus Bytes (17.03.26)
Ethereum rallied about 10% on March 16, extending to mid‑teens over the past week and outpacing Bitcoin as institutional appetite resurged. BitMine Immersion Technologies added nearly 61,000 ETH, bringing its total to 4.596 million tokens—roughly 3.8% of circulating supply. BlackRock’s new iShares Staked Ethereum ETF (ETHB) captured $78 million in net inflows, representing 44% of U.S. ETH‑ETF activity, and underscores BlackRock’s 95% share of digital‑asset ETF flows in 2025. The product’s success is prompting similar staked‑asset ETF filings for Solana, Cardano and Polkadot, signaling a broader institutional shift toward regulated, yield‑bearing crypto exposure.
Ironlight Group Raises $21M for Crypto Tokenized Securities:
Ironlight Group announced a $21 million Series A round to build blockchain infrastructure for tokenized securities. The round was led by former TD Bank CEO Greg Braca and other senior fintech investors. Ironlight aims to enable digital issuance, trading, and settlement of...
Risk Management Matters More Than Charts
CryptoKnight warns that in volatile markets the focus should shift from chart speculation to risk identification. Singapore’s police force disclosed that scammers stole roughly S$182.2 million in crypto transfers in 2025, highlighting heightened human‑risk exposure. The post outlines a comprehensive risk‑management...
Centrifuge's CFG Token Surges 60% on Binance Listing
Centrifuge’s governance token CFG jumped roughly 60% in a single day after Binance announced a spot listing on March 16, 2026. The price spiked from about $0.12 to a high of $0.23 before settling near $0.19, while 24‑hour trading volume...
BTC Thrives Despite Geopolitical & Macro Uncertainty
Following the U.S. military action against Iran on Feb. 28, Bitcoin surged 12%, outpacing the S&P 500, Treasury bonds and precious metals, which all posted declines. The rally persisted despite market expectations of a more hawkish Federal Reserve, suggesting that...
ETH Outperforms Large-Cap Crypto Assets as OGs Load Up
Ethereum surged 9% on March 16, briefly touching $2,300 and outpacing all other large‑cap crypto assets. The rally was driven by sizable on‑chain purchases from early investors Erik Voorhees ($50 million) and pseudonymous 0xbilly ($17 million), as well as continued buying by Bitmine,...
Transcrypts
TransCrypts, a blockchain‑enabled SaaS platform, automates issuance and verification of employment, income, health, and academic records, giving individuals full ownership of their digital credentials. In October 2025 the company secured a $15 million Series A round to expand product integrations and global...
Derive - Expanding the Onchain Derivatives Stack
Derive, formerly Lyra Finance, has transitioned from an Optimism‑based AMM to its own OP‑Stack rollup appchain featuring a central limit order book. The platform now offers options, perpetuals, and spot trading, with options remaining its core product, supported by an...
Digital Asset Treasury Giants Step Up Purchases
Strategy announced a $1.57 billion purchase of 22,337 BTC, bringing its treasury to 761,068 BTC and leaving the holdings only 1.8% underwater at current prices. Metaplanet secured a $255 million capital raise, with the option to mobilize an additional $276 million, targeting a 210,000‑BTC portfolio....
SEC Dismisses Civil Fraud Case Against BitClout Founder Nader Al-Naji: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed its civil fraud lawsuit against BitClout founder Nader Al‑Naji, a case filed in July 2024 as part of a broader $257 million enforcement effort. The action had alleged wire fraud and the sale of unregistered...
SEC Seeks to Transfer $24 Million Bittrex Settlement to Treasury
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking court approval to move the $24 million it collected from a 2023 settlement with the now‑defunct crypto exchange Bittrex to the Treasury. The settlement arose after the SEC alleged Bittrex operated without registering...
BlockFills Files for Chapter 11 After Allegations of Commingled Client Assets
BlockFills, a Chicago crypto brokerage that processed over $60 billion in 2023, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware. The petition lists up to $500 million in liabilities against roughly $100 million in assets. The filing follows a February freeze on withdrawals and a...
25 Users Can Win Up to $16,000 In Rewards on Hotstuff
Hotstuff has launched a 14‑day Volume Championship starting March 16, rewarding the top 25 traders with a shared pool of up to $16,000 in USDC. The competition features two tiers—Tier 1 for volumes over $150 million and Tier 2 for volumes over $300 million—with the...
Dubai’s Crypto Dream Is Quite Literally up in Flames
Dubai built a thriving crypto ecosystem with zero tax, safety, attracting 1,800 firms and 8,600 employees. Since February, Iranian missile and drone attacks have damaged key infrastructure, prompting a perception of Dubai as a war zone. The fallout includes a...
Tagus Bytes (16.03.26)
Bitcoin futures are displaying a modest bullish tilt as BTC hovers around $73,000, with taker volume showing 51.9% long versus 48.1% short, translating to $30.8 bn in buys against $28.6 bn in sells across Binance, OKX and Bybit. Short liquidations exceed longs,...
Australian Senate Committee Backs Digital Assets Regulatory Framework: Senate Economics Legislation Committee
Australia’s Senate Economics Legislation Committee has formally endorsed a new legislative framework aimed at modernising digital‑asset regulation. The proposal builds on existing anti‑money‑laundering and counter‑terrorism‑financing rules while introducing stricter custody standards for crypto holdings. By tightening oversight, the committee seeks...
FATF Shifts Stablecoin Oversight to Secondary Markets, Expands Monitoring Beyond on- and Off-Ramps: Financial Action Task Force
On March 16, 2026, the Financial Action Task Force issued a report that expands stablecoin oversight to include secondary‑market transactions and peer‑to‑peer wallet activity. The new guidance requires issuers and virtual‑asset service providers to deploy advanced multi‑hop tracing tools and...
TechDev Newsletter - Market Update Issue #90
The TechDev Market Update newsletter argues Bitcoin is completing the final corrective leg of wave 2, positioning the market at a cycle bottom rather than a peak. It cites macro indicators—business‑cycle trough and un‑peaked liquidity cycle—to support this view. The issue...
Sky TVL Surges 38% in March
Sky, the successor to MakerDAO, saw its total value locked climb to $7.52 billion in March, a 38 % increase since the month’s start. The growth positions Sky as the fourth‑largest DeFi protocol by TVL, behind Aave, Lido and EigenCloud. Its sUSDS...
Sell Your Crypto Before Summer
Crypto analyst warns investors to consider selling before summer as Bitcoin could slip to $30,000 and Ethereum to its $400 support. The post highlights that 80% of current crypto holders entered after 2020’s leverage boom and are vulnerable in a...
Seven C Premium #129 🏴☠️
Seven c Premium #129 is a paid weekly crypto newsletter that bundles on‑chain analytics, smart‑money tracking, stablecoin flows, yield data, narrative scouting, prediction‑market insights, profitable wallet monitoring, token unlock alerts, and trading education. It targets retail and professional traders seeking...
TON - Excellent Potential Target Area
The Open Network (TON) now offers a full video analysis exclusively for paid subscribers, featuring a detailed multi‑timeframe breakdown. The technical review highlights a corrective pattern that has been forming since December 2021 and identifies a strong ABC structure. Analysts...
Where Top Cryptocurrencies by Market Cap Actually Get Used
Market‑cap rankings reveal the biggest crypto assets, but they don’t indicate which coins are actually used for payments. A recent review shows that Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins like USDT dominate real‑world transaction rails such as cross‑border transfers, micropayments, and streaming....
Tagus Bytes (13.03.26)
A 30‑day snapshot after the Feb 28 2026 US‑Iran conflict shows Bitcoin outpacing gold and major equity indices. Bitcoin rose 4.3% while gold gained 1%, S&P 500 fell 4.3% and Nasdaq dropped 3.1%. The annualised Sharpe ratio for Bitcoin was 1.66, far above...
The SEC & CFTC “Coordination Pact”
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate oversight of cryptocurrency markets. The pact creates formal information‑sharing channels, joint working groups, and dispute‑resolution procedures to align regulatory approaches....
TOTAL3/BTC - Which Phase Of The Cycle Are We In
The blog post delivers a full video analysis of the TOTAL3/BTC ratio, outlining its three‑phase market cycle—Allocation, Expansion, and Contraction. It draws parallels to the 2017 and 2021 crypto cycles, noting that the current environment mirrors an Allocation phase. The...
POAP Moves to Maintenance Mode as Founders Eye Next Generation of Digital Collectibles
POAP announced it will enter maintenance mode on March 16, 2026, ending the ability for new issuers to create POAPs. Existing drops, integrations and collector tools will continue to operate, though the platform will receive no further development and may run slower....
Whale Swaps $50 Million in Stablecoins for Just $36,000 of AAVE
An anonymous wallet moved $50.4 million of USDT into Aave and, via CoW Protocol, attempted to swap it for AAVE tokens, receiving only $36,000 worth of AAVE. The trade routed through Uniswap V3 and SushiSwap suffered extreme slippage, losing roughly $13.6 million at...
Puffer Teams Up With Anchorage to Bring Ethereum Restaking to Institutions
Puffer Finance has teamed up with Anchorage Digital to offer its liquid restaking token pufETH through a regulated custody platform, targeting institutional investors. The partnership arrives as the liquid restaking market slumps, with Puffer’s core TVL falling from a $1.3 billion...
Tether Backs Ark Labs to Bring Stablecoins Back to Bitcoin
Tether announced a $5.2 million strategic investment in Ark Labs, the team behind Arkade, a programmable infrastructure layer for Bitcoin. The funding brings Ark Labs' total capital to $7.7 million and is aimed at expanding USDT access on the Bitcoin network. Arkade...
BlackRock Launches Staked Ethereum ETF
BlackRock introduced the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB) on March 12, 2026, marking its first yield‑bearing crypto ETF and its third spot crypto offering. The fund will stake a portion of its ether holdings with custody and staking services...
Ethena Proposes Replacing 7-Day sUSDe Unstaking Period With Dynamic Cooldown
Ethena Labs has submitted a governance proposal to replace USDe’s static seven‑day sUSDe unstaking cooldown with a dynamic model that adjusts to the protocol’s reserve composition. With perpetual futures now representing only 11 % of USDe’s backing and liquid stablecoins and...
BTC - The 2 Paths Are Clear
Paul Webborn’s March 12 2026 update delivers a comprehensive Bitcoin technical analysis, covering weekly cycle positioning, daily Elliott Wave counts, and a detailed 4‑hour chart breakdown. The piece outlines two possible price paths for BTC, each tied to distinct wave scenarios, and...
Spark Institutional: Sky’s Institutional Distribution Layer
Spark Institutional serves as the institutional distribution layer for the Sky (formerly MakerDAO) stablecoin ecosystem, offering three core products—Institutional Lending, Spark Prime, and Spark Savings. The suite has attracted over $150 million in commitments and operates alongside roughly $5.24 billion in total...
Lido Launches Its First Stablecoin Vault
Lido, the leading liquid‑staking protocol, has launched EarnUSD, its first stablecoin vault that lets users earn yield on USDC and USDT. The vault automatically distributes capital across Ethereum‑based lending markets, real‑world asset integrations, and structured positions. Lido Earn is now...
Bitcoin Tests the $70K Level as Macro Volatility Rises
Bitcoin is hovering around the psychologically important $70,000 level as macro volatility spikes, with the price briefly slipping below before stabilising near $69‑70K. Oil prices have surged above $100 a barrel, prompting a risk‑off shift that saw Bitcoin move in...
Legal Battle Intensifies over £3bn Bitcoin Haul Seized by British Police
London police seized roughly 61,000 bitcoin, now worth about £3.2 billion, after a fraud case involving Zhimin Qian that victimised over 128,000 Chinese investors. The haul represents the largest confirmed cryptocurrency seizure by law enforcement worldwide. Victims are challenging the Treasury’s...
85 Crypto Giants, One Payments Network, Zero Fake Press Releases
Mastercard has launched a Crypto Partner Program that brings together more than 85 crypto‑native companies, payment providers and financial institutions, including Binance, Circle, PayPal and Ripple. The initiative focuses on building real‑world use cases such as cross‑border remittances, B2B transfers...
Tagus Bytes (12.03.26)
Bitcoin’s blockchain mined its 20 millionth coin on March 9, 2026, reaching 95.24 % of the protocol’s 21 million‑coin cap. The block, mined by Foundry USA, awarded the standard 3.125 BTC post‑2024 halving, which cut daily issuance roughly in half. Analysts estimate that 2.3‑3.7 million BTC are...
XRP - The 2 Paths Are Clear
XRP’s price action has been dominated by corrective phases since 2022, with impulse moves now fading rapidly. The latest technical analysis indicates the market is transitioning into an allocation phase, where investors begin positioning for longer‑term moves. The author provides...
Premium Investor Report #512
The Premium Investor Report #512 delivers a macro‑focused market outlook, highlighting the Israel‑USA vs Iran conflict, a potential IEA emergency oil release, and today’s US CPI data as key risk drivers. Technical analysis points to a rising‑wedge breakdown in the...
MicroStrategy’s $1.28B Bitcoin Acquisition
MicroStrategy announced a $1.28 billion purchase of 17,994 Bitcoin at an average price of $70,946 per coin, reinforcing its strategy of holding the cryptocurrency as a primary treasury reserve. The acquisition coincided with a rebound in Bitcoin’s price, which reclaimed the...
Strategy Still Has The Firepower To Buy Bitcoin
Public companies with Bitcoin treasuries are among the few institutional buyers still accumulating at scale during the current bear market, and Strategy dominates this space. Strategy holds one of the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin reserves, yet its stock now trades...
The Backbone of DeFi: How RedStone Scales Data Across 110+ Blockchains with Marcin Kazmierczak
RedStone, a blockchain oracle co‑founded by Marcin Kazmierczak, now delivers more than 400 price updates per second across over 110 blockchains. The service tackles blockchain isolation by feeding real‑world data into smart contracts, enabling cross‑chain communication. Its rapid scaling makes...
Bank of England Signals Flexibility on Stablecoin Rules as Consultation Continues
The Bank of England announced a shift in its proposed stablecoin capital requirements, moving from a 100% to a 60/40 split between remunerated and non‑remunerated holdings. Deputy Governor Ben Breeden said the change reflects the regulator’s response to industry feedback...
Aave Founder Says DAOs Need to Evolve, Not Disappear
Aave founder Stani Kulechov argues DAOs must evolve rather than be abandoned. He says current DAO processes drag decisions for weeks, slowing innovation compared to agile competitors. Kulechov stresses token holders should retain strategic control while execution shifts to dedicated...
Tagus Bytes (11.03.26)
The Coinbase Premium Index, which tracks the price gap between Bitcoin on Coinbase and the global average, turned positive on March 9 and recorded a modest +0.0174 reading on March 10. This marks a reversal from its February low of –0.229, a...
Earn Yield From a Polymarket Vault at Bluefin on Sui
Bluefin has emerged as a leading DeFi hub on the Sui blockchain, offering spot trading, perpetual futures, lending, and structured yield vaults. The protocol now manages roughly $111 million in TVL and has processed over $34 billion in cumulative volume since its...
Mantle TVL Crosses $1 Billion Fueled by Aave Deployment
Mantle’s total value locked (TVL) surpassed $1 billion on March 9, reaching $1.06 billion, driven by the recent deployment of Aave on the layer‑2 network. Aave’s launch generated over $1.2 billion in lending and borrowing activity, sparking a four‑fold TVL increase and a 33 %...
Bitwise CIO Makes a Straightforward Case for $1 Million Bitcoin
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argues that Bitcoin’s valuation is mis‑priced because analysts treat the store‑of‑value market as static. He notes Bitcoin currently holds under 4% of a roughly $38 trillion market that competes with gold. By projecting the market’s growth—mirroring gold’s...