Fira Launches Fixed-Rate DeFi Lending Market with $450M in Deposits
Fira, an Ethereum‑based DeFi lending protocol, launched with roughly $450 million in deposits, largely migrated from Euler Finance users. The platform introduces a fixed‑rate credit market that lets borrowers lock costs and lenders lock returns for defined maturities, mirroring traditional fixed‑income structures. Its inaugural market, UZR, demonstrates demand for predictable on‑chain credit, while six independent security audits and a $500,000 bug bounty underscore a focus on safety. Fira’s TVL of about $452 million positions it as a niche but notable player alongside giants like Aave.
Balancer Proposes Winding Down Labs, Ending BAL Emissions in Sweeping Reset
Balancer’s governance community has tabled two bold proposals that would dissolve Balancer Labs, shift all operations to the DAO‑run Balancer OpCo, and slash the team from roughly 25 to 12.5 full‑time equivalents with a $1.9 million annual budget. The tokenomics revamp...
Tether Hires a 'Big Four' Firm for a Full Audit of USDT Reserves
Tether announced it has engaged an unnamed Big Four accounting firm to perform its first full financial‑statement audit of the $184 billion USDT stablecoin. The audit will scrutinize the token’s assets, liabilities, internal controls and reporting processes, moving beyond the periodic...
Bitcoin May Have Already Bottomed Out Near $60,000. Here’s Why.
Bitcoin’s price has stabilized near $60,000 after a sharp decline from its October high above $126,000. The 30‑day implied volatility indices DVOL and BVIV surged to around 90 % in early February, a level historically linked to market capitulation and subsequent...
Solana Lands Mastercard, Western Union on New Dev Platform
The Solana Foundation unveiled its Solana Developer Platform (SDP), targeting enterprise developers building tokenized real‑world assets and stablecoin solutions. Early adopters include Mastercard for stablecoin settlement, Worldpay for merchant payments, and Western Union for cross‑border transfers. SDP launches with issuance...
Solana Foundation Taps Mastercard, Western Union, Worldpay for Institutional Developer Platform
The Solana Foundation has unveiled the Solana Developer Platform (SDP), a toolkit that lets enterprises build tokenized assets, stablecoins and payment flows on Solana via APIs. Early adopters include Mastercard, Western Union and Worldpay, signaling strong institutional interest. SDP bundles...
Omnes, Apex to Tokenize Bitcoin Mining Exposure via Structured Note on Base
Omnes and Apex Group announced a tokenized secured debt note, the Omnes Mining Note (OMN), that provides institutional investors exposure to Bitcoin mining hash‑rate on Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum layer‑2 network. The structured note packages mining output into a regulated on‑chain...
Wall Street Will Eventually Submit to the Rules of DeFi
Mitchell Amador argues that DeFi will not fracture under regulation but will evolve into interoperable tiers ranging from fully permissionless to highly compliant. In 2026 regulatory pressure will push institutions toward on‑chain liquidity, creating a hybrid ecosystem where compliant players...
AI and Tokenization Highlight Crypto Market Resilience Amid Q1 2026 Turmoil : Analysis
The first quarter of 2026 saw every major crypto sector post losses amid geopolitical tension and global rate‑repricing, but artificial‑intelligence and tokenization niches outperformed the broader market. Grayscale’s sector framework reports a 14 percent rise in daily transactions and a 20 percent...
Ghost Campaign Uses 7 Npm Packages to Steal Crypto Wallets and Credentials
Security researchers have identified a new "Ghost" campaign that distributes seven malicious npm packages under the author name mikilanjillo. The packages masquerade as popular React utilities and AI trading tools, prompting developers to enter their sudo password during a fabricated...
How to Launch Collaborations that Grow Communities: A Guide for Web3 Founders
The guide breaks down how Web3 founders can launch collaborations that grow communities, from profiling target communities to pitching, finalising terms, hosting joint events, and hiring a collaborations manager. It stresses measurable criteria—minimum community size, activity ratio, and project quality—to...
OKX Rolls Out Round the Clock Trading for Mag Seven Stocks Using Crypto Collateral
OKX has introduced more than 20 equity perpetual swap contracts, giving traders worldwide 24/7 synthetic exposure to major U.S. stocks—including the Magnificent 7—using Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT or other crypto assets as collateral. The contracts are USDT‑denominated, offer up to 5× leverage,...
DB Investing Launches DB Pay Across Fiat and Crypto
DB Investing has launched DB Pay, a payments and digital‑asset platform that provides AED and USD IBAN accounts for individuals and businesses across the UAE and wider MENA region. The service uses a subscription model—$3 per month for individuals and...
Playnance Introduces Participation-First Model for Social Gaming with New Protocol Launch
Playnance launched its Democratic Social Gaming Protocol, a participation‑first system that links player activity to economic outcomes via the GCOIN token. The blockchain‑backed architecture promises transparent, verifiable reward distribution, moving away from traditional profit‑centric models. Over one million users now...
1099-DA Rules Have a Gross Problem in 2026
The 2025 tax year 1099‑DA form, mandated by the 2021 Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act, required brokers to report only gross proceeds from digital‑asset trades, leaving accountants to calculate cost basis themselves. This reporting gap has forced CPAs into time‑intensive...
Coinbase Takes Heat for Pushing March Madness Markets
Coinbase is aggressively promoting its new college‑sports prediction‑market offering during March Madness, sending frequent push notifications that many users say feel like gambling prompts. The NCAA has warned it will enforce its trademark rights, recently suing DraftKings and warning others...
MoonPay Unveils Wallet Standard for AI Agents
MoonPay released the Open Wallet Standard (OWS), an MIT‑licensed open‑source specification that lets AI agents hold and sign crypto funds without ever exposing private keys. More than 15 leading firms—including PayPal, Ripple, Solana Foundation and Circle—contributed to the spec, which...
DeFi Has Seen Resolv's $25M USR Exploit Many Times Before
Resolv Labs suffered a $25 million USR stablecoin exploit after an attacker compromised its AWS‑managed service key, minting 80 million USR from roughly $100,000 of USDC. The depegged USR and its wrapped version were still priced at $1 by oracles, causing cascading...
Polymarket Is Cracking Down on Insider Trading with Updated Rules
Polymarket has overhauled its market‑integrity rules to curb insider trading, banning trades based on stolen confidential information, illegal tips, and positions of authority. The platform will increase surveillance, ban offending wallets, refer cases to law enforcement, and impose monetary penalties....
Nigerian Crypto Startup Roqqu Draws 30,000 Users to Its Futures Product
Nigerian crypto platform Roqqu attracted over 30,000 users to its futures derivatives during beta, prompting a full launch with a 0.1% trading fee. The startup is simultaneously reviving its crypto‑backed card offering and planning a prediction‑market product to broaden its...
6 Best Free AI Crypto Trading Bot Apps for Beginners in 2026: Reviews and Comparison
In 2026, AI-powered crypto trading bots have become essential for investors seeking 24/7 market participation without manual oversight. The article reviews six free platforms—BitsStrategy, Pionex, 3Commas, Cryptohopper, Bitsgap, and OctoBot—highlighting their automation levels, beginner friendliness, and unique features. BitsStrategy stands...
Amber Group-Backed Perp DEX edgeX to Launch Token on March 31
Decentralized perpetuals exchange edgeX, backed by Amber Group, announced that its native EDGE token will undergo a token generation event and listing on March 31. The total supply of 1 billion tokens includes a 25% airdrop at launch, with an additional up...
Kraken Hires Binance Exec Lorenzo Capone to Lead Italy and Southern Europe Growth
Kraken announced the appointment of former Binance executive Lorenzo Capone as Head of Regional Growth for Italy and Southern Europe. Capone, based in Rome, spent the last five years leading Binance’s marketing and business development in Italy. His academic credentials span...
Clear Street Launches Digital Asset Trading
Clear Street has launched Clear Street Digital, enabling institutional clients to execute large‑scale OTC spot trades in major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and a broad range of altcoins and stablecoins. The new service leverages the firm’s existing clearing,...
QuSecure Deployment Cited as Real-World Precedent in SEC Post-Quantum Framework
The SEC’s Post‑Quantum Financial Infrastructure Framework (PQFIF) has highlighted the four‑month deployment of QuSecure’s QuProtect platform at Banco Sabadell, executed with Accenture, as the first real‑world implementation precedent for post‑quantum cryptography in banking. The case study demonstrates that large financial...
Crypto Investors Sent 100,000 Capital Gains Tax Warning Letters – Do You Need to Pay Tax?
HM Revenue & Customs has dramatically stepped up enforcement on crypto assets, sending 101,024 capital‑gains‑tax warning letters between 2020 and 2025. This volume is over 40 times greater than the letters issued for shares, making crypto investors its biggest CGT...
Market Swings by $3 Trillion as Bitcoin Price Explodes Upward in 5 Minutes
Donald Trump’s Truth Social post claiming a de‑escalation with Iran triggered a rapid market repricing on March 23, 2026. Within five minutes Bitcoin surged from the high $67,000s to over $70,000, adding roughly $2 trillion in market value before a partial...
STOKR Appoints Subhankar Sinha as Senior Advisor
STOKR, a digital investment platform, has hired Subhankar Sinha as Senior Advisor. Sinha will guide the company’s fund tokenization strategy, emphasizing money‑market‑fund (MMF) tokenization and expanding STOKR’s institutional reach in the United States. He brings former leadership of blockchain at...
Nasdaq, Talos Partner on Tokenized Collateral Management
Nasdaq and digital‑asset platform Talos announced a partnership to link Talos’ infrastructure with Nasdaq’s Calypso and Trade Surveillance systems, creating an integrated solution for tokenized collateral management. The collaboration aims to unlock over $35 billion of capital currently tied up in...
Practical Roadmap to Opening a Blockchain Startup
Dubai has emerged as a regulated hub for blockchain startups, offering clear licensing categories, dedicated virtual‑asset authorities, and government‑backed Web3 infrastructure. Entrepreneurs must select the appropriate jurisdiction—mainland or free‑zone—based on activity type, capital needs, and banking compatibility. The step‑by‑step formation...
Nasdaq Seeks to Build Crypto Into Wall Street’s Market Plumbing
Nasdaq announced a partnership with digital‑asset technology firm Talos to embed crypto trading and risk‑management tools into its existing exchange infrastructure. The collaboration will let banks and brokers handle crypto collateral, surveillance, and settlement on the same platforms used for...
APAC Crypto Adoption Skyrockets While India and U.S. Still Top the Ranks, Finds Recent Study
Global cryptocurrency adoption accelerated in 2026, with the Asia‑Pacific region experiencing a sharp surge in user activity. Despite the regional boom, India remains the world leader in overall crypto adoption, followed closely by the United States. The study, compiled by...
ZachXBT Says Fake X Accounts Used Viral War Content to Drive Crypto Scams
Blockchain analyst ZachXBT exposed a coordinated network of more than ten X accounts that used AI‑generated war and geopolitical posts to lure users into crypto scams. The fake profiles impersonated influencers, posted sensational "doomposts," and then promoted fraudulent token giveaways,...
Trump Regulators Forge Ahead with Crypto Rules Amid Senate Holdups
The SEC, together with the CFTC, released guidance that categorizes digital assets into five groups, clarifying that only digital securities are subject to securities law. This move comes as Congress wrestles with market‑structure legislation, with the Senate’s bills delayed over...
Sweden’s H100 Targets Norwegian Firms in All-Stock Bitcoin Deal
Sweden‑listed H100 Group signed a letter of intent to acquire Norwegian Bitcoin firms Moonshot and Never Say Die in an all‑stock transaction, adding roughly 2,450 BTC to its holdings. The deal would raise H100’s total to about 3,501 Bitcoin, valued...
The UK Stablecoin Is Already Here – Scottish Banknotes
The UK government is eager to regulate stablecoins, but Scotland already operates a stable‑coin regime through its own banknotes. Issued by three commercial banks, Scottish notes circulate as legal currency backed by assets, and the Banking Act 2009’s definition allows them...
Primož Dolenc: Opening Address - "Stablecoins and Their Impact on Financial Stability"
Primož Dolenc, Governor of Banka Slovenije, warned that the rapid growth of stablecoins—now valued at about $315 bn—poses financial stability challenges. He highlighted the dominance of US‑dollar‑backed coins like Tether and USDC and the risk of monetary fragmentation despite Europe’s MiCAR...
VeZoom Joins Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 as Gold Sponsor
VeZoom announced its gold‑level sponsorship of the Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026, positioning its DePIN‑based meeting platform at the forefront of the event. The platform distinguishes itself by using Ve‑Box hardware nodes to deliver truly decentralized communication without centralized servers....
Bithumb Seeks to Reappoint CEO Despite Recent Controversies: Report
Bithumb, South Korea’s second‑largest cryptocurrency exchange, is moving to reappoint CEO Lee Jae‑won for another two years at its March 31 shareholders’ meeting. The push comes after the firm was hit with a 36.8 billion‑won fine and a six‑month partial suspension for...
A Great List of Questions for a Bank’s Leadership
Chris Skinner proposes a comprehensive list of cryptocurrency questions that bank leaders should be able to answer. The list spans basics, blockchain technology, security, economics, regulation, use cases, future outlook, and critical thinking. By mastering at least one of these...
Global Turmoil Pushes Uptake of Decentralized Messengers, Social Media
Global unrest and government-imposed app bans have sparked a surge in interest for decentralized, blockchain‑based messaging and social media platforms. Search interest in decentralized social media has risen 145% over five years, and apps like Bitchat saw download spikes during...
Hong Kong’s Boyaa Interactive Eyes $70M Crypto Treasury Expansion
Hong Kong‑based Boyaa Interactive International is seeking shareholder approval to allocate up to $70 million for crypto‑treasury expansion over the next year. The firm already controls roughly $285 million in Bitcoin and Ether, placing it as the 23rd‑largest corporate Bitcoin holder worldwide...
The Best Crypto to Buy for Long-Term Investors Right Now
The article argues that Bitcoin remains the premier cryptocurrency for long‑term investors, commanding roughly 60% of the market and a $1.4 trillion market cap. Despite a 41% pullback from its recent high, its 21‑million supply cap, decentralized network and strong adoption...
Michael Saylor Hints at Bitcoin Buy as Strategy’s Stack Slips 10% Into the Red
Strategy Investment’s Bitcoin treasury, overseen by executive chair Michael Saylor, has slipped into a roughly 10 % unrealized loss as Bitcoin prices fell 4 % over the weekend. Despite the dip, Saylor hinted at further purchases, referencing the firm’s cumulative $52 billion Bitcoin...
How to Evaluate a Crypto Trading Platform Before Investing
Crypto exchanges are the backbone of digital‑asset trading, yet their security, regulatory compliance, and operational reliability differ markedly. Investors must conduct thorough due diligence before depositing funds, focusing on jurisdiction, custody arrangements, security safeguards, liquidity, fee structures, and transparency. The...
Bitcoin Dips Under $69K Amid War and Regulatory Worries
Bitcoin fell below $69,000 on March 22, its lowest level since the start of the month, marking a roughly 20% decline since the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran on Feb. 28. The price drop is being driven by heightened geopolitical tension...
Why Crypto Hacks Don’t End and Continue Even when the Money Is Gone
Immunefi’s 2026 State of On‑chain Security report shows that crypto hacks inflict damage far beyond the initial theft. While the median hack value fell to $2.2 million, the average loss stayed near $24.5 million, with the five biggest exploits accounting for 62%...
Retail Was Promised Fair Markets. So Why Does the House Keep Winning?
The article argues that while crypto and stock markets have opened to retail investors, the underlying infrastructure still funnels value to institutions, venues, and market makers. Public blockchains provide unprecedented transparency, yet the fastest data processors and routing systems give...
New Crypto Regulations Likely to Be Big Favor to the Trump Family, Industry Insiders Say
U.S. regulators the SEC and CFTC issued new crypto guidelines that reclassify most digital assets as commodities, collectibles, payment tokens or "digital tools," removing them from strict securities oversight. The taxonomy exempts meme‑coins and other Trump‑family tokens such as $Trump,...
XRP Falls 3% as Breakdown Below $1.44 and Bitcoin Weakness Caps Recovery
XRP slid about 2.6% to $1.41 on March 22 after breaching the $1.44 support level. The breakout was accompanied by selling volume more than three times the daily average, pushing the token toward the $1.40 support zone. The move continues a...