India’s Digital Rupee (E₹) and E-Commerce Giants: Facts and Myths Around Retail CBDC Launch
India’s central bank has continued its digital rupee (E₹) pilot, but a retail rollout on e‑commerce platforms such as Amazon and Flipkart remains unrealised. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has onboarded a handful of banks, fintechs and select merchants for limited‑scope testing, focusing on settlement speed and compliance. Analysts’ expectations of an immediate launch were fueled by speculation rather than concrete milestones. The article separates verified progress from circulating myths about a full‑scale CBDC debut.
21shares Launches Polkadot ETF (TDOT) in the United States
21shares announced the launch of the 21shares Polkadot ETF (ticker TDOT) on Nasdaq, effective March 6, 2026. The physically‑backed fund holds DOT tokens and charges a 0.30% expense ratio, giving investors exposure to Polkadot without managing digital wallets. Polkadot’s cross‑chain...
Crypto Payment Gateways Market Set to Grow From $1.2B Today to Nearly $6B by 2035
The crypto payment gateway market, valued at roughly $1.2 billion in 2023, is projected to surge to $6.03 billion by 2035. Analysts forecast a robust 13.6% compound annual growth rate, reflecting a shift from niche tools to a core operating layer for...
Dubai Crypto Regulator Says KuCoin Exchange Is Operating without Proper License and Must Stop
Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has ordered cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin to cease operations in the emirate, citing the absence of a required local licence. VARA also warned that any promotion or solicitation of KuCoin’s services violates its regulations and...
Vancouver Mayor's Bitcoin Investment Proposal Blocked by City, Provincial Law
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s proposal to allocate city reserve funds into bitcoin was rejected after staff concluded the investment violates the Vancouver Charter and British Columbia’s Municipal Finance Authority Act. The charter restricts municipal assets to government securities, bonds, and...
Pudgy Penguins Accused of Infringing Original Penguin Trademark
Original Penguin’s owner, PEI Licensing, filed a Florida federal lawsuit against NFT collection Pudgy Penguins, alleging trademark infringement, dilution, and unfair competition over similar penguin designs on apparel. The complaint cites PEI’s use of the “PENGUIN” word mark since 1967...
Lyn Alden Tips Bitcoin Outperforming Gold over Next ‘Two to Three Years’
Lyn Alden, a macroeconomist, predicts Bitcoin will outperform gold through 2029, despite gold’s recent all‑time high and euphoric sentiment. She characterizes gold’s rally as not a bubble and notes Bitcoin’s price is down 44% from its October peak, facing extreme...
Top Crypto Coins to Invest in 2026: APEMARS Presale Hits $280K Milestone as MYX Finance Falls and Solana Price Prediction...
The APEMARS presale has crossed the $280,000 mark, selling 12.2 billion tokens and opening Stage 10 at $0.00009131 with a planned $0.0055 listing price. The token promises a staggering 5,923% ROI for early buyers, backed by 63% APY staking and a 9.34%...
Almost Nobody Is Talking About Altseason Anymore. That May Be Bullish
Retail discussion of “altseason” has plunged to its lowest level in at least two years, according to Santiment’s social volume tracker. Historically, such silence has coincided with the end of price tops and the start of altcoin rallies, while major...
XRP Drops 3% After Failing to Break $1.45 Resistance
XRP slipped 3.3% to $1.4108 after another failed attempt to clear the $1.43‑$1.45 resistance zone. Trading volume surged 74% above its average, confirming that sellers dominate the short‑term trend. The $1.40 level now serves as a pivotal support, with a...
Solv Protocol Offers 10% Bounty After Hacker Snatches $2.7M
Solv Protocol disclosed that a token vault was exploited, resulting in a $2.7 million loss after a hacker leveraged a smart‑contract bug to mint tokens and swap them for SolvBTC. The breach affected fewer than ten users, with 38.05 SolvBTC taken,...
SEC, Justin Sun Reach Settlement over Tron Lawsuit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement with Rainberry Inc., the company behind the Tron network, imposing a $10 million civil penalty and a ban on future securities violations. All remaining claims against Justin Sun, the Tron Foundation, and...
Short Seller Culper Bets Against Ether, Tom Lee's BitMine Citing 'Death Spiral' Risk
Culper Research has turned bearish on ether after the December 2025 Fusaka upgrade flooded the network with excess blockspace, driving transaction fees down by roughly 90%. Lower fees cut validator earnings, threatening staking yields and potentially weakening network security. The...
Agencies Clarify the Capital Treatment of Tokenized Securities
On March 5, 2026 the FDIC, Federal Reserve Board and OCC released a joint FAQ clarifying the capital treatment of tokenized securities. The agencies state that eligible tokenized securities should generally receive the same capital treatment as their non‑tokenized counterparts, emphasizing that...
Liminal Custody Surpasses $100 Billion in Institutional Transactions
Liminal Custody announced it has processed over $100 billion in on‑chain transactions, encompassing nearly 5 million transfers across more than 20 blockchains. The platform’s annual volume surged from $1.4 billion in 2022 to $72 billion in 2025, driven largely by stablecoin‑focused cross‑border payment firms,...
IRS 1099-DA Reporting Gaps Could Cause Crypto Investors to Overpay Taxes by $14,500, Summ Analysis Finds
Summ’s analysis of 30,000 U.S. crypto traders finds the new IRS Form 1099‑DA routinely omits purchase‑price data when assets move between non‑reporting and reporting platforms. The omission inflates reported capital gains by an average of $14,500 per investor, creating $435 million in...
MUFG Launches First Own Brand Real Estate Security Token for $142 Million
MUFG’s trust division has launched its first own‑brand real‑estate security token, the MUFG Realty Token, valued at ¥22.4 billion ($142 million) for the Osaka Dojimahama Tower. The token is issued on Progmat, the blockchain platform MUFG founded and now partially owns. Distribution...
IRS Proposes Rules for Electronic 1099-A Statements
The IRS and Treasury have issued proposed regulations allowing cryptocurrency brokers to deliver the new Form 1099‑DA electronically starting Jan. 1, 2027. Brokers would need customer consent and must meet enhanced electronic notice and access requirements, but they would no longer have to...
FBI Arrests Suspect Linked to $46M Crypto Theft From US Marshals
The FBI, in coordination with France's elite Gendarmerie unit, arrested John Daghita on Saint Martin for allegedly stealing more than $46 million in cryptocurrency seized by the U.S. Marshals Service. Daghita, the son of a government‑contractor CEO, is accused of abusing his...
CMC Markets Begins 24/7 Blockchain Settlements with J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys
CMC Markets has launched a 24/7 blockchain settlement platform in partnership with Kinexys Digital Payments, a JPMorgan unit. The solution uses JPMorgan’s JPMCoin on the public Base blockchain to move cash instantly across currencies and regions. Live testing confirmed near‑real‑time...
DPRK Hackers Target Crypto Firms, Steal Keys and Cloud Assets in Coordinated Attacks
Suspected North Korean‑linked threat actors launched a coordinated campaign against cryptocurrency firms, exploiting the critical React2Shell (CVE‑2025‑55182) remote code execution flaw in React Server Components and Next.js. After gaining initial web‑app access, they leveraged stolen AWS tokens to enumerate and...
OCC's GENIUS Implementation Draft Rule Keeps Yield on the Table
The OCC has issued a draft implementation rule for the GENIUS Act that establishes a rebuttable presumption that stablecoin issuers and their affiliates may not pay interest or yield on payment stablecoins. While the language appears to ban direct yield,...
The Crypto Boom Quietly Building in the U.S. Right Now
The U.S. crypto market is entering a quiet boom driven by institutional infrastructure, advancing blockchain technology, and a more educated investor base. Large financial firms are rolling out custody solutions, settlement platforms, and tokenized products, creating a stable foundation for...
Arctic Intelligence, BitCompli Team up on Digital Asset Risk Tools
Arctic Intelligence and BitCompli announced a strategic partnership to deliver enterprise‑wide risk assessments for digital‑asset firms worldwide. The collaboration combines Arctic’s Arctic Accelerate platform with BitCompli’s regulatory expertise to meet tightening rules such as the UK FCA, EU MiCA, and...
After Raising $5.5 Million for Hyperbridge, Polytope Labs Wants to Build for Nigerian Fintechs Too
Polytope Labs, fresh from a $5.5 million raise, is building an on‑chain stablecoin infrastructure to streamline foreign‑exchange settlement for Nigerian fintechs. The product sits atop its Intent Gateway, part of the Hyperbridge protocol, which has already processed roughly $500 million in cross‑chain...
Exclusive: Venture Giant A16z Crypto Targeting Around $2 Billion for Its Fifth Fund Amid Blockchain Market Downturn, Sources Say
Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm, a16z crypto, is raising its fifth venture fund targeting about $2 billion, with a planned close by mid‑2026. The raise is smaller than the 2022 $4.5 billion fund but follows a faster, shorter fundraising cycle to match crypto’s...
Western Union Teams with Crossmint to Support USDPT Stablecoin on Solana
Western Union has teamed with crypto‑payments firm Crossmint to launch its USDPT stablecoin on the Solana blockchain. The collaboration embeds Crossmint’s wallet and payment APIs into Western Union’s infrastructure, allowing fintech platforms to move funds via the stablecoin and tap...
How This Week's Rout in Korean Stocks Might Have Triggered Crypto's Surge Higher
South Korea’s Kospi plunged roughly 20% over two sessions, ending a ten‑month rally that had lifted the index nearly 180% on AI‑linked stocks. The sharp equity correction coincided with a modest resurgence in domestic crypto trading, as retail investors reallocated...
NEXUS and Playwith Korea to Launch Seal M on CROSS Globally on March 19th
NEXUS and Playwith Korea will globally launch Seal M on CROSS, a mobile MMORPG built on the CROSS on‑chain gaming platform, on March 19, 2026. The title reimagines the classic Seal Online with cartoon‑style graphics, combo combat and new blockchain‑linked...
BlockDAG Price Prediction 2026: Pepeto Stands Out as Best Crypto to Buy Now as BDAG Faces Post-Launch Volatility and BitGo...
BitGo Europe launched its crypto‑as‑a‑service platform across all 30 EEA nations under the EU’s MiCA framework, giving banks and fintechs regulated custody, trading and fiat‑on‑ramp APIs. The rollout removes a major regulatory barrier, paving the way for institutional capital to...
Uniswap Price Prediction 2026: Pepeto Presale Stakes a Claim as Best Crypto to Buy Now as UNI Eyes $27M Revenue...
Uniswap’s governance vote on March 2, 2026 proposes extending its fee switch to eight additional Layer 2 networks, potentially adding $27 million in annual revenue and bringing total fee‑burn funding to about $61 million. The move follows BlackRock’s recent investment and pushes UNI toward becoming...
Crypto's New Run 'Has Legs' Says Analyst Citing Trump's Press on Policy, Institutional Adoption
Clear Street analyst Owen Lau argues that crypto’s recent 44% drawdown may be ending, signaling an inflection point for the market. Bitcoin has rallied about 11% this week, closing in on the $75,000 resistance level. Positive regulatory cues—including President Trump’s...
Trump Met Coinbase CEO Before Slamming Banks over Crypto Bill: Report
President Donald Trump met privately with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong after a delegation of Coinbase representatives visited the White House. Trump subsequently posted on Truth Social demanding that the U.S. "get Market Structure done, ASAP," and warned banks against undermining...
RedStone Oracle Infra Goes Live on Stellar to Boost DeFi on the Network
Oracle provider RedStone has deployed its price‑feed infrastructure on the Stellar blockchain, aiming to strengthen the network’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Stellar’s on‑chain real‑world asset (RWA) value recently surpassed $1.3 billion, a 25 % rise in the last month and 50 % year‑to‑date....
Sats Terminal Scores Funding
Sats Terminal, a Bitcoin‑native financial super‑app, secured a strategic investment from Gate Ventures, though the amount remains undisclosed. The partnership follows a $1.7 million pre‑seed round led by Coinbase Ventures and Draper Associates in late 2025. Sats Terminal provides a modular...
How Crypto Is Quietly Solving Problems That Go Way Beyond Money
Crypto’s rapid development is delivering solutions that extend far beyond speculative trading. Chainlink’s Verifiable Random Function supplies tamper‑proof on‑chain randomness, while the Sign‑In With Ethereum standard replaces passwords with cryptographic wallet signatures. Moreover, on‑chain tokens provide genuine digital ownership, opening...
MEXC Expands Tokenized Stock Offerings with New Ondo Finance Listings
MEXC has broadened its tokenized equity suite by adding 17 new US‑stock pairs and seven defense‑energy tokens through its partnership with Ondo Finance. The assets are ERC‑20 tokens on Ethereum, settled against USDT, with underlying shares held in regulated trust...
CEO of Crypto Investment Firm Keyrock Says Bitcoin Is Undervalued, Entering ‘Transition Year’
Keyrock CEO Kevin de Patoul says Bitcoin, trading around $73,000, is undervalued and that 2026 marks a structural "transition year" rather than a breakout cycle. He points to regulatory progress and growing institutional on‑chain activity as catalysts that have not yet...
Brian Armstrong Met with Trump Before the President Slammed Banks over Crypto Bill
U.S. President Donald Trump met privately with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong shortly before Trump posted a criticism of banks on Truth Social, accusing them of undermining the GENIUS Act. In the post, Trump urged rapid passage of a market‑structure bill...
Crypto Campaign PAC Fairshake Marks First Wins in 2026 U.S. Congressional Primaries
Fairshake, the crypto industry’s super PAC, is celebrating early victories in the 2026 congressional primaries, backing several pro‑crypto Republicans in Texas and incumbents in Arkansas and North Carolina. Jessica Steinmann won Texas’ 8th District with nearly 70% after receiving over...
Institutional Investors May Be Buying the Dip as Traders Pour $1.7 Billion Into Spot Bitcoin ETFs
Institutional investors are adding roughly $1.7 billion to U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs since Feb. 24, reversing months of $9 billion outflows. The inflows suggest a dip‑buying mindset and belief that Bitcoin has found a short‑term floor. Unlike earlier basis‑trade strategies, the new capital...
Crypto Long & Short: Why Bitcoin's Quantum Fears Will Pass Just Like the Climate Panic
Bitcoin’s price dip has reignited fears that quantum computing could break its cryptography, echoing the climate‑risk panic that once threatened the asset’s reputation. The article notes that, as with the 2021 energy debate, the crypto sector is now publishing hard...
This Startup Wants to Bring Bitcoin to Africans Who Can’t Afford the Internet
Machankura, a South African startup, enables Bitcoin transactions via USSD, allowing feature‑phone users across ten African countries to send, receive, and spend crypto without internet access. The service, built on Africa's Talking USSD infrastructure and the Bitcoin Lightning Network, has...
The Most Common Swap Scams in 2026, and How to Avoid Them
Crypto swap scams have become more sophisticated in 2026, targeting users across DEXs and centralized exchanges. Scammers use fake interfaces, phishing URLs, unlimited approval requests, and MEV sandwich attacks to drain funds. The guide outlines common vectors—approval and permit scams,...
Africa’s Crypto Is Complex. Josephine Inika Has Made a Career Simplifying It.
Josephine Inika, Head of Content at crypto‑fintech platform Obiex, has built a career on turning complex cryptocurrency concepts into clear, audience‑first language for Nigerians and other African markets. Her method relies on first‑principles questioning, relentless simplification, and a pre‑mortem mindset...
Mastercard and Visa Enrich Stablecoin Settlement Capabilities to Supercharge Global Payments in 2026
Mastercard and Visa announced expanded support for stablecoin settlement, enabling tokenized dollar transactions on their networks starting March 2026. The move includes the launch of stablecoin‑backed debit cards that settle directly in digital dollars rather than traditional fiat. By shifting...
ARQ Raises $70M To Expand Stablecoin Banking In Latin America
ARQ, formerly DolarApp, raised $70 million in a Series B led by Sequoia Capital and Founders Fund. The funding will fuel a rebrand, team expansion, and rollout of new financial products beyond its core stablecoin remittance service. With more than two million...
Crypto Custody Explained: Types, Benefits, and Risks
Institutional investors are accelerating into crypto, but large‑scale participation hinges on trustworthy custody solutions. Custodians protect private keys, offer multi‑signature and MPC safeguards, and align with regulatory frameworks, turning speculative assets into investable instruments. Providers such as WhiteBIT Institutional illustrate...
Crypto Coin Minute for March 4th, 2026 at 05:15 AM Pacific Time.
Bitcoin surged to $71,368, up 6.3% in the past 24 hours, while Ethereum, Binance Coin, XRP, and Solana posted double‑digit gains. A former LAPD officer was convicted of a $350,000 crypto theft and kidnapping scheme. Bitmine, led by Tom Lees,...
Ripple Payments Now Handles More of the Payments Lifecycle
Ripple has expanded its Ripple Payments platform into a single, end‑to‑end solution that unifies fiat and on‑chain payment flows. The expansion follows Ripple’s 2025 acquisitions of custody firm Palisade and stablecoin‑powered payments network Rail, adding virtual accounts, FX, and liquidity...