The financial regulator’s plan to reinterpret how federal securities laws apply to crypto assets is ”pending review” by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has forwarded its proposal to have most crypto assets not treated as securities under federal law to the White House’s Office of …
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Institutional investors just bought an overall total of $230 million in Bitcoin and crypto assets in one week, according to a new update from CoinShares. The inflows mark a slowdown from recent weeks. In the first two days of the week, inflows surged to $635 million. Then the FOMC meeting triggered a sharp reversal, with …
March 23rd, 2026 – Tel Aviv, Israel Playnance has introduced the first Democratic Social Gaming Protocol, a new model for decentralized, participation-driven digital economies. In an industry where platforms are built to profit from user activity, Playnance introduces a fundamentally different approach: a system where users can participate in protocol-based rewards linked to network activity. …
Prediction platform Polymarket has updated its market integrity rules to align more closely with regulatory standards and expand its presence as a regulated trading platform amid growing scrutiny of manipulation and insider trading risks. In a Monday announcement, the company outlined updated rules governing both its global decentralized finance platform and its US exchange, which …
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Bitcoin (BTC) spot volumes on Binance have dropped to their lowest level since September 2023, indicating that the current intraday price rise may not be backed by strong demand. The rally above $71,700 on Monday appears to be driven mainly by news headlines and liquidations in the Bitcoin futures markets. Binance volumes and exchange flows …
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MoonPay has released an open-source wallet standard designed to let AI agents hold funds and execute transactions across blockchains, addressing a key gap in how autonomous software interacts with crypto systems. According to Monday’s announcement, the standard introduces a shared way for AI agents to access and use wallets across tools and blockchains, replacing fragmented …
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Bitcoin’s (BTC) failure to close the week above the 200-week exponential moving average (EMA) on Sunday put it at risk of another downward leg over the coming weeks or months. Key takeaways: Bitcoin price signals “structural weakness” with failure to close week above a key trend line. Analysts say the next breakdown clears path for …
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Opinion by: Nanak Nihal Khalsa, co-founder of Holonym Foundation For most of the last cycle, crypto teams convinced themselves that airdrops were community building. In practice, they became something else entirely: a large-scale training program that taught people how to extract value as efficiently as possible and leave. That outcome was not an accident. It …
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Stablecoins could benefit from the rise of AI-driven payments over time, even as early adoption remains limited and contested, according to a new report from Bernstein. In a Monday note shared with Cointelegraph, the broker said stablecoins could help unlock machine-to-machine payments by making microtransactions viable and enabling programmable, conditional payments between software agents without …
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Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week facing fresh macro risks as gold plummets and traders wait for $50,000. BTC price action ends the week below a key trend line, and traders see little more than an early-week bounce for bulls. Price looks more and more like it is repeating January’s bear flag — and targets …
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Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said on Monday he uncovered a coordinated network of accounts on X using exaggerated or fake war and geopolitical posts to lure users into crypto scams. The investigation identified more than 10 linked X accounts allegedly purchased with follower bases that pushed sensational content and scam links, according to an X thread …
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will return approximately $470,735 to two victims of a cryptocurrency investment scam after federal authorities successfully traced and seized stolen digital assets. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine, the victims lost more than $800,000 in 2022 after transferring funds to cryptocurrency wallets controlled by …
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is sanctioning a North Korean criminal organization for allegedly stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from businesses in data extortion schemes. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) says it’s sanctioning six individuals and two firms for aiding North Korea (DPRK) defraud businesses out of $800,000,000 in …
Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is reportedly seeking to reappoint CEO Lee Jae-won despite recent alleged anti-money laundering failures and other controversies, according to the Korea Times. The exchange will convene its regular shareholders’ meeting on March 31, and a proposal to keep Lee in the top job will be put …
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Boyaa Interactive International is the 23rd-largest Bitcoin treasury and the third-largest in Asia, behind Japan’s Metaplanet and China’s Next Technology Holding. Hong Kong-based Web3 gaming firm Boyaa Interactive International said it is seeking shareholder approval to expand its crypto treasury, planning up to $70 million in purchases over the next year. In a statement on …
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