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In brief The CFTC has issued a staff advisory to exchanges and has launched an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment. Chairman Michael Selig said the agency will defend its jurisdiction over event-contract markets as states increasingly challenge platforms tied to

At GDC 2026 in San Francisco, where NEXUS is running a 12-booth installation at the Moscone Center, the company announced a signed MOU with WolvesCo, also known as WolvesDAO. WolvesCo is a Web3 think tank with a reputation for thought leadership, venture capital insight, and community building

Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for February brought some relief to the market. Inflation appears sufficiently "soft" to maintain expectations for interest rate cuts, as consumer prices rose 0.3% month-over-month and 2.4% year-over-year. Meanwhile, core CPI increased 0.2% monthly and 2.5% annually. Housing costs

The US Senate’s newly passed Housing Act does not clearly distinguish between retail and wholesale versions of a CBDC. The definition of the act, though, implies that the CBDC prohibition applies only to the retail version, which is designed to be widely available to the public. The US Senate

Binance has announced the listing of Midnight Network’s NIGHT token on the exchange and distributed 240 million NIGHT tokens to its HODLer Airdrops page members. Charles Hoskinson described the listing as a ‘major accomplishment’ for the Cardano ecosystem, which will introduce NIGHT to 500 mi

Akuna Wallet entered the Bank of Ghana’s VASP sandbox to test Stellar-based cross-border payment tools for creators and freelancers. The platform targets payment costs in Sub-Saharan Africa, where cross-border transfers average 8.8%, above the UN’s 3% goal. Akuna Wallet has joined the Bank o

Brave Wallet v1.88 added NEAR Intents, enabling cross-chain swaps across Bitcoin, Solana, Zcash, Cardano, and EVM networks. NEAR Intents has processed over 19 million swaps and more than $14 billion in volume across 35 chains before this wallet integration. Brave has added NEAR Intents to it

Osmosis has proposed merging its chain into the Cosmos Hub to make its DEX native infrastructure for the Hub. The merger would swap OSMO tokens for ATOM at a rate of 0.0355:1.998, based on price patterns in the past 30 days. Osmosis, the largest decentralized application in the Cosmos

VeChain's StarGate staking platform has experienced significant growth post-Hayabusa fork, cutting annual VTHO emissions by 50.2% and increasing active stakers by 93.9%. The platform now holds 10.7 billion VET, enhancing user participation and rewards structure.

Spot XRP ETFs have recorded a net outflow of just 9 days since their launch at the start of November; cumulative net inflows hit $1.4 billion. At the end of 2025, Goldman Sachs held $154 million worth of the ETFs, topping the list of the 30 largest holders. Spot XRP exchange-traded funds hav

Kraken plans to list PI as Pi Network advances recent protocol upgrades and moves closer to its March 12 upgrade deadline. PI is already listed on OKX, Bitget, HTX, and BitMart, while token unlocks beginning March 12 could increase near-term supply. Kraken has moved toward listing Pi Network

Pudgy Penguins launched the Pudgy World browser game, boosting ecosystem visibility and community engagement. PENGU token jumped about 9% as trading volume surged past $105 million. Market attention pushed PENGU near top trending tokens on CoinGecko. Pudgy Penguins has taken another

Ripple plans to buy back up to $750 million in shares from investors and employees by the end of next month, insiders have revealed. The buybacks would value the company at $50 billion, and come six months after a similar plan to buy back $1 billion in shares from employees failed. Ripple

Bitcoin is edging toward the upper-$70,000 zone as fresh demand signals emerge from spot markets, ETFs, and corporate accumulation. The asset traded close to $74,000 while posting a 10.42% weekly gain—the strongest seven-day performance since September 2025. Analysts point to a confluence of

BlackRock’s head of digital assets, Robert Mitchnick, outlined a cautious but active posture toward crypto exchange-traded products as the asset manager debuted a staking-focused Ether ETF this week. Speaking on CNBC, Mitchnick acknowledged that some exotic ETF structures being piloted by peers

Stellar added x402 support to enable AI agents and apps to pay for APIs and digital services through direct stablecoin transactions. x402 enables machine-t0-machine payments to settle instantly and at low fees across a blockchain network.  Stellar has launched x402 support to help power AI a

Aave Labs has proposed a two-part licensing framework for V4 repositories: a business source license and a contributor licensing agreement. The first would restrict commercial use of all core repositories for some time, while the second would allow the Aave DAO to use and modify code from contributors.

EMURGO says that Cardano is at an inflection point as it pivots from focusing solely on infrastructure to building around people and experiences. Charles Hoskinson wants the Treasury to create a new investment index that buys up to 30% of tokens from select projects, as most dApps struggle to

In a pair of posts that lit up crypto social feeds on Saturday, Paolo Ardoino, the chief executive of Tether, posed a blunt question about the next frontier of regulation: should autonomous AI agents be subject to age verification? Ardoino asked whether such checks should be tied to the humans who o