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Bitmine Immersion Technologies has launched MAVAN, an Ethereum staking platform for institutions, aiming to become the world's largest staking network. Holding 3.14 million ETH valued at $6.8 billion, the company plans to transition its treasury to MAVAN, projected to generate nearly $300 million in annual staking profits.

In the LIBRA criminal case in Buenos Aires, forensic documents revealed unsigned contracts involving Cardano, with contract objectives including integration with the Argentine government. Hoskinson denied involvement with the contract and stated he rejected the proposal. Call records in the documents showed frequent contact between Novelli and Milei, becoming important evidence in the investigation.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has signaled that tokenization is moving from a speculative idea to a practical policy agenda, saying the debate is no longer about whether asset and money tokenization has a future in Australia, but how it should be implemented. In a speech in Sydney on 25

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DeriW, a decentralized perpetual derivatives exchange incubated by CoinW, launched Edge Hour on March 25, 2026, a time-limited trading competition platform with a $1 million inaugural season prize pool. The platform compresses traditional multi-week trading challenges into sessions lasting one to

Bitcoin monthly options will expire on March 27, with open interest reaching $18.6 billion, of which call options account for $11.2 billion. As high as 92% of call contracts are expected to expire worthless, with bears holding structural advantages. Macroeconomic factors such as inflation, geopolitical conflicts, and credit tightening are pressuring the market, with liquidity sensitivity around options expiration potentially impacting the spot market.

A group of popular wallets on Polymarket, suspected of insider activity, is betting on a US-Iran ceasefire by March 31. This coincides with Trump's claims of effective talks with Iran, which Tehran rejects. On-chain data indicates these wallets previously profited from significant bets around US-Iran tensions.

Recently, Brent crude oil prices have declined while gold continues to rise, displaying stagflationary market characteristics. Bitcoin's price movement has gradually decoupled from oil and shifted toward tracking gold, reflecting institutional investors' view of it as a hedge asset. The Federal Reserve's high interest rate policy has intensified market concerns about inflation and economic growth slowdown. This phenomenon is historically closely associated with major macroeconomic shifts.

The Financial Supervisory Commission plans to regulate cryptocurrency KOL advertising and order-taking behavior through amendments to the Financial Consumer Protection Act to fill regulatory gaps, requiring virtual asset service providers to assume contractual responsibility. Additionally, some KOLs have recently been called out for operating without registration, reminding investors to identify order-taking fraud schemes and choose legitimate platforms.

Google announced setting a post-quantum cryptography migration deadline of 2029, warning that quantum computing threats may arrive sooner than expected. The deadline is based on accelerated progress in quantum hardware and error correction technology. Blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have also begun deploying post-quantum security solutions, though the community remains divided on the severity of the threat.

Ripple is testing its RLUSD stablecoin in the Monetary Authority of Singapore's regulatory sandbox, aiming to leverage blockchain technology to automate trade finance payment processes to reduce costs and enhance efficiency. This pilot will enable auto-triggered payments without manual approval, increasing transaction transparency. XRP is currently trading in the range of $1.41 to $1.42, with analysts bullish on its long-term value potential.

Stablecoin issuer Circle froze the USDC balances of 16 hot wallets on March 24, 2026, disrupting operations at several exchanges, casinos, and foreign currency exchange platforms in connection with a sealed US civil case, according to on-chain investigator ZachXBT.

Taiwan currently has approximately 1 million cryptocurrency users, representing 10% of the total population. The financial regulatory authority has proposed a draft "Virtual Asset Service Law" that requires operators to place customer assets in trust and segregate them from company assets. Three offshore operators have already established companies in Taiwan to seek compliance licenses. Traditional banks are also actively entering the virtual asset sector, demonstrating the potential of digital asset development.

Bitcoin (BTC) is testing the $71,500 zone — an important technical level across multiple timeframes — amid current signals indicating that the price trend is leaning toward the possibility of extending the upward momentum to the $80,000 region. While the market remains divided between speculative activity in the futures market

BitGo partners with Matter Labs of ZKsync to provide banks with end-to-end infrastructure for tokenized deposits, helping bring traditional currency to blockchain without violating regulations. This integration combines BitGo's custody services and ZKsync's Prividium permissioned privacy blockchain, which is designed specifically for regulators, enabling financial institutions to issue and settle tokenized deposits. This move reduces compliance friction, allowing banks to smoothly transition to blockchain technology.

Anza has introduced the Constellation Protocol, aimed at eliminating monopolies held by Solana's rotating leaders through a multi-concurrent proposer system and mandatory inclusion thresholds, ensuring transaction ordering is no longer controlled by a single leader. The protocol will feature economic cycles as short as 50 milliseconds and redesign fee structures to eliminate maximum extractable value (MEV) opportunities. Anza plans to launch the Alpenglow mainnet in 2026, further advancing blockchain decentralization.

Franklin Templeton announced on March 25, 2026, that it is partnering with Ondo Finance to offer tokenized versions of five exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that trade around the clock through crypto wallets, bypassing traditional brokerage accounts and limited trading hours.

Startale Group announced the completion of a $63 million Series A funding round. The funds will be used to expand tokenized securities infrastructure, promote yen stablecoins, and upgrade applications. The company's partnerships with SBI and Sony will accelerate the adoption of Japanese stocks and stablecoins, while exploring synergistic opportunities between blockchain and entertainment.

Google has set a 2029 deadline for migrating its services to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), signaling a shift from warnings to concrete action as quantum threats edge closer to reality. The tech giant argued that rapid progress in quantum hardware and quantum error correction, along with revised e