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Taiwan's Legislative Yuan Finance Committee is reviewing the "Virtual Asset Service Law Draft," which aims to regulate offshore cryptocurrency platforms. Currently, only 8 legitimate VASPs exist, corresponding to 30 unregistered offshore entities, indicating market imbalance. The draft requires offshore VASPs to establish branch companies or new divisions in Taiwan to operate legally, emphasizing the necessity of consumer protection and regulatory oversight.

Balancer Labs, the corporate backbone behind the Balancer DeFi protocol, is winding down after years of pressure and a devastating $116 million hack in November. Executives say the move is aimed at preserving the protocol’s long-term viability by shifting control to leaner, cost-efficient

Bitmine Immersion Technologies has recently increased its holdings by 65,341 ETH, indicating that the "mini cryptocurrency winter" has come to an end. Since the Iran conflict, Ethereum has performed exceptionally well relative to other assets, surpassing gold by 33 percentage points, and demonstrating a strong "wartime" store-of-value function. Currently, Bitmine holds 4.6 million ETH, and still needs an additional $2.9 billion in investment to reach its 5% portfolio allocation target.

Ripple published a vulnerability disclosure report on March 23, 2026, detailing two bugs in the XRP Ledger (XRPL) discovered in June 2025 that could have prevented network consensus if a unique node list (UNL) validator had been compromised.

The Russian government approved the "Digital Currency and Digital Rights Act," establishing a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency. The act sets three admission standards, allowing qualified digital assets to enter the market. The investment limit for ordinary citizens is approximately $4,000, and privacy coins are prohibited. Violations will result in fines and criminal penalties. The act must be passed by July 2026.

CoinDesk Indices reports a daily market update of the CoinDesk 20 Index, currently at 2025.84, up 0.2%. Leaders include BCH and SOL, while APT and ICP are lagging behind.

Two Delaware lawmakers are working to establish stablecoin regulations as part of a broader package of regulatory proposals aimed at “modernizing” the state’s financial sector. In a statement on Monday, the Delaware Senate Democrats announced that Senator Spiros Mantzavinos and Representative

Aave’s community has approved a proposal to deploy Aave V4 on Ethereum mainnet, setting the stage for a tightly controlled launch focused on risk management and long-term scalability. Aave DAO Greenlights V4 Upgrade With New Credit Infrastructure The approved ARFC (Aave Request for Comment)

TRON DAO has scaled up its artificial intelligence fund by a factor of ten, from $100 million to $1 billion, targeting investments in and acquisitions of early-stage startups building core infrastructure for the agentic economy. The billion-dollar fund, announced on Monday, will focus investments i

Delaware introduced the "Banking Modernization Act" and the "Payment Stablecoin Act," aimed at establishing a licensing framework for stablecoin issuers and updating outdated banking laws. SB 19 emphasizes reserve safeguards, redemption standards, and anti-money laundering requirements to promote stablecoin regulation. This action responds to the outflow of technology and crypto enterprises and aligns with nationwide regulatory trends.

5c(c) Capital, a new venture capital firm focused on prediction markets, is launched by Polymarket's Shayne Coplan and Kalshi's Tarek Mansour, aiming to invest in companies within this emerging field, targeting up to $35 million in funding.

Monday's ceasefire trade lasted about 18 hours. Bitcoin climbed 3.1% to $70,352 on Tuesday morning, recovering from the weekend's slide below $68,000, with ether (ETH), solana's SOL, dogecoin and xrp gaining between 2-4%. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Saudi Arabia has agreed to

Brazil’s new finance minister, Dario Durigan, is expected to delay a public consultation on applying a tax on financial operations, locally known as Imposto sobre Operações Financeiras (IOF) to some cryptocurrency transactions, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Durigan

Deloitte Canada has entered into a strategic collaboration with Stablecorp, the issuer of the Canadian dollar-pegged stablecoin QCAD, to develop stablecoin infrastructure for financial institutions ahead of the anticipated implementation of a federal framework for fiat-backed digital assets under Bill C-15.

In Q4 2025, TRON solidified its role as a leading infrastructure for retail stablecoin payments, increasing daily active users and processing significant transaction volumes, while expanding integrations with major platforms.