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San Francisco, CA, February 26th, 2026, Chainwire SolanaCDN delivers 3.8x faster shred propagation through a global mesh of 35,000+ nodes, provided as a public good for the Solana network Pipe Network today announced the launch of SolanaCDN, a free, open-source Solana validator client with an

What to know: In 2025, Web3 security losses reached $4.0B, with nearly $1B occurring in H2 alone, reinforcing security as core infrastructure rather than optional tooling. Against this backdrop, GoPlus Security continued to execute through market stress with expanded infrastructure and new

The market cap of tokenized assets reached $24.6B in January, led by tokenized treasuries and commodities. Treasuries made up 39% of this, while commodities surged due to rising gold prices. Stablecoins contributed to liquidity, with a market cap of $308B.

_CLARITY Act markup expected late April after crypto, bank, and policymaker deal finalizes on stablecoin yield rules._ The CLARITY Act could move forward after sources said negotiators finalized a compromise last Friday. The agreement reportedly resolves disputes between crypto firms, banks, and

Leap Wallet is shutting down by May 28, ending support for its apps and services. Users are urged to redelegate ATOM and move assets promptly, as the complete closure marks a significant end for this multichain wallet project.

Grayscale increased its investment in TAO within its AI-focused crypto fund from 31% to over 43%, highlighting strong confidence in the project amid a selective approach to other AI tokens. This move may influence market sentiment around TAO.

Beatcoin is integrating with Tilted to create a platform that tokenizes user engagement through AI-driven rewards. This partnership aims to enhance user behavior monetization while promoting data ownership in the evolving Web3 landscape.

Seoul, South Korea, March 17th, 2026, Chainwire Pieverse today announced Purr-Fect Claw, a pioneering full-stack infrastructure layer that transforms the OpenClaw framework into a fully autonomous, "on-chain" agent capable of trading and managing assets directly through Web2 social apps. While tod

The April 2025 Exchange Benchmark report assesses over 100 metrics for digital asset exchanges, rating them from AA-F. Binance tops the scores. Findings reveal improved exchange quality, regulatory maturity, and security practices, with increasing KYC standards.

CoinDesk's November 2025 Exchange Benchmark evaluates 81 digital asset exchanges, ranking them based on risk and transparency using over 200 metrics. Exchanges receiving grades AA–BB are deemed Top-Tier for their compliance and governance.

What to know: Combined spot and derivatives volumes rose 2.43% to $5.95T. Spot trading increased 5.83% to $1.55T, while derivatives volumes grew 1.28% to $4.40T. Derivatives market share declined to 74.0%, down from 74.8% in December. Binance led spot trading volumes in January,

The essay highlights challenges in direct RWA token exposure, emphasizes the potential in leverage opportunities amid settlement delays, critiques Morpho's governance token structure, and presents Fluid as a more effective token model with stablecoin links.

Key Insights Zcash trading volume surged over seventy percent across multiple exchanges, signaling broad market participation and renewed attention toward privacy-focused digital assets globally. Spot market accumulation trends suggest early positioning by investors, while derivatives

Japan is moving from a punitive miscellaneous income tax of up to 55% to a flat 20.315% separate taxation regime, aligning crypto with traditional stocks. The reform introduces a three-year loss carryforward, allowing traders to offset gains against past losses, a major step toward treating crypto a

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, March 18th, 2026, Chainwire From immersive alpine experiences to the “12 KuCoin Guardians,” the festival presence brings KuCoin’s brand philosophy to life by making trust visible for a global music community. KuCoin, a leading global crypto platform

The best crypto to buy now with 1000x potential just got a stronger case after Ledger’s CTO warned that AI is cutting the cost of hacking crypto platforms to almost nothing, with $1.4 billion stolen in the past year alone according to CoinDesk. The projects built with real security tools stand to

Pi Network has completed the distribution of rewards to participants who passed the first round of KYC verification. More than 1 million verifiers helped verify approximately 18 million users’ identities, completing 526 million review checks in total, with the reward pool reaching 26.5 million Pi. Eligible verifiers can receive a reward of about 0.0504 Pi per task, and must complete 50 tasks by 2026. New users can still participate in subsequent rewards; the program will optimize performance measurement metrics to influence future reward allocation.

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Bitcoin's price fluctuates around $68,780 as ETFs see significant inflows, despite weak spot demand. The correlation between bitcoin and global monetary policy is shifting, with ETFs possibly leading price movements rather than lagging behind them.