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A resurgence in institutional demand and spot ETF inflow return could put Ethereum price in a better position to overcome the next hurdle at $2,200.

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Fira debuted its fixed-rate DeFi lending protocol with $450 million in pre-launch deposits, seeking to make long-term decentralized lending rates more predictable.

Resolv’s USR dollar stablecoin is trading at just $0.24 after an attacker minted 80 million unbacked tokens, forcing a full protocol pause and reopening fears over stablecoin risk.

Kalshi is facing off with state regulators around the US, who claim that prediction markets are a form of gambling and recognize that they are a significant source of potential revenue.

Securitize will become NYSE’s first digital transfer agent to mint blockchain-based shares of stocks and develop standards for compliant tokenized stock issuance.

Solana is aiming to attract enterprises and financial institutions to its ecosystem through a new unified developer platform, which is focused on tokenization and stablecoins.

Mastercard’s planned BVNK acquisition highlights a shift toward infrastructure over token issuance, reflecting how major payment firms are approaching stablecoins.

Omnes and Apex plan to issue a tokenized Bitcoin mining debt note on Base, giving eligible non-US investors exposure to hashrate-linked returns.

Wall Street won’t tame DeFi. Regulation creates compliant tiers atop permissionless liquidity, forcing TradFi to adopt DeFi’s superior speed and composability.

Data shows AI tokens and stablecoins held up better than other crypto sectors in 2026, with growth tied to usage, liquidity and infrastructure demand.

US dollar-denominated stablecoins may expose emerging economies to external macro shocks and financial stability risks, according to the Financial Stability Board.

Cryptography startup Zama is plugging its privacy tech into T‑REX in a bid to let banks and asset managers trade sensitive assets on public blockchains without losing confidentiality.

Onchain analyst EmberCN warned that Siren’s rally may stem from one party cornering spot supply to profit via derivatives.

Past oil-war shocks lifted inflation and hurt risk appetite, which raises the risk of Bitcoin falling below $50,000 in 2026.

Bitcoin Yardstick data confirmed a new record for BTC price "deep value" in February as miners battled the lowest price levels in 15 months.

ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said private digital money cannot scale Europe’s tokenized markets on its own, pointing to Pontes and broader legal reform as next steps.

Nasdaq is wiring its collateral and surveillance systems into Talos’s institutional trading stack to target a $35 billion “trapped” collateral problem.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov says the proposal will move to a binding onchain vote to formalize V4’s deployment on Ethereum.

Mass adoption risks crypto’s cypherpunk roots. Privacy as a permissionless foundation must reclaim DeFi from surveillance, TradFi and memecoin casinos.

The SEC’s handling of cases involving Justin Sun and Elon Musk was among the factors that caused the agency’s top enforcement official to quit, according to sources.

Hostplus is the third-largest super fund in Australia by members, with 2.2 million, and the fifth-largest by assets under management, with over $96 billion in assets.

Circle said no euro-denominated "e-money token," including its EURC stablecoin, has reached the framework's proposed market cap threshold for use in settlement.

The $1 billion AI fund targets investments in stablecoin rails, agent identity, tokenized RWAs and developer tooling for autonomous AI systems.

The stablecoin bill introduced in Delaware aims to create a licensing framework for stablecoin issuers as part of the state's first major banking code update since 1981.

Market participants are now pricing in rate hikes, and it could be weighing on risk assets.

Ripple (XRP), down 1.3% since Monday, was also among the underperformers.

The audit aims to address long-standing questions over USDT reserves and push new disclosure standards.

Implied volatility indicators DVOL and BVIV suggest peak fear has passed, with crypto leading traditional markets in pricing risk.

The platform is a toolkit that lets enterprises create and scale financial applications on Solana without deep crypto infrastructure expertise.

Coinbase’s head of institutional, Brett Tejpaul, says institutional priorities in crypto are evolving, and investors are increasingly hunting for yield.

The broker sees bitcoin rebounding from its recent lows, supported by ETF flows and expanding corporate treasury demand.

The firm now manages about $2 billion, having already raised an additional $325 million for existing crypto investment strategies since last year.

The move comes as the race to bring equities to always-on blockchain markets is heating up after Nasdaq obtained regulatory approval for its tokenization plan.

New partnership lets hedge funds and other large investors trade event contracts using crypto collateral held on BitGo’s platform.

Onchain cost basis data suggests $60,000 is a critical support, with deeper historical support near $54,000.

The $2.2 trillion asset manager is stepping into the rapidly-growing tokenized Treasury market, joining global financial behemoths like BlackRock and Franklin Templeton.

Your day-ahead look for March 24, 2026

The company's customer base grew to 68.3 million, with total balances up 66% to $67.5 billion and transaction volume reaching $1.7 trillion.

BTC climbs despite escalating Middle East tensions, outperforming gold as altcoins rally and derivatives data signals cautious but improving market sentiment.

Apex will tokenize the Omnes Mining Note “OMN,” an institutional-grade structured note backed by Bitcoin hashrate.

Treasury yields and swap spreads could eventually pressure the Trump administration to moderate the conflict, analysts argue.

Co-founder Fernando Martinelli said he considered winding down the entire protocol but decided the team deserved a chance to restructure, with the DAO targeting zero emissions, fee restructuring, and a BAL buyback to offer holders a fair exit.

Crypto recovered on Tuesday morning even as Monday's relief rally unraveled across traditional markets, with oil jumping 4% on reports that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are moving to join the conflict.

A 2-block reorg at height 941,881 saw Foundry's chain overwrite blocks from AntPool and ViaBTC, coming days after mining difficulty dropped nearly 8%.

The first independent audit of Tether’s claimed $192 billion stablecoin reserves could pave the way to USDT’s approval under the GENIUS Act.

Securitize was selected by the New York Stock Exchange as a "digital transfer agent" for a platform dedicated to tokenized securities.

Major financial players are building via the Solana Developer Platform, which is meant to streamline enterprise development on the network.

AI altcoins notched double-digit gains amid conflict-related volatility, buoyed by last week's Nvidia GTC conference.

Strategy just unveiled a $44 billion war chest to keep buying Bitcoin, while Congress is moving to ban sports bets on prediction markets.

The payments infrastructure firm has unveiled an open-source framework enabling AI agents to manage crypto funds across multiple chains.

The derivatives give users synthetic exposure to major U.S. equities while using Bitcoin and other crypto holdings as collateral, with plans to expand into tokenized assets later this year.

Hostplus’s crypto ambition is attempting to meet rising investor demand, even as volatility keeps rivals on the sidelines.

The restructuring comes as analysts say older DeFi models built on token incentives and emissions are increasingly under pressure.

Protesters marched between the San Francisco offices of major AI developers, calling for a pause in the development of more powerful AI systems.

Leading prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi are taking new steps to try and counter insider trading.

Bitcoin bulls are feeling it right now. But the BTC price chart is quietly drawing the same pattern it drew before two major crashes in a row.

Strategy's Michael Saylor said STRC could be interesting for “a whole class of people.” The preferred share is showing up on peers’ balance sheets.

OpenArt and Fanvue have launched a four-week global challenge with a $90K+ prize pool to find the best AI personality of 2026.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren urged MrBeast to move cautiously as his firm considers integrating crypto into a newly acquired mobile banking app.

Prosecutors said there was "reason to doubt" that a recent court letter supposedly from Sam Bankman-Fried was actually sent by him

An individual was arrested in Spain for their alleged role in the violent kidnapping of Ledger co-founder David Balland and his wife last year.

The Swedish Bitcoin treasury firm signed a letter of intent to acquire Moonshot and Never Say Die in an all-stock deal.

The bill, from Adam Schiff (D-CA) and John Curtis (R-UT), has already been condemned by one of America’s top prediction market platforms.

BitMine Immersion Technologies now holds more than $10 billion worth of Ethereum, leading the ETH treasury pack as the asset rebounds.

Strategy shared plans to issue $44 billion in equity, a move aimed at providing its Bitcoin-buying machine with fuel for future purchases.

Crypto ETFs shed $177M last week as Bitcoin pulled back from $75,000, though experts remain bullish on Q2's prospects.

Crypto is soaring on a major development in the Iran war, while A Senate deal could finally unlock the Clarity Act.

The price move came after Donald Trump touted "productive conversations" regarding a cessation of hostilities in the Middle East.

A compromised key enabled an attacker to illegally mint 80 million USR tokens, causing the stablecoin to lose its dollar peg.

One of India's largest crypto exchanges said the move is based on a coordinated fraud using fake CoinDCX identities.

Lawmakers are expected to weigh steps toward on-chain securities, even as the bigger legal and investor risks remain unresolved.

Earlier deleveraging and continued institutional participation have helped keep Bitcoin more stable than other risk assets during the recent macro-driven selloff.

The Los Angeles Superior Court is pilot testing whether Learned Hand’s curated AI can help manage rising workloads.

Publicly traded firms are now stacking Ethereum, pulling in billions of dollars of ETH. These are the largest holders.

How did Michael Saylor's firm amass a record stash of Bitcoin? Here's a look back at how Strategy made such massive gains.

Circle [CRCL] stock dropped nearly 20% in a single session as markets reacted to emerging concerns over proposed restrictions on stablecoin yield and rewards.

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The 4-hour chart revealed why VIRTUAL traders should be bullishly biased after the defense of the $0.66-$0.68 support on Monday.

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APT's short-term price outlook is shifting amid rising volume from Decibel Trade.

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JTO surges with strong demand, but sell pressure and leverage buildup could shape next move.

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Europe bets big on unified tokenized market system settled via central bank to fend off U.S dollar dominance threat

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Bittensor jumped 12%, breaking the $300 key resistance and touching a four-month high of $315.

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