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The #2 Texas state official called on lawmakers to study “the sudden inundation of prediction market gambling“ as other jurisdictions take the platforms to court.

S&P Dow Jones Indices puts its iBoxx US Treasuries Index on the Canton Network, allowing institutions to access bond benchmark data through tokens rather than feeds.

The analytics platform said it would begin rolling out the agents over the summer for use in investigations and compliance.

Bitcoin rallied to $68,000 as markets responded positively to the prospect of the US and Israel-Iran war ending, but data shows futures traders are not convinced.

Brokerage clients in the European Economic Area can now trade 11 cryptocurrencies alongside traditional assets within a single account.

Futures market activity continues to drive Bitcoin price, while insufficient buy-side spot demand shortens the length of bullish breakouts and pins BTC in a $10,000 range.

Analysts expect Bitcoin’s price consolidation to tilt toward $60,000, but technical charts favor a liquidation rally toward $82,000.

Looking to streamline collateral management, the platform has enabled borrowing and lending against liquid, staked and locked assets within a single custody account.

Haverhill City Council, following other jurisdictions, is set to consider an ordinance banning crypto ATMs viewed as enabling financial fraud and money laundering.

GalaxyOne adds Solana staking with variable rewards and zero-fee incentives, extending institutional validator infrastructure to retail users.

A sharp drop in Ether’s realized volatility could result in significant ETH price moves if history repeats, making $2,000 a key support level to keep an eye on.

Stablecoin infrastructure delivers velocity but issuers and exchanges capture the rent. Velocity beats market cap as digital dollars become invisible financial plumbing.

A Coinbase Institute survey suggests crypto has become the financial starting point for most 16-25-year-olds in the UK, as digital assets become a powerful credibility test for political parties.

OpenFX raised $94 million in a Series A round to expand its stablecoin-based FX network, as firms explore faster cross-border payment infrastructure.

The Ethereum Economic Zone promises to stitch fragmented rollups back into a single system, but a similar model struggled to gain traction on Cosmos.

CertiK has advised ordinary users “who are not security professionals, developers, or experienced geeks” against installing and using OpenClaw.

Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 Base said it will be upgrading its chain to allow AI agents to use it the same way developers or traders would.

A Singapore court ordered OneKey founder Wang Lei and an X user to stop threatening or defamatory claims tied to a dispute over the 2025 Resupply exploit.

BTC price will find it difficult to establish a new record high if Bitcoin developers don't take the quantum threats seriously, one analyst says.

Atomic settlement demands instant capital per trade. T+0 eliminates netting efficiency while empowering liquidity coordinators.

Stablecoin turnover has doubled in the past two years as AI payments and traditional finance use cases grow, though Standard Chartered still sees the market reaching $2 trillion.

Security companies flagged axios@1.14.1 and 0.30.4 as compromised, urging credential rotation and rollback of affected packages.

After an Indian court found no case against CoinDCX’s founders, the Coinbase-backed exchange said it will roll out an anti-fraud network to tackle impersonation and cyber fraud.

Bitcoin whale selling eased as BTC exchange inflows dropped sharply, making the trend line near $59,000 the critical support level to watch.

The Cardano founder says post-FTX politics, flawed design and a narrow U.S.-only approach risk stifling new crypto projects while benefiting established players

In an interview with CoinDesk, the CEO of a 12-member consortium explains why Europe is racing to put the euro onchain and compete with dollar dominance in crypto markets.

Despite recent regulatory progress in the industry, privacy remains an area that needs to be addressed, says Yelderman.

Starting April 17, users will no longer be able to buy, sell or earn cashback in Mercado Coin, but can sell, spend, or have the token converted to local currency.

The company is actively selling bitcoin and redeploying capital into AI-focused data centers as part of a broader transformation away from mining.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR), up 1.9% from Monday, joined Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as a top performer.

CEO Jonathan Levin says it marks a "really important moment" for making such analysis more accessible as the crypto industry grows with non-native entrants.

The move comes as the chain distances itself from Optimism technology and toward in-house infrastructure as it seeks greater independence and scale.

A close below $67,300 for bitcoin would confirm six straight monthly losses amid ongoing macro pressures.

A 57-page whitepaper identifies how future quantum computers could target Ethereum's wallets, smart contracts, staking system, Layer 2 networks and data verification layer, with combined exposure exceeding $100 billion.

Odds favor a Democratic rise in Congress next year, when lawmakers who've begun going after firms such as Kalshi and Polymarket may have greater sway.

The company acts as a bridge between traditional banking and digital assets, enabling faster and cheaper foreign-exchange conversions for businesses moving large sums of money.

Google's finding that breaking bitcoin's cryptography requires 20x fewer qubits than previously estimated has triggered the strongest industry response to quantum threats since the Willow chip in 2024. Here's how builders, investors, and researchers are reacting.

Your day-ahead look for March 31, 2026

The research shows quantum computers may break bitcoin and ether wallet encryption with far fewer qubits than previously thought, accelerating the push toward post-quantum security.

Bitcoin’s brief rally faded amid war-driven oil price surge, rising volatility and declining futures interest, signaling growing caution across crypto markets.

The sale underscores liquidity pressures as the company continues its pivot to a bitcoin treasury strategy.

Options on Hashdex’s diversified NCIQ ETF now let investors hedge, generate income and manage risk across a broad basket of digital assets.

The Brussels-based digital asset firm said the new capital will bolster its balance sheet and support expansion and acquisitions.

Rising U.S. real yields, especially on 10-year TIPS, pose a headwind to zero-yielding risk assets like bitcoin.

A critical vulnerability in Zcash node software could have allowed attackers to drain millions of dollars of ZEC from a deprecated shielded pool.

Stocks are surging while Bitcoin and Ethereum hit their highest prices in days after Iran's president said he's looking to end the conflict.

The Tether-backed USAT stablecoin built for the U.S. market is expanding to Ethereum layer-2 network Celo with help from Google Cloud.

Claude Code exposed: Anthropic is scrambling to contain the leak, but the AI coding agent is spreading far and wide and being picked apart.

Standard Chartered says stablecoin velocity has doubled in two years, driven by USDC's new use cases in TradFi and AI payments.

The BlackRock-backed firm has a clear path toward pressuring financial incumbents, according Benchmark’s Mark Palmer.

Shares in publicly traded Bitcoin treasury Nakamoto (NAKA) hit a new low after the firm announced it sold around $20 million of BTC.

A federal court order has permanently prohibited the exchange from serving U.S. customers unless it registers.

The platform handles routing and failover for 3,000 projects across more than 300 chains through a single API.

Google warned that quantum advances could break crypto security sooner than expected, with analysts recommending ‘appropriate urgency.’

Bitcoin held $66,000 as Trump reportedly pivoted to an Iran war exit, with analysts eyeing $90,000 if a potential de-escalation holds.

The safe harbor proposal would allow 401(k) managers to offer crypto-linked funds with stronger legal protections.

The Uranium Finance indictment carries potential prison time of up to 30 years for fraud and money laundering counts.

Senator Richard Blumenthal wants the agency to answer whether it softened enforcement against allies of President Donald Trump.

Microsoft's Copilot Researcher now puts GPT and Claude to work in sequence—and the combination just outscored every AI system around.

Sens. Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced legislation to support Bitcoin miners, arguing that the industry needs government help.

The Blockchain Leadership Fund is a new hybrid PAC launched to support pro-crypto candidates in the 2026 midterm elections.

Almost half of the Bitcoin supply is sitting at a loss, analysts said, as the top crypto asset remains about 47% off its all-time high.

The Ethereum Foundation staked another $46 million ETH as part of its new treasury plan unveiled last year.

Qwen3.5-Omni, Alibaba's omnimodal AI, now handles voice cloning, 10-hour audio, real-time web search, and beats Gemini on audio benchmarks—all in one model.

Block-owned payment processor Square has shifted Bitcoin acceptance from opt-in to opt-out for eligible sellers.

Bernstein sees a buying opportunity in crypto stocks trading ~60% off their 2025 peaks, even as Q1 earnings look weak.

Bluesky's new AI tool Attie drew swift backlash from users wary of automation—a very different vibe than on Elon Musk's X.

Ethereum funds took the biggest hit as Clarity Act fears and macro headwinds pushed crypto outflows to $414 million for the week.

The Trump brothers' Bitcoin mining firm, American Bitcoin, now holds over 7,000 BTC—but shares are down 94% from the post-IPO peak.

Gnosis and Zisk proposed a framework for aligning infrastructure within the Ethereum ecosystem, specifically layer-2 scaling networks.

BitMine continued its Ethereum accumulation, adding to its leading ETH treasury while Strategy took a week off from Bitcoin purchases.

Bitcoin’s weekend drop coincides with Trump weighing ground operation in Iran, escalating geopolitical tensions amid month-end rebalancing.

Analysts attribute last week's BTC ETF outflows to geopolitical tensions, fading ceasefire hopes, and end-of-quarter rebalancing.

BTC held above the $64K–$65K demand zone, with $76K acting as the next resistance target.

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TRX nears resistance as network growth strengthens, raising questions about price breakout potential ahead.

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Whale accumulation and rising longs tighten ADA’s structure, setting up a potential breakout from compression.

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A new U.S. proposal could ease 401(k) rules for alternative assets, potentially paving the way for crypto-linked exposure.

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The timeline for cracking cryptocurrency security has shortened significantly, potentially falling to just minutes.

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New research involving Google highlights quantum risks to crypto, reinforcing Ethereum's push toward post-quantum cryptography.

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Despite this milestone why are investors still cautious with ABTC's stock which is struggling to gain strength since months now.

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Starting in the final week of February, the Bitcoin spot ETF flows were positive and racked up a 4-week streak of inflows.

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