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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed criminal charges on March 16, 2026, against prediction market platform Kalshi, accusing the company of operating an illegal gambling business without a license and unlawfully accepting bets on state and federal elections.

In brief Democratic senators are warning real-time facial identification could expose individuals to stalking, harassment, and targeted intimidation. Prior reporting this month shows Meta contractors reviewed sensitive footage captured by smart glasses, including intimate scenes. A

The Royal Government of Bhutan transferred approximately 375 Bitcoin worth $27 million on March 17, 2026, marking its largest single-day movement in recent weeks and continuing a 2026 selling trend that has now exceeded $40 million in total outflows.

Aggregated open interest across Hyperliquid's HIP-3 markets reached a record $1.43 billion on March 14, 2026, representing a more than 100-fold increase since the markets launched six months ago, according to data from The Block.

Pi Network 推出「安全圈啟動協議」，旨在增強網路的韌性與可信度，促進向 DeFi 和 Web3 的整合。新協議引入去中心化治理層，強化交易驗證與參與者身份驗證，並提供機構參與的框架。社群對知名機構加入的傳言持樂觀態度，但需謹慎對待，尚待官方確認。此技術升級被視為推動 Pi Coin 漸向成熟金融生態的重要一步。

Bitcoin faces potential resistance between $75,000 and $85,000 if its current rally continues, according to onchain analytics firm CryptoQuant, even as derivatives markets show traders positioning aggressively long ahead of the Federal Reserve's March 18 interest rate decision.

台灣加密貨幣交易所BITGIN涉及洗錢案，10名被告中核心為張氏兄妹，涉嫌利用交易所掩護詐騙集團洗錢1.5億台幣。被告中包括律師和實際負責人，案件涉及多重金流與境外帳戶干擾追查。張于庭曾指導警方追查加密貨幣，最終卻成為詐騙幫兇。案件仍在審理中。

輝達在GTC 2026大會上推出DLSS 5，採用完整神經渲染技術，聲稱能達到好萊塢級真實感，但遭到玩家批評，認為畫面過度修飾，並引發梗圖熱潮。雖然技術媒體好評如潮，玩家擔心AI處理角色面部可能影響藝術風格，質疑畫面創作的主導權轉移。DLSS 5的硬體要求高，目前僅支援雙RTX 5090顯示卡。

PayPal announced on March 17, 2026, the expansion of its dollar-backed stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD), to users in 70 international markets, enabling faster and lower-cost cross-border payments through the PayPal platform.

伊朗衝突導致霍爾木茲海峽封鎖，對全球化肥供應鏈及其他市場造成衝擊，尿素價格已漲至601美元，影響農業生產成本。同時，WTI原油接近90美元，比特幣也因避險需求上漲，顯現出市場的連動性。尿素漲價主要因其生產依賴天然氣，而封鎖直接影響運輸路徑。

A crypto-focused commentator has flagged a notable shift in U.S. state-level policy: Missouri is advancing a bill that would let its treasurer hold XRP alongside bitcoin, ether, solana and USDC as part of an official “Digital Asset Reserve Fund.” In a recent video,

美國五大區域銀行宣布推出Cari Network，利用ZKsync技術實現即時結算的區塊鏈支付平台，並保留FDIC保險保障。這一平台與穩定幣不同，將代幣化存款直接記錄在銀行資產負債表上，符合監管要求。銀行面臨競爭與監管壓力，因此選擇在2026年前行動，以搶占市場先機。核心優勢在於法律結構和保障機制，但也面臨互操作性與市場競爭的挑戰。

The global trade finance industry is experiencing a substantial transformation as Distributed Ledger Technology progresses from trial to essential components within an organization. Dow Protocol has announced a significant partnership with Conflux to streamline processes in the Real-World Asset

Tether's QVAC division announced on March 17, 2026, the launch of the world's first cross-platform LoRA fine-tuning framework for Microsoft's BitNet models (1-bit LLMs), enabling billion-parameter AI training and inference on consumer GPUs and smartphones.

民主黨參議員克里斯·墨菲與眾議員格雷格·卡薩爾提出《BETS OFF法案》，旨在禁止針對戰爭、恐怖主義及政府決策的預測市場投注，以防止利用政府機密信息謀利。法案指出有可疑投注行為可能與川普家族相關，強調監管預測市場的必要性。

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released joint guidance on March 17, 2026, providing a 68-page interpretation asserting that most cryptocurrencies are not securities and establishing a token taxonomy for digital assets including stablecoins, digital commodities, and digital tools.

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The SEC, integrating insights from the CFTC, released new guidelines on classifying crypto assets under existing securities and commodities laws. An industry expert views the SEC and CFTC’s close cooperation as an end to their turf war in digital assets. The United States Securities and