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Solana ecosystem DApps revenue has dropped to $22 million, marking an 18-month low, while the derivatives market is also showing bearish signals with funding rates near 0% and option skew surging, reflecting institutional lack of confidence in the future. The rise of competitor Hyperliquid has further intensified the pressure, leading to erosion of Solana's market share in the derivatives sector.

The World Gold Council and Boston Consulting Group have jointly launched the "Gold-as-a-Service" white paper, aimed at establishing a unified open platform framework that connects physical gold with tokenized products to enhance gold's usability and transaction convenience in the financial system. This framework features six key functionalities including standardized issuance, high transparency, and improved liquidity, and is expected to accelerate institutional investors' entry into the tokenized gold market.

Alvaro Rosenblüth, treasury and exchange manager at Banco de Crédito de Bolivia, stated that the Central Bank of Bolivia lifted the ban on cryptocurrency operations out of necessity. Stablecoins are now acting as a dollar proxy, enabling remittances and payments to combat the dollar shortage. Boli

Gemini pushed through a better-than-expected fourth quarter even as the broader crypto market remained under pressure. The exchange reported revenue of $60.3 million for Q4, up 39% from a year earlier and ahead of consensus estimates of about $51.7 million. However, the company also posted a net

Europe's largest asset manager Amundi, with approximately €2.4 trillion in assets under management, partnered with tokenization platform Spiko on March 19, 2026, to launch the $100 million Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO), utilizing Chainlink as the underlying oracle infrastructure to record Net Asset Value (NAV) directly on the Ethereum and Stellar blockchains.

Google launched a new UI design platform called Stitch, directly challenging Figma, causing investors to fear its resource advantage, which led to Figma's stock price dropping nearly 8%. Stitch is positioning itself with collaborative efficiency and integration with Google's ecosystem as key selling points, but the market needs to observe its actual performance. Figma has deep community foundations and a robust plugin ecosystem, giving it defensive capabilities. This competition may accelerate industry innovation, but could also bring ecosystem fragmentation challenges.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has questioned the efficiency of the current T+2 settlement system and is pushing to shorten settlement cycles and introduce blockchain technology. Blockchain can enable instant settlement, eliminate counterparty risk, and enhance market liquidity. If South Korea successfully implements these reforms, it could gain institutional advantages in Asian markets.

The UK has initiated dissolution proceedings against Zedxion Exchange due to the provision of false information in its company registration. An investigation revealed that the company was closely related to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and operated using fictitious identities. This dissolution represents the latest case of the UK strengthening regulatory oversight under new legislation, reflecting the country's efforts in combating sanctions evasion.

Citigroup lowered its 12-month Bitcoin price target to $112,000, primarily due to the stalled progress of the U.S. CLARITY Act in the Senate, which has dampened regulatory expectations. Meanwhile, Ethereum's price target was also adjusted to $3,175, facing dual pressure from policy delays and weakening on-chain activity. Analysts pointed out that future legislative opportunities are shrinking, and the market needs to recalibrate its risk assessment.

In brief The Bitcoin Policy Institute urged the Kentucky Senate to remove Section 33 of HB 380, calling it “technologically impossible” for non-custodial wallets. The provision was buried as a floor amendment in a kiosk regulation bill that passed the House 85-0 and could clear the Senate

YOM has announced that it is launching on TrustSwap Launchpad, giving the decentralized cloud gaming project a new platform to reach the market. The news was shared by YOM in a tweet that framed the partnership as an important step forward, and it is easy to see why the project is treating it as a b

Polymarket, the blockchain-driven prediction markets platform, is acquiring Brahma, a crypto startup that builds DeFi infrastructure. The move is framed as a step to consolidate Polymarket’s stack and broaden its product suite as the two firms align on a path toward deeper on-chain and off-chain

This week saw the artificial intelligence (AI) industry rocked by a potential Microsoft-OpenAI legal dispute over a $50 billion Amazon cloud partnership, Nvidia announcing $1 trillion in chip orders at its GTC developer conference, and new federal warnings that surging AI data center demand is

In brief AWS plans to deploy about 1 million Nvidia GPUs through 2027. The buildout spans compute, networking, and systems for running AI at scale. Observers say rising inference demand is reshaping infrastructure and competition. Nvidia will supply Amazon Web Services with a massive

Decentralized social network Bluesky announced on March 19, 2026, that it has raised $100 million in Series B funding led by Bain Capital Crypto, a round that closed in April 2025 but was only disclosed this week following founder Jay Graber's transition from CEO to chief innovation officer.

The World Gold Council (WGC), the organization behind the $163 billion SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD), unveiled a proposed "Gold as a Service" infrastructure framework on March 19, 2026, designed to standardize the tokenized gold market currently dominated by Tether Gold (XAUT) and PAX Gold (PAXG).