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Polymarket has launched daily contracts tied to U.S. stocks and commodities, which are automatically settled using real-time price data from Pyth Network. The new contract formats include daily up-and-down contracts and settlement-price contracts, improving settlement efficiency and transparency. ICE is investing $600 million in Polymarket, signaling confidence in its potential.

MARA Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA), one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies, has reduced its workforce by approximately 15% across multiple departments, including both full-time staff and contractors, according to an internal company memo.

[PRESS RELEASE – George Town, British Virgin Islands, March 18th, 2026] Aster, a trading ecosystem backed by YZi Labs, today announced a major expansion of its collaboration with World Liberty Financial (WLFI). The collaboration introduces USD1-denominated perpetual contracts and new trading

Bitcoin (BTC) gives back this week’s gains, temporarily trading at around $66,780 on April 3. Bitcoin miner MARA cut 15% of its workforce, shifting its strategy toward energy and digital infrastructure. Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic says North Korean hackers may exploit a vulnerability in the Drift Protocol to profit $286 million.

Federal prosecutors in Connecticut recovered more than $600,000 in tether ( USDT) after tracing stolen cryptocurrency from a phishing scam that used a physical letter to deceive a hardware wallet user. Connecticut Crypto Phishing Victim to Recover Funds Local media reported that the U.S.

Oversold technical conditions suggest weakening downside momentum across major altcoins. Accumulation patterns indicate growing interest from larger market participants. Infrastructure and utility-focused tokens remain central to potential recovery narratives. Recent market structure sug

[PRESS RELEASE – Tel Aviv, Israel, March 18th, 2026] Today, Playnance has officially launched GCOIN trading, marking a significant milestone in the expansion of its Web3 entertainment ecosystem. The token is now live on MEXC, with GCOIN/USDT trading opening on March 18, 2026, at 13:00 UTC

Safe Foundation, the organization behind the non-custodial multi-signature wallet protocol Safe, has launched Safenet, a decentralized transaction security network that requires proposed transactions to pass a validator check before execution.

Bitcoin’s price surged above $74,400 today, marking a multi-week high and reigniting optimism across the broader cryptocurrency market, as evidenced by the rise in altcoins. The rally came amid renewed buying pressure, a wave of institutional demand, and yet another behemoth purchase by Michael

Grayscale called it the “dawn of the institutional era.” Bitwise predicted Bitcoin will break its four-year cycle and set new all-time highs. Bitcoin Suisse published a scenario where Bitcoin approaches $180,000 and Ethereum reaches $8,000 on the back of Fed rate cuts and accelerating institutiona

European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone stated on April 2, 2026 that the digital euro project has “good momentum” with a possible launch by July 2029, expressing confidence that sufficient consensus exists for the project to proceed and that he does not foresee any major hurdles.

Bittensor has recorded a 140% price increase over the past six weeks, including a 105% rise since March 8. The latest price action has pushed it to the 26th-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, according to new data from Santiment. AI Tokens Heat Up ----------------- The rally comes a

Traditional blockchain systems were not designed for real-time interaction, and that has become apparent in recent years. Networks like the first iterations of Ethereum, for example, prioritized security and decentralization, often at the cost of speed. This resulted in noticeable latency, and

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as Acting Attorney General, and dissolved the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, issuing a memorandum to halt regulatory enforcement against the crypto industry. When Blanche signed this memorandum, he still held crypto assets, which allegedly violated ethical standards and sparked legal disputes; whether transferring his assets into his family’s name can eliminate the conflict of interest remains controversial.

[PRESS RELEASE – New York, United States, March 17th, 2026] GSR, crypto’s capital markets partner, today announced the $57 million acquisition of Autonomous and Architech. The transaction significantly expands the firm’s ability to support tokenized organizations from formation through scale. Auton

The Trump administration has recently intervened in a lawsuit involving the CFTC and the regulators of gambling in three states, challenging the states’ authority to regulate prediction markets. The CFTC argues that, under the Commodity Exchange Act, it has exclusive jurisdiction over these markets, and accuses the states of overstepping their authority in an attempt to change the nature of the wagering event contracts. This lawsuit reflects regulatory actions by 11 states regarding prediction markets, each facing different legal challenges. If a federal court sides with the CFTC, it will help provide legal protection for prediction markets; otherwise, it will increase operational uncertainty.

There’s a specific type of crypto participant who doesn’t chase price charts. They look for infrastructure. They look for systems that generate Bitcoin — not promises of Bitcoin, not tokens that might convert to Bitcoin someday — but actual BTC, flowing from real network activity. That participan