BAGS just launched Stocks, MetaMask Supports HyperEVM, and Moar!

Megapot raised $5M led by Dragonfly to build a global lottery on-chain. The round signals growing VC appetite for crypto-native gaming primitives that tap into a $300B+ traditional lottery market.

Jupiter Global now lets users earn instant USDC cashback on every transaction. The new referral system starts at 4% and climbs to 10% as you onboard friends. Finally making spending in crypto feel rewarding rather than punishing.

BAGS just launched Stocks, letting anyone launch a company on-chain and register a business in seconds with verified ownership. Up to 30% of company stock is reserved for holders, creating real shareholder value, including IP rights. This could reshape how startups raise and distribute equity.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Bedrock Coins launches a permissionless token and a BVI incorporation framework on Meteora and Solana.

2. Aztec teases privacy launch event for March 31, saying it is the missing piece of crypto adoption.

3. Tangem launches self-custody Visa card powered by USDC on Polygon to spend anywhere, no offramp needed.

4. Citi gives Circle a $243 price target despite stablecoin yield limit concerns.

5. Crypto enters the U.S. mortgage market via Fannie Mae-eligible loans.

MetaMask now fully supports Hyperliquid's HyperEVM network, enabling swaps to, from, and across the chain directly in-wallet. With Hyperliquid's S&P 500 perp recently hitting $100M daily volume, this integration opens the floodgates to MetaMask's massive user base.

Tether selected KPMG for a full audit of its ~$185B USDT reserves and hired PwC to prep internal systems. The move goes beyond monthly attestations to cover assets, liabilities, controls, and reporting. A clear play for U.S. expansion credibility as it eyes a $15-20B raise.

Ripple is rolling out AI-driven security upgrades for the XRP Ledger, including AI-assisted testing and a dedicated red team to catch vulnerabilities pre-production. Proactive security infrastructure like this could set a new standard for L1 chains.

Big brain energy, lowkey legendary.

Top Gainers: TRILLIONS, STG, SAFE, KNC, APTM.

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1. Why your favorite narrative doesn't matter.

2. The metric everyone ignores until it's too late.

3. What separates winners from exit liquidity.

4. The alpha hiding in plain sight.

5. Why most DeFi strategies quietly bleed.

Anchorage Digital added TRON support, becoming the first federally chartered U.S. firm to bring Justin Sun's chain inside the regulatory perimeter. A legitimacy milestone for TRON's institutional ambitions.

Binance Australia was fined $6.9M after the federal court found major lapses in client onboarding, and over 85% of derivatives users were misclassified. Another reminder that regulatory shortcuts have real costs.

The White Whale founder locked 500 million coins forever and stepped away from CT, citing family crisis, mental health struggles, and fading passion for crypto. His parting message called out pumpdotfun as "cancer" and urged the space to stop idolizing founders who know the system is "rotten to the core."

That’s all for today!

Payy Raises $6M, Coinbase Rejects CLARITY Act Draft, and Moar!

Visa will join the Canton Network as a Super Validator, aiming to bring privacy-preserving blockchain payments and stablecoin infrastructure to banks and financial institutions. This marks another major TradFi player embedding itself deeper into blockchain rails. Expect more banks to follow.

Payy raised $6M led by FirstMark Capital to make private transactions the default onchain. The fund that backed Shopify, Discord, and Airbnb is now betting that privacy is the next foundational layer for crypto adoption.

Aave's DAO voted near-unanimously to move V4 to the Ethereum mainnet, with over 645,000 votes in favor. The overwhelming consensus signals strong community alignment on keeping DeFi's largest lending protocol rooted on Ethereum.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Cambridge University's Centre for Alternative Finance used DefiLlama as a primary data source in a new DeFi paper.

2. Jupiter visited the NYSE as part of its mission to bring everything onchain.

3. Ostium crossed $30M in total protocol revenue with $1.1M generated in the last 7 days.

4. Machi lost $30M+ as BTC and ETH longs got liquidated, then immediately re-entered with 25x leverage.

5. Alchemy Pay secured an SFC Type 1 license for virtual asset dealing in Hong Kong.

Coinbase pushed back on the latest CLARITY Act draft, warning that proposed rules could limit how stablecoin yields are structured industry-wide. The bill bans passive yield while allowing activity-based rewards; without Coinbase's backing, it may stall indefinitely if not passed by May.

MilkyWay announced the shutdown of its L1 chain, completing a chain upgrade to return all assets to their canonical chains. Users should verify their assets have been properly migrated before the final sunset.

Google set a 2029 deadline for post-quantum cryptography migration as quantum computing threats draw nearer. The timeline puts pressure on blockchain protocols to begin preparing their cryptographic foundations now.

New fear unlocked.

Top Gainers: PRL, KAT, VEREM, UP, ESPORTS.

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1. The obsession killing your execution speed.

2. Why most crypto projects die silently.

3. Your audience doesn't want more content.

4. What VCs actually look for now.

5. The market cycle nobody talks about.

Aave introduced Whop Treasury with yield powered by its protocol, giving over 21 million Whop users the ability to earn on their balances. Another step toward making DeFi yields accessible to mainstream platforms.

Seraphim, former Growth Lead at Lido and Ethena, joined the Solana Foundation to lead risk and special situations. He declared "Ethereum is dead" and outlined plans to bring $10B TVL and expand RWA perps on Solana.

Granola announced its Series C alongside updates making the tool better for teams and integrations. The round was led by Index and Kleiner Perkins.

That’s all for today!

Sora Shuts Down, Backpack Investigates BP Price Manipulation, and Moar!

Ripple is partnering with Singapore's Monetary Authority on the BLOOM initiative alongside Unloq to pilot cross-border trade settlements using XRP Ledger and RLUSD stablecoin. This move positions Ripple at the center of regulated institutional crypto adoption in Asia's most crypto-forward jurisdiction.

Tether has signed a Big Four accounting firm to complete its first full audit, setting a new quality standard for the digital asset economy. After years of scrutiny over reserve transparency, this could finally put the largest stablecoin's backing questions to rest.

Aave's DAO voted near-unanimously to move V4 to the Ethereum mainnet, with over 645,000 votes in favor. The overwhelming consensus signals strong community alignment on keeping DeFi's largest lending protocol rooted on Ethereum.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Pudgy Penguins launches Pengu Card on Visa with KAST, available in 170+ countries.

2. Solana Foundation unveils Developer Platform for enterprise, Mastercard, Western Union, and Worldpay, already building.

3. Tori Finance launches a delta-neutral yield protocol offering up to 15% APY with zero market exposure.

4. Bhutan reportedly selling $30M in Bitcoin per Arkham data.

5. BlackRock's digital assets head says institutions see most tokens beyond BTC and ETH as "nonsense."

The Ethereum Foundation launched pq.ethereum.org, a dedicated resource for Ethereum's post-quantum security effort built over 8+ years of research. The site includes the full PQ roadmap, open repos, specs, and details on the upcoming Cambridge research retreat, all open source.

NYSE is partnering with Securitize to develop a 24/7 tokenized securities platform. Traditional finance keeps inching closer to crypto rails, one partnership at a time.

Sora announced it's shutting down its app, thanking creators who built a community around the platform. Timelines and details on preserving user work are coming soon.

Why would I buy a house when I can buy a JPEG of a monkey.

Top Gainers: SIREN, ONT, BAS, DKA, SN4.

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2. AI CMOS are a scam

3. The case for Frame Transactions: Flexible Foundation with Powerful Defaults

4. Why I'm still bullish on Crypto Games

5. The Easiest Way to Make Money in 2026

Hyperliquid Strategies launched options trading on PURR common stock via Nasdaq Options Market. The $HYPE treasury company is bridging DeFi mechanics with traditional options infrastructure.

Solana now supports Stripe and Tempo's Machine Payments Protocol with native SDK support for any stablecoin on Solana. The integration positions Solana as a primary rail for agentic and API-based payments.

Backpack investigated traders who attempted to manipulate BP token price to win a Polymarket bet on FDV exceeding $200M. The exchange confirmed the traders were not insiders and reiterated zero tolerance for insider trading.

Balancer Scales Down, SUI Staking Lives On Revolut, and Moar!

SWIFT confirmed 25+ banks will go live by June using blockchain for 24/7 cross-border payments. This is legacy finance quietly laying RWA rails while everyone's distracted by memecoins. The institutional plumbing is being built in real time.

TRON DAO unveiled a $1 billion AI fund targeting identity, payments, RWAs, and autonomous finance. Building on their 2023 AI-blockchain convergence thesis, this positions TRON to capture the intersection of two of crypto's hottest narratives.

A revised draft of the Clarity Act has surfaced, banning yield on stablecoin balances to avoid similarities with bank deposits. Activity-based rewards may still fly, but the framework remains murky. Expect stablecoin issuers to get creative with compliance workarounds.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. James Wynn is back and shorting Bitcoin, degen whale activity returns.

2. One entity controls ~50% of $SIREN with over $1B in a single cluster.

3. Strategy announces new $21B $STRC ATM and $21B $MSTR ATM programs.

4. Ethereum Foundation outlines L1/L2 vision with L2s shifting to differentiated services.

5. Binance CoCEO calls crypto the new global commerce standard as 21M+ merchants onboard Binance Pay.

Balancer Labs is shutting down operations, with the protocol sticking around under a much smaller team. Another DeFi OG is trimming the fat as bear market economics force a hard choice

Deloitte Canada is partnering with Stablecorp to build a stablecoin payment infrastructure for Canadian institutions using a CAD-pegged stablecoin. TradFi consultants going native is the signal. Enterprise adoption is accelerating north of the border.

SUI staking is now live on Revolut, allowing users to stake directly within the app. Fintech meets L1. Revolut keeps expanding its crypto surface area while traditional banks watch from the sidelines.

Can't believe Anthropic paid to make this.

Top Gainers: ONT, PEAQ, SN4, SYND, DUSK.

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1. I spent 5 months getting rejected by banks to build a crypto neobank.

2. Yield is falling from Sky… but where is it coming from?

3. The Bear Case for Bittensor (TAO)

4. Buyback, Fee Switch, or Reinvest?

5. I turned my client into a millionaire using Claude Code.

Jupiter launched Offerbook, the first permissionless money market with fixed rates, fixed terms, and intent-driven mechanics. Money markets shouldn't dictate terms; users should. Jupiter continues building the financial primitives Solana deserves.

Ryan Yi introduced Onchain Group (OG) after leaving Coinbase, focused on architecting transactions that create new markets. From the Coinbase-Morpho deal to token restructurings and acquisitions, OG is betting capital structure needs a crypto-native upgrade.

Polymarket expanded its Referral Program from private beta to all traders with >$10k in volume. Refer new users, earn proportionate to their trading volume. Prediction markets are going into full growth mode.

That’s all for today!

Resolv Labs's Stablecoin USR Collapses 80%, Capital B Accquires 44 BTC, and Moar!

Major banks, including Citi, BNY Mellon, and Standard Chartered, are exploring tokenized deposits to compete directly with stablecoins. Unlike stablecoins that pull capital away from traditional finance, these tokens keep money inside the banking system. A defensive move to protect deposits and yield from crypto-native issuers gaining ground.

Fidelity Investments is pushing the SEC to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for broker-dealers to trade and custody tokenized securities on alternative trading systems. The asset management giant's involvement signals growing institutional appetite for clear rules around tokenized assets.

Hackers are deploying fake Google Play pages in Brazil to spread Android malware that hijacks phones for crypto mining and installs banking trojans. Some variants specifically target Binance and Trust Wallet, replacing wallet addresses during USDT transfers. A reminder that self-custody requires vigilance at every layer.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Stablecoin supply on XRP Ledger surged 100% since December 2025 according to Artemis data.

2. Aster DEX activated Stage 6 buyback reserve for ASTER with fully onchain, verifiable wallet activity.

3. Crude oil surged to top spot on Hyperliquid with $300M open interest, overtaking all crypto and equity pairs.

4. Machi Big Brother is down to his last $30,000 after losing $75.19M in six months.

5. Perle Labs announced that rewards for its Voice Campaign will be paid in USD1 by World Liberty Fi.

Resolv Labs' stablecoin USR collapsed 80% after a $23M exploit where attackers used compromised private keys to mint 80M unbacked tokens with minimal collateral. The breach triggered cascading losses across connected DeFi vaults, another brutal lesson in key management and collateral verification.

NYSE Arca and NYSE American have removed the 25,000-contract position limits on spot Bitcoin and Ether ETF options. Crypto ETF options now receive the same treatment as standard commodity ETF options across all major U.S. exchanges. A quiet but significant normalization milestone.

Capital B has acquired 44 BTC for €2.7 million at €61,763 per coin, achieving 0.72% BTC yield year-to-date. Europe's first Bitcoin treasury company now holds 2,888 BTC valued at €267.1 million, continuing the corporate accumulation trend across the Atlantic.

CT is dead - but it’s a paid partnership.

Top Gainers: SIREN, RLP, JCT, BR, CSPR.

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1. RWAs now move $2B daily.

2. Top 50 Claude Skills & GitHub Repos for AI.

3. Where STRK20s fit in the privacy picture.

4. How I grew 50k followers on X in 9 months (while being myself).

5. Being a human in the singularity.

H100 has signed an LOI for a strategic acquisition that would increase its Bitcoin holdings to 3,500 BTC. The transaction would position H100 as one of Europe's largest publicly listed Bitcoin treasury companies, intensifying the continental race for institutional BTC exposure.

$103M was liquidated across crypto markets in just four hours, with most losses tied to metals longs exposure. The cross-asset contagion shows how interconnected macro and crypto positioning has become.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev outlined two AI futures: companies hoarding discoveries or empowering users to drive innovation. He's betting on the latter approach, signaling Robinhood's potential direction in AI-powered financial tools.

That’s all for today!

Opera Acquires 160M Celo Tokens, World Liberty Financial Ships AgentPay SDK, and Moar!

Jupiter has enabled PreIPO trading with limit orders now live on PreStocks, giving traders more precise control over entry and exit points. This expansion positions Jupiter as a go-to venue for pre-market speculation in crypto-native formats.

Opera is making moves to acquire 160M Celo tokens to become a key network stakeholder. The browser giant is doubling down on onchain payments, signaling a major Web2 player betting heavily on crypto infrastructure.

World Liberty Financial shipped AgentPay SDK, an open source, self-custodial, policy-first infrastructure for AI agent payments built on USD1. The pitch: AI agents that can't transact are just expensive interns, and this fixes that.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Brian Armstrong asks how long until agentic payments overtake human payments?

2. Michael Saylor did 21 questions in 21 minutes on Bitcoin, AI, and innovation with Presidio Bitcoin.

3. PrismaX joined the Nvidia Inception Program to scale real-world robotics and physical AI systems.

4. Bybit launched yield-bearing tokenized gold, turning Tether Gold (XAUT) from a passive asset to an income-generator.

5. Lido Earn now offers first-loss protection with dedicated protocol reserves covering user deposits.

Sui introduced Hashi, a new Bitcoin finance layer aiming to unlock BTC's dormant capital. With less than 0.5% of Bitcoin's $1T+ market cap active in DeFi, Hashi has commitments from BitGo, Bullish, Ledger, FalconX, and others to change that.

Hyperliquid now processes more volume in tokenized commodities than crypto, with combined HIP3 open interest hitting $1.5B all-time high. The 24/7 trading advantage is pulling serious volume away from traditional exchanges for oil, gold, and silver.

Singaporean ridesharing platform Ryde has adopted a crypto treasury strategy, allocating corporate reserves to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. Another public company joins the multi-asset digital treasury trend.

It's not slop when it's in-house.

Top Gainers: SN3, UAI, ZBCN, ZANO, PHA.

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1. Why volatility is lying to you.

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3. Onchain data most traders ignore.

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Bitcoin Quantum launched testnet v0.3 featuring the first live deployment of BIP 360, a quantum-resistant upgrade for Bitcoin. The race to future-proof BTC against quantum computing threats is officially underway.

Gemini slashed 30% of staff and exited Europe and Australia as market share fell below 1%. Bitcoin's drop from $115K to $60K drove a $582.8M net loss in 2025, forcing a U.S.-focused pivot into credit cards and prediction markets.

Kalshi raised over $1B at a $22B valuation in its latest financing round. Prediction markets continue to attract massive capital as the sector matures post-election cycle.

That’s all for today!

Respan Raises a $5M Seed Round, Visa Crypto Labs unveiled Visa CLI, and Moar!

S&P Dow Jones Indices partnered with trade[XYZ] to launch the first official S&P 500 perpetual contract, now live exclusively on Hyperliquid. After 69 years as the benchmark for global finance, the index is finally accessible 24/7/365 without intermediaries or market hours. A massive step toward continuous, borderless markets.

Europe's largest asset manager Amundi (€2.3T AUM) launched a new tokenized mutual fund (SAFO) in partnership with Spiko, powered by Chainlink infrastructure. This signals accelerating institutional adoption as legacy finance giants move real assets onchain.

Polymarket has acquired Brahma, the DeFi infrastructure startup behind smart accounts and automated execution tools. The Brahma team, which built vaults and payment settlement connecting crypto to credit cards over four years, will join Polymarket to scale prediction markets to mainstream audiences.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. BNB Chain hit a new all-time high of $3B TVL in RWAs.

2. Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program grew from 85 to 100+ partners in one week.

3. Institutional BTC demand hit its highest levels since October 2025, absorbing 81,200 BTC last month with 6x new supply.

4. Kenya published draft VASP regulations covering licensing and stablecoin reserves, open for comment until April 10.

5. Algorand Foundation cut 25% of staff, citing macro uncertainty and market downturn.

Respan announced a $5M seed round led by Gradient Ventures to build self-driving observability, evals, and gateway infrastructure for AI agents. Already processing 1B+ logs and 2T+ tokens monthly across 100+ teams, they're positioning as critical infrastructure for the agent economy.

Visa Crypto Labs unveiled Visa CLI, their first experimental product bridging traditional payments with crypto rails. The tool signals Visa's continued push to integrate blockchain infrastructure into mainstream financial products.

Block, Inc. has quietly rehired some of the 4,000 employees it laid off last month after discovering some cuts were linked to clerical errors. An awkward reversal that raises questions about the company's internal processes during cost-cutting.

The classic, buy high, sell low.

Top Gainers: SOS, XAN, Q, ARIA, HASH.

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1. Solana's secret weapon for payments.

2. Why most crypto teams ship wrong.

3. Privacy layers are finally getting serious.

4. What founders miss about distribution.

5. The VC playbook is dead.

Cryptodotcom announced a 12% workforce reduction as CEO Kris Marszalek pushes an enterprise-wide AI transformation. His warning was blunt: companies failing to adopt AI immediately risk collapse, with slow adopters falling behind in scale and execution.

RWA tokenization has crossed $25B and is now growing independent of broader crypto market cycles. The real opportunity isn't direct token exposure; it's the lending infrastructure layer, where Morpho and Fluid are positioning as key players.

Google dropped "Stitch," an AI design tool that converts prompts or napkin sketches into production-ready UI with full HTML/CSS or React code in seconds. It features an AI-native infinite canvas, voice input, and direct exports to Cursor, Claude Code, and Figma. Potentially reshaping the design-to-dev workflow entirely.

That’s all for today!

ZKsync Announces Cari Network Strategy, Doodles Launches MakeDoodlesdotai, and Moar!

Mastercard announced its intent to acquire BVNK, a leading stablecoin-based payment infrastructure provider. The move expands Mastercard's end-to-end digital currency support, strengthening how fintechs and financial institutions connect traditional fiat with onchain payments across rails, currencies, and regions.

The SEC issued an interpretation clarifying the application of federal securities laws to crypto assets. This marks a major step toward providing greater regulatory clarity for the industry.

Phantom received first-of-its-kind no-action relief from the CFTC. The wallet can now connect users to regulated derivatives markets and event contracts without registering as an introducing broker, a significant win for DeFi accessibility.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Based Foundation announced BASED TGE scheduled for March 30.

2. Whop opened its Payments Network to everyone after entrepreneurs hit $3.3B in annual earnings on the platform.

3. Ripple announced full institutional expansion across Brazil, covering payments, custody, prime brokerage, and treasury.

4. Nexus is skipping testnet campaigns and moving straight to mainnet after 2.6M participants and 96 ecosystem partners.

5. PayPal is rolling out PYUSD to wallets across 70 markets for faster, cheaper cross-border payments.

ZKsync announced the Cari Network, developed alongside five regional banks, is building a platform to bring tokenized deposits onchain. The system promises security and privacy within the regulatory perimeter, powered by ZKsync's Prividium technology.

FTX sold its 8% stake in Anthropic for $1.3 billion during bankruptcy proceedings in 2024. Today, that same stake would be worth over $30 billion. A brutal reminder of forced liquidation timing.

Bonk appears to have exit scammed, selling all bundles and sending tokens to zero. The memecoin collapsed from $6M market cap to $120K after the team claimed their website was hacked three days ago and never fixed it.

You’re never serious in this industry.

Top Gainers: SOS, ANKR, VELO, ENJ, BTW.

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2. The metric everyone ignores until it's too late.

3. What separates winners from exit liquidity.

4. How narratives actually move markets.

5. The uncomfortable truth about token launches.

Saylor Academy has been granted university status by the Florida Department of Education, becoming Saylor University. This marks a major milestone in providing free, world-class higher education for all.

Doodles launched MakeDoodlesdotai, bringing unlimited AI-powered creativity to its ecosystem.

Aster launched its privacy-focused L1 blockchain mainnet, supporting 100,000 transactions per second with zero gas fees.

Derivio raised $6M from YZi Labs and other top investors to build agentic trading rails for the future of derivatives.

That’s all for today!

Strategy Stacks More Bitcoin, CEO of Messari Steps Down, and Moar!

RoboForce just closed a $52M oversubscribed round, pushing total funding to $67M. Led by YZi Labs with Jerry Yang joining heavyweights like Myron Scholes and Carnegie Mellon University, the company is building Physical AI to power what they call the era of RoboLabor.

OpenSea Foundation is pushing back the SEA token launch indefinitely, citing challenging market conditions. To soften the blow, they're offering optional fee refunds for recent trading waves and dropping platform fees to 0% for 60 days starting March 31st. The delay stings, but dfinzer says they're playing the long game.

Cboe filed a proposal with the SEC to launch near 24x5 US equities trading on its EDGX exchange, targeting December 2026. If approved, this could reshape how traditional markets operate alongside always-on crypto.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Aerodrome teased something ETH-related dropping in Q2.

2. Perle Labs has locked in their Season 1 snapshot, and final points are now recorded.

3. Shape teased $SHAPE is going live with multiple reveals this week.

4. Strategy acquired 22,337 BTC for $1.57B, now holding 761,068 BTC total.

5. BlackRock's Head of Digital Assets called the new ETH staking ETF a "silver bullet" for institutions.

Eric Turner stepped down as CEO of Messari after eight years, handing the reins to Diran. The transition comes with layoffs as the company enters its next phase, though Turner remains as an advisor.

Hackers are now using LLMs to scan old EVM contracts at scale, exploiting token approvals you granted years ago. Hardware wallets won't save you here; revoke unused approvals via Revokedotcash or Rabby immediately.

Metaplanet is funneling $26M into Bitcoin infrastructure in Japan while Hong Kong lines up its first stablecoin issuers. Asia's crypto infrastructure play is accelerating fast.

Good thing I hodl.

Top Gainers: POLYX, PEAQ, DEGO, CFG, ANIME.

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1. The thread nobody's talking about yet.

2. What most builders get completely wrong.

3. This pattern keeps repeating every cycle.

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Abu Dhabi Global Markets approved tokenized securities trading under its regulatory framework, allowing institutions to deal in digital equities. Another major jurisdiction going onchain.

BNB Chain reminded users that Phase 1 of the Beacon Chain Token Recovery Tool sunset ends April 30. Holders need to migrate BEP2 tokens to BNB Smart Chain now or face delays.

PancakeSwap launched Pancake Town, their first interactive AI-agent world powered by PancakeSwap AI Skills. The gamified DeFi experiment is now live.

New documents allege a $5M deal between Javier Milei and Hayden Davis before LIBRA launched. This directly contradicts Milei's claim that he "merely shared it" rather than promoted it.

Metaplanet Loads Up on BTC Firepower, Venus Protocol Gets Exploited, and Moar!

Crypto lender BlockFills has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, marking another casualty in the ongoing shakeout of centralized lending platforms. The filing adds to the growing list of crypto lenders that have collapsed since the 2022 market downturn.

Following a $50M swap incident, Aave unveiled 'Aave Shield', a safeguard designed to automatically block trades with over 25% price impact. This defensive mechanism could set a new standard for protecting DeFi protocols from manipulation attacks.

Lighter, Ethereum’s leading perp DEX, is launching a referral pilot for select trading communities.

• Earn up to 3 bps (0.03%) of referred trading volume in USDC, paid weekly
• 2-month pilot: March 1 – April 30
• Target: new mobile users joining Lighter for the first time
• Limited slots: only 5 communities will be selected

Interested in participating? Reach out:
Telegram: @blingoh
Email: blingoh@radarblock.xyz

The Ethereum Foundation staked ETH for the first time ever three weeks ago, and just moved $10M ETH to a new address. The community is watching closely to see if this signals a broader shift in how the Foundation manages its treasury.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Tether AI team will release a "true breakthrough" this coming week.

2. OP_NET pushed mainnet from March 17th to March 19th.

3. World Liberty Financial's governance staking proposal passed with 99.12% approval.

4. LitecoinVM is launching its chain with Caldera to bring programmable execution to Litecoin.

5. SLOHM Finance raised $250K from 151 contributors to build the first treasury-backed reserve protocol on Bitcoin L1.

A hacker manipulated $THE's price and exploited Venus Protocol on BSC, leaving behind $2.18M in bad debt. The attack highlights ongoing vulnerabilities in price oracle mechanisms across DeFi lending platforms.

Metaplanet raised ~$255M from global institutional investors via a share placement at a 2% premium, with fixed-strike warrants that could generate up to ~$276M more upon exercise. The move gives them up to ~$531M in firepower toward their 210,000 BTC goal.

ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees bought $56 million worth of Ethereum, according to onchain analysts. The significant purchase comes as ETH struggles to maintain momentum against Bitcoin's dominance.

We ain't giving up on Solana!

Top Gainers: G, UP, CFG, SN62, DRV.

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1. The alpha most traders miss daily.

2. Why VCs are pivoting hard now.

3. What Jane Street knows that you don't.

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5. Regulation is coming faster than expected.

The Australian Senate backed a crypto regulation framework, bringing platforms and custody providers under financial services oversight with new licensing requirements. Australia joins the growing list of nations establishing clear crypto regulatory rails.

Nebius signed a new AI infrastructure agreement with Meta worth up to ~$27B to accelerate the buildout of its core AI cloud business. The partnership signals continued institutional demand for AI compute infrastructure.

Wallets linked to Jane Street received $15.08M in BTC from BitMEX and LMAX Digital in the past 2 hours. The activity comes as the trading firm faces ongoing accusations of insider trading during the LUNA/Terra crash and deliberate BTC dumps at market open.

Jacob & Co released a $40,000 watch that can mine BTC. Because nothing says "decentralized money for the people" quite like mining sats from your wrist.

That’s all for today!

JP Morgan Faces Ponzi Lawsuit, MetaComp Closed $35M in Funding, and Moar!

Dubai's TOKEN2049 summit, originally scheduled for April 29-30, 2026, has been pushed back a full year to April 21-22, 2027. The postponement follows Iranian drone strikes and shrapnel attacks across multiple Dubai locations, forcing many crypto industry attendees to evacuate the region.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov confirmed one of DeFi's most catastrophic user errors ever. Someone attempted to market buy $50 million worth of AAVE using USDT, ignored the extreme price impact warning, and received only 324 AAVE (~$36,000) in return. The protocol is refunding $600K in fees, but the underlying capital is permanently gone.

JP Morgan is facing a class action lawsuit alleging the bank helped enable a $328 million crypto Ponzi scheme run by Goliath Ventures. Prosecutors claim over $250 million flowed through a JPMorgan business account despite warning signs, with funds allegedly spent on luxury homes and travel rather than the promised crypto trading strategies.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Backpack's Limbo event kicks off now with TGE scheduled for March 23.

2. Ethereum Foundation launched a new Public Grant Explorer to browse and search all awarded grants in real-time.

3. Scroll promoted Raza to CEO of Up Labs as the protocol shifts focus from infrastructure to distribution and adoption.

4. Concrete DeFi USDT became the largest non-lending stablecoin DeFi vault.

5. Ethena shifted sUSDe unstaking from a static 7-day period to a dynamic 1-7 day model based on liquid stablecoin backing.

Cryptio raised a $45M Series B, co-led by BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global, to build ERP infrastructure for digital assets. The company now serves 400 leading institutions for accounting, reconciliation, and financial reporting across blockchain operations.

MetaComp closed $35M in funding backed by Alibaba and Spark Venture across two rounds in three months. The Singapore-based firm has processed $10B+ in payments and OTC volume in 2025 and is expanding its StableX Network across Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

VeryAI raised $10M to build human verification infrastructure for the AI age. The company is building systems to distinguish real humans from bots, deepfakes, and synthetic identities at internet scale.

"Yeah, when I buy OTC, I mean buying Over The Chart".

Top Gainers: TRILLIONS, LYN, SN3, TRUMP, APTM.

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1. Four Pillars explains why Asia is pulling ahead in the stablecoin race, arguing that stablecoins are evolving beyond simple issuance into full financial stacks that include orchestration layers, onchain neobanks, and payment infrastructure.

2. Mastercard highlights its growing role in crypto infrastructure through partnerships with Circle, positioning stablecoins and blockchain payments as part of a broader push toward an internet-native financial system.

3. Katexbt.hl explores the idea of a collectibles supercycle, arguing that physical assets with strong provenance and legacy IP may outperform digital speculation as investors search for authenticity and scarcity.

4. Mitlar shares lessons from the memecoin trenches, arguing that narratives, not price charts, determine whether a coin is truly dead, and that some of the best entries happen when everyone else has already written a project off.

5. Hooeem examines the growing impact of AI on the labor market, combining economic data and research to argue that automation could reshape employment faster than most people expect.

Unitas Labs announced a $13.33M seed round to build infrastructure for sustainable onchain yield. Their mission focuses on making stable assets productive through transparent, market-neutral strategies.

Vitalik Buterin clarified his relationship with the Future of Life Institute after receiving criticism over their policy actions. He revealed FLI managed to cash out approximately $500M from his SHIB donation and has since pivoted to cultural and political action. An approach he worries could lead to authoritarian outcomes and backlashes despite good intentions.

AVAX is now live on Solana via Sunrise DeFi, bringing Avalanche's native token cross-chain to the Solana ecosystem.

Solana Funded launched a new platform letting traders use up to $100,000 in funded capital to trade memecoins on-chain. Traders keep up to 90% of profits with instant payouts. Your skill, their capital.

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Binance Files Complaint Against WSJ, BONK INU's BONK Fun Gets Compromised, and Moar!

The SEC and CFTC just published a memorandum of understanding to coordinate regulation of digital asset markets. For years, the turf war between the two agencies, the SEC claiming tokens as securities and the CFTC treating them as commodities, kept trillions in institutional capital on the sidelines. This MOU aims to clarify jurisdiction, share data, and harmonize rules before Congress even passes final legislation.

Ripple is acquiring BC Payments Australia to secure a financial services license, unlocking end-to-end control over cross-border payments across APAC. With this move, Ripple now holds 75+ regulatory licenses worldwide. A quiet empire is being built one jurisdiction at a time

Mastercard introduced its Crypto Partner Program, a global initiative bringing together 85+ crypto-native companies, payments providers, and financial institutions. Digital assets are moving from parallel experiments to behind-the-scenes infrastructure for cross-border remittances and B2B transfers, and Mastercard wants a seat at the table.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Noise just released their waitlist, teasing that something new is coming.

2. MetaMask has integrated the Uniswap API as one of its swap providers for deep liquidity and competitive pricing.

3. Tempo is hosting a hackathon with Stripe on March 19, with limited spots for both in-person and online.

4. VanEck has partnered with Basic Capital to make crypto ETFs available to US 401(k) retirement plans.

5. Privy introduced manual approvals for human-in-the-loop workflows on programmable treasury operations.

Binance has filed a complaint against the Wall Street Journal for publishing what it calls a false and defamatory report. The exchange views the lawsuit as necessary to combat misinformation and hold the publication accountable for prioritizing clicks over journalistic integrity.

Revolut is now officially a fully licensed bank in the UK. Accounts will soon be protected by FSCS up to £120,000 per person on eligible deposits. The neobank keeps stacking credentials while traditional banks watch from the sidelines.

Bullish has climbed past Coinbase to become the third-largest crypto exchange by spot volume. The Peter Thiel-backed exchange is making moves while legacy platforms struggle to recapture momentum.

Same as when you find some cash in your pants during laundry and say it's free money lol.

Top Gainers: UAI, RIVER, BTW, AVNT, SIREN.

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1. AI Edge outlines seven AI skills that could become major wealth drivers in 2026, arguing that the real opportunity lies not in using AI casually but in mastering the small set of capabilities businesses are already willing to pay for.

2. Andrew Moh proposes a framework for identifying whether a blockchain ecosystem is truly “dead,” emphasizing that technology alone isn’t enough and that sustainable growth ultimately depends on real users, strong DeFi activity, and flagship applications.

3. Regan Bozman analyzes the decline in crypto venture funding, showing that roughly 25% of the most active funds from the last cycle have either shut down or stopped deploying capital into the sector.

4. Delphi Digital highlights the rapid growth of crypto options markets, noting that institutional demand for defined-risk hedging is pushing options open interest to rival and even surpass futures in Bitcoin derivatives markets.

5. Mitlar shares a memecoin trading strategy for 2026, arguing that profitability increasingly depends on spotting viral narratives early and positioning before attention flows into new tokens.

BONK INU's BONK Fun domain has been compromised by a malicious actor. The team is urging users not to interact with the website while they work to secure the platform. A reminder that even memecoins need bulletproof security.

HIP-4 just went live on the Hyperliquid testnet, introducing binary outcome markets based on HyperCore mark prices. First mainnet markets planned include 1-day BTC and HYPE binaries. Prediction markets meet perps infrastructure.

OP_NET raised $5M to build smart contracts on Bitcoin L1. The programmable Bitcoin era has been promised before, but this team is betting the infrastructure gap is finally ready to close.

Prime brokers are racing to give hedge funds and institutional investors access to Kalshi's event bets. Wall Street is officially knocking on prediction markets' door, and the door is opening.

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Aave Oracle Glitch Hits $26M, YZi Labs Warns of Compromised Legacy Account, and Moar!

Mantle just hit another all-time high, crossing $1 billion in DeFi TVL. The L2 continues building momentum as capital flows into its ecosystem, proving that consistent execution still wins in this market.

Jupiter launched native onramp and offramp directly inside Jupiter Global wallet, allowing users to deposit from bank accounts with same-day settlement and withdraw across 15 local currencies. This bridges the fiat-to-onchain gap with local banking rails, exactly what mainstream adoption needs.

MetaMask is now covering gas fees for swaps and interactions on Monad. The move removes a major friction point for users exploring the new chain, making onboarding smoother than ever.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Doodles teased AI beta launching March 17 with a tear in the doodleverse.

2. Robinhood Banking crossed $1B in deposits from 65K funded customers.

3. China moves to restrict banks and government bodies from using OpenClaw AI apps on office computers over security concerns.

4. Hyperliquid announced USDH outcome markets live on testnet, with portfolio margin cap increases coming.

5. Wells Fargo filed a trademark for "WFUSD" covering cryptocurrency and digital asset services.

Aave suffered a pricing oracle error that triggered approximately $26 million in wrongful wstETH liquidations across 34 accounts. Affected users are set to be compensated, but the incident highlights how critical oracle infrastructure remains for DeFi security.

Kled AI announced a $5.5M seed round to build the first human data marketplace, bringing total financing to $9 million. Backers include Waymo founder Sebastian Thrun, Bernard Arnault's Aglaé fund, and Golden State Warriors owner Kent Lacob.

YZi Labs is warning users about unusual activity from their legacy Binance Labs X account. The team urges everyone to unfollow the old handle and avoid interacting with any posts, links, or DMs from it. Yzi Labs X account remains the verified source.

Same script, different day, still works.

Top Gainers: XAI, JCT, EURS, COLLECT, QUBIC.

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1. Jonny Dee reflects on the current Web3 hiring landscape, arguing that broken recruitment processes, endless interview loops, and performative hiring signals point to deeper structural issues across the industry.

2. IOSG Ventures analyzes the onchain yield landscape, noting that stablecoin-backed fixed yields dominate bear markets while DeFi protocols increasingly split into frontend consumer apps and backend yield infrastructure.

3. Qwerty highlights a GitHub repository with 1,000+ free public APIs, showing how traders and builders can replace expensive data tools and build automated information pipelines.

4. Brian Armstrong predicts that by the end of the 2020s, a scalable, privacy-enabled blockchain could reach 1 billion users, driven by crypto-first startups, emerging market adoption, and increasing institutional participation.

5. Jasper BΞll breaks down the core strategies used by professional prediction market traders, outlining foundational concepts beginners can use to approach markets with a strategist mindset.

AgentMail announced a $6M seed round led by General Catalyst, with participation from Y Combinator, Paul Graham, and others. The thesis: every AI agent needs its own email inbox.

Polymarket is partnering with Palantir to monitor suspicious activity on its growing sports prediction markets. Decentralized truth meets enterprise-grade surveillance, an interesting combo for market integrity.

Fantasy Top is catching heat after shutting down its main product while reportedly refusing to refund angel investors. One investor claims they gave ~$50k that they'll never see back, while the team uses the remaining funds for salaries. A harsh reminder of early-stage crypto risk.

xStocks announced xPoints are coming, marking a new chapter for the ecosystem focused on rewarding participation and aligning incentives.

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Oil-linked Perpetuals On Hyperliquid Tops $1.29B, Claude Introduces Code Review For Claude Code, and Moar!

LI.FI just dropped its API for Agentic Commerce, a one-shot integration for building AI agent workflows onchain. The toolkit includes an MCP server, agent skills, and agent-native documentation, effectively solving market access for agentic commerce in one release.

China unveiled a new chip designed to boost blockchain speeds by 50x, while an autonomous agent linked to Alibaba reportedly decided to mine Bitcoin. Asia continues to push infrastructure boundaries while the West debates regulation.

Arthur Hayes published his thesis on why HYPE will hit $150 by August 2026. Bold call, but the man has receipts, worth reading the full breakdown on his Substack.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says that soon, there will be more AI agents than humans making transactions.

2. Kamino's PRIME market is now the single largest RWA market in DeFi with a $570M market size and $250M borrowed across 3,653 active loans.

3. Perplexity Computer replaced $225K/yr in marketing tools in a single weekend, building an AI marketing agent for micro-optimizations.

4. Lighter launched Partner Attribution, allowing integrators to monetize via configurable fees of up to 10 bps.

5. Aptos secured the first-ever U.S. APT futures on Bitnomial Exchange, regulated under CFTC, one step closer to a U.S. Aptos ETF.

Nasdaq is partnering with Kraken to develop tokenized versions of stocks and ETFs tradeable 24/7. The initiative could launch around 2027, giving token holders the same rights as traditional shareholders. TradFi is finally getting the memo.

Oil-linked perpetuals on Hyperliquid topped $1.29B in 24-hour trading volume, overtaking Ether. Commodities perps are having a moment, and Hyperliquid is eating the flow.

Claude introduced Code Review for Claude Code. When a PR opens, Claude dispatches a team of agents to hunt for bugs. AI reviewing AI-assisted code feels appropriately recursive.

I’m tired of winning, Mr. President.

Top Gainers: DRV, SXT, FLOW, NAORIS, ARC.

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1. Castle Labs explores the $69T tokenization opportunity, arguing that onchain equities could reshape how traders access stocks, with projects like Ondo, xStocks, and Hyperliquid experimenting with different models to bring traditional markets onto crypto rails.

2. Shann argues that AI users have about 12 months to build three durable moats, taste, distribution, and high agency, before the advantage of simply using AI disappears as tools and skills become widely commoditized.

3. Conduct|r shares a dopamine detox protocol designed to reset attention and productivity, explaining how constant digital stimulation rewires the brain and outlining practical steps to regain focus and motivation.

4. Alex Paz breaks down the current “airdrop winter,” arguing that disappointing TGEs have shaken farmer confidence but that these cycles historically reset expectations before the next wave of profitable drops.

5. Denis Kursakov profiles Domer, a former poker player who used probability and disciplined strategy to turn prediction market trading on Polymarket into nearly $3M in profit.

Pudgy World, a free-to-play browser-based game, is now live. Players can explore 12 unique towns across The Berg, help Pengu find Polly, and hit mini-games. IP expansion in action.

Backpack announced users get priority allocation when the company IPOs, earned through stake, time, and usage. Token or equity? Yes to both.

Aon, one of the world's largest insurance brokers, is now settling premiums with stablecoins on Solana. Enterprise adoption, quietly shipping.

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RWA on Ethereum Reaches $15B Market Cap, OFFGRID Gets Call Out For Vague Privacy Promises, and Moar!

The UK government unveiled Sovereign AI, a new £500 million venture fund designed to support AI founders from day one. The initiative aims to keep talent building domestically while scaling globally, a major signal that nation-states are getting serious about AI infrastructure investment.

World Liberty Financial dropped a governance proposal asking the community to vote on enabling staking for WLFI token holders. This could be one of the most significant moves yet for the Trump-linked DeFi project, pushing holders toward active participation rather than passive holding.

Pumpswap is catching heat after analysis showed a $500 portfolio could hit zero in 64 trades just from fees alone. The co-founder claims fees are "exactly the same" as 2024, but critics point out that LP rebates dropped from 88% to 1.6%, a brutal change buried in the docs.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Oil prices surge amid Hormuz tensions, and historically, oil strength often coincides with BTC end-of-cycle phases.

2. Vitalik shared thoughts on rethinking democratic tools in a "chaotic era", from DAOs to ZK voting to consensus-finding mechanisms.

3. Circle and Stripe are racing to build payment rails for AI agents settling in stablecoins.

4. Backpack welcomed former CFTC Commissioner Mark Wetjen as President of Backpack U.S. to lead regulatory expansion.

5. Tempo announced a hackathon with limited spots, applications now open.

OFFGRID is getting called out hard for allegedly running a bait-and-switch scheme with their "No KYC" card. The project reportedly collected over 50K email signups, raised angel funding, and hosted yacht parties, all before pivoting to a KYC model with vague "privacy" promises.

RWA market cap on Ethereum surpassed $15B, up roughly 200% year-over-year, according to Token Terminal. The data includes tokenized funds, stocks, and commodities, a trend worth watching as tradfi rails continue merging with onchain infrastructure.

KAST closed a historic $80M Series A to bring stablecoin-powered financial services to everyone, co-led by QED Investors and Left Lane Capital. The raise signals a growing institutional appetite for stablecoin infrastructure aimed at mass adoption.

Maybe he'll at least add DOGE in there.

Top Gainers: DENT, BTW, RESOLV, NAORIS, QUBIC.

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1. Cova argues that trading card games are a quietly compounding $15–18B capital market, with sealed product, secondary trading, and digital TCG ecosystems forming a financial stack that looks increasingly similar to Web3 asset markets.

2. Jorgia explains why most founders fail at organic marketing, arguing the real problem isn’t distribution but a misunderstanding of how social media mechanics work and how consistent narrative-driven content compounds attention.

3. Mau Baron shares how his team generated 7M YouTube views and 61K subscribers using fully automated content pipelines, showing how AI-driven distribution can scale content output with minimal manual work.

4. Goshawk Trades breaks down five poker concepts that translate directly into better trading, highlighting how probability thinking, risk management, and emotional discipline separate professionals from retail traders.

5. Four Pillars FP introduces the EV/Holder Revenue framework for valuing tokens, arguing that token markets should measure value based on revenue flowing to holders rather than traditional protocol revenue metrics.

Opinion Trade unveiled their 2026 roadmap featuring up to 60% maker rebates, sports and esports markets, builder keys, and dispute rewards. Rollout begins this week as the prediction market platform positions itself for aggressive growth.

Lighter executed another buyback, scooping up 42K LIT tokens. Continued buybacks signal confidence from the team and show that the treasury is actively supporting the ecosystem rather than sitting idle.

Posts on X claimed Anthropic released a prediction markets bot specification promising $300 to $1,500 daily earnings, including a 33-page cheat sheet for Claude skills and a trading bot with 68.4% win rate. Multiple users quickly debunked the claim, stating Anthropic posted nothing and labeling it disinformation or a hoax.

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Pudgy Penguins Sued, Kaito AI Launches Kaito Studio, and Moar!

The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, ICE, has invested in Bitcoin exchange OKX at a $25 billion valuation. This marks a significant institutional endorsement for the crypto exchange space from traditional finance's most iconic player.

The SEC has moved to dismiss all claims against Justin Sun, Tron Foundation, and BitTorrent Foundation. Sun confirmed the resolution brings closure, emphasized that he never stopped building, and expressed interest in working with the SEC to develop future crypto guidance and regulations.

Kazakhstan's central bank plans a $350 million portfolio tied to crypto markets, expected to begin in April–May. The sovereign move signals a growing appetite among nation-states for digital asset exposure beyond typical reserve strategies.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. The son of a U.S. government contractor accused of stealing $46 million in crypto from the Marshals Service was arrested by the FBI.

2. Dubai's digital assets regulator VARA says unlicensed KuCoin must cease operations, weeks after Austria prohibited its European arm.

3. Cursor is introducing Cursor Automations to build always-on agents.

4. a16z leads Lio's Series A to build an AI-powered virtual procurement workforce for enterprises.

5. Meta is being sued over AI smart glasses after workers allegedly reviewed intimate, personal footage.

Kaito AI launched the Kaito Studio beta, moving to a new model in which brands and creators can match based on mutual fit and expectations. Since February, their creator network has grown to represent 80 million collective followers and $14 billion in follower net worth across 118 countries.

OKX has debuted a social platform linking posts directly to trades. The feature bridges social engagement with onchain activity, potentially reshaping how traders share and verify their market calls.

Revolut is seeking a de novo banking charter with the OCC. If approved, the fintech giant would gain full US banking capabilities, positioning itself to compete directly with traditional institutions in the crypto-friendly banking space.

Cluely’s CEO, ironically, has a clue about his company’s lies.

Top Gainers: XPT, FAI, WAR, SIGN, UAI.

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1. How to master AI content (step by step).

2.  a16z Playbook: How to build in Web3 in 2026

3. Airdrops that could print this year.

4. Privacy is the missing piece in crypto payments.

5. What’s cooking for the agentic era?

Some penguins swim, others drown in lawsuits.

Vancouver city staff asked council to drop the BTC reserve motion, stating Bitcoin is not an "allowable asset." The pushback highlights the regulatory hurdles municipalities face when considering crypto treasury diversification.

Anthropic CEO warns the company is no longer sure Claude isn't conscious. Whether philosophical musing or genuine concern, the statement adds fuel to the accelerating AI safety debate.

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