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Pendle said its CEO, TN Lee, took part in a high-level delegation in New York with representatives from Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and Anchorage Digital to make the investment case for Vietnam’s International Financial Center. The meeting, which included Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister, highlights growing institut…
<p>Bitcoin is positioned to close the week in negative territory after a roughly 4.13% decline that left the token trading near $66,030.2. Heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, pressure on Treasury yields and a hefty options expiry have combined to sap risk appetite and redirect capital into the U.S. dollar. Institutional observers r…
USDT0, a unified cross-chain liquidity network for USDT, is now operational on Tempo, a payments-native Layer 1 blockchain. The integration gives Tempo direct access to a canonical omnichain USDT supply, supporting predictable settlement, deeper liquidity, and composable stablecoin execution for institutional and payments-oriented use cases. USDT0 …
BTCC has been named Most Secure Digital Asset Exchange (2025) by Pan Finance as it marks its 15th year of operation with a continuous record of zero security breaches. Serving more than 11 million users, the exchange highlights two-factor authentication, strict AML and CTF compliance, a 1:1 asset storage policy, and monthly Proof of Reserves report…
T-REX Network has partnered with Zama to make Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) the native confidentiality layer of the T-REX Ledger, a neutral Layer 2 designed for compliant and interoperable tokenized securities. The integration pairs Zama's FHE protocol with the ERC-3643 standard, which currently supports $32 billion in tokenized assets, and fo…
Binance announced new, stricter rules for projects and liquidity providers on its platform, including a ban on revenue-sharing arrangements between token issuers and market makers, explicit prohibitions on manipulative market-making activity, and new reporting requirements for projects. The move follows intensified scrutiny after the October market…
Hashed has taken the lead investor role in HiT Grading & Authentication, a UAE-based platform focused on grading, authenticating, and retailing pop-culture collectibles across the Middle East. Backed by Speedy Comics Group, HiT operates a network of physical stores and plans to scale across the GCC while investing in technology-enabled grading and …
Edel has moved its lending protocol from testnet to mainnet, creating an on-chain market that allows tokenized stocks to be deposited, lent, and used as collateral. The platform aims to replicate securities lending and margin finance functions traditionally handled by banks and prime brokers, redirecting revenue to on-chain liquidity providers. Ear…
Global crypto trading platform BYDFi served as a sponsor at Next Block Expo 2026 in Warsaw on March 24-25, showcasing its trading infrastructure, meeting industry participants, and launching an on-site mystery blind-box giveaway featuring limited-edition merchandise tied to its Newcastle United partnership. The appearance precedes a month-long cele…
<p>Bitcoin rose modestly on Wednesday, trading above the $71,000 mark as investors parsed competing developments in the Middle East. Comments indicating negotiations between Washington and Tehran and reports of a 15-point peace proposal supported risk appetite, while media accounts of strikes in Tehran and prior spikes in oil weighed on sentiment. …
RIV Coin ($RIV), a Vault protocol token deployed on the Solana blockchain, has launched as the core token of a reserve-backed digital asset ecosystem. The project pairs a verifiable reserve structure and segregated capital within a regulated fund with decentralized settlement infrastructure, aiming to enable institutional capital to access DeFi liq…
Bernstein's analysts, led by Gautam Chhugani, say Bitcoin has likely reached its trough and is set to move higher, while Strategy - the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin - has continued to build its treasury. The firm keeps a $150,000 year-end 2026 target for Bitcoin and reiterates an Outperform rating with a $450 price target on Strategy.
Balancer's governance forum is considering two connected proposals that would stop BAL token emissions, increase the portion of swap fees paid to liquidity providers from 50% to 75%, and commit $3.6 million of the DAO Treasury to a buyback and burn at net asset value. The package follows recovery efforts after a November 2025 exploit and aims to al…
Bitcoin extended gains on Tuesday, trading above $70,000 as reports of potential de-escalation in the U.S.-Iran tensions bolstered risk assets. The rally was supported by Strategy Inc.'s announcement of a large at-the-market equity program aimed at raising capital to purchase more Bitcoin. Conflicting signals from Tehran and ongoing regional hostil…
Bybit has launched a Spring Blossom promotion offering a total prize pool of 15,500 USDT. Eligible users who sign up for the event can earn lucky draw entries by completing designated fiat deposits, meeting trading volume milestones, and referring friends. The campaign runs through April 20, 2026, and detailed eligibility and participation rules ar…
Mantle announced that its decentralized finance Total Value Locked (TVL) has reached $755 million, reflecting 230% growth over six months and surpassing Layer 1s such as Avalanche and Sui. The network attributes the rise to a combination of real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure, deep distribution ties with Bybit, and several protocol integrations i…
Bernstein has outlined six principal elements it sees as defining an evolving Bitcoin market structure. The firm says corporate accumulation, new structured products, strong corporate balance sheets, expanding ETF inflows, rising concentration among long-term holders, and growing institutional and sovereign holdings are together shifting Bitcoin aw…
Key senators say they have reached an agreement in principle with the White House on wording for stablecoin yield in cryptocurrency legislation. The deal is intended to bridge policy differences between banks and digital asset firms and could allow the long-stalled bill to advance out of the Senate Banking Committee.
<p>Bybit Institutional announced an overhaul of its Interest-Free Loan Program and the introduction of an Institutional Trading Reward on March 3, 2026. The revised loan program creates three qualification pathways - trading volume, account equity, and average open interest - while lowering thresholds and increasing borrowing capacity up to $10 mil…
<p>Less than half a day after its public debut, the $METAWIN community token presale raised $350,000 as the first two pricing tranches sold out. The offering makes 200 million tokens - 20% of a fixed one-billion supply - available to the public across rising price tranches, while an airdrop of 100 million tokens is slated at or around token generat…
Bitcoin stabilized around $71,000 on Friday after dipping below $69,000 in the prior session amid a brief surge in crude oil and a cautious Federal Reserve stance. The largest cryptocurrency was trading fractionally lower early Friday, while broad risk-on sentiment was tested by swings in Brent crude and signals from U.S. policymakers about inflati…
<p>The MetaWinners community has opened a public presale for its community token, $METAWIN, accessible now at mw.xyz. A total of 200,000,000 tokens - 20% of a fixed 1,000,000,000 supply - are being offered across rising-priced tranches with no private rounds or venture allocations. The project emphasizes an existing, active ecosystem that spans 440…
Bitcoin plunged below $71,000 on Thursday amid a reassessment of near-term Federal Reserve easing prospects and a spike in crude oil prices tied to heightened tensions in the Middle East. Broader digital-asset markets also retraced, while policy statements and energy-market moves pushed yields and the dollar higher, pressuring risk-oriented assets.
Bitcoin traded mostly unchanged on Wednesday after a short-lived rally in the prior session, as traders adopted a cautious stance ahead of a highly anticipated U.S. Federal Reserve policy announcement and commentary from Chair Jerome Powell. The cryptocurrency edged up modestly to $74,207.9, while concerns about rising crude prices and new regulato…
Aster, backed by YZi Labs, has launched Aster Chain Mainnet, a Layer 1 blockchain that makes trading privacy the default by integrating ZK-verifiable encrypted orders and stealth address routing. The network aims to prevent onchain position hunting, deliver CEX-level throughput and latency without gas, and support a phased ecosystem rollout includi…
