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The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the second consecutive meeting. Bitcoin showed virtually no reaction to the decision.
KrakenBusinessCrypto exchange Kraken has put its IPO on hold just four months after announcing the plan. The decision comes as difficult market conditions weigh on the crypto sector.
Ukraine's securities regulator NSSMC outlined key approaches to regulating virtual assets in political financing, including Travel Rule implementation and restrictions on Russian-linked capital.
Bitcoin dropped nearly 4% to $71,300 on March 18 as surging oil prices triggered by Middle East conflict escalation and hotter-than-expected PPI data rattled crypto markets.
The stablecoin market has surpassed $311 billion in total capitalization. Here's a breakdown of the ten largest USD-pegged stablecoins — from undisputed leaders Tether and Circle to ambitious newcomers.
Nvidia's newly announced DLSS 5 technology, which uses AI to add photorealistic lighting to games, has been met with harsh criticism from players and developers who called it "garbage" and a "betrayal of artistic intent."
Crypto gift card platform Bitrefill disclosed a March 1 cyberattack. The company's investigation points to North Korea's Lazarus Group (BlueNoroff division) as the likely perpetrator.
EthereumProtocolsEthereum researchers are testing the Fast Confirmation Rule (FCR), a mechanism designed to reduce transaction confirmation times between the mainnet and Layer 2 solutions from 13 minutes to just 13 seconds.
Samsung Electronics is considering switching to three-to-five-year memory chip supply contracts to stabilize revenue. Meanwhile, the company's mobile division has been placed in "crisis mode" as chip prices surge 850% year-over-year.
Total open interest on Hyperliquid's HIP-3 hit a record $1.43 billion on March 14, growing over 100x in just six months since launch.
Druk Holding and Investments transferred 973 BTC worth approximately $72.32M to external addresses on March 17–18. Bhutan has sold over $110M in Bitcoin since the start of 2026.
A brain-computer interface decoding imagined finger movements enabled a paralyzed ALS patient to type at 110 characters per minute — 80% faster than the average healthy person.
Citigroup slashed its Bitcoin target to $112K and Ethereum to $3,175 for 2026, citing weak ETF flows and on-chain data. Here's what it means.
Backed by YZi Labs, Aster has launched Aster Chain mainnet — a Layer 1 blockchain designed for perpetual futures trading with built-in ZK privacy and claimed throughput of 100,000 transactions per second.
Visa's analytics dashboard shows TRON lost over 20 percentage points of stablecoin transaction market share in one year, while USDC now consistently exceeds USDT in adjusted volumes.
OpenAI released two compact AI models — GPT-5.4 mini and GPT-5.4 nano — optimized for minimal latency while maintaining strong performance across coding, multimodal tasks, and agent workflows.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins introduced a new token taxonomy at DC Blockchain Summit, removing stablecoins from securities classification. Meanwhile, DAO governance platform Tally shut down citing reduced regulatory pressure.
Injective announced native USDC and CCTP integration from Circle. At the same time, security researcher f4lc0n accused the team of offering $50K instead of $500K for a critical vulnerability that put $500M at risk.
World has released AgentKit, an SDK that cryptographically proves a real human is behind an AI agent's actions. The tool is built on top of the x402 protocol developed by Coinbase and Cloudflare.
Mining firm Cango posted a $452.8 million net loss for 2025 despite generating $688.1 million in revenue. The company is now selling BTC reserves and pivoting toward AI infrastructure.
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