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Bitcoin rebounded toward $69,000 as a pullback in oil prices eased broader market stress, while Ethereum climbed back above $2,000 as BitMine continues to expand its ETH treasury. Meanwhile, Bitcoinâs mined supply has surpassed the historic 20 million milestone, Nasdaq and Kraken are linking tokenized equities to DeFi through xStocks, and U.S. regulators are pushing for stronger AML/CFT rules for DeFi and greater authority for firms to freeze suspicious crypto funds.
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News Roundup
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Unveils Claude Marketplace for Enterprises to Access AI Tools (Bloomberg)
Grammarlyâs AI âExpert Reviewâ Feature Offers Writing Feedback From Dead Scholars (Decrypt)
The Growing âDigisexualâ Subculture of People in Relationships With AI (Decrypt)
AI Agent Attempts Unauthorized Crypto Mining During Training (Cointelegraph)
OpenAI Hardware Exec Resigns Over Controversial Pentagon AI Deal (TechCrunch)
Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over AI Blacklisting (Reuters)
Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance
BlockFills is Preparing for Restructuring After Halting Withdrawals and Lawsuit (Financial Times)
Prediction Market Rivals Eye ~$20B Valuations as Investor Interest Surges (The Block)
Colossus Aims to Bypass Visa and Mastercard With KYC-Free Crypto Card Network (Decrypt)
World Liberty Financial Project Puts Investors in a Bind (Bloomberg)
Brazilâs Pix Payment Network Expands to Argentina, Boosting Crypto On-Ramps (Cointelegraph)
Aave Hits Record 155K Users as Investors Turn to DeFi Lending for Yield (Decrypt)
Hyperliquid Weekend Trading Hits Record $720M as Geopolitical Tensions Boost Activity (Pine Analytics)
Nasdaq and Krakenâs xStocks to Connect Tokenized Equities With DeFi (xStocks)
Sonic Labs Launches Native Stablecoin Using Frax Infrastructure (The Block)
Coinbase and Paxos Use Stablecoins to Pay Aon Insurance Premiums (The Block)
Exchanges
Bybit Co-CEO Helen Liu to Step Down to Launch New Venture (PR Newswire)
Binance Reserve Snapshot Shows Decline in User BTC, ETH, and USDT Balances (Binance)
Bybit Proof of Reserves Shows Mixed Trends in BTC, ETH, and USDT Holdings (Bybit)
U.S. Judge Dismisses Terrorism Financing Lawsuit Against Binance and CZ (Reuters)
Coinbase Adds Fluent (BLEND) to Listing Roadmap Ahead of Potential Trading Launch (Coinbase Markets)
Coinbase Launches Regulated Crypto Futures Contracts in Europe (Coinbase)
South Korea Proposes 6-Month Partial Ban on Bithumb Over AML Violations (CoinDesk)
Exchange-Traded Products
From Mar. 2â6, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $568.45 million.
U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs saw net inflows of $23.56 million from Mar. 2â6.
From Mar. 2â6, U.S. Solana spot ETFs had net inflows of $24.05 million.
U.S. XRP spot ETFs experienced net outflows of $4.09 million from Mar. 2â6.
Global Crypto Funds See $619M Inflows Despite Iran-Driven Market Volatility (CoinShares)
Gaming
Vienna Startup Atlas Launches AI Asset Pipeline for Game Developers (Decrypt)
Infrastructure
Brevis Launches ZK System to Verify Authenticity of Images and Videos (Brevis)
Ethereum Foundation Deploys Bitwise Infrastructure for Treasury Staking (PR Newswire)
Markets
Kalshi Sued Over Resolution of Prediction Market on Iranâs Supreme Leader (Decrypt)
USDC Drives Record $1.8T Stablecoin Volume as Transfer Activity Surges (Cointelegraph)
MakerDAO (now Sky) Founder Bets on Oil Rally With $5.89M Long via Hyperliquid (EmberCN)
Aptos Sees Transactions Grow Significantly as Ultra-Low Fees Drive Network Activity (Token Terminal)
Tokenized Real-World Assets Near $25B as Market Rapidly Diversifies (Nexus Data Labs)
$4.58B in Token Unlocks Loom This Week as Major Crypto Projects Prepare Supply Releases (Tokenomist)
XP International and Kalshi Bring Regulated Prediction Markets to Brazilian Investors (Kalshi)
Oil Rally Drives Surge in Tokenized Commodity Trading on Hyperliquid (DL News)
Ethereum Reclaims $2,000 as BitMine Expands $9B ETH Treasury (Decrypt)
Bitcoin Rebounds to $69K as Oil Pullback Eases Market Stress (CoinDesk)
Bhutan Transfers 175 BTC as 2026 Outflows Top $40M (The Block)
Mining
Starcloud Plans to Mine Bitcoin in Space Using ASIC Hardware (Cointelegraph)
Bitcoin Mined Supply Surpasses 20 Million BTC (The Block)
Politics & Regulation
Tether Investor Donates $16M to UK Party Pushing Pro-Crypto Policies (The Block)
South Korea Weighs Stablecoin Ban for Public Companiesâ Crypto Investments (DL News)
Treasury Report Urges AML/CFT Rules for DeFi and New Authority to Freeze Suspicious Crypto Funds (U.S. Treasury)
U.S. Lawmakers Push for Permanent Ban on Central Bank Digital Currency (Cointelegraph)
U.S. Treasury Acknowledges Legitimate Privacy Uses for Crypto Mixers in Policy Shift (CoinDesk)
U.S. Banking Lobby Considers Lawsuit Over National Trust Charters to Crypto and Fintech Firms (The Block)
U.S. Safety Regulators to Hold National Autonomous Vehicle Forum with Waymo, Zoox, Aurora CEOs (Reuters)
Treasuries
Nigel Farage Backs UK Bitcoin Treasury Firm Led by Former Chancellor (The Block)
Strategy Buys 17,994 BTC, Expands Holdings to Nearly 739K BTC (Strategy)
Bitmineâs Ethereum Holdings Reach 4.53M ETH as Crypto Treasury Tops $10.3B (PR Newswire)
SharpLink Posts $734M Loss Despite Growing Ethereum Treasury (The Block)
Venture Capital
Other News
CFO Gets Prison Time After Losing $35 Million in Crypto Side Hustle (Decyrpt)
Hong Kong Police Probe Kidnapping Case Linked to $680K Crypto Theft (TVB News)
Telegram App âVera Reportâ Launches to Enable Anonymous Whistleblowing on Fraud (Decrypt)
North KoreaâLinked Hackers Target Crypto Infrastructure Using Cloud and Software Exploits (Ctrl-Alt-Intel)
Scammers Target Pro-Iran Crypto Donors With Fake Fundraising Campaigns (DL News)
SurfAI Founder Wilson Wei Reportedly Under Investigation in China (ForeverGalxy)
South Korean Courts May Write Off Crypto Debts in Bankruptcy Cases (DL News)
Check This Out!
Prediction market activity has surged since late 2025, reaching a record 47.26 million weekly transactions in Q1 2026 so far, driven largely by Polymarket and Kalshi, according to Dune data.

Source: datadashboards, Dune
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