In partnership with

Good afternoon,

Bitcoin held around $68,300 as gold extended its sharp decline and Asian equities slipped, before surging past $71,000 after a five-day delay in U.S. military action against Iran eased market tensions. Meanwhile, Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI announced TERAFAB to support AI satellites and Optimus robots; Resolv Labs’ stablecoin lost its peg and plunged 74% following a $25M exploit; and U.S. lawmakers are preparing a bipartisan bill to ban sports betting on prediction markets.

Let’s unpack this and more! 👇

The Free Newsletter Fintech and Finance Execs Actually Read

If you work in fintech or finance, you already have too many tabs open and not enough time.

Fintech Takes is the free newsletter senior leaders actually read. Each week, I break down the trends, deals, and regulatory moves shaping the industry — and explain why they matter — in plain English.

No filler, no PR spin, and no “insights” you already saw on LinkedIn eight times this week. Just clear analysis and the occasional bad joke to make it go down easier.

Get context you can actually use. Subscribe free and see what’s coming before everyone else.

Sign Up Free

News Roundup

Artificial Intelligence

  • OpenAI Plans to Merge ChatGPT, Codex and Atlas Into One 'Superapp' (Decrypt)

  • 'Replacing Humans is Not Close': BlockSec Challenges EVMBench on AI Auditing (The Block)

  • Online Bot Traffic Will Exceed Human Traffic by 2027 (TechCrunch)

  • Pentagon to Adopt Palantir AI as Core US Military System (Reuters)

  • OpenAI to Nearly Double Workforce to 8,000 by End-2026 (Reuters)

  • Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI Announce TERAFAB, to Power AI Satellites and Optimus Robots (Elon Musk)

  • Tencent Integrates WeChat with OpenClaw AI Agent (Reuters)

  • How AI Is Being Used to Clear Court Backlogs in LA (Decrypt)

  • Mark Zuckerberg is Building an AI Agent to Help Run Meta (Cointelegraph)

Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance

  • Stablecoin-Sceptic BIS Exec Set to Become New South Korean Central Bank Boss (DL News)

  • Electric Capital Maps 501 Real-World Yield Sources, Finds 93% Untouched by DeFi (The Defiant)

  • Privy Taps Deframe by Pods to Unlock DeFi Yield Strategies (The Defiant)

  • Resolv Says No Assets Lost as DeFi Protocols Respond to $24M USR Exploit (Cointelegraph)

  • Katana Blockchain Acquires IDEX, Rolls Out New Perps Offering (The Block)

  • JPMorgan Joins Morgan Stanley to Expand Core Scientific Credit Line to $1 Billion (The Block)

  • Europe Pushes Toward Unified Tokenised Financial Markets but Faces Fragmentation and Settlement Challenges (ECB)

  • NovaBay Rebrands as 'Stablecoin Development Corporation' With Nearly 9% of SKY Supply (The Defiant)

  • Aave DAO Takes Step Closer V4 Deployment With Request for Comment Proposal (The Block)

Exchanges

  • CoinDCX Rebukes Fraud Allegations, Points to Impersonation Scam in Police Probe (Decrypt)

Exchange-Traded Funds

  • Grayscale Files for HYPE ETF Tracking Perps DEX Hyperliquid (The Block)

  • NYSE Exchanges Complete Industry-Wide Removal of Crypto ETF Options Caps (The Block)

  • From Mar. 16–20, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $95.18 million in net inflows.

  • U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs saw $59.94 million in net outflows from Mar. 16–20

  • From Mar. 16–20, U.S. Solana spot ETFs attracted $21.10 million in net inflows.

  • U.S. XRP spot ETFs posted $0.636 million in net inflows from Mar. 16–20.

  • Global Crypto Funds See $230M Inflows but $405M Post-Fed Outflows Stall Momentum (CoinShares)

Infrastructure

  • MoonPay Releases Open-Source Cross-Chain Wallet Atandard for AI Agents (The Block)

Markets

  • Nevada Becomes First State to Ban Prediction Market Kalshi—At Least for Now (Decrypt)

  • Early Ethereum Whale Rebuilds Stack With $19.5M in ETH Buys (Cointelegraph)

  • Gold Sees Biggest Weekly Fall in 43 Years as Iran War Rages On (Cointelegraph)

  • Japan’s Topix Enters Correction as Hormuz Fears Amplify Caution (Bloomberg)

  • SIREN Supply Dominated by Single Entity as Whale Concentration Drives Rally (EmberCN)

  • Ethereum OG Sells $31 Million Worth of ETH After Decade-Long Hold (The Block)

  • $230M in Token Unlocks Loom This Week as Major Projects Prepare Supply Releases (Tokenomist)

  • Bitcoin Holds $68,300 as Gold Crashes for a Ninth Day and Asian Stocks Drop (CoinDesk)

  • Resolv Labs Stablecoin Depegs, Plunges 74% After $25M Exploit (Decrypt)

  • Bitcoin Surges Above $71,000 as Trump Postpones Iran Strikes For 5 days (CoinDesk)

  • Polymarket Tightens Rules on Insider Trading and Market Manipulation Across Platforms (PR Newswire)

  • Ethereum Price Jumps on Iran Optimism (Decrypt)

  • Mt. Gox Moves Bitcoin After Months of Inactivity Ahead of Repayment Deadline (Crypto Briefing)

Meme Coins

  • ‘Hawk Tuah’ Girl Hailey Welsh Says Memecoin Implosion ‘Traumatized’ Her (Cointelegraph)

Mining

  • Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Falls 7.7% as Miner Pressure Persists (Cointelegraph)

  • Bitcoin Miners Lose $19,000 on Every BTC Produced as Difficulty Drops 7.8% (CoinDesk)

Politics & Regulation

  • Senators Strike Tentative Deal to Advance Crypto Market Structure Bill (CoinDesk)

  • White House AI Proposal Seeks to Override State Laws, Avoid New Regulator (Decrypt)

  • South Korea Tax Agency Seeks Private Crypto Custodian (Cointelegraph)

  • U.S. Congress to Examine Tokenization and Future of Capital Markets (U.S. House)

  • Brazil's Finance Minister Shelves Crypto Tax Policy Due to Election (Cointelegraph)

  • Fidelity Urges SEC to Move Further on Crypto Activity by Broker-Dealers (Cointelegraph)

  • Lawmakers to Introduce Bipartisan Bill Banning Sports Bets on Prediction Markets (WSJ)

Token Generation Events

  • Backpack Launches BP Token on Solana With 25% Airdrop (CoinDesk)

  • Amber Group-Backed Perp DEX edgeX to Launch Token on March 31 (The Defiant)

Treasuries

  • The 7 Largest Publicly Traded Ethereum Treasury Firms (Decrypt)

  • Boyaa Interactive Seeks Shareholder Approval for Up to $70M Crypto Purchase (Boyaa)

  • H100 Eyes Europe’s Largest Bitcoin Treasury with 3,500 BTC in Proposed Acquistions (CoinDesk)

  • Strategy Adds 1,031 BTC in Bitcoin as Company Holds 762,099 BTC (Strategy)

  • Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 4.661 Million Tokens (PR Newswire)

  • Strategy Unveils Dual $21B ATM Programs to Accelerate Bitcoin Acquisition Strategy (Strategy)

Venture Capital

  • Thiel’s Founders Fund Backs AI Cow Collar Startup at $2 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg)

  • CEOs of Kalshi and Polymarket are Investing in the Same $35 Million Prediction Market VC Fund (Fortune)

Other News

  • Man Pleads Guilty to Using AI to Generate $8 Million in Fraudulent Streaming Music Royalties (Decrypt)

  • Hong Kong Retiree Loses $840K in Triple ‘Crypto Expert’ Scam (Cointelegraph)

  • Crypto Layoffs Surge as Market Slump and AI Shift Reshape Industry Workforce (CoinDesk)

  • Hackers Spoof Google Play Store Pages to Mine Crypto (Cryptopolitan)

  • Police Arrest Suspect in Ledger Founder Kidnapping Case (DL News)

  • Sam Bankman-Fried Retrial Letter Under Scrutiny Over FedEx Shipment (The Block)

  • Dubai’s Crypto Hub Status Tested as Iran Conflict Forces Risk Reassessment (Wu Blockchain)

Check This Out!

Crude oil is now the largest market on Hyperliquid’s HIP-3, with ~$300M in open interest, surpassing crypto, equities, and indices on the platform.

Source: Artemis, Delphi Digital

Meme of the Day

Source: Bold Leonidas

Rate Today’s Edition

What do you think of today's edition?

Help us make our content even better for you.

Login or Subscribe to participate

Share this newsletter, claim your reward! 🎁

Participate in the On & Off Chain referral program by sharing the newsletter with your friends to claim your reward:

  • ✌️2 referrals: A personal shoutout in On & Off Chain

Share the newsletter

Must be subscribed

Keep Reading