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U.S. spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds recorded seven straight days of outflows with over $390 million leaving the funds. According to data from SoSoValue, the 10 spot $ETH ETFs saw $92.54 million in net outflows on Thursday, March 26, primarily led by BlackRock’s ETHA with $140.24 million in outflows. The investment manager’s staked Ethereum ETF (ETHB) managed to offset a large portion of the outflows as it drew in $96.81 million on the day. U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs hit a 7-day inflow streak | Source: SoSoValue Following the outflows yesterday, these investment products have now seen redemptions for the seventh consecutive…

As of December 2025, American companies Visa and Mastercard are processing nearly two-thirds of card payments in the Eurozone, and Europe is finally sick of it. If things ever get ugly(ier) between the U.S. and Europe, the people here could find themselves locked out of their own money. Martina Weimert, who runs the European Payments Initiative (EPI), called the situation urgent. “We are highly dependent on international solutions,” she said. Her group includes 16 banks and financial companies, like BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank, and they’re trying to build something new. “Yes, we have nice national assets like domestic card…

The lawsuit tied to the alleged $440 million TradeAI/Stakx scheme will stay and move ahead. Crypto-focused firm Burwick Law announced that a US court has denied a motion to dismiss the case. This ruling came from Lewis Kaplan in the Southern District of New York. In the fresh proceedings, the court rejected all key arguments raised by the defense. This included jurisdiction, venue, and service-related objections. The crucial case was filed back in 2024. However, the fight is still on. It accuses several individuals of running an alleged Ponzi-style operation around NFTs. The complaint also mentioned crypto investment pools. Judge…

Aster Code is presenting itself as modular Web3 infrastructure for perpetual DEX builders, built around a two-layer architecture that separates execution from integration. Its first partner batch spans wallets, trading terminals, AI-native platforms and social trading products, with Aster positioned as the execution layer underneath them. Future plans include an ecosystem fund, tighter partner collaboration and continued product refinement, showing Aster wants to pair infrastructure with incubation and growth support. Aster Code is stepping into the perpetual DEX infrastructure race with a framework designed to make onchain derivatives easier to build. The pitch is not just faster coding, but a…

Ethereum is approaching a critical inflection point as price action weakens near key support levels, while on-chain data reveals shifting investor behavior. Recent trading shows a clear rejection from the $2,350–$2,400 range, pushing $ETH into a corrective phase around $2,040. Market Structure Signals Weakness Price structure now reflects a short-term bearish trend. Lower highs continue to form after the recent peak, signaling distribution. Besides, weak recovery attempts indicate that buyers lack conviction at current levels. The $2,020–$2,030 zone now acts as immediate support. This level aligns with a key Fibonacci retracement and recent trendline support. However, price already lost the…

Alphabet Inc. is raising $15 billion in the US corporate bond market this week, part of a sweeping financing strategy to support its record-breaking $185 billion capital expenditure plan for artificial intelligence. According to a Bloomberg report, the offering includes seven tranches and has attracted more than $100 billion in demand. The longest tranche, maturing in 2066, is expected to yield roughly 95 basis points above Treasuries. The Google parent is also preparing to enter the UK and Swiss bond markets for the first time, including a rare 100-year bond, something not seen in the tech sector since the late-1990s dotcom…

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party kicked off a new project team on Tuesday dedicated to designing a national framework for AI-powered on-chain finance, marking Tokyo’s most ambitious legislative push yet into tokenized financial infrastructure. The move signals that Japan’s political leadership is no longer treating blockchain finance as a niche issue — but as a structural economic priority requiring cross-ministerial coordination. “Not a 5-to-10-Year Story” The “Next-Generation AI and On-Chain Finance Vision Project Team” held its first meeting on Tuesday under the LDP’s Digital Society Promotion Headquarters. Former Digital Minister Taira Masaaki, who has led the LDP’s web3 policy agenda since…

The team behind the P2P.me decentralized trading platform disclosed that it opened positions on the Polymarket prediction market related to its recent capital raise. The team opened the positions 10 days before the raise went live, wagering whether the project would hit its $6 million fundraising target, according to a disclosure published on the X social media platform. At the time the positions were opened, P2P.me had only one “oral commitment” from venture firm Multicoin Capital for $3 million in funding, “no signed term sheets” and “no guaranteed allocations,” the team said. The Polymarket account for the P2P.me team shows…

BlackRock deposited $181 million in digital assets on Coinbase Prime today during a slump in crypto markets that pushed Bitcoin and altcoins lower. According to Arkham Intel data, 612 BTC, worth around $41 million, and 68,567 Ethereum, worth approximately $140 million, were transferred from a wallet owned by the leading asset manager. While BlackRock’s transfers may not involve selling and could be part of a dip-buying strategy, they have caught notice amid mixed demand for exchange-traded products and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty. The deposit took place amid a sharp crypto market retreat, with Bitcoin sliding from above $68,000 to approximately $66,300…

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has been using its X marketing budget to advertise STRC, its quasi-pegged, 11.25% dividend-yielding preferred share. Unfortunately, that expensive, direct response ad campaign didn’t yield any results for shareholders last week. For the week of February 2-8, Strategy didn’t sell any new shares of STRC nor any other preferred shares. It only succeeded in taking out the bid on its common stock, MSTR, to raise capital from its so-called at-the-market (ATM) shareholder dilution program. Worse, its ad campaign didn’t yield any results in the prior week. From January 26 to February 1, the company failed to sell…