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By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin $BTC$68,689.78 slipped to $68,500 on Tuesday, having failed to reclaim $70,000 after trading above that level for a while over the weekend. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) dropped 0.23% over the past 24 hours. The market appears to be stabilizing after last week’s decline to $60,000, which erased all the cryptocurrency’s gains since Donald Trump’s presidential election victory in November 2024. The slide prompted over $2.7 billion in liquidations, flushing out leveraged positions. It may not, however, have reflected a fundamental change in the crypto market. Rather, it might have…
Umbra has officially opened its privacy wallet to the public on Solana, marking a major step in private onchain transactions. The wallet leverages Arcium’s encrypted execution engine, enabling fully shielded transfers between private addresses and encrypted token accounts. This allows users to send assets, execute swaps, and interact with Solana without exposing transaction data. The launch expands access beyond Umbra’s initial phased mainnet rollout following Arcium’s Mainnet Alpha debut in February. Previously, only limited participants could experience Umbra’s shielded financial layer. Now, traders, institutions, and businesses can perform private transfers without revealing sensitive information to the public blockchain. Privacy-Focused Transactions…
Harvard’s endowment has quietly made Bitcoin ETFs a top public holding, surpassing Google and joining other elite universities in rotating long‑term capital into digital assets. Summary Filings show Harvard built and then tripled its BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust stake, lifting IBIT above Alphabet and other big‑tech names in its public portfolio. Brown, Emory, and other U.S. universities have also disclosed multi‑million‑dollar Bitcoin ETF and trust positions, signaling a broader endowment shift into crypto. The rotation comes as Bitcoin trades near $68,400, with Ethereum and Solana also rallying while digital assets again track global risk appetite. Harvard University’s endowment is now…
In the growing policy moment for securities tokenization, the House Financial Services Committee gathered views on the innovation at a Wednesday hearing, though the specter of President Donald Trump’s family crypto ties did arise more than once. The lawmakers broadly agreed that tokenized securities generally need the same regulatory guardrails as traditional securities trading, which matches the position of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins, who has said his agency is on the verge of issuing a formal rule proposal to move forward on such crypto policies. “We stand at the threshold of a significant transformation in our…
Is SG-FORGE Bridging $XRP Ledger and SWIFT’s Blockchain Future? SWIFT has named $1.8 trillion European banking giant Société Générale–FORGE (SG-FORGE) a key architect of its blockchain ledger for cross-border payments, signaling traditional finance’s embrace of distributed ledger technology to modernize global transactions. Interestingly, SG-FORGE is not just participating in SWIFT’s blockchain experiments, it has already gone live with its own regulated euro stablecoin, $EURCV, on the $XRP Ledger (XRPL). Launched in February 2026, MiCA-compliant $EURCV uses Ripple’s custody tech and is set to integrate with Ripple Payments and Liquidity Hub. Real-world adoption is underway, with tokenized bond settlements executed alongside…
Tether, the issuer of $USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin, announced a strategic investment in LayerZero Labs, the creator of the interoperability infrastructure used by USDT0. This investment reflects Tether’s confidence in LayerZero Labs’ engineering capabilities, application background, and its role in enhancing interoperability as a core infrastructure. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the following about the investment: “Tether is investing in infrastructure that already provides real-world benefits. LayerZero Labs has developed interoperability technology that enables the real-time transfer of digital assets across any transport layer and distributed ledger, providing a fundamental benefit in the financial sector. This makes it possible…
President Donald Trump is bringing Big Tech into the policy room, tapping 13 leaders in American technology onto his President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). According to a White House press release, the group includes Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Sergey Brin (Google), Safra Catz (Oracle), Michael Dell (Dell Technologies), Jacob DeWitte (Oklo), Fred Ehrsam (Coinbase co-founder), Larry Ellison (Oracle), David Friedberg (Ohalo Genetics), Jensen Huang (Nvidia), John Martinis (Google Quantum AI), Bob Mumgaard (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Lisa Su (AMD), and Mark Zuckerberg (Meta). Co-chaired by David Sacks and Michael Kratsios, the council is tasked with addressing both…
manadia and PvPfun have announced a partnership connecting AI-driven application creation with verifiable data settlement. PvPfun lets anyone turn an idea into a live onchain application through AI-powered tools, covering mini-games, prediction markets, and assetized experiences. manadia × @pvpfun_aiFrom idea to on-chain experience — instantly.But every interaction still needs to be trusted.manadia is partnering with PvPfun to connect AI-driven application creation with verifiable data settlement.PvPfun enables anyone to turn ideas into live… pic.twitter.com/JBK5UMqSAo — manadia (@paywithmana) March 27, 2026 The problem it creates is the same one that most rapid-creation platforms run into: when anyone can spin up an application…
While the equities market has been somewhat volatile this year, several stocks are showing a lot of long-term growth potential. To see which of them are the most promising, Finbold has identified three stocks with the potential to explode by 2030. 1. Palantir (PLTR) Although it might be down 15% since January 1, Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) remains a growth-pick, expecting revenue for the next fiscal year to reach a staggering $7.19 billion. If reached, the figure will mean that Palantir has beat the $6.22 billion analyst consensus by more than 15% and seen a yearly increase in revenue above 60%.…
Key takeaways The Clarity Act is perceived as a tool for regulatory capture rather than providing genuine clarity for the crypto industry. Recent settlements on stablecoin yields seem to benefit banks more than the crypto community. Regulatory clarity is less important than regulations that encourage technology adoption in the crypto space. The shifting political landscape could lead to less favorable legislation for the crypto industry. Crypto companies have had to engage in lobbying to navigate the challenging regulatory environment. The US government holds undisclosed amounts of various crypto, raising transparency concerns. The introduction of CBDCs has heightened privacy concerns regarding…