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Exchange-traded fund issuers Bitwise and GraniteShares have filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch funds tied to event contracts on the outcome of US elections. Bitwise filed a prospectus on Tuesday for a new lineup of ETFs branded as PredictionShares, with six prediction market-style ETFs on NYSE Arca. The first two funds will pay out if either a Democrat or a Republican wins the U.S. presidential election in November 2028. The next two will pay out if either Democrats or Republicans win the Senate in November 2026, and the final two if either party wins the House.…

Hong Kong-based fintech Redotpay expands its regulatory footprint by securing key licenses in North and Latin America to provide compliant digital asset solutions. Redotpay, a global stablecoin-based payment provider, announced on March 11, 2026, the acquisition of pivotal licenses in Argentina, Canada, and the United States. The firm successfully secured Money Services Business (MSB) registrations in Canada and the U.S., alongside a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license in Argentina. These milestones enable Redotpay to offer localized e-wallets with CAD payouts in Canada and crypto-to-fiat services for its 6 million registered users. “Securing and maintaining robust regulatory frameworks across Argentina,…

Key takeaways The demand for energy from the AI sector is immediate and high, reflecting the urgency in energy provisioning. Hyperscalers prioritize bringing capacity online quickly, often over cost considerations, to maintain competitive advantage. International markets offer more economically viable opportunities for bitcoin mining compared to the US Excess energy in countries like Saudi Arabia and France is underutilized due to inadequate grid connections. The cost of bitcoin mining capacity is at an all-time low due to oversupply and reduced demand. Public miners are shifting focus towards high-performance computing (HPC) and AI, impacting the demand for new mining equipment. Modularizing…

Twenty-one crypto organizations have signed an open letter urging US colleges to incorporate decentralized finance into their curricula, arguing that there will be massive demand for crypto talent on Wall Street. “Our purpose with this letter is simple: to respectfully urge higher education institutions across the United States to further integrate digital assets, blockchain, and decentralized finance into their business and legal curricula,” the open letter reads, which was published on Wednesday. The campaign was spearheaded by decentralized protocol aggregator 1Inch, with signatories including the Solana Policy Institute, Blockchain Association, DeFi Education Fund and crypto platforms like Aave, MyEtherWallet, Delphi…

Ethereum is pressing into a key resistance area again, and the chart setup is starting to matter more. If buyers break through this zone, the next move could shift attention toward the CME gap overhead. Ethereum Tests $2,150 Again as Resistance Zone Faces New Pressure Ethereum is making another move toward the $2,150 area, which has acted as a firm resistance zone on the daily chart. The setup shows price recovering from the recent drop and pushing back into a level that previously blocked upside progress. Because this area lines up with the upper part of the recent range, it…

The derivatives market on leading digital assets exchange Binance is doing more than five times the business of spot, hinting at volatile market conditions. The futures-to-spot volume ratio on the exchange has risen to approximately 5.1, its highest level since mid-2023, CryptoQuant data shows. The ratio is an indicator of the type of market participants are trading in. When derivatives dominate at this scale, price discovery is increasingly driven by leveraged positioning rather than outright buying and selling. That doesn’t make the moves less real, but it does make them more reactive. The result is a market that can see…

Key Takeaways Nuclear fusion combines light hydrogen atoms to release energy, similar to the sun’s processes. Fusion reactors are inherently safe as they cannot melt down, unlike fission reactors. Achieving commercial fusion could usher in an era of energy abundance. Fusion is the process that powers the universe and is crucial for energy production. Currently, nuclear fusion is not actively used to generate electricity on Earth. The fusion process involves combining lightweight nuclei to release energy through a mass defect. Fission involves breaking apart heavy nuclei, releasing energy similarly to fusion. Advanced civilizations are likely to be powered by fusion…

Leading prediction market platform Polymarket has acquired Brahma, a provider of DeFi asset management tools and services, to enhance its platform and scale its DeFi offerings. The companies did not reveal the terms of the agreement. https://t.co/m0NRLSts3Y — Brahma (@BrahmaFi) March 18, 2026 Brahma, founded in 2021, has processed more than $1B in transactions through its unified on-chain smart account system, which automates complex crypto operations and bridges traditional finance with DeFi payment rails. As part of the acquisition, Brahma’s products will sunset in 30 days with full fund access retained, and its team and technology will now focus on…

Key takeaways Natural resource wealth does not automatically translate to public prosperity. Venezuela’s rapid economic decline was fueled by volatile oil prices and poor policy decisions. Chávez’s nationalization and control policies led to economic downfall. Concentration of wealth in the government left citizens vulnerable when oil prices dropped. Venezuela has untapped potential for economic diversification beyond oil. Oil price volatility has caused economic unpredictability in Venezuela since the 1980s. The fixed exchange rate system in Venezuela worked until the 1983 crisis. Constitutional changes under Chávez eroded checks and balances, concentrating power. The erosion of rights turned Venezuela from a democracy…

Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) has issued a market alert against Kucoin Exchange, and Phoenixfin PTe Ltd MEK Global Limited, as well as Peken Global Limited, commercially advertising as Kucoin, given that Kucoin has been offering Dubai residents virtual asset services without being regulated in the country. VARA noted that Kucoin has been providing these services without the necessary regulatory approvals and misrepresenting its licensing status. As a result, the company has been instructed to cease and desist from all unlicensed virtual asset and crypto activities. Dubai piles on EU prohibition for Kucoin VARA has also noted that Kucoin…