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Sony Bank said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with stablecoin issuer JPYC Inc. to study whether the Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin JPYC can be connected more directly to the bank’s deposit rails. In a statement Monday, the companies said they will study real-time account transfers that would allow users to purchase JPYC instantly from their Sony Bank accounts through the JPYC EX platform, eliminating the need for manual bank transfers. Sony Bank said its Web3-focused subsidiary, BlockBloom, will play a central role in designing how the bank link, stablecoin rails and potential consumer services would work in practice. The…

Charles Hoskinson has again publicly criticized Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse over his support for the Clarity Act, describing the current version as a “horrific, trash bill.” Hoskinson’s remarks came in response to Garlinghouse’s repeated backing of the legislation. While the Ripple CEO has argued that “clarity is better than chaos,” the Cardano founder believes the bill, in its present form, could severely damage future U.S. crypto innovation. Key Points Hoskinson calls the Clarity Act a “horrific” bill, clashing with Ripple CEO Garlinghouse. He says the proposal could classify new crypto projects as securities by default. Garlinghouse believes imperfect clarity is…

Kalshi, the largest prediction market platform by monthly spot volumes, has unveiled a strategic partnership with Bezel, a specialist in authenticated luxury watches, to let Kalshi users bet on the prices of luxury watches. Kalshi announced the move in an X post today, March 3. The partnership with Bezel is part of Kalshi’s broader strategy to enhance its offerings in the collectibles market, Bloomberg reported today, citing executives from both firms. Bezel’s CEO and co-founder, Quaid Walker, told Bloomberg that watches have “been viewed as a financial market for a really long period of time, but it’s also passion-driven.” Kalshi’s…

DoubleZero, a crypto infrastructure startup co-founded by former Solana Foundation executive Austin Federa, is rolling out a major update aimed at spreading Solana’s network more evenly around the world, and making it faster in the process. On Mar. 9, the company will launch “Phase II” of its DoubleZero Delegation Program, redirecting 2.4 million $SOL from its 13 million pool to validators operating in underrepresented regions such as São Paulo, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Each region will receive up to 600,000 $SOL in additional delegated stake incentives. DoubleZero runs a private, high-speed internet network that helps Solana’s computers talk to…

The Ethereum price challenges $2,140 resistance amid the formation of a classic reversal pattern called double bottom. Ethereum’s RWA sector expanded nearly 200% compared to the previous year. According to Coinglass data, the crypto market faced liquidation of over $556 million in the last 24-hour. Ethereum, the number two cryptocurrency spikes over 11% on Wednesday, following President Trump’s State of the Union address on February 25. Although he did not explicitly mention digital assets, the speech signals pro-growth of the broader market, which triggered a sudden risk-on sentiment among crypto participants. While the price action is yet to confirm its…

Crypto investment products recorded their first weekly inflows since January last week, snapping a five-week outflow streak of around $4 billion. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) attracted $1 billion in inflows last week, led by $882 million into Bitcoin (BTC) funds, according to a Monday report from CoinShares. “From a macro standpoint, it is difficult to attribute the shift in sentiment to a single catalyst,” said James Butterfill, CoinShares’ head of research. He said the reversal likely reflected prior price weakness, a break below key technical levels and renewed accumulation by large Bitcoin holders. “At a more anecdotal level, recent client…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) has made a decision that could reshape the crypto landscape. The agency officially excluded crypto from its list of enforcement and examination priorities for 2026. That move signals a noticeable shift in tone after years of aggressive oversight. Markets immediately began reassessing what this means for digital assets in the United States. For years, regulators treated crypto as a special risk category. Enforcement actions, public warnings, and compliance scrutiny dominated the narrative. Now, the SEC regulatory priorities 2026 document removes that classification entirely. This adjustment suggests a cooling of regulatory pressure, though not a…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance TR has introduced its new Launchpool project, Opinion ($OPN). This event will be the exchange’s ninth Launchpool. Users will be able to qualify for the $OPN airdrop by staking their BNB holdings on Binance TR starting Tuesday, March 3rd at 03:00. The launchpool event will continue until Thursday, March 5th at 02:59, after which the $OPN token will be listed on the exchange at 16:00 on the same day. Opinion, a new cryptocurrency project, is being promoted as an ecosystem that provides infrastructure for the global trading of trading signals, opinions, and predictions. According to the announced…

Patrick Collison and John Collison, founders of the payments company Stripe, stated on social network X that blockchain networks will need to handle up to 1 billion transactions per second (TPS) to meet future demand from AI agents. Otherwise, current infrastructure will fail to keep up with the surge in automated online transactions. The Collison brothers argue that AI agents will soon become the primary participants in most digital transactions, creating unprecedented stress on blockchain systems. The Blockchain Infrastructure Gap Stripe’s letter outlines a recent example: during a memecoin trading frenzy on a major network last year, payments were delayed…

The recovery in Bitcoin ($BTC) and altcoins has stalled. While the rise in Bitcoin has stopped around $68,000 and Ethereum ($ETH) above $2,000, an analyst has shared his expectations for $ETH. Swyftx analyst Pav Hundal said Ethereum is likely to trade sideways for now. Hundal stated that many of the short-term macroeconomic risks, uncertainties, and upcoming sectoral catalysts have already been reflected in the Ethereum price, and that $ETH is expected to move sideways in the coming weeks. “A significant portion of the short-term uncertainty has already been reflected in Ethereum’s price. Therefore, it is quite likely to remain relatively…