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The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has announced 1.5 billion satoshis in new grants through its Bitcoin Development Fund (BDF), expanding support for projects focused on Bitcoin infrastructure, privacy, and education. The funding round targets open-source developers, researchers, and educational initiatives working across Bitcoin’s ecosystem, with an emphasis on tools that strengthen financial privacy and censorship resistance. According to HRF, the grants are intended to advance Bitcoin-based technologies that can support dissidents and human rights defenders operating under authoritarian regimes. The organization estimates its efforts ultimately serve billions of people living under restrictive political systems, where access to open financial networks…

Since the onset of the Iran war, Dubai real estate has crashed worse than bitcoin ($BTC). The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) Real Estate Index closed trading at 13,353 on Monday, down 18.1% from 16,306 on February 27, the most recent trading session before Operation Epic Fury’s opening airstrikes at 1:15am New York time on February 28. In contrast, $BTC was trading at $65,492 when the first bombs fell on Iran. It briefly dipped to $63,000, but had rallied to $69,000 by 12:30pm Monday in New York — a 5.4% jump since the war began. Dubai real estate lost nearly a…

Leading domain service Ethereum Name Service ($ENS) announced on Nov 02 that it’s now transitioning into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), facilitated by the launch of an $ENS token and now seeking DAO delegates. The launch tweet notes that despite most of the things running automatically and nobody being able to tamper with anyone’s registration, there are still things requiring human intervention. Ethereum Name Service ($ENS) current administration wants “$ENS root multisig pass over control of the existing $ENS treasury, its future funds, and control of the .$ETH registrar contract that is in charge of the pricing and registration mechanism…

U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has integrated trading protocol DFlow, allowing traders to exchange value across spot and prediction markets natively on Solana, the companies said on Monday. Coinbase adding DFlow as its primary router will mean eight times less trade failures. The move also increases liquidity on tokens that were previously untradeable, and improves the prices users receive, according to a press release. The DFlow aggregator, which services over a million active traders per month, was tapped by prediction market giant Kalshi in December. Coinbase said that before DFlow, roughly one in 30 trades on Coinbase’s Solana product could not…

BlackRock has moved forward with its Bitcoin premium income strategy, revealing a ticker for its upcoming iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said on X that the fund will trade under “$BITA” and noted that BlackRock has filed an amended S-1 registration statement for the product, describing it as a sequel to its existing Bitcoin ETF lineup. He added that no management fee has been set, with his “over/under” estimate at 38 basis points. There is no official launch date yet. The proposed ETF is designed to combine direct $BTC exposure with an income-generating options overlay.…

Uniswap introduced the world to a unique concept – the launching of tokens and retroactive airdrops to the users who had interacted with the protocol before, through either trading or liquidity provision. It was literally free money, a huge success and contributed to the user retention / popularity / usage of the world’s most famous decentralized exchange (DEX) later. The retroactive airdrops gained traction and several protocols specially DeFi soon followed. What are some of the other protocols that haven’t airdropped (yet)? 5. ParaSwap ParaSwap is a liquidity aggregator compatible with Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and of course Polygon MATIC.…

Hyperliquid has stepped into a competitive space with a bold move. The launch of its new event contract immediately drew attention across the crypto ecosystem. Traders closely watched its performance as it entered the prediction market arena. Early data reveals strong engagement and growing interest. The Hyperliquid HIP-4 event contract recorded 6.05 million contracts in its first trading day. This number signals meaningful traction for a new entrant. It also shows how fast traders respond to fresh opportunities in crypto derivatives trading. Momentum built quickly despite competition from established players. The broader market already features giants like Kalshi and Polymarket.…

In a significant development for cryptocurrency markets, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst James Seyffart indicated on March 25, 2025, that Morgan Stanley’s proposed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) could begin trading as soon as April 8. This potential launch follows the financial giant’s submission of an amended S-1 registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The ETF, which will reportedly trade under the ticker symbol BITA, now awaits final regulatory clearance, marking a pivotal moment for institutional cryptocurrency adoption. Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF Advances Toward SEC Approval Morgan Stanley formally entered the spot Bitcoin ETF arena with its recent amended…

The $NFT landscape has reached a total valuation of $4.2M. Ethereum, Bitcoin, and $BNB Chain are the leading blockchains in terms of the week’s prominent $NFT sales. As per the data from CryptoSlam, the other key names on the list include Cardano, Avalanche, Solana, Flow, Base, Polygon, and Panini. These sales show a solid performance and demand among the market participants. $NFT ‘#30101’of Known Origin $NFT Collection Dominates Top Weekly $NFT Sales Ethereum is the top player among the blockchains recording the week’s top $NFT sales. In this respect, the Known Origin $NFT collection has become the top contestant on…

The largest digital asset treasury (DAT) companies for Bitcoin ($BTC) and Ethereum ($ETH) added more crypto than usual to their stockpiles last week. Michael Saylor’s Strategy announced on Monday, March 9, that its latest weekly Bitcoin purchase totaled 17,994 $BTC at an average price of about $70,946 per coin. Last week’s buy is nearly 6x larger than the previous week’s buy of 3,015 $BTC — which itself marked a notable uptick in accumulation after weekly buys shrank since late January. The latest purchase bring’s Strategy’s stockpile to 738,731 $BTC as of March 8, or about $50.65 billion at current prices.…