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The crypto liquidity provider market is heading for a shakeout. That is the verdict of three-quarters of institutional OTC participants surveyed by Finery Markets, a crypto liquidity network whose new annual report describes 2026 as the year when consolidation pressure becomes impossible to ignore. Liquidity Provider Numbers Expected to Fall Six in ten OTC market participants said they expect the number of active liquidity providers to shrink before the end of 2026, with 25% predicting an outright decrease and a further 37% forecasting a slight contraction. Only 32% of respondents expect new entrants to offset losses. “In a market increasingly…

A fresh political push for crypto legislation is stirring debate across Washington and the digital asset industry. U.S. President Donald Trump issued a forceful statement backing the CLARITY Act and warning that major banks should not undermine what he described as America’s crypto agenda. In his remarks, Trump said the “Genius Act” was being threatened by banks and stressed that the United States must finalize market structure legislation as soon as possible. He argued that Americans deserve the opportunity to earn more on their money and warned that delays could push innovation to countries like China. Trump framed the legislation…

Bitcoin mining companies have offloaded a sizable portion of their Bitcoin reserves in recent months, signaling a shift away from the self-treasury strategy that dominated the industry during the 2024–2025 market upcycle. According to TheEnergyMag’s Miner Weekly newsletter, publicly listed miners have sold more than 15,000 Bitcoin ($BTC) since October. That month marked the market’s peak before a historic flash crash triggered widespread deleveraging across the industry. Several large miners contributed to the sell-off. The newsletter highlighted Cango’s February sale of 4,451 $BTC, equal to roughly 60% of its reserves, as well as Bitdeer, which reportedly liquidated its entire Bitcoin…

RAX Finance, a RWA infrastructure that transforms the world’s GPU and>strategic partnership with 4AI, a decentralized marketplace that provides intelligent AI solutions for enterprises, developers, and ordinary users. This collaboration enabled RAX Finance to integrate 4AI’s intelligence technology to enable investors and users to seamlessly access RWA products powered by agents via the 4AI marketplace. RAX Finance is an RWA (real-world asset) platform serving in the AI infrastructure sector. Using its blockchain tokenization technology, this innovative platform turns GPU processing power and> The future of AI is open, collaborative, and on-chain.Excited to collaborate with @4aibsc, a decentralized marketplace where AI…

Despite launching countless branding exercises that feature the word “decentralization,” much of the crypto industry actually uses Cloudflare to defend large chunks of its user-facing infrastructure. Indeed, Cloudflare protects crypto websites collectively processing billions of dollars worth of trades and receiving millions of visitors daily. However, this week, crypto learned that autonomous AI agents can apparently use an open-source library to walk right through several of Cloudflare’s lines of defense. Most heard of the vulnerability from a headline about OpenClaw, an AI agent that runs on a Mac Mini or cloud server. OpenClaws, formerly known as ClawdBots or MoltBots, can…

Anchorage Digital tapped Deloitte for USAT’s first attention report, linking the Big Four accounting firm with Tether’s efforts to offer a regulated stablecoin in the U.S. The report showed that USAT’s reserves were valued in excess of the stablecoin’s circulating supply, totaling $17.6 million and $17.5 million, respectively, as of Jan. 31. That meant the token had a cushion of around $100,000 a few days after its debut last month. USAT’s reserves consist of cash and U.S. Treasuries, which are held at financial institutions based in the country, the report showed. It was prepared under a framework established by the…

A delegation from Coinbase, led by CEO Brian Armstrong, was at the White House on Tuesday, according to Crypto in America’s Eleanor Terrett. The visit was reported hours after President Donald Trump issued a statement on Truth Social, urging banks to make a deal with crypto firms over the key crypto market structure bill. It was confirmed by Politico that Trump had held a closed-door meeting with Armstrong before making his public comments. In his remarks, Trump criticized banks for standing in the way of pro-crypto bills such as the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act, warning that delays could…

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced the introduction of new trading pairs on its Margin platform. According to the announcement, the $AVAX/U, $LINK/U, $LTC/U, $PAXG/U, and $ZEC/U pairs will be available for Cross Margin trading starting March 5, 2026, at 13:00. Under the newly added pairs, investors can trade Avalanche ($AVAX), Chainlink ($LINK), Litecoin ($LTC), Pax Gold ($PAXG), and Zcash ($ZEC) assets with leverage against a “U” value. In the Cross Margin system, all user margin balances are used as common collateral; this directly affects the risk and collateral structure of positions. Binance warned investors that…

Cryptocurrency is entering a new competitive phase as artificial intelligence-driven payments move to the forefront. Machine-to-machine transactions are no longer theoretical. Developers are actively building infrastructure that allows AI agents to transact independently, creating a fresh battlefield among blockchain networks. all x402 transactions are happening on three chains:– solana– base– polygonwill be very interesting to see how that changes with tempo mainnet launchwhoever captures agent payments first has a massive moat pic.twitter.com/ON7Eq3R2ZW — nairolf (@0xNairolf) February 27, 2026 Recent data shows that x402 transactions cluster heavily around three blockchains: Solana, Base, and Polygon. This concentration signals early infrastructure dominance. Developers…

The Aave token is attempting to break out of a tight trading range as Aave Labs published the full results of its V4 security audits, which involved 345 days of accumulated reviews that found no high-severity vulnerabilities. The March 4 audit report advances the much-contested protocol upgrade just one day after the Marc Zeller-led Aave Chain Initiative (ACI) announced its departure due to escalating governance tension. In a report titled “Security by Design: Aave V4,” Aave Labs detailed a year-long program starting from March 2025 to February 2026, which included deploying 15 researchers across four audit firms, formal verifications, invariant…