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Coinbase stock price has crashed into a bear market this year as the crypto industry remains on edge, with most coins crashing. COIN shares plunged to a low of $176 this month, down by almost 50% from the year-to-date high. Its market cap has dropped from $86 billion to $48 billion, leading to a $38 billion wipeout. Coinbase news: to acquire Deribit Coinbase, the biggest crypto exchange in the US, made headlines this month. A key Coinbase news was the decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to end a case that has been going on for a while.…

Grayscale Investments has submitted an application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a Cardano (ADA) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This move is part of the firm’s broader strategy to expand its crypto-focused ETF offerings. Grayscale Leaps Forward in Crypto ETF Race The latest filing follows Grayscale’s recent attempts to introduce ETFs based on various digital assets. On February 8, the company sought regulatory approval to convert its existing XRP Trust into an ETF, aiming to provide a regulated investment vehicle for XRP. In addition, Grayscale has submitted ETF applications for…

This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. The SEC’s new crypto task force gathered Friday to hear from 11 crypto attorneys and legal experts. It was the group’s inaugural roundtable discussion, lasting two hours and followed by 90 minutes of public Q&A. The meeting was dubbed the “Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity” and had a focus on “defining security status.” Spoiler: To the chagrin of much of the crypto industry, roundtable attendees were not able to reach agreement on the very question that has plagued the securities regulator for 5+ years. Of course,…

GPTVerse, a well-known multi-entity AI Hub driven by the $GPTV token, has commenced an exclusive collaboration with AthenaX9, a crypto project merging blockchain and AI technologies to offer on-chain insights. The partnership is set to improve the abilities of the traders by offering latest tools for the efficient collection, sorting, and analysis of complicated blockchain data. The platform disclosed this collaboration on its official social media account. 🚀PARTNERSHIP ALERT 🚀Delighted to announce collaboration with @Aiathenax9📌 AthenaX9 is a cutting-edge #AI market agent that enhances your trading capabilities. This easy-to-navigate AI chat interface enables anyone to collect, sort, and process complex…

MicroCloud Hologram, a Nasdaq-listed technology service provider, plans to buy up to $200 million of Bitcoin or other digital assets. Specifically, MicroCloud Hologram is eyeing Bitcoin (BTC), or its derivatives. It will also look at securities derivatives of other digital assets. The company announced the initiative on Feb. 10, revealing in a press release that its planned purchase is down to its bullish outlook for the crypto market. According to MicroCloud, the convergence of blockchain technology, computing and artificial intelligence offers a major opportunity for innovation. This also puts holographic AI quantum computing and digital assets at the forefront of…

A study by Atmos ranks the UAE as the world’s most crypto-obsessed country due mostly to its high crypto ownership and adoption rates. UAE Has Highest Crypto Ownership Rate Globally According to a study by Atmos, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the world’s most crypto-obsessed country, with a score of 98.4. The Middle Eastern country is marginally ahead of second-ranked Singapore (97.5) and more than ten points ahead of the United States, which claimed the third spot with a score of 85.4. The UAE’s top ranking comes against the backdrop of what the study report described as the country’s…

Just days after its mainnet launch and airdrop, the Berachain community is concerned about the project’s visible favoritism toward private investors. There are also allegations about the network’s lead developer swapping large amounts of airdropped BERA tokens. Despite this, however, Berachain does have a chance to rebuild public trust. If its Proof of Liquidity system gets implemented and becomes operational, it would be a truly novel project. Questionable Decisions from Berachain Developers Berachain, the new layer-1 blockchain network, has created notable engagement in the crypto space due to its airdrop and mainnet launch last week. Although the firm has a…

Massachusetts’ top securities regulator has reportedly launched a probe into Robinhood over the popular trading platform’s recent decision to launch an in-app prediction markets hub that allows customers to bet on the outcome of events, including March Madness match-ups. According to a Monday report from Reuters, Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin — a notoriously aggressive regulator — sent Robinhood a subpoena last week seeking information about the number of Robinhood’s users in Massachusetts that have requested to trade college sports events contracts, and seeking copies of Robinhood’s related marketing materials. “This is just another gimmick from a company that’s…

Role-playing game Forgotten Runiverse has launched in early access on the Ronin Network, allowing users to master spells and earn rewards as they explore the open fantasy world based on the Ethereum NFT collection, Forgotten Runes Wizard’s Cult. The launch is the culmination of three years of development work and more than 1 million hours of gameplay testing, according to a post by Ronin Network, the game’s new home after it opted to migrate from Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum last year. “We just launched the first true live service Web3 MMORPG. And it’s free,” posted Forgotten Runes pseudonymous co-founder and…

Lagrange, a crypto platform using verifiable computation and ZK proofs, has partnered with IQ AI, a popular platform developing tokenized AI agents. The collaboration targets to incorporate the latest zero-knowledge machine learning into the Agent Tokenization Platform of IQ AI. The platform announced this development in a recent X thread. 1/ Another partner joins the DeepProve army: @IQAICOM, a pioneer in the Agent Tokenization trench 🧵 pic.twitter.com/6cl0v5br0d — LAGRANGE (@lagrangedev) March 25, 2025 Lagrange Collaborates with IQ AI to Boost Tokenization of AI Agents Lagrange’s collaboration with IQ AI integrates the zero-knowledge machine learning capability of the former into the…