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Tokenization Hearing Confirmed, CLARITY Act Stablecoin Deal Done “In Principle”: Big Week for Crypto

LegalMar 30

Congress just confirmed a dedicated tokenization hearing for March 25. The CLARITY Act's biggest obstacle in months was just resolved "in principle" by two key senators. Senator Moreno has warned that if this bill doesn't pass by May, crypto legislation may not move again for years. Two things happened in Washington this week that the crypto industry has been waiting years for and they arrived at the same time. The House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing titled “Tokenization and the Future of Securities: Modernizing Our Capital Markets” for Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 10AM EST. Blockchain Association CEO…

Nexo Private Wealth Platform Grows 136% as Institutional Crypto Adoption Accelerates

ExchangesMar 30

Nexo has more than doubled its private client base since the start of 2025, citing rising demand among high-net-worth individuals and family offices for tailored digital asset solutions. Zero-Interest Crypto Credit and Custom Borrowing Fuel Nexo Private Expansion Nexo, the digital asset wealth platform, which manages over $8 billion in assets, reported a 136% increase in Nexo Private clients year-over-year. The expansion pushed language support from 9 to 17, extending the service’s reach across global markets. Nexo Private targets clients with portfolios of $100,000 or more. The platform pairs relationship managers with individual clients and offers priority access, personalized onboarding,…

Protocols reclaim billions lost to MEV bots

DeFiMar 30

DeFi is addressing a key inefficiency as protocols move to reclaim value once captured by external Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) bots during liquidations. For years, bots exploited liquidation windows, extracting profits while value leaked from users and weakened protocol sustainability over time. As this leakage grew too large to ignore, Ethereum’s [ETH] lending markets started holding about $2.16 billion in liquidatable positions. Within this, Compound accounted for $1.23 billion, while Sky held around $801 million, highlighting persistent extraction opportunities during volatility. Source: DeFiLlama However, protocols are redesigning mechanisms through auctions and controlled liquidations to retain value internally rather than letting…

Federal Reserve entering 'gradual print' mode — Lyn Alden

RegulationMar 30

The US Federal Reserve is entering into a “gradual” era of money printing that will stimulate asset prices “mildly” but will not be as dramatic as the “big print” that many in the Bitcoin ($BTC) community anticipated, according to economist and Bitcoin advocate Lyn Alden. “My base case is roughly in line with what the Fed expects: to grow its balance sheet approximately at the same proportional pace as total bank assets or nominal gross-domestic product (GDP),” Alden said in her Feb. 8 investment strategy newsletter, adding: “Overall, it means I continue to want to own high-quality scarce assets, with…

SEC crypto guidance puts the 'final nail' in the Gensler era: Analyst

LegalMar 30

The recent guidance from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission establishing a taxonomy for digital assets put a “final nail” in the coffin of SEC policy under former Chairman Gary Gensler, according to Alex Thorn, the head of firmwide research at investment firm Galaxy. The SEC guidance, published on Tuesday, established a taxonomy for digital assets, dividing them into five categories, including digital commodities, digital collectibles like non-fungible tokens (NFTs), digital tools, stablecoins, and tokenized securities. The SEC guidance published on Tuesday establishes which digital assets qualify as securities. Source: SEC Under…

A Strategic Move in Gold-Backed Crypto

ExchangesMar 30

In a significant on-chain transaction monitored globally, Cumberland, a prominent institutional crypto trading firm, withdrew a substantial $15.7 million in PAX Gold ($PAXG) from the OKX exchange. This move, detected by on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa, highlights ongoing strategic positioning within the gold-backed cryptocurrency sector. The transaction involved 3,477 $PAXG tokens and occurred amidst a complex landscape for digital assets. Furthermore, the associated wallet address reveals a holding of $13.5 million in XAUT, another leading gold-backed token. This activity provides a critical lens into institutional behavior and the evolving role of commodity-backed stablecoins in digital finance. Cumberland’s $PAXG Withdrawal: Analyzing the On-Chain…

VCs clash over non-financial use cases in Web3 and crypto

RegulationMar 30

Prominent crypto venture capitalists are clashing online about whether non-financial use cases in crypto, Web3, and blockchain have failed due to a lack of investor demand and product-market fit or if the best days for non-financial applications still lay ahead. The debate started on Friday when Chris Dixon, a managing partner at venture capital firm a16z crypto, published an article arguing that years of “scams, extractive behavior and regulatory attacks” were the reason that non-financial use cases in crypto have not taken off. These use cases include decentralized social media, digital identity management, decentralized media streaming platforms, digital rights platforms,…

Robinhood CEO Urges Clarity Act for Stablecoin Yields

LegalMar 30

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is asking U.S. lawmakers to act fast. He wants Congress to pass the CLARITY Act. He says, Stablecoins should offer both value and safety. Right now, most stablecoins give users no returns. We must unleash the yield, safely. We’re at a momentous turning point for our industry. If Congress passes the CLARITY Act, we finally get the regulatory certainty we've been advocating for. So what’s the hold up? Deciding if customers should earn yield from their stablecoin… — Vlad Tenev (@vladtenev) March 20, 2026 Tenev believes this must change. He argues that users should earn yield,…

The NYSE wants to bring blockchain to Wall Street without breaking the existing system

ExchangesMar 30

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is focused on integrating blockchain technology into existing market infrastructure rather than replacing it, according to chief product officer Jon Herrick. The exchange is “striving for interoperability” and “building on top of what exists,” as it explores how tokenized assets could function within current systems, Herrick said. That approach reflects a broader stance on market evolution. “You have to be mindful of the inherent good things of the market that has developed up to now … it’s this balance of both things,” he said on stage at the Digital Asset Summit in New York…

Crypto VC Explodes in Q4 2025: $8.5B Floods Later-Stage Startups

RegulationMar 30

Crypto and blockchain venture capital witnessed a sharp rebound in Q4 2025, driven predominantly by large late-stage deals. Galaxy Digital’s report, authored by Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research, found that venture capitalists deployed $8.5 billion across 425 deals in the quarter – an 84% increase in capital invested and a 2.6% rise in deal count compared to Q3 2025. This represents the strongest quarterly investment in the sector since Q2 2022, although deal counts remain well below 2021-2022 levels. Crypto VC Surge in Q4 Thorn reported that later-stage companies captured 56% of total capital invested, while earlier-stage startups accounted…