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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance continues to expand its margin trading options. According to an announcement by the exchange, a number of new trading pairs will be added to the Cross Margin platform on March 31, 2026, at 6 PM. The announcement stated that the Aptos (APT/U), Ethena (ENA cryptocurrency), Fetch.ai (FET/U), $NIGHT ($NIGHT/U), $TRUMP ($TRUMP/U and $TRUMP/USD1), and Worldcoin (WLD/U) trading pairs will be opened for margin trading. With these new pairs, users will have the opportunity to leverage a wider range of assets. Binance warned users that newly listed margin trading pairs can often have high volatility. Therefore, investors were…
Bitcoin miner Bitfarms (BITF) continued its exit from the bitcoin business, confirming it has already begun selling portions of its holdings, with plans to continue doing so as it pivots toward AI infrastructure. The company generated $28.2 million in realized gains from bitcoin sales in 2025, signaling active disposals during the year. While the company has not disclosed the exact number of coins sold, management made clear that further sales are planned. According to BitcoinTreasuries.net, Bitfarms currently holds 1,827 BTC. “In time, we will have no bitcoin,” said CEO Ben Gagnon on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday. He added…
Mitsubishi Corporation plans to use a blockchain-based payment system developed by JPMorgan Chase to move funds across its global operations, signaling continued adoption of blockchain infrastructure within traditional finance. The system is part of JPMorgan’s blockchain network, known as Kinexys, which enables near-instant fund transfers, reduces reliance on traditional banking and operates around the clock, according to a report by Nikkei. JPMorgan is seeking to scale the platform to $10 billion in daily transactions from the current average of $7 billion. Kinexys has processed more than $3 trillion in cumulative volume since launching in 2020, highlighting growing institutional demand for…
Ethereum is trading close to $2.1k to close out Q1 2026, and the picture remains largely unchanged from recent weeks. It’s a market that has lost more than half its value from the late-2025 highs and is struggling to build any conviction on the recovery. With macro headwinds persisting and altcoins broadly underperforming, $ETH continues to face an uphill battle heading into the new quarter. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart The descending channel that has defined $ETH’s price action since late 2025 remains fully intact on the daily chart. Both the 100-day moving average (~$2.4k) and the 200-day moving…
Keyrock, a Brussels-based digital asset services firm, has raised a Series C round led by SC Ventures, the venture arm of Standard Chartered, at a valuation of $1.1 billion, the company said in a press release Tuesday. Ripple, which provides blockchain-based enterprise infrastructure, also participated in the fundraising as an existing backer. The funding round remains open and could total up to $100 million. Keyrock said in the release that the new capital will be used to strengthen its balance sheet, expand its suite of services and pursue acquisitions. Founded in 2017, the firm offers market making, asset management, over-the-counter…
A significant regulatory step has been taken in the US that closely concerns cryptocurrency markets. The US Department of Labor has proposed a new draft rule that could open the door to investing in alternative assets like Bitcoin in 401(k) retirement plans. The draft regulation, published by the Department of State’s Employees’ Social Security Administration, aims to provide more than 90 million Americans with access to a wider range of assets in their retirement investments. The proposal details the processes plan managers should follow when including alternative assets in investment options, while also offering “safe haven” guidelines for selecting these…
Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has introduced a new regulatory framework for crypto exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs), laying out how licensed crypto companies can offer the products in the emirate. In a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the framework, set out in Version 2.1 of VARA’s Exchange Services Rulebook, outlines requirements covering client suitability, leverage and margin controls, asset segregation, disclosure standards and regulatory intervention powers. VARA said the framework applies to licensed virtual asset service providers (VASPs) offering exchange services in Dubai. The update puts more formal guardrails around a higher-risk corner of Dubai’s crypto market as the emirate…
America holds roughly 38% of global Bitcoin mining capacity, and the specialized hardware powering that position comes overwhelmingly from Chinese manufacturers. Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced the Mined in America Act on Mar. 30 to address that gap, proposing certification, domestic manufacturing support, and the codification of President Donald Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to begin unwinding a foreign hardware dependence they frame as a national industrial vulnerability. Cassidy’s office cites 97% of mining hardware coming from China. Hashrate Index’s January 2026 update places US Bitcoin mining capacity at roughly 37%-38% of the global total, at around 400 exahashes…
The ECB now accepts tokenized securities as collateral, lifting DLT into its toolkit while X erupts over Axiology’s $XRP Ledger roots and “no $XRP” disclaimer. The European Central Bank has started accepting tokenized securities issued on distributed ledger technology as eligible collateral for Eurosystem credit operations, in what many in European markets see as a watershed moment for on‑chain finance. The change, effective March 30, 2026, follows months of preparation under the ECB’s digital finance and wholesale DLT experimentation agenda, and gives banks a way to post properly structured tokenized assets against central bank liquidity. The decision has quickly become…
The crypto market rarely stays predictable for long. Fresh data from Polymarket now signals a sharp shift in sentiment around Ethereum. Traders no longer treat its second-place ranking as guaranteed. The odds of Ethereum losing its position in 2026 have surged dramatically. At the start of the year, only a small fraction of participants expected such a scenario. That number has now jumped to 60%, reflecting growing Ethereum market cap risk across the ecosystem. This shift shows that confidence in Ethereum’s dominance has weakened. Market participants now actively hedge against downside scenarios. The biggest factor driving this change comes from…