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At the beginning of March, 2026, Gold appeared like a perfect investment due to both the positive momentum the commodity has been enjoying for months and its status as a ‘safe haven’ asset amidst the latest geopolitical escalation. Despite the apparently positive outlook, purchasing $1,000 worth of the yellow metal at the start of the month would have been a losing bet. Specifically, on Monday, March 2, gold climbed as high as $5,390 as the war started with a joint bombing of Iran by the U.S. and Israel and was projected to last approximately four weeks. At press time on…

Polymarket has removed a betting market tied to the rescue of U.S. service members in Iran, after intense backlash and criticism from lawmakers this weekend. The market allowed users to wager on when the U.S. would confirm the rescue of two airmen after an F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran. The crew members have since been rescued. Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, criticized the listing in a post on X, calling it “disgusting” and arguing it reduced a military rescue effort to a financial trade. Moulton has taken a hard line on prediction markets, recently banning…

PlutonAI, a Web3-native, decentralized artificial intelligence (DeFAI) platform that allows users to create, deploy, and monetize autonomous AI agents, has announced its strategic partnership with Ispoverse, a comprehensive Web3 metaverse and gaming ecosystem that merges Artificial Intelligence (AI-driven) virtual experience, Play-to-Earn (P2E) gaming, and decentralized collaboration. 🪐 AI agents are entering the game.We’re excited to partner with @IspoverseGame 🕹At PlutonAI, we turn conversations into on-chain actions: trading, analyzing, executing… all through AI agents.Now imagine that inside a game universe 👇🎮 Learn DeFi through quests🤖… pic.twitter.com/mivjHsCaG5 — PlutonAI (@PlutonAIHQ) April 6, 2026 The hidden purpose of this landmark collaboration is to…

Last year, Japan moved to widen the reach of its crypto travel rule regime, signaling that the country’s regulatory focus is shifting further toward compliance, transaction traceability, and cross-border surveillance. Key Takeaways: On April 25, 2025, Japan FSA added 30 jurisdictions to its crypto travel rule network. Japan’s 58-market scope raises compliance demands for exchanges and stablecoin issuers. Next, FATF-style alignment could push Japanese VASPs toward stricter cross-border checks in 2025. Regulatory Clarity Developing In Japan Digital Assets Market Amid FSA Travel Rule Amendment In an April 25, 2025 announcement, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) said it would partially amend…

Ant Digital Technologies, the blockchain division of Chinese conglomerate Ant Group, has unveiled a new platform aimed at enabling AI agents, not humans, to become the main participants in crypto transactions called Anvita. Unveiled at the company’s Real Up summit in Cannes, Anvita is Ant’s bet on what it calls an “agent-to-agent economy,” where autonomous software programs can hold assets, trade, and make payments with little to no human involvement. Anvita consists of two main products at its inception. The first, Anvita TaaS (Tokenization-as-a-Service), is focused on tokenizing real-world assets for institutions, including custody and treasury tools. The second, Anvita…

Examines how tokenized deposits integrate with CBDCs, stablecoins, and European rails, outlining regulatory alignment and ongoing pilots. As banks rewire payments and settlement systems, tokenized deposits are emerging as a central piece of the new onchain cash stack for global finance. Major banks push tokenized deposits onto blockchain rails Tokenized deposits are gaining momentum as leading banks test fresh ways to move commercial bank money onto blockchain infrastructure. A new report from RWA.io sets out how these instruments are evolving alongside stablecoins and central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, within a layered digital money stack. The report, published with input…

Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. This Week in Crypto Law The opinion editorial below was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. The final week of March delivered a series of pivotal legal and regulatory developments bridging traditional finance and digital assets. From tokenized securities trading in the United States to global enforcement actions and jurisdictional battles, regulators are increasingly asserting control while also enabling new market structures SEC Approves Nasdaq Plan for Tokenized Securities Trading…

Volo, the BTCFi and liquid staking hub on Sui Network backed by NAVI Protocol, OKX Ventures, Hashed, and DaoFive, is partnering with Dow Protocol and Dowsure to put e-commerce working capital financing on-chain. Dowsure brings institutional-grade underwriting, merchant risk analysis, repayment controls, and platform integrations built from years in the space. The yield this creates comes from real merchant lending activity, not from crypto trading fees or token emissions. Volo is partnering with @DowProtocol and Dowsure on a new model in e-commerce merchant financing.Dowsure, one of the leading e-commerce working capital financing companies globally, brings deep expertise in merchant risk…

Glider and Ondo Finance have introduced a platform to let retail investors build and automate custom portfolios of tokenized US stocks, offering direct exposure to equities without a brokerage account. According to the announcement, the platform allows users to create personalized baskets of onchain stocks that track real-world assets, removing the need for wallets, gas fees or manual transaction management. Glider co-founder and CEO Brian Huang told Cointelegraph that unlike traditional exchange-traded funds, which bundle assets into fixed products, the platform lets users construct index-like portfolios with custom weightings that are automatically maintained, avoiding reliance on pooled products. The platform…

A recent legal document from the U.S. Congress has now reaffirmed the classification of $XRP as a commodity by the SEC and CFTC. The document released by the U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) called attention to the latest framework developed by the U.S. SEC, which classified $XRP alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum as digital commodities. Key Points The U.S. CFTC and SEC classified $XRP as a digital commodity in a joint statement in March 2026. A Congressional Research Service report has now reaffirmed this by placing $XRP in the digital commodities category under the SEC’s new framework. The SEC’s updated system…