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The latest figures from defillama.com show the fiat-pegged token economy pulled back over the past week, shedding $1.04 billion since March 21. Seven of the top ten stablecoins posted net outflows during that stretch. $USDC Sees $1.37B in Outflows as Stablecoin Market Shrinks As of this weekend, defillama.com stats show tether ( $USDT) continues to dominate the sector with a market capitalization of $184.068 billion, even after a modest seven-day dip of -0.03%, or just over $56 million in outflows. $USDT currently accounts for 58.42% of the stablecoin sector’s total valuation, which stands at $315.072 billion after the $1.04 billion…

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused the Financial Times of fabricating a story claiming he supported modeling Treasury-Federal Reserve (Fed) relations on the Bank of England (BoE) framework. The explosive denial comes after the FT published its report, citing unnamed financial industry executives. Bessent vs. FT and What It Means for Crypto Markets Bessent called the FT article “explicitly false” and said journalists ignored his direct, on-the-record rejection of the premise. The FT had reported that Bessent discussed tightening Treasury oversight of the Fed by adopting elements of the BoE’s model, including letter-writing mechanisms between the chancellor and the central…

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JPMorgan is targeting more than $10 billion in daily transaction volume on its Kinexys blockchain platform, effectively doubling its current throughput. The push comes alongside a major deal with Mitsubishi Corporation, the first Japanese company to adopt Kinexys Digital Payments for global treasury operations. The bank isn’t being shy about its ambitions. Zack Chestnut, Global Head of Business Development for Kinexys Digital Payments, said the goal is to push past that $10 billion mark “in the foreseeable future,” adding that a “robust pipeline” of new clients is expected over the next 12 months. Where Does Kinexys Stand Right Now? Kinexys…

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Ethereum ($ETH) dropped 3.5% over the past 24 hours amid geopolitical tensions. BeInCrypto reported that President Donald Trump’s remarks on Iran triggered broad volatility across crypto, equities, and oil markets. The decline brought $ETH to around $2,047. Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happens Ethereum ($ETH) Price Performance. Source: BeInCrypto Markets However, on-chain data suggests the network’s fundamentals remain strong despite short-term price weakness. According to Santiment, Ethereum’s “network activity remains higher than ever.” The daily active addresses currently sit near 788,000. The network is also attracting roughly 255,000 new addresses per day, a sign…

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Trader Crypto Rover reported on X that the chances of a Federal Reserve rate hike in 2026 have risen to 46.9%. At the same time, expectations for a rate cut have dropped to zero. Traders now expect the Fed to take a “wait-and-see” approach before making any major policy moves. The CME FedWatch Tool shows that interest rates are likely to stay between 3.50% and 3.75% through mid-2026. For April, markets give a 96% chance that rates will remain steady. That confidence drops slightly by June and July, but traders still see very little chance of cuts. “The Committee will…

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Following the US GENIUS Act, the highly anticipated Clarity Act, a bill regulating the cryptocurrency market, is now nearing its finish line. A significant announcement has been made regarding the Clarity Act, which has faced numerous obstacles to date. According to Tim Scott, chairman of the US Senate Banking Committee, the cryptocurrency market structure bill has received bipartisan support. Speaking to Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business, Tim Scott gave the clearest update yet on CLARITY, stating that it has the support of both parties. Thus, CLARITY, a cryptocurrency market framework bill that will create the institutional foundation for the US…

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Luffa, a Web3 social wallet, has announced its partnership with Delphi AI, a renowned platform to transform crowd prediction into robust insights. The partnership aims to merge the AI agent infrastructure of Luffa with the prediction market mechanism of Delphi AI. As Luffa disclosed in its official social media announcement, the development focuses on improving> Excited to announce our partnership with @delphiai_lab ! 🤝Delphi AI is building a prediction-market platform that aggregates crowd forecasts—turning market sentiment into actionable probabilistic signals across crypto, stocks, and policy.As a Web3 x AI SuperConnector, Luffa… pic.twitter.com/gMXimarVkf — Luffa (@LuffaApp) April 1, 2026 Luffa and…

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Real-time DeFi trading takes a step forward as $GMX perpetual markets go live on MegaETH, powered by Chainlink infrastructure and ultra-fast block confirmations. $GMX deploys perpetual markets on MegaETH $GMX has launched new perpetual markets on MegaETH, combining Chainlink Data Streams with the blockchain‘s 10-millisecond block times. With more than $363 billion in notional volume processed across eight chains to date, the protocol is extending its multichain footprint to a high-throughput execution layer. Moreover, the integration is designed to narrow the performance gap between decentralized and centralized trading platforms. By leveraging MegaETH’s real-time infrastructure, $GMX aims to deliver execution speeds…

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In a significant on-chain movement, four previously dormant anonymous wallets have executed a coordinated withdrawal of 32,880 Ethereum ($ETH), valued at approximately $70.03 million, from the major cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. This substantial Ethereum withdrawal, detected by the analytics platform Onchain Lens, immediately captured the attention of market analysts and blockchain investigators worldwide. The transaction’s scale and timing offer a compelling case study in whale behavior and market sentiment indicators. Analyzing the $70 Million Ethereum Withdrawal The core event involves four distinct cryptocurrency wallets removing a combined 32,880 $ETH from Kraken’s exchange-controlled addresses. According to verifiable blockchain data, these wallets share…

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Tokenized equities framework xStocks has teamed with alternative investment platform Fundrise to bring onchain the newly public Fundrise Innovation Fund, expanding late-stage private market companies exposure. The single tokenized asset VCXx is expected to go live on the xStocks platform in the coming days, according to a Friday announcement. The move to bring Fundrise onchain comes just days after the closed-end fund began trading on the New York Stock Exchange with its portfolio that includes private shares of tech companies including Anthropic, Databricks and SpaceX. Early days trading saw the stock surge from its March 19 $31 debut price to…

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