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Agora applies for US federal trust bank charter to directly issue stablecoins, a move that could fundamentally alter the fiat-to-crypto conversion landscape. The cryptocurrency startup submitted its application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) last week, as reported by CoinDesk. If approved, this charter would allow Agora to operate under direct federal supervision, bypassing traditional banking intermediaries. This development arrives at a pivotal moment for stablecoin regulation in the United States. Agora Stablecoin Charter: A Direct Path to Federal Oversight Agora’s application for a federal trust bank charter represents a strategic shift in how stablecoin issuers…

Grayscale’s Managing Director, Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary, has explained the role of $XRP in crypto portfolios, highlighting diversification trends. Ripple recently released a video featuring Sharif-Askary, offering insight into how $XRP fits into a modern crypto portfolio as institutional interest in digital assets continues to expand. Key Points Grayscale says $XRP is a “battle-tested” asset as a core currency in diversified crypto portfolios. Investors are moving beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, with $XRP gaining traction as a key diversification option. $XRP ETFs are expanding access, drawing new investors and boosting institutional interest in the asset. Grayscale predicts $XRP could see improved pricing as…

In brief Bitcoin dropped under $67,000 as Middle East tensions and rising yields pressured risk assets. Over $1.33 billion was liquidated this week, with heavy leveraged positions stacked between $70,000 to $75,000. Experts expect choppy near-term action with potential relief rally contingent on easing macro pressures. Bitcoin and the broader crypto market continue to stack losses this week as March comes to a close, with experts anticipating rangebound price action and increased volatility in the near term. The leading crypto dropped to lows of $66,400 Friday, Bitcoin’s lowest level since March 9. It is currently trading at $66,633, down 3.9%…

Ethereum’s price action has been closely tied to macro liquidity conditions and institutional risk appetite. Ethereum ($ETH) is currently positioned at a critical juncture as broader crypto markets attempt to sustain bullish momentum alongside improving equity market sentiment. After Bitcoin recently reclaimed the $80,000 level, traders are increasingly asking whether $ETH can deliver a similar breakout or lag behind in a rotation-driven market. With U.S. stocks continuing to show strength and AI-driven equities like Nvidia hitting new highs, risk-on conditions are broadly supportive for digital assets, including $ETH. However, Ethereum has historically required stronger catalysts than Bitcoin to sustain upside…

Kevin Hassett warns that reappointing Jerome Powell to the Fed Board could delay or dilute Trump-era rate cuts, keeping crypto traders fixated on personnel-driven monetary policy. White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s reappointment as a governor “may affect interest rate cut decisions,” injecting new uncertainty into the path of U.S. monetary easing. His comments land just as the Fed keeps its target rate in a 3.5%-3.75% band and as Powell chairs his final policy meetings before stepping down in mid-May. In recent remarks relayed by U.S. media, Hassett has repeatedly argued…

Cardano continues to prepare for its intra-era hard fork to Protocol 11 (van Rossem hard fork), with a critical node release now anticipated. According to a recent update by Intersect, a member-based organization within the Cardano ecosystem, Cardano Node 10.7.0 Target prerelease is expected within a few days. Cardano Node 10.7.0 is one of the two node releases highlighted as necessary for the van Rossem hard fork. https://t.co/Y3YKgFrqki — Intersect (@IntersectMBO) March 19, 2026 The Cardano node 10.6.2 was released in February as the network kicked off preparations for the hard fork. The release of Cardano node 10.7.0 is expected…

Emerging markets accounted for 77% of Binance users in 2026, up from 49% in 2020, as users in those countries increasingly used the exchange for savings, payments and investment access, the exchange said. Binance Research’s latest report frames crypto adoption as a financial-access story rather than a trading story. Binance said 83% of users engaging with two or more products on the platform are based in emerging markets, while users in those markets show savings rates more than twice as high as users in developed markets. About 36% of emerging-market Binance users with balances of at least $10 hold at…

Peter Schiff, well known as a crypto skeptic, believes that Bitcoin has set a negative record of four-year stagnation. According to him, four years and four months after the 2021 peak, the price of $BTC has still failed to show real growth despite large-scale adoption. In his view, this cycle has become the worst in the asset’s history in terms of maintaining value. The main argument is that 52 months have gone nowhere. Why Peter Schiff says Bitcoin’s current cycle is worst yet Schiff emphasizes that Bitcoin first reached $69,000 in November 2021, while today, at the end of March…

Elon Musk said most cryptocurrencies are scams during testimony in his lawsuit against OpenAI, where past plans for an ICO also surfaced, as reported by New York Times journalist Mike Isaac. Elon Musk explaining what cryptocurrency is to the jury: “Some of them have merit, but most of them are scams.” this is responding to early emails where OpenAI discussed holding an ICO, or initial coin offering, in order to fund the company. (back then, ICOs were en vogue…) — rat king 🐀 (@MikeIsaac) April 29, 2026 The tech mogul and vocal Dogecoin fan has confirmed in multiple interviews that…

Although Shiba Inu is currently facing further volatility as its price suddenly returns to the red zone, showing a notable daily decline, its exchange activities suggest that the asset is still in demand. Over the past day, Shiba Inu holders have acquired more tokens than they have sold as data from crypto analytics platform Cryptoquant shows that the Shiba Inu exchange netflow has flipped extremely negative over the last day, sitting at a massive -141,471,460,000 $SHIB. Shiba Inu demand grows When the exchange netflow of an asset is negative, as seen in the case of $SHIB today, it is a…