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Negative reactions to cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase using its notifications to push bets on event contracts amid the March Madness basketball tournament range from “annoying” to “absurd.” In January, Coinbase rolled out prediction market bets for US-based users as part of a partnership with Kalshi. However, for some users, the last two months have been seen as an opportunity for the exchange to get people “hooked on sports gambling” using an app that many had devoted to crypto trading. “I have received three separate notifications about College Basketball from Coinbase in the past *hour* alone,” said X user AvgJoesCrypto on Thursday.…

Binance’s Ethereum reserves are sitting at their lowest point since 2020 — and that’s just one piece of a much bigger picture. Across the board, Ethereum held on exchanges has fallen to its lowest level since 2016, a shift driven by back-to-back withdrawals and a staking surge that is pulling coins deeper out of circulation. A Wave Of Withdrawals Across Major Platforms On March 22, crypto analyst Amr Taha flagged a $1.67 billion $ETH withdrawal from OKX. Binance also recorded two separate outflows topping $300 million earlier in the quarter. Those moves didn’t happen in isolation. Data from analyst Arab…

China’s tech stocks are flying today because traders are reacting to real news. TikTok maker ByteDance had dropped its new video-making app called Seedance 2.0 and it’s not some half-baked beta. The videos it generates apparently look so good, it got everyone’s attention fast. By the time markets closed, COL Group had maxed out at its daily 20% limit. Shanghai Film and Perfect World each gained 10%. Baidu has seen a shocking 9% rally, Alibaba surged by 3.6%, and Xiaomi has increased by 8.32%, and JD.com has rallied by 7.16%. The CSI 300 Index climbed 1.4% and didn’t even need…

Crypto industry insiders got their first look at the revised market structure bill in the Senate, and the opening impression was that the language on allowable stablecoin yield was overly narrow and unclear, according to a person familiar with the current draft. The new language, which was announced Friday by Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Thom Tillis, would ban yield payments for simply holding a stablecoin. It would also restrict any approach that makes the program in any way equivalent to a bank deposit, and it applies further limits to other potentially allowed activities, the person said, adding that the mechanics…

Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante denies BP OTC cash‑outs and downplays FDV focus as anger over “witch hunt” Sybil bans forces appeals, buybacks and a fairness rethink. Backpack founder and CEO Armani Ferrante has moved to calm a backlash around the exchange’s BP token launch, publicly denying that the team conducted over-the-counter sales to exit its position and conceding that its aggressive anti-Sybil process has unfairly hit parts of the community. In a detailed post on X, Ferrante wrote: “OTC. I can’t believe I have to say this, no, we aren’t OTCing our own tokens to cash out,” adding that “FUD…

An early participant in the Ethereum ICO sold over $23 million worth of $ETH in one hour. The transaction occurred during a market downturn. On-chain data shows the investor shifted funds into stablecoins and lending protocols rather than exiting completely. Whale Realizes Gains After Years of Holding Blockchain data shows that a long-term Ethereum holder sold 11,552 $ETH at an average price of about $2,027. The wallet, identified as one of Ethereum’s earliest participants, originally acquired 38,800 $ETH during the network’s initial coin offering for about $12,000. This means the investor turned a relatively small early bet into tens of…

Dubai Land Department (DLD), the government’s department for real estate in the UAE, has moved forward with its tokenization initiative by launching the secondary market starting February 20, 2026. The launch will allow the resale of approximately 7.8 million real estate tokens within a controlled pilot framework aimed at assessing market efficiency, testing operational readiness, enhancing transparency and governance, and safeguarding investors’ rights while ensuring transaction integrity. This is considered to be phase II of the Real Estate Tokenization Project, within a regulated model. DLD Phase I included the launch of tokenized deeds and sales with Prypco Mint It follows…

A mysterious new cryptocurrency address has executed a staggering $114 million Ethereum withdrawal from Galaxy Digital, triggering intense speculation about institutional crypto movements and potential market implications. Blockchain analytics platform Onchain Lens reported this massive transaction involving 55,175 $ETH, marking one of the most significant single-address withdrawals from the prominent digital asset firm this quarter. This development immediately captured attention across financial and cryptocurrency sectors, raising questions about institutional positioning in the evolving digital asset landscape. Galaxy Digital $ETH Withdrawal Details and Transaction Analysis Onchain monitoring services detected the substantial Ethereum movement approximately seven hours before initial reporting. The transaction…

U.S. spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds recorded seven straight days of outflows with over $390 million leaving the funds. According to data from SoSoValue, the 10 spot $ETH ETFs saw $92.54 million in net outflows on Thursday, March 26, primarily led by BlackRock’s ETHA with $140.24 million in outflows. The investment manager’s staked Ethereum ETF (ETHB) managed to offset a large portion of the outflows as it drew in $96.81 million on the day. U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs hit a 7-day inflow streak | Source: SoSoValue Following the outflows yesterday, these investment products have now seen redemptions for the seventh consecutive…

As of December 2025, American companies Visa and Mastercard are processing nearly two-thirds of card payments in the Eurozone, and Europe is finally sick of it. If things ever get ugly(ier) between the U.S. and Europe, the people here could find themselves locked out of their own money. Martina Weimert, who runs the European Payments Initiative (EPI), called the situation urgent. “We are highly dependent on international solutions,” she said. Her group includes 16 banks and financial companies, like BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank, and they’re trying to build something new. “Yes, we have nice national assets like domestic card…