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Key Highlights: China’s Shandong court has dismissed a lawsuit over failed crypto investment and the Entrustment contract was ruled invalid under China’s financial laws. The case involved a person, Liu, who had entrusted a friend, Zhang, to invest into a crypto project known as “Alpha Coin.” As per court’s ruling, investors were held solely responsible for losses in illegal activity. A China court dismissed a case tied to losses from a crypto investment. The court ruled that the investor must face the financial loss caused due to such activities. The case involved a person, Liu, who had entrusted a friend,…

In a significant development for decentralized finance, WalletConnect Pay has integrated support for $USDe, Ethena’s synthetic dollar, fundamentally expanding payment possibilities for cryptocurrency users worldwide. This integration, announced by the Ethena team via social media platform X, represents a strategic bridge between innovative stablecoin technology and widely-used wallet infrastructure. Consequently, users can now seamlessly transact with $USDe across thousands of applications supporting the WalletConnect protocol. This move underscores the ongoing maturation of the DeFi payment landscape, where accessibility and interoperability become paramount for mainstream adoption. WalletConnect Pay Integrates $USDe for Enhanced Payments The integration of $USDe into WalletConnect Pay marks…

The integration of artificial intelligence with Web3 is now a tangible development, reshaping the nature of digital interaction. MetYa has entered into a partnership with HolmesAI to advance SocialFi through the combination of dating-focused social finance and next generation intelligent agents. This collaboration allows users to create digital avatars that can autonomously interact in decentralized environments. The endeavor is significant in light of a growing issue as the barrier between physical and digital identity continues to blur. By connecting HolmesAI’s agent technologies with MetYa’s social layer, the partnership aims to give users a fun and self-directed way to participate in…

The following is a guest post and analysis from Vincent Maliepaard, Marketing Director at Sentora. Stablecoins have become a meaningful settlement layer, lending markets continue to expand, and tokenized real-world assets keep growing. Visa said global stablecoin transaction volume rose from more than $3.5 trillion in 2023 to more than $5.5 trillion in 2024. That is not the profile of a niche experiment. It is the profile of infrastructure finding real demand. The problem is that DeFi still measures itself with a bootstrap metric. TVL is a misaligned scoreboard For most of the last cycle, Total Value Locked became the…

In the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency, what initially appears to be mere coincidence in fractal patterns gradually transforms into a striking precision as these patterns evolve. A prominent analyst Ash Crypto recently made a technical observation about current price structure for $ETH that has caused much discussion among Ethereum traders. According to this analysis, what occurred in Q-2 2025 is very similar to what is happening with Ethereum now (March 2026). Essentially, Ethereum has just finished a C-wave correction that looks similar to capitulation 12 months earlier. The 2025 Blueprint – Analyzing the Fractal This research thesis is based on…

Key Takeaways Historical banking practices have created a path dependency that affects modern payment systems. Good money is defined by law and institutions, while good payments are defined by technology and governance frameworks. Central bankers should not act as central planners in response to technological advances and consumer demand. The legacy banking system is being challenged by consumer demand for new payment technologies. Money’s salient features differ in the short term and long term, focusing on payment qualities and stable nominal value, respectively. Equity-based money proposals may not work for individuals living paycheck to paycheck due to financial volatility. Current…

Crypto lobby group Coin Center has urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission to stop addressing individual crypto cases reactively and instead start setting clear rules. “Individualized relief can provide short-term clarity, but it risks fragmentation, implicit merit regulation, and uneven treatment across projects,” Coin Center said in a letter to the SEC, urging the regulator to “prioritize rulemaking wherever possible.” “The true value of crypto networks lies in their character as utility-like public goods rather than as services operated by private corporations or associations,” the letter read. The letter, which was made public on Tuesday, was dated March 5.…

U.S. spot crypto exchanges have nearly doubled market share to 15% as ETF-driven flows and institutional venue consolidation pull liquidity back onshore. Summary U.S. spot exchanges’ global market share has jumped from about 8% to 15% over the past year, signaling a sharp onshoring of liquidity.​ Spot Bitcoin ETFs and institutional best-execution standards are concentrating large orders on regulated U.S. venues, tightening spreads and deepening $BTC books.​ Despite the rebound, regulatory uncertainty still pushes some liquidity offshore, leaving further U.S. spot dominance contingent on clearer rules.​ U.S. crypto exchanges have almost doubled their share of the global spot market in…

Euclid Protocol just went live on Somnia Network. That means Somnia’s gaming-focused blockchain, which runs at one million transactions per second with sub-second finality, is now connected to Euclid’s unified liquidity layer across 40+ chains. Games, social apps, and DEXs on Somnia can tap into that liquidity without users touching a bridge or leaving the network. Euclid is now live on @Somnia_Network ⚡1 Million TPS | Sub-second finality | Built for mass-consumer apps.Now connected to 40+ networks through unified liquidity.Games, social apps, DEXs. All fully on-chain. All fully liquid. pic.twitter.com/7aT9NyXxAO — Euclid Protocol (@EuclidProtocol) March 20, 2026 What Somnia Actually…

FishWar.io, an AI-driven Web3 gaming platform that allows players to engage with PVP (player versus player) games, today announced a strategic partnership with the Nazi Ecosystem, a decentralized network that enables users to participate in staking and various DeFi utilities. Through this collaboration, FishWar utilizes Nazi Ecosystem’s decentralized infrastructure to advance the DeFi experience for its players and users, an integration that introduces an improved opportunity for the two platforms to grow their respective communities. FishWar is a blockchain gaming platform where players engage in innovative, adventurous games and in-game assets. The network integrates AI and GameFi components to encourage…