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Introduction: A Blockchain ETF with an AI Twist In the fast-moving world of crypto and tech investing, few funds stand out like the BKCH ETF. This Global X Blockchain ETF has delivered a stunning 57.9% return over the past 12 months. Yet, it dropped 19.6% in the last month. Why the wild swings? Bitcoin’s price plunge from $110,534 in November to around $67,143 by late February explains much of it. But here’s the real story: is quietly shifting from pure Bitcoin plays to AI infrastructure powerhouses. Traditional blockchain ETFs chase diversification. Not BKCH. It bets big on a handful of…

Polygon, the leading Ethereum layer-2 platform, is undertaking a structural overhaul of how it distributes network fees, with some observers viewing it as a move to reverse the fortunes of its native token, $POL, which has shed more than 60% of its value over the past year. The dip in its token price and the rise in activity on other layer-2 platforms have caused Polygon, which used to be the leading L2 on Ethereum between 2021 and 2023, to cede ground to rivals like Base and Arbitrum. The proposal, which was published on Wednesday, March 25, was authored by the…

Forward Industries and crypto investment company RockawayX have co-led a strategic investment in OnRe, a startup building reinsurance infrastructure on the Solana blockchain, in a move aimed at bringing traditional risk-transfer markets onto decentralized rails. The companies said Tuesday they co-led OnRe’s $5 million Series A round, with Forward planning to allocate up to $25 million into the platform’s yield-bearing token on Solana. The funding will be used to expand OnRe’s platform and attract more institutional participants to onchain reinsurance, a niche but emerging segment within decentralized finance. OnRe is attempting to shift parts of the reinsurance market — where…

Genius Group, which delivers AI-powered learning and acceleration programs to individuals, enterprises, and governments, has sold all of its Bitcoin reserves to fully repay its $8.5 million debt, the company announced today. The firm plans a future rebuild of its Bitcoin treasury when market conditions are more favorable. Genius Group first adopted a Bitcoin-first strategy in late 2024, days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election. The NYSE-listed company set out to allocate no less than 90% of its reserves to Bitcoin, By February 2025, its holdings stood at 440 $BTC. However, Genius Group was later forced to sell…

OnRe Finance raised $5M from Forward and RockawayX as Forward prepares up to $25M into ONyc, scaling Solana-based, tokenized reinsurance with DeFi integrations. OnRe Finance said it has closed a $5 million strategic funding round to accelerate development of its tokenized reinsurance platform on Solana, with the raise co-led by Solana-focused treasury company Forward Industries and multi-strategy digital asset firm RockawayX. Forward and Rockaway back on-chain reinsurance on Solana According to the GlobeNewswire announcement, the capital will go toward expanding OnRe’s underwriting programs, hiring, and integrating its products more deeply into Solana’s DeFi stack. Forward, listed on Nasdaq as FWDI,…

Ethereum’s price action has transitioned into a stabilization phase after a strong reaction to this key demand zone shifted short-term sentiment. However, despite this rebound, the broader structure still reflects a market attempting to regain momentum while facing notable resistance overhead. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, $ETH is clearly consolidating after establishing support at the critical $1.8K zone. This level has once again proven its significance, acting as a base for the current recovery phase. Since then, the price has been gradually pushing higher, but the upside remains capped by a confluence of resistance, including…

The Trump administration’s new national cyber strategy places the security of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies within the United States’ broader push to maintain leadership in emerging technology. In a section focused on maintaining “superiority in critical and emerging technologies,” the document states that the government will support the security of “cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.” The statement appears in President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America, which outlines six policy pillars meant to guide federal cyber policy, including securing infrastructure, modernizing federal networks and strengthening U.S. advantages in areas such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing. “We will build secure technologies and…

The $XRP Ledger has been running without interruption since 2012. It has processed over 100 million ledgers, completed more than 3 billion transactions, and secured billions of dollars in value. By any measure, that is an impressive track record. But Ripple is not resting on it. In a detailed post published on March 26, Ripple engineer Ayo Akinyele revealed that the team has overhauled its entire security approach, deploying artificial intelligence to hunt for vulnerabilities deep inside the XRPL codebase. And the AI has already found things humans missed. The AI Red Team Is Already Working Ripple has established a…

A study reveals that 13 billion $XRP sits in exchange accounts using destination tags, with Robinhood holding the largest share. The study by $XRP community researcher ChaCha shows that the tagged balances represent individual user holdings within shared exchange wallets, which reveals how much $XRP actually sits in custodial systems. Key Points Data identifies 13.26 billion $XRP in tagged exchange accounts across 41 platforms and over 260 wallets. Robinhood accounts for over 10 billion $XRP, dominating tagged balances among exchanges. Tagged $XRP represents about 21% of the 61.6 billion $XRP circulating supply. Combined holdings in exchange environments exceed 47% of…

Miami Beach, FL — Tokenized money will fail to deliver on its promise if it remains siloed within individual banks, according to Ryan Rugg, Citigroup’s head of digital assets for treasury and trade solutions. Speaking at Consensus in Miami, Rugg said large corporate clients are not looking for single-bank solutions but systems that work seamlessly across financial institutions. “No one wants just a Citi token,” he said. “They want that multi-bank aspect of it.” The comment reflects a core challenge in the push to bring blockchain-based payments into mainstream finance. While banks have begun issuing tokenized deposits and building internal…