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JUST price is consolidating around $0.058 after an RSI 80+ spike, as a $21m Q1 buyback‑and‑burn plan, new Bitkub listing and rising TRON DeFi usage test how far the deflation trade can run. JUST’s ($JST) governance token $JST, which underpins the TRON‑based JustLend DAO and associated DeFi protocols, is currently changing hands near $0.058 with a 24‑hour decline of roughly 0.20% and a 7‑day loss of 0.90%. CoinGecko data shows a circulating supply of 9.9 billion $JST, translating into a market cap around $527 million, while 24‑hour trading volume stands at approximately $12.51 million, indicating moderate but consistent liquidity across…
SEC, CFTC Chiefs Signal ‘New Day’ for U.S. Onshore Crypto, Tokenization and Future‑Proof Rules
SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Mike Selig used back‑to‑back fireside chats on the Nakamoto Stage at The Bitcoin 2026 Conference to signal a reset in Washington’s approach to digital assets, tokenization, and market structure. Atkins described it as “a new day at the SEC,” while Selig said regulators are “turning over a new page” and need to harmonize their efforts. Atkins said the SEC is taking a new approach to digital assets and wants that activity onshore rather than pushed to foreign jurisdictions. He said the SEC and CFTC are now working together on digital assets and aim…
Femion Technology, an entity linked to the failed Zondacrypto, has filed for bankruptcy, indicating the domino effect from the collapse of the leading Polish exchange. The move follows the failure of its subsidiary TryPay to survive the saga. The latter served as the main payment gateway for fiat deposits, accounting for the bulk of the group’s revenues. More Polish firms fall in wake of Zonda crypto exchange demise The Zonda-affiliated Femion Technology filed for bankruptcy protection this weekend after its shares lost almost all of their value over the past few weeks. The fintech was brought down by the collapse…
Bitcoin prices fell below $67,000 on Thursday morning, dropping to $66,770 following Donald Trump’s latest update on the war with Iran. “We are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly,” the President said at the White House on Wednesday. “We’re going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks,” he added. The POTUS said that the US imports almost no oil through the Hormuz Strait and will not be taking any in the future. “Between threatening Iran’s power plants, saying the Iran War would last 2-3 more weeks, and calling out…
Already on a tear ahead of the war in Iran, Circle (CRCL) might be an unlikely beneficiary of the conflict. The stock rose 10% on Monday, outperforming other crypto-linked equities, with the shares now up by 86% over the past month, though they remain sharply lower since their peak post-IPO frenzy last summer. Japanese bank Mizuho said part of the Circle rally reflects the jump in oil prices following the escalation in Middle East tensions. Higher crude prices could reignite inflationary pressures, potentially reducing expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts. Other things being equal, stablecoin issuers are thought to benefit…
Virtuals Protocol is now powering agent commerce on Mantle. Mantle is adopting ERC-8183, a standard designed for autonomous agent transactions, and Virtuals is the facilitator making that happen. Virtuals is powering agent commerce on MantleAs the premier distribution layer for RWAs, @Mantle_Official brings institutional-grade finance and deep onchain liquidity infrastructure.With Virtuals as the facilitator, Mantle is building the rails for agents to transact,… pic.twitter.com/Rm29R0SWsL — Virtuals Protocol (@virtuals_io) March 27, 2026 The combination brings AI agents into Mantle’s existing real-world asset infrastructure, with deep onchain liquidity and institutional-grade financial rails underneath every agent transaction. The goal is a network where…
U.S. lawmakers and White House officials used a Nakamoto Stage panel to argue that clear crypto rules will decide whether the United States leads or cedes ground in the next phase of financial innovation. The discussion, titled “Are We Getting More Clarity?”, focused on the Clarity Act, enforcement under past administrations, and the risk that political swings could undo progress on crypto regulation. Senator Cynthia Lummis warned that another hostile administration would mean “game over for sensible regulation,” framing the 2026 election cycle as a direct test of whether Congress can lock in a durable framework for digital assets. She…
Kraken parent Payward closes $550 million Bitnomial deal, securing full CFTC derivatives stack
Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has completed its acquisition of Bitnomial, giving the firm a full U.S. derivatives stack regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The deal gives Payward control of Bitnomial’s futures broker, exchange and clearinghouse licenses. That structure allows Payward to offer regulated crypto derivatives in the U.S. without relying on a patchwork of third-party venues. The transaction values Payward’s equity at $20 billion. It follows the firm’s $1.5 billion acquisition of retail futures platform NinjaTrader in 2025, the two deals together forming the backbone of its U.S. derivatives push. Payward said it…
Indicator of Bitcoin Demand Turns Negative in the Cryptocurrency Market! What Does It Mean? Here Are the Details
A key indicator of Bitcoin demand in the cryptocurrency market turned negative at the end of March, causing concern among investors. According to data shared by the onchain data platform CryptoQuant, the “Apparent Demand” indicator, which measures the true strength of market demand, recorded a decrease of approximately 63,000 BTC. CryptoQuant analysts stated that this decline revealed that new buying demand was insufficient to offset the existing selling pressure. Specifically, they noted that sales by individual investors and other market participants outpaced purchases by institutional investors. A more notable development occurred among “whale” investors, as they are known. These investors,…
Investors continue to move into dollar-pegged tokens as geopolitical risk and prolonged weakness in crypto markets push them toward perceived safety on-chain. The total stablecoin market capitalization hit a record $313 billion on Sunday, underscoring resilient demand even as the broader digital asset space remains under pressure and tensions escalate in the Middle East. Latest data from DefiLlama shows the combined value of stablecoins climbed 1.14% over the past week to $313.008 billion. The increase came as the US–Iran conflict intensified and oil prices spiked, amplifying risk aversion across traditional and digital markets. In that backdrop, traders and investors parked…