The global cryptocurrency market showed modest strength in the latest session, with total market capitalization rising to approximately $2.43 trillion, marking a 2.39% increase over the past day.
The U.S. Senate has drawn a hard line on the digital dollar. With an 89-10 vote, lawmakers passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - a sweeping bipartisan housing package that buried within its text a significant financial policy decision: a temporary prohibition on the Federal Reserve issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency, effective through December 31, 2030.
On Wednesday, prosecutors from the Southern District of New York formally asked a judge to throw out SBF's latest bid for a new trial, calling his legal arguments "incoherent" and, in one pointed word choice, "fanciful."
Metaplanet Inc. announced the launch of Metaplanet Ventures K.K., a wholly-owned subsidiary that will deploy ¥4 billion (approximately $27 million) over the next three years.
Banking giant JPMorgan Chase is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the firm of helping process hundreds of millions of dollars tied to an alleged cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme.
The crypto bear market has a habit of separating projects that are actually building from those that were riding price momentum. On Solana, the latest development activity rankings from Santiment tell a clear story: a handful of projects are putting in serious work on GitHub while the broader market sorts itself out.
The iShares Staked Ethereum Trust begins trading on March 12, offering investors both price exposure and staking rewards — while a tiered fee waiver structure positions BlackRock aggressively against competing Ethereum products.
South Korea's National Tax Service is building one of the more aggressive crypto surveillance systems seen anywhere.
New filings for unemployment benefits in the United States declined slightly last week, reinforcing the picture of a labor market that remains historically tight even as economic uncertainty persists.
On March 11, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formally ends what SEC Chairman Paul Atkins called decades of "regulatory turf wars."
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana funds collectively attract positive flows for the first time in three sessions, even as prices remain under pressure and the Fear & Greed Index sits deep in fear territory.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is drawing a hard line between traditional banking and digital assets. On March 11, 2026, FDIC Chairman Travis Hill announced a proposed rule that would formally exclude payment stablecoins from all federal deposit insurance.



