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OKX aims to deliver consistent shareholder returns, even after a $25 billion valuation tied to its deal with Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange.

Ripple is rolling out AI-driven security testing across the XRP Ledger, with an AI-assisted red team that has already uncovered fresh bugs.

Preferred shares recovered in nine days after their ex-dividend drop, enabling further bitcoin accumulation.

"That is a strong narrative for TAO in the coming months. A good hype could make it happen," said one analyst.

Strategy CEO Phong Le signaled that retail investors are growing interested in its flagship preferred share relative to its common stock.

The regulator views timestamps and onchain identifiers as tools to distinguish real media from synthetic content, while calling for a light-touch approach to regulating AI agents. Michael Selig, chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said blockchain could play a key role in verifying AI-generated content, contending the technology can help distinguish authentic media from synthetic outputs as concerns over misinformation grow. During an appearance on The Pomp Podcast on Thursday, Selig was asked by host Anthony Pompliano about the use of AI-generated memes and images in markets, and whether intent matters or such content should be restricted altogether. He told Pompliano: He said regulators are focused on maintaining US leadership in crypto, adding that “you can’t have AI without blockchain.” Read more

TAO's price has rallied 160% in over a month, but is printing a familiar golden cross that has preceded massive price corrections in the past. The latest 160% rally in Bittensor (TAO) shows signs of exhaustion as it forms a golden-cross pattern on the chart that previously preceded steep corrections. Key takeaways: TAO prints a golden cross that has preceded 40% drawdown on average in the past. Read more

While Bluesky seems familiar on the surface, the AT protocol architecture it runs on has the potential to be revolutionary.

Brent crude oil, the global benchmark stands at about $107 per barrel at the time of writing. Onchain perpetual futures linked to real-world commodities like precious metals and oil have surged in trading volume, signaling an investor rotation from altcoins to commodity-linked digital assets, according to a report published Thursday by digital asset bank Sygnum. Trading volume for oil and precious metals perpetual futures markets on the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange (DEX) accounts for over 67% of HIP-3 contracts in Q1 2026, also known as “Builder-Deployed Perpetuals,” on the Hyperliquid platform, according to the report. Previously, indexes accounted for about 90% of HIP-3 trading activity, but this has fallen to about 17%, according to Sygnum. Read more

Circle, the issuer of USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, saw its stock plunge 20% this week, erasing $5 billion in market capitalization in its steepest intraday drop since going public. The sell-off happened on the same day Tether announced it had secured a ‘Big Four' accounting firm to undertake a full audit of USDT. According to […] The post A new US rule wiped $5B off Circle — but it may hurt Coinbase more appeared first on CryptoSlate.

XRP trades at $1.37–$1.41 as Senate stalls on the CLARITY Act. Analysts target $1.11 downside or $1.76 breakout. Full technical breakdown + April catalyst watch. The post XRP Price Prediction: Ripple To Run Once Clarity Act Passes? appeared first on Cryptonews.

From launch milestone to durability test In less than a week, the Playnance story shifted from launch setup to live market read. CryptoSlate’s March 18 coverage framed G Coin as entering its public milestone with more than 200,000 holders already on the tracker and a live entertainment ecosystem behind it. By March 19, the token […] The post Playnance G Coin shifts from breakout launch to utility test appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Aimed at fighting organized crime groups, the new law allows confiscated assets including crypto to be used for ”police re-equipment, training, and special operations.” Brazil’s public security agencies have a new weapon for fighting organized crime after national legislators approved a measure allowing them to use confiscated cryptocurrency in their efforts. On Wednesday, Brazil’s legislative branch published Law No. 15.358, establishing a legal framework for combating organized crime. The law allows authorities to prohibit transactions on crypto exchanges by treating digital assets as instruments in a crime, and confiscate crypto to be used to fund public security. “For the purposes of forfeiture of assets, any asset that has been used to commit a crime shall be considered an instrument of the crime, even if it was not intended exclusively for that purpose,” said a translation of the law, which included: Read more

The Bitcoin lending protocol will allocate 2.25% of its token supply to Aerodrome users as it looks to expand activity for its token and stablecoin. Mezo, a Bitcoin-native lending protocol, will collaborate with Aerodrome Finance to support trading activity for its token and Bitcoin-backed stablecoin on the Base network, as projects look for ways to bring more financial use cases to Bitcoin. In a Thursday announcement, Mezo said it will allocate 2.25% of its MEZO token supply to Aerodrome’s vote-escrow (veAERO) participants — users who lock tokens in exchange for governance rights and rewards. The program is designed to encourage those users to direct funds into MEZO trading pairs, increasing activity around the token and its US dollar-backed stablecoin, MUSD. Aerodrome is a liquidity provider on Base built by the team behind Optimism, a configurable enterprise blockchain infrastructure. Read more

DRW founder Don Wilson says public blockchains conflict with how institutions trade and manage risk, limiting adoption.

A poisoned release of LiteLLM turned a routine Python install into a crypto-aware secret stealer that searched for wallets, Solana validator material, and cloud credentials every time Python started. On Mar. 24, between 10:39 UTC and 16:00 UTC, an attacker who had gained access to a maintainer account published two malicious versions of LiteLLM to […] The post Hackers sneak crypto wallet-stealing code into a popular AI tool that runs every time appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The price target depends on one condition being met: XRP bottoming near $0.87, around its 100-period exponential moving average.

Crypto prices and risk assets remain at the mercy of macro headlines for now, one analyst said.

The UK has targeted a Chinese-language crypto selling stolen personal data to fraudsters operating from scam compounds in Southeast Asia.

The bank said institutional unwinding and weakening liquidity have hit precious metals, while bitcoin shows steadier flows and improving momentum amid geopolitical stress.