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The Trump family's World Liberty Financial approved a measure that lets big-time WLFI investors access members of its team.

Ripple's new partner praised it for its infrastructure.

The Secret Service is working together with U.K. and Canadian law enforcement agencies in a bid to stop crypto fraud schemes.

Crypto wealth manager Abra plans a Nasdaq debut through a SPAC merger, joining a growing wave of digital asset companies tapping public markets for capital. Digital asset wealth management platform Abra is going public through a reverse merger with special purpose acquisition company New Providence Acquisition Corp. III, marking the latest attempt by a crypto company to access public markets as investor interest in the sector rebounds. On Monday, Abra announced that it had signed a definitive agreement with the blank-check company, or SPAC, valuing the crypto wealth manager at a pre-money equity valuation of $750 million. Existing investors, including Pantera Capital, Blockchain Capital, RRE Ventures, Adams Street and SBI, will roll over their shares into the combined entity rather than cashing out. Read more

Further pump or crash to $40K: what's next for BTC?

The document quickly sparked debate across the Ethereum community, with supporters saying it reinforces the network’s core principles. Critics, however, argue the mandate signals the foundation intends to take a backseat just as institutional interest in blockchain is accelerating.

Crypto wealth manager Abra is going public at a $750 million valuation—but regulators have repeatedly taken issue with how it does business.

The stablecoin issuer has rallied as analysts point to growing demand for USDC, a higher interest-rate environment and the rapid expansion of tokenized assets.

Dubbed “Operation Atlantic,“ the effort involves law enforcement agencies from the three countries and is aimed at preventing phishing attacks involving cryptocurrencies. The US Secret Service, UK National Crime Agency, and Canadian authorities have partnered to disrupt fraudulent schemes related to crypto, raise awareness of scams, and recover stolen funds. In a Monday notice, law enforcement agencies from the three countries — including Canada’s Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Securities Commission — said that they had launched “Operation Atlantic,” focusing on identifying people at risk of losing or those who had already lost crypto through “approval phishing” schemes. “Approval phishing and investment scams cost victims millions in financial loss each year,” said Brent Daniels, deputy assistant director for the US Secret Service’s Office of Field Operations. The agencies said they hope to identify and disrupt these scams in near real-time. Read more

Wall Street private-credit funds are slowing the exits as withdrawal pressure builds As Bitcoin climbs and holds above $73,000, several of Wall Street’s biggest private-credit funds have capped, stretched, or halted withdrawals, according to recent filings and reports tied to BlackRock, Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Cliffwater, and Blue Owl. JPMorgan has also marked down some private-credit […] The post Largest private credit funds on Wall Street limit withdrawals as investors rush for the exit while Bitcoin climbs appeared first on CryptoSlate.

BlackRock just dropped $600 million on Bitcoin in a single week signaling confident in Bitcoin price prediction.Bitcoin spot ETFs pulled in $767 million in net inflows from March 9 to March 13, marking the first unbroken 5-day inflow streak for BTC ETFs in all of 2026 according to SosoValue data. BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for $600.1 […] The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: BlackRock Just Bought $600 Million in BTC — What Do They Know? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Institutional flows into Bitcoin and Ethereum surge amid geopolitical tensions and expanding U.S. ETF market.

Bitcoin achieved new six-week highs at the week's first Wall Street open, but analysis stayed risk-off, arguing that the long-term BTC price downtrend was still in place. Bitcoin (BTC) hit $74,600 at Monday’s Wall Street open as US stocks gained on Iran war deescalation signals. Key points: Bitcoin sets another local high near $75,000 after a solid weekly close reclaimed key trend lines. Read more

Publicly traded Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies added more ETH amid its climb to $2,300 for the first time in six weeks.

“The wildest thing about my $1 million prediction is that it's not wild at all,” said the digital asset fund manager's CIO.

Strategy spent $1.57 billion on Bitcoin last week, notching its largest purchase of the year so far amid heightened demand for STRC.

XRP witnessed a second week of capital withdrawal, bucking the trend of broader digital asset gains.

A small pricing error in wstETH collateral caused $27 million in Aave liquidations, highlighting the critical role of price oracles and automated risk systems in DeFi. A temporary 2.85% pricing discrepancy in wstETH collateral triggered about $27 million in liquidations on Aave, showing how even small technical issues can have major financial consequences in automated DeFi lending systems. The liquidation wave occurred because Aave’s system briefly valued wstETH at about 1.19 ETH instead of its market value near 1.23 ETH, making some borrowing positions appear undercollateralized. Price oracles are critical infrastructure in DeFi because they feed external market data to smart contracts, determining collateral values, loan health and when automated liquidations should occur. Read more

Gains came for crypto and stocks as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz appeared to ease slightly, sending oil prices lower.

DOGE might explode to $0.50 if it breaks above a certain level, one analyst claimed.