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They argue the tax would be illegal, violating Brazil's Constitution and Virtual Assets Law, as stablecoins are not considered fiat currency.

Washington is getting ready to potentially make life easier for the biggest US banks. That can sound pretty abstract if you don't strip it down to the mechanics. Regulators decide how much capital banks must keep to absorb losses and how much liquidity they need if funding starts to disappear. More capital and more liquidity […] The post Washington prepares $175B break for big banks — weakening protections against financial crisis appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Twenty million Bitcoin mined. One million left. The miners who got us here might not be around for the finish.

The brave new world of autonomous, micro-transacting AI agents is where programmable cryptocurrencies will shine, according to stablecoin experts.

The largest publicly traded corporate holder of bitcoin would need to buy roughly 6,158 BTC per week, a pace its exceeded often in recent months.

If history repeats, bitcoin could easily go above $300,000.

Former Coinbase CTO says the crypto industry should build more financial tools for refugees and stateless people as conflicts and migration increase worldwide. Tech investor and former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan has called on the crypto industry to develop more financial tools for refugees and stateless people. In a Saturday post on X, Srinivasan said the number of displaced individuals could grow as global conflicts intensify and economic migration increases. He pointed to examples ranging from Ukrainians fleeing war to workers leaving the Gulf countries amid regional tensions. “We should build more crypto tools for refugees and stateless people,” Srinivasan wrote, suggesting that blockchain-based systems can provide financial infrastructure when traditional institutions fail or become inaccessible. Read more

Meanwhile, the other community member believes the patience of XRP investors is "genuinely a psychological phenomenon."

Blockchain's transparency traces illicit flows better than fiat systems. Industry-wide information sharing and unified AML rules close gaps, without curbing liberty. Opinion by: Ana Carolina Oliveira, chief compliance officer at Venga Crypto doesn’t have a money laundering problem on its own. At least, not when compared to traditional finance, where the practice is at least twice as prevalent and over 90% of which is believed to go undetected. Money laundering is a general problem wherever we see the transfer of funds. That’s the good news.  Blockchain records everything for posterity. When money laundering does occur, an indelible record is created that allows the illicit financial flows to be traced from end to end. Read more

USDC’s market cap is approaching a record $80 billion, with one analyst linking the surge to capital flight and turmoil in Dubai’s real estate market. The market capitalization of the USDC stablecoin is approaching a record high near $80 billion as demand surges in the Middle East, with one analyst linking the spike to capital flight from the United Arab Emirates. According to data from CoinMarketCap, USDC (USDC)’s circulating supply has risen to roughly $79.2 billion, marking a new all-time high for the dollar-pegged stablecoin. The stablecoin’s market cap previously hit a high of below $79 billion in December last year. The increase comes after supply expanded by billions of dollars in recent weeks. The stablecoin’s market cap stood at just over $70 billion in early February and at $75 billion earlier this month. Read more

A US appeals court refused to hear Custodia Bank’s final appeal, ending its five-year fight for a Federal Reserve master account. The post Custodia Bank Loses Final Court Appeal Over Federal Reserve Master Account appeared first on Cryptonews.

On Mar. 13, the US economy delivered a data dump that landed somewhere between uncomfortable and alarming. The GDP for the 2025 fourth quarter was revised down to 0.7% from an initial estimate of 1.4%, following 4.4% growth in the third quarter. January core PCE rose 3.1% year over year, with a 0.4% monthly increase. […] The post Bitcoin price faces a crucial weekend test as US growth collapses to 0.7% while inflation stays stubborn appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller believes stablecoins and blockchain-based tokens could form the backbone of the global payments system within the next decade. The post Billionaire Says Stablecoins Could Power Global Payments in 10–15 Years appeared first on Cryptonews.

$TRUMP Memecoin Holders Get Second Chance at Trump Meeting The post TRUMP Memecoin Investors Offered Mar-a-Lago Presidential Meeting appeared first on Cryptonews.

Pi has plunged by over 30% in the past 24 hours. The gains charted after the Kraken listing have been pretty much erased.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs brought in about $767 million over five straight days of inflows for the first time so far this year. US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) logged their first five-day inflow streak of 2026, bringing in roughly $767.32 million this week. The funds recorded $180.33 million in net inflows on Friday, extending the run of positive flows that began earlier in the week. The strongest day of the streak came on Tuesday, when spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs attracted $250.92 million, according to data from SoSoValue. The last time the funds saw a comparable streak was in late November 2025, when spot Bitcoin ETFs logged five consecutive days of net inflows from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2, bringing in a combined $284.61 million. Read more

The TRUMP meme coin jumped as much as 60% after promoters advertised a Mar-a-Lago gala linked to the president. The post Trump Meme Coin Jumps 60% After Promoters Advertise Mar-a-Lago Gala appeared first on Cryptonews.

PI was violently rejected at $0.30 and it's the poorest performer today from the larger-cap alts.

The largest cryptocurrency is up 4.2% on the week despite Friday's reversal, with attention now turning to the Fed meeting on March 17-18 and whether oil above $100 forces a shift in rate expectations.

BTC has remained relatively stable for now, but it tends to react once the futures and legacy markets open.