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  • Fed rate cut chance hits zero, threatening stagflation where Bitcoin thrives as a hedge against long term inflation
    CryptoSlate - 20:10 Mar 21, 2026
    Wall Street has spent months debating when the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates. Now, traders are considering if the next move could be a hike. Two days past the Fed's Mar. 18 decision to hold its target range at 3.50%-3.75%, markets moved in the opposite direction. Bloomberg-based pricing climbed above 60% odds of a […] The post Fed rate cut chance hits zero, threatening stagflation where Bitcoin thrives as a hedge against long term inflation appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • CLARITY Act gets deadlock breakthrough that also opens the door to more Bitcoin demand
    CryptoSlate - 18:15 Mar 21, 2026
    The average Bitcoin retail investor who recently discovered crypto might never have considered a stablecoin that pays yield on an idle balance. That fight, buried inside Senate negotiations over the CLARITY Act, is about to matter to them anyway. Politico reported this week that senators and White House advisers have reached an agreement in principle […] The post CLARITY Act gets deadlock breakthrough that also opens the door to more Bitcoin demand appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin CLARITY
  • DeFi needs a metric for protected capital
    CryptoSlate - 15:30 Mar 21, 2026
    The following is a guest post and analysis from Vincent Maliepaard, Marketing Director at Sentora. Stablecoins have become a meaningful settlement layer, lending markets continue to expand, and tokenized real-world assets keep growing. Visa said global stablecoin transaction volume rose from more than $3.5 trillion in 2023 to more than $5.5 trillion in 2024. That […] The post DeFi needs a metric for protected capital appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: DeFi
  • BlinkEx investment platform infrastructure – matching, risk controls, reliability
    CryptoSlate - 10:00 Mar 21, 2026
    How the BlinkEx trading platform is built – matching speed, risk controls, and reliability. A сomprehensive review What “trading infrastructure” actually means here If you strip away marketing, an exchange's infrastructure is basically three things: how orders get matched, how the system behaves under stress, and what safety rails exist when something looks off. BlinkEx […] The post BlinkEx investment platform infrastructure – matching, risk controls, reliability appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Regulatory red tape ripped away from crypto wallets, granting direct access to derivatives
    CryptoSlate - 09:30 Mar 21, 2026
    Crypto wallets used to mean one thing: self-custody. Users held their keys, owned their assets, and stayed off the radar of traditional finance. Phantom's Mar. 17 no-action relief from the CFTC's Market Participants Division rewrites that definition. The letter allows Phantom to serve as the consumer interface for regulated derivatives without registering as an introducing […] The post Regulatory red tape ripped away from crypto wallets, granting direct access to derivatives appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • SEC to reduce Wall Street transparency as public blockchains are gaining an institutional foothold
    CryptoSlate - 09:30 Mar 21, 2026
    A proposal in Washington could alter one of the basic rhythms of US markets: how often public companies have to publish quarterly reports. The SEC is reportedly preparing a proposal that would make quarterly reporting optional, letting companies file financial updates twice a year instead of four times. Backers say the current system feeds short-term […] The post SEC to reduce Wall Street transparency as public blockchains are gaining an institutional foothold appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Wall Street
  • Playnance’s G Coin turns launch week into a real-time growth test
    CryptoSlate - 02:41 Mar 21, 2026
    From presale traction to market debut As recently as March 13, G Coin was still being framed as a token entering the market with measurable traction already in place. Reports citing Playnance’s public tracker said the token had more than 200,000 holders and an estimated market capitalization of about $38 million ahead of its March […] The post Playnance’s G Coin turns launch week into a real-time growth test appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Coin Playnance
  • Britain’s bond panic is currently making the case for Bitcoin many people seem to have forgetten
    CryptoSlate - 21:05 Mar 20, 2026
    Britain’s bond scare is reopening a question Bitcoin was built for – moments when trust in sovereign debt and monetary management starts to crack. Britain’s fiscal squeeze turned sharper after official borrowing data showed February public sector net borrowing hit £14.3 billion, up £2.2 billion from a year earlier and the second-highest February reading since […] The post Britain’s bond panic is currently making the case for Bitcoin many people seem to have forgetten appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin Britain
  • Why rising mortgage rates and gas prices are suddenly impacting Bitcoin holders directly
    CryptoSlate - 19:20 Mar 20, 2026
    Your gas bill just became a Bitcoin story Fresh March data tied one household pressure point to one market trade. The preliminary survey from the University of Michigan put consumer sentiment at 55.5, the lowest reading of 2026, and said gasoline prices had exerted the most immediate impact felt by consumers. The same release showed […] The post Why rising mortgage rates and gas prices are suddenly impacting Bitcoin holders directly appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • While the world watches oil prices, one critical Fed cash backstop is almost empty
    CryptoSlate - 17:30 Mar 20, 2026
    Bitcoin’s real macro risk right now is more discreet than simply watching the price of oil. Behind the scenes, a Fed liquidity cushion is nearly gone, and it can quickly become a headwind for Bitcoin's attempt to avoid a deep crypto winter. On March 19, usage of the Federal Reserve’s overnight reverse repo facility stood […] The post While the world watches oil prices, one critical Fed cash backstop is almost empty appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin beating gold and stocks right now is making “smart money” worried
    CryptoSlate - 14:05 Mar 20, 2026
    Bitcoin investors are buying protection around $50,000 even as the flagship digital asset holds near $70,000 and has recently outperformed gold, the S&P 500, and the US dollar during the ongoing Iran war. According to CryptoSlate’s data, Bitcoin was trading at about $70,688 at press time, which means hedging around the $50,000 level means investors are […] The post Bitcoin beating gold and stocks right now is making “smart money” worried appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Vanity Fair “bathrobe-gate” proves $135 million bought the crypto industry leverage but not respect
    CryptoSlate - 12:30 Mar 20, 2026
    When Vanity Fair published “Crypto's True Believers Demand to Be Taken Seriously” on Mar. 17, the backlash arrived within hours. Hayden Adams said he had passed on the shoot after being asked to pose in a bathrobe in a sauna. Camila Russo called the framing “so off.” Nic Carter compared the group photograph to the […] The post Vanity Fair “bathrobe-gate” proves $135 million bought the crypto industry leverage but not respect appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Even at $70,000 Bitcoin is now exposed to a bigger fight that it cannot control
    CryptoSlate - 10:25 Mar 20, 2026
    The Fed kept rates unchanged at 3.50%-3.75% on Mar. 18, lifted its 2026 inflation projections to 2.7% for both headline and core PCE, and held to a median year-end fed-funds path of 3.4%. Chair Jerome Powell said higher energy prices will push up overall inflation in the near term and that the implications of events […] The post Even at $70,000 Bitcoin is now exposed to a bigger fight that it cannot control appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Retail is rushing into gold, but institutions are buying Bitcoin again – so why the split?
    CryptoSlate - 22:10 Mar 19, 2026
    Retail investors became the main force behind gold-fund buying over the past six months, helping extend bullion’s rise even as some institutional money started to step back. At the same time, fresh inflows into US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) show part of Wall Street rebuilding crypto exposure through the regulated ETF channel, setting up […] The post Retail is rushing into gold, but institutions are buying Bitcoin again – so why the split? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Retail Bitcoin
  • Coinbase tells users to follow ‘foolish’ steps scammers use to withdraw funds from wallets
    CryptoSlate - 20:05 Mar 19, 2026
    Coinbase is directing some Commerce users to a seed-phrase recovery flow ahead of a March 31 migration deadline. The issue sits inside Coinbase’s shutdown plan for legacy Commerce wallets. In its transition guide, Coinbase says users with funds in a Commerce wallet must withdraw them before March 31, 2026, when the Commerce portal and withdrawal […] The post Coinbase tells users to follow ‘foolish’ steps scammers use to withdraw funds from wallets appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Coinbase
  • RIP metaverse: Land values capitulate as $24M metaverse plot collapses to just $9,000
    CryptoSlate - 18:10 Mar 19, 2026
    Metaverse land never recovered. The numbers now show how far it fell The biggest metaverse land deals of the 2021 and 2022 boom now map to four- and five-digit values when priced against current collection floors, rather than the six- and seven-figure valuations buyers once paid. The decline runs through the entire metaverse land trade. […] The post RIP metaverse: Land values capitulate as $24M metaverse plot collapses to just $9,000 appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Land
  • Playnance’s G Coin goes live on MEXC as staking momentum builds
    CryptoSlate - 16:40 Mar 19, 2026
    Trading begins on MEXC Playnance’s G Coin has entered open-market trading, with the G Coin/USDT pair going live on MEXC after the project’s Token Generation Event on March 18. MEXC’s official announcement said deposits were open and withdrawals would begin on March 19, while the exchange’s live G Coin page shows the pair as active. […] The post Playnance’s G Coin goes live on MEXC as staking momentum builds appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Coin MEXC Playnance
  • Crypto just opened S&P 500 trading for the weekend while Wall Street shuts down
    CryptoSlate - 16:15 Mar 19, 2026
    For decades, the benchmark for US risk lived on US time. S&P 500 opened at 9:30 a.m. Eastern and closed at 4:00 p.m., with premarket whispers and after-hours fragments filling the gaps. On Mar. 18, that constraint began to crack. S&P Dow Jones Indices licensed the S&P 500 to Trade[XYZ] to launch the first officially […] The post Crypto just opened S&P 500 trading for the weekend while Wall Street shuts down appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Crypto Wall Street
  • Stablecoins just lost key battle as insurance protection to be reserved only for bank-issued tokens
    CryptoSlate - 14:10 Mar 19, 2026
    The stablecoin debate in Washington is increasingly becoming a fight over a single question: who gets to keep deposit insurance on-chain? FDIC Chair Travis Hill signaled that payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act should not qualify for pass-through insurance, while tokenized deposits that meet the legal definition of a deposit would retain the same insurance […] The post Stablecoins just lost key battle as insurance protection to be reserved only for bank-issued tokens appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Stablecoins
  • Over $2B in “lost” Bitcoin to hit markets this month creating sell pressure within fragile $67k–$74k range
    CryptoSlate - 12:02 Mar 19, 2026
    FTX's fourth round of distributing bankruptcy recoveries arrives at a different moment. The estate will begin sending roughly $2.2 billion to eligible creditors on Mar. 31, just as Bitcoin (BTC) pushed back above $70,000 into what Glassnode called a thin $72,000-$82,000 on-chain zone. FTX announced on Mar. 18 that its fourth distribution will begin Mar. […] The post Over $2B in “lost” Bitcoin to hit markets this month creating sell pressure within fragile $67k–$74k range appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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