Bitcoin Rebounds to $67,000 as Iran De-Escalation Hopes Lift Risk Appetite
ETH gained 2% as BitMine extended its buying streak. Source link
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Metals.io Brings Tokenized Gold, Uranium, and Rare Earth Metals to Tezos
Built by Tezos R&D hub Trilitech, the new web app brings tokenized rare earth metals on-chain alongside gold and uranium as AI-driven industrial demand intensifies. Source link
Aave V4 Launches on Ethereum Mainnet
Announced at EthCC in Cannes, the upgrade enables institution-specific borrowing environments, structured credit products, and RWA-backed lending within a unified liquidity system. Source link
Valinor Raises $25M Seed Round to Bring Private Credit Onchain
The ex-Blackstone team wants to move beyond crypto-collateralized loans and into ‘real economy credit’ as the tokenized RWA sector continues to grow. Source link
Steakhouse Financial Warns Users of Phishing Attack
The DeFi curator says existing deposits and smart contracts are unaffected, but asked users to avoid the platform until the front-end is restored. Source link
The SEC’s latest crypto guidance still leaves too much unsaid
On Tuesday, March 19, the SEC issued joint guidance with the CFTC to “finally” provide clarity about how the securities laws apply to digital assets. On many issues, including staking and meme coins, the SEC’s new guidance is a welcome development and a marked improvement from the Gensler days. It also rightly acknowledges that the…
Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate falls as miners shift capital to AI infrastructure
For the first time in six years, the bitcoin BTC$67,429.89 hashrate, the total computational power securing the network, fell during the first quarter. It is currently down around 4% year to date, hovering around 1 zettahash per second (ZH/s). Over the past five years, the rate has surged from roughly 100 exahashes per second (EH/s),…
Zcash’s (ZEC) upside hinges on a repricing of financial privacy in an AI-driven world, Grayscale says
Zcash (ZEC) is a wager that the rise of AI surveillance will make financial privacy more valuable, and the crypto market is underpricing that possibility, according to asset manager Grayscale. “Zcash is nearly 10 years old but may be entering a new chapter. Use of its shielding technology is increasing, and new capital is entering…
Lido DAO proposes $20 million LDO buyback as token trades at 70% discount to two-year median
Lido DAO proposed spending up to 10,000 stETH to buy its own governance token at what it calls a historically depressed valuation. That works out to roughly $20 million at current ether prices near $2,000. The problem is where to spend it. Onchain LDO liquidity sits at about $90,000 of depth at plus-or-minus 2%, according…
Could BoJ be the next central bank to tighten, hitting BTC
Prospects of interest rate rises are no longer just the U.S. story. Traders are now betting the Bank of Japan (BoJ) could tighten too as the resource-scarce nation faces inflation risks from the ongoing Iran war. Traders see a roughly 69% chance of the BoJ raising its benchmark borrowing cost at the April 28 meeting,…