Law No. 15,358 gives judges sweeping power to freeze digital assets during investigations as Brasília takes a “financial strangulation” approach to organized crime. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Law No. 15,358 on March 25, establishing what the government calls the Legal Framework for Combating Organized Crime. The legislation, also known as the…
On-chain traders on Hyperliquid can now trade over 250 tokenized U.S. equities. Felix Protocol has launched tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds on HyperEVM, delivering on a partnership with Ondo Finance that was first announced in January. The launch gives on-chain traders access to more than 250 tokenized equities through Felix’s native trading interface, with…
Largest U.S. Bitcoin miner offloads roughly a quarter of its treasury to buy back $1 billion in zero-coupon notes at a 9% discount, dropping to third among corporate BTC holders. MARA Holdings, the largest publicly traded Bitcoin miner in the U.S., sold 15,133 BTC for approximately $1.1 billion between March 4 and March 25, deploying…
Enertoken, developed by Justoken for YPF Luz, launched with over $800 million in tokenized energy assets on XRPL. YPF Luz, the electricity subsidiary of Argentina’s largest energy company, has partnered with Buenos Aires-based blockchain infrastructure company Justoken to launch an energy tokenization platform built on XRP Ledger (XRPL), the firms announced earlier this month. The…
Institutional inflows into Bitcoin ETFs reached $93.1M last week as BlackRock and Fidelity made net purchases despite selective selling. BlackRock and Fidelity purchased approximately $400 million in Bitcoin last week while selling $250 million, resulting in net institutional buying pressure, according to blockchain analytics firm Arkham on March 23. Total Bitcoin ETF inflows for the…
A bipartisan group of lawmakers plans to introduce legislation that would ban sports betting on prediction markets including Polymarket and Kalshi. U.S. lawmakers are set to introduce a bipartisan bill that would prohibit sports betting on prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. The legislative action targets…
Bitcoin climbed to $71,500 on March 23 after President Trump said the U.S. would postpone planned strikes on Iranian infrastructure for five days pending ongoing diplomatic talks. Bitcoin surged above $71,000 on March 23 after President Donald Trump announced a five-day postponement of planned U.S. strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure. In a…
The derivatives platform has already opened airdrop claims and pre-market trading ahead of its long-anticipated token generation event. Decentralized perpetuals exchange edgeX has confirmed that the token generation event (TGE) and listing for its native EDGE token will take place on March 31. EDGE has a total supply of 1 billion tokens. At TGE, 25%…
Five months after a $128M exploit rocked the protocol, Balancer is proposing its most radical restructuring yet. The team behind veteran DeFi protocol Balancer has posted two sweeping governance proposals that would wind down Balancer Labs, consolidate all operations under a DAO-controlled entity, and end BAL token emissions entirely. The operational restructuring proposal, posted on…
The issuer of the largest stablecoin by market cap has been under scrutiny for years for not conducting a full financial audit Tether announced on Tuesday that it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct what the firm says is its “first full independent financial statement audit.” The issuer of USDT, the largest…