Crypto Clarity Act inches toward Senate hearing as lawmakers weigh legislative trades
The White House may be reviewing fresh legislative text, and lawmakers are reportedly weighing offers to banks of other, unrelated provisions for their support. Mar 19, 2026, 10:10 p.m. The negotiation to get a crypto market structure bill through its next stages in the Senate have hovered over an almost-there status for weeks, and Republican
DeFi risk management giant Gauntlet sees $380 million exit as OKX crypto campaign ends
Gauntlet noted that deposits are now back to same levels before the campaign, and has navigated large capital swings before due to incentive campaign endings, airdrops, and shifts in market conditions which regularly produce short-period swings in either direction. Mar 19, 2026, 8:12 p.m. Gauntlet, one of decentralized finance’s (DeFi) leading providers for risk management
Crypto markets – and the American people – deserve clarity
The SEC is pivoting away from its previous regulatory strategy. Mar 19, 2026, 8:12 p.m. For more than a decade, American investors and innovators have operated under a cloud of uncertainty about when crypto assets implicate the federal securities laws. Markets function best when everybody understands the rules. Yet, for too long, financial regulators have
Appeals court clears way for Nevada to temporarily ban prediction market Kalshi
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a legal effort by Kalshi to stave off an expected temporary restraining order from the state of Nevada. Mar 19, 2026, 8:12 p.m. Prediction market provider Kalshi may be hit with a temporary restraining order from the state of Nevada after a federal appeals court declined to block
Coinbase’s bitcoin yield fund goes onchain with Apex’s tokenization push
Coinbase’s bitcoin yield fund goes onchain with Apex’s tokenization push The Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund’s tokenized share class runs on Base as the $3.5 trillion fund services giant Apex applies tokenization across its business. Mar 19, 2026, 8:09 p.m. Exchange giant Coinbase’s (COIN) asset management arm is bringing its bitcoin yield fund onchain, creating a
Singapore-based Ryde adopts crypto treasury strategy
Ryde Group, a Singapore-based ride-sharing and carpool platform, similar to Uber or Lyft, said Wednesday that it has adopted a crypto treasury strategy for its corporate reserve. The company said it will invest a portion of its corporate reserves into Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and Sol (SOL), with specific allocations and time of purchase to
Bitcoin drops 10% to threaten new retest of ‘unreliable’ BTC price support
Bitcoin (BTC) price support could “fail” by the weekly close in a major blow to Bitcoin bulls, analysis warns. Key points: BTC price downside versus local highs at $76,000 nears 10%. Bitcoin brings its 200-week trend line back into focus, but little hope remains that it will rescue price. A trader warns of “months” of
Bitcoin finance protocol Hashi launches on Sui with BitGo, FalconX backing
A new Bitcoin-based finance protocol called Hashi has been introduced on the Sui blockchain, with early participation commitments from crypto institutions including BitGo, Bullish and FalconX ahead of its planned launch later this year. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Hashi is designed to let Bitcoin holders earn yield on native Bitcoin (BTC) through
Major League Baseball inks deals with US regulator, Polymarket
Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that it had signed an “integrity protection” agreement with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as it separately inked a deal with prediction markets platform Polymarket. In a Thursday announcement, MLB said that its commissioner, Robert Manfred, signed a memorandum of understanding with CFTC Chair Michael Selig following the
Nasdaq-listed Opera proposes 160M CELO deal to replace cash payments
Opera, a Nasdaq-listed web browser company, is proposing to change how it is compensated by the Celo ecosystem, opting to receive native tokens instead of cash as it deepens its involvement with the network. The company said Thursday it has proposed restructuring its commercial agreement, moving from US dollar-denominated quarterly payments to an allocation of