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Harvard Management Company sold its entire Ether exposure during the first quarter of 2026 after liquidating roughly $87 million in shares of the iShares Ethereum Trust ETF.

The United States Department of the Treasury intensified its crackdown on Iran-linked cryptocurrency activity after freezing nearly $500 million in digital assets under Operation Economic Fury.

Japan plans to reduce its cryptocurrency tax rate from as high as 55% to a flat 20.315% as regulators pursue broader reforms aimed at strengthening the country’s competitiveness in digital assets.

The Blockchain Leadership Fund, a crypto-backed political action committee launched by Anchorage Digital and Chainlink Labs, endorsed 10 candidates for the 2026 US midterm elections.

Binance launched a pre-IPO perpetual futures contract linked to SpaceX, allowing traders to speculate on the company’s expected public market valuation before its anticipated stock market debut.

Bitget has launched a new Market Integrity and Token Accountability Framework to strengthen oversight of listed projects and market makers.

Kevin O’Leary has said Bitcoin and tokenisation will remain outside the reach of major institutional investors until the US passes clearer crypto legislation.

Tether has tightened its hold on the stablecoin market after USDT added more than $5 billion in supply over the past month.

Syndicate Labs announced it is shutting down after five years of building infrastructure for customisable Ethereum rollups and sequencers, citing a sharp contraction in the layer-2 market.

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced the Digital Asset Protection, Accountability, Regulation, Innovation, Taxation and Yields Act, or PARITY Act, directing the Internal Revenue Service to study potential tax exemptions for small cryptocurrency transactions.

Block Earner became the first crypto-focused platform in Australia to receive an Australian Credit Licence from Australian Securities and Investments Commission, allowing it to directly offer regulated lending products backed by digital assets.

Dubai Government introduced a new initiative allowing cryptocurrency payments for government fees as the emirate accelerates efforts to expand blockchain adoption and digital financial infrastructure.