Crypto traders are increasingly using the decentralised derivatives platform Hyperliquid to speculate on oil prices as geopolitical tensions involving Iran trigger volatility in global energy markets.
Prime brokers Clear Street and Marex Group are preparing to give hedge fund clients access to Kalshi’s prediction markets as institutional demand for event-based trading grows.
Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission has approved 11 cryptocurrency companies to participate in a regulatory sandbox programme following the adoption of a new digital asset law in December.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission signed a memorandum of understanding on March 11 to formalise cooperation on digital asset regulation and reduce years of jurisdictional rivalry.
Ethereum Layer-2 network Optimism has reportedly laid off more than 20% of its workforce, according to internal sources and employee posts circulating online.
Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, questioned Forbes’ estimate that his net worth reached $110 billion, a figure that would place him ahead of Bill Gates on the 2026 World’s Billionaires list.
Binance.US has appointed compliance veteran Stephen Gregory as chief executive officer effective March 9, replacing Norman Reed as the platform seeks to rebuild growth under heightened US regulatory scrutiny.
MetaMask has integrated the Uniswap API as one of its core swap providers, enabling users to route token trades directly through Uniswap liquidity pools from within the wallet across more than 16 networks.
Strive Asset Management has allocated $50 million of its corporate treasury to STRC, the variable-rate perpetual preferred stock issued by Strategy.
Crypto investment platform Bitpanda reported adjusted revenue of €371 million in 2025, a 16% increase year-on-year as its registered user base climbed 25% to 7.4 million.
Asset manager VanEck has made several of its digital asset exchange-traded products available to US retirement savers through fintech 401(k) provider Basic Capital.
Rising inflation data is largely “baked in” to Bitcoin prices ahead of the upcoming March consumer price index release, according to analysts at exchange-traded product issuer 21Shares.
