Official announcements, product launches, and industry news from across the crypto ecosystem.
The Department of the Treasury officially confirmed that all forfeited Bitcoin holdings have been consolidated into a single reserve managed by a newly established digital asset office, in accordance with President Trump's March 2025 executive order.
Bitmine Inc. has completed an open-market purchase of 101,627 ETH at an average price of approximately $2,263 per token, totalling $230 million. The company cited Ethereum's post-Pectra upgrade fundamentals as the primary driver.
Rakuten Wallet, Japan's third-largest crypto exchange by volume, has enabled XRP as a native payment option across its e-commerce platform. The integration immediately covers all 44 million Rakuten members enrolled in the loyalty program.
Russia's largest bank by assets confirmed it has completed the technical and compliance infrastructure required to offer retail and institutional crypto trading, and is awaiting final regulatory guidance from the Bank of Russia.
In a joint statement on March 17, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission formally classified XRP as a digital commodity under CFTC jurisdiction, concluding the longest-running securities enforcement dispute in crypto history.
Following the $292M KelpDAO exploit attributed to North Korea's Lazarus Group, LayerZero Labs has permanently disabled support for applications using single-DVN (Decentralised Verifier Network) configurations. All existing integrations must migrate to multi-DVN setups within 30 days.
Andreessen Horowitz's crypto arm has led a $120M Series B round in Nexus Labs, the team behind the zkSync-compatible smart contract development framework used by over 2,400 projects. The round values Nexus Labs at $1.1 billion.
The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong issued the territory's inaugural stablecoin operating licences to HSBC Digital Assets and a joint venture between Standard Chartered and Animoca Brands, permitting the issuance of HKD-pegged digital currencies.
Uniswap Labs officially deployed v5 of its decentralised exchange protocol on Ethereum mainnet, introducing native cross-chain liquidity routing that enables single-transaction swaps across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, and seven additional networks.
Coinbase Global Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Fortris Exchange, a MiCA-licensed digital asset trading venue headquartered in Amsterdam. The acquisition gives Coinbase a pre-approved operating licence across all 27 EU member states effective immediately.
Tether Operations Limited confirmed it has extended a $127.5M credit facility to Drift Protocol's recovery fund to help offset losses sustained in the April 2026 exploit. The facility carries no interest and is repayable over 18 months from protocol revenue.
Following the XRP-Tokyo 2026 Conference, Ripple Labs signed agreements with financial institutions in South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal to deploy On-Demand Liquidity using XRP for cross-border payments.
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