The days of buying almost any altcoin and watching it double during a crypto bull run may be finished. That's the assessment of Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management, who argues that the mechanics driving previous altcoin seasons have fundamentally broken down.

The first U.S. spot ETF tracking Polkadot's native token launched Thursday, as 21Shares began trading TDOT on the Nasdaq — a regulatory milestone that gives institutional investors direct, regulated exposure to DOT for the first time.

Switzerland's retail sector added another chapter to its crypto experiment on March 5, 2026. Cardano (ADA) is now a valid payment method at 137 SPAR supermarket locations across the country - a rollout spearheaded by the Cardano Foundation alongside Swiss fintech firm DFX.swiss.

OKB, the native token of crypto exchange OKX, staged one of its sharpest single-session moves in recent memory on Wednesday after Intercontinental Exchange - the company behind the New York Stock Exchange - announced a strategic minority investment in the platform.

London-based asset manager CoinShares has listed a new exchange-traded product tied to BNB, eliminating management fees entirely and routing staking yields directly to investors -  a structure that breaks from industry convention.

The Sui blockchain made a notable move on March 4, 2026, with the official launch of its native stablecoin, Sui Dollar (USDsui) — and the structure behind it is drawing attention for reasons beyond the launch itself.