In a recent blog post and accompanying whitepaper, Google Research announced that the number of physical qubits needed to break the cryptographic foundation of Bitcoin and most major blockchains has dropped by approximately 20 times compared to prior estimates.
Digital asset investment products recorded $414 million in outflows in the week ending March 27, the first net outflow in five weeks, as two macro developments converged simultaneously.
Strategy has built a preferred stock that is currently less volatile than bonds, gold, and every S&P 500 company - and it is backed entirely by Bitcoin.
Decentralized finance may be less decentralized than advertised, according to a new European Central Bank working paper that highlights significant concentration of governance power across major protocols - even as the sector continues to manage tens of billions in locked capital.
Crypto exchanges are moving in opposite directions, with OKX expanding automated trading tools in the U.S. while Binance faces regulatory penalties in Australia over compliance failures tied to retail investor protections
Crypto is moving deeper into the real economy, with Coinbase enabling bitcoin-backed mortgages in the U.S., signaling a shift toward using digital assets as functional financial collateral rather than speculative holdings.
Ripple made three significant moves in March 2026. Not three announcements - three actual moves.
Binance Research published a breakdown of every spot listing that went live on the exchange in 2025 - 87 projects, 16 sectors, 21 networks.
Kraken's long-anticipated public debut is on hold. The crypto exchange, valued at $20 billion after a November 2025 funding round, has quietly shelved its plans to list on public markets - at least for now.
Visa Inc. and Crypto.com are taking diverging—but closely connected—paths into the next phase of the digital economy, where artificial intelligence is reshaping both financial infrastructure and the workforce. While Visa is building tools that allow AI agents to transact autonomously on blockchain rails, Crypto.com is restructuring its operations around AI integration, cutting jobs as automation becomes central to its strategy.
One of the world's largest fund administrators is making a concrete move on tokenization - and the challenge it's chosen to tackle first is not distribution, but compliance fragmentation.
Tel Aviv, Israel, 18th March 2026, PlayNewswire



