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In brief New YouTube series “The Crypto Castle” dials back the clock to 2015, when Bitcoin was just $250. Viv Ford stars as Viv, who moves into a house full of early Bitcoin adopters. The show looks at crypto as a subculture, and how it’s evolved since the early days. “Crypto culture sucks,” says actor and comedian Viv Ford. “You’ll go to crypto conferences and it’s not what it used to be. It used to be fun degen conferences, and now it’s like, men from JPMorgan talking about leverage or whatever. And you’re, like, what happened?”With her new YouTube sitcom…

Disclosure: This is a paid article. Readers should conduct further research prior to taking any actions. Learn more ›A token sale tied to a live ecosystemPlaynance is bringing G Coin to a major public milestone today, after saying March 18 would mark the token’s generation event and broader market debut. Unlike projects that arrive before product adoption, Playnance is pitching G Coin as the utility layer for an ecosystem that already has more than 200,000 holders; its official tracker recently showed 203,732 holders.Launch materials distributed through Chainwire also said roughly 13 billion G Coin had already been distributed during the…

U.S. Senators are pressing lawmakers to advance legislation aimed at clarifying Bitcoin and broader crypto market structure. Sen. Cynthia Lummis emphasized urgency in remarks today at the D.C. Blockchain Summit today, saying, “This may be our only chance to get market structure done. I can’t be any clearer: The time for clarity is now.”  She confirmed that the Banking Committee plans to mark up the bill in April, after the Easter recess. “We really are going to get it out of the Banking Committee in April,” she added. JUST IN: ?? US Senator Cynthia Lummis urges lawmakers to pass Bitcoin…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto pundit Cool Breeze has drawn attention to a Bank of International Settlements (BIS) report that praised XRP holders as being more educated than Bitcoiners. The report also highlighted these XRP holders as being wealthier than the average crypto holders.  XRP Holders Said To Be More Educated Than Bitcoiners In an X post, Cool Breeze highlighted the BIS report, which claimed that XRP holders were more educated than Bitcoiners. Specifically, the report ranked XRP and Ethereum as the most educated among crypto holders. In contrast, LTC holders…

In brief Canadian financial intelligence unit FINTRAC revoked the registrations of 23 money services businesses offering crypto-related services Tuesday. Canada’s Finance Minister said the government will continue pursuing measures to address risks from crypto MSBs and crypto ATMs. The move follows a series of record-breaking fines levied by FINTRAC on crypto firms over AML compliance failures. Canada’s financial intelligence unit, the Financial Transactions and Analysis Centre (FINTRAC) pulled the registrations of 23 cryptocurrency service providers in a single enforcement action Tuesday, marking an escalation in the country’s anti-money laundering efforts targeting digital asset businesses.The country’s Minister of Finance, François-Philippe Champagne,…

U.S. regulators took a decisive step toward reshaping crypto oversight yesterday, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission jointly issuing new guidance that states most digital assets are not securities. The 68-page interpretation, released Tuesday, outlines how federal securities laws apply to cryptocurrencies and introduces a formal classification system for different types of tokens. The move marks a shift in tone and policy from prior years, when regulators often relied on enforcement actions and broad interpretations of securities law. SEC Chair Paul Atkins framed the change as a return to clarity and statutory limits.  “After…

March 18th, 2026 – George Town, British Virgin Islands The collaboration introduces USD1-denominated perpetual contracts and new trading incentives, including WLFI token rewards and reduced fees on USD1 pairs, while also allowing users to earn additional rewards on their holdings. The integration is intended to support USD1 liquidity on the platform, laying the groundwork for Aster Chain, the project’s newly-launched Layer 1 blockchain. Building a Diverse Foundation for Aster Chain Adding USD1 as collateral and USD1-denominated perpetual markets reduce Aster’s reliance on any single stablecoin, giving users greater flexibility as the Aster Chain launches. WLFI’s global community helps support Aster’s…

In brief MATHVISTA, built with more than 6,000 annotated datapoints from Sahara AI, tests AI models on multimodal math reasoning. GPT-4V scored 49.9%, the highest result among 12 models tested, but still 10.4 percentage points below human performance. Researchers say progress toward AGI may depend less on model size than on better training and evaluation data. Artificial general intelligence, or AGI, is often described as a system that can perform across many domains the way humans do. Results released this week from the MATHVISTA benchmark test show current models still fall short of that goal.Researchers from Microsoft Research, Sahara AI,…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our new daily news show covering all of the top stories in 5 minutes or less, downloadable on Apple Pod or Spotify.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors are slightly red ahead of today’s FOMC; BTC at $72.9k The SEC and CFTC issue joint guidance clarifying application of securities law to crypto, state most are not securities Mastercard acquired stablecoin infra platform BVNK for $1.8B Aster announced its Aster Chain launch, ft. privacy, staking and new…

Bitcoin Magazine STRC: The Global Bitcoin Dollar Cost Average If you haven’t already, please read my last research note about takeaways from Strategy World 2026. I cover a wide range of things there, and today I want to narrow in on what I believe is the most important Bitcoin development in the last year: STRC. STRC and Volatility Strategy designed STRC as a variable-rate financial instrument intended to maintain a fixed market price of $100. If STRC’s trading range falls below $100, Strategy is committed to increasing the dividend payout, incentivizing bids back to the $100 target. Conversely, if STRC…

In brief Spot Bitcoin ETFs have raked in $1.16 billion over the past seven days, with weekly inflows now at $2.52 billion. The Fed’s policy decision today could extend or unwind the streak, experts warn. Bitcoin up 11% since Iran attack, diverging from gold and S&P 500 declines. The broader crypto market’s relief rally and sustained Bitcoin ETF inflows face a key test ahead of Wednesday’s FOMC meeting.The seven-day inflow streak has seen U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs rake in $1.16 billion, with last Tuesday’s $250.92 million marking the largest single-day inflow, according to SoSoValue. The uptick in investor confidence is…

Bitcoin has mostly traded around $74,000 on Wednesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve’s policy decision. However, as of press time, Bitcoin has just lost the $73,500 support, with a route to $72,000 now in sight.The meeting is expected to leave the federal funds target range at 3.50% to 3.75% while updating projections for inflation, growth, and unemployment after the Middle East conflict pushed energy prices higher.The policy rate itself has drawn less attention than the Fed’s quarterly projections and Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference. Andre Dragosch, Bitwise Europe’s head of research, said:“Markets price in no change by the…

Mastercard agreed to pay up to $1.8 billion for BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure firm that connects blockchain payments with traditional banking rails.The deal includes $300 million in contingent payments and closes what Mastercard told investors would have taken too long to build internally: the ability to move money seamlessly across fiat and on-chain systems for remittances, payouts, P2P transfers, and B2B payments.The acquisition is part of a broader race with Visa to establish an early lead in stablecoin-based payment systems.The card networks are absorbing the best parts of blockchain technology before it gets big enough to threaten them.BVNK had held…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ripple’s chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty says the SEC’s latest crypto guidance does more than clarify policy. In his reading, it effectively cements what Ripple has argued for years: XRP is not a security, but a digital commodity. The comment came after the US Securities and Exchange Commission said it had issued “an interpretation that clarifies the application of federal securities laws to crypto assets,” calling the move “a major step” toward giving markets, investors and innovators more clarity. Ripple’s Top Lawyer Reacts Alderoty quickly tied that…