Raw News Items
31 itemsMarch 21, 2026
- CryptoSlateScore: 90
Regulatory red tape ripped away from crypto wallets, granting direct access to derivatives
Crypto wallets used to mean one thing: self-custody. Users held their keys, owned their assets, and stayed off the radar of traditional finance. Phantom's Mar. 17 no-action relief from the CFTC's Market Participants Division rewrites that definition. The letter allows Phantom to serve as the consume...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
SEC to reduce Wall Street transparency as public blockchains are gaining an institutional foothold
A proposal in Washington could alter one of the basic rhythms of US markets: how often public companies have to publish quarterly reports. The SEC is reportedly preparing a proposal that would make quarterly reporting optional, letting companies file financial updates twice a year instead of four ti...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
SEC crypto guidance puts the 'final nail' in the Gensler era: Analyst
The SEC's digital asset market taxonomy, which classifies most cryptocurrencies and tokens as non-securities, is a major step for US regulators.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Crypto finally got SEC clarity. Why didn’t the market care?
The SEC and CFTC just gave crypto its clearest and most straightforward regulatory guidance in years. Most crypto assets will no longer be treated as presumptive securities, and the agencies drew a sharper line between open crypto markets and tokenized versions of traditional financial products. Und...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin weakness deepens as war pushes traders to cut risk in BTC and stocks
Bitcoin price remains rocky, and BTC and equities ETF outflows soar as the US and Israel-Iran war enters a fourth week.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Strategy set for second-biggest bitcoin buying quarter despite BTC price slide
First-quarter purchases have reached 89,618 BTC so far, the most since fourth-quarter 2024, and the quarter is not yet over.
- The BlockScore: 75
CFTC staff details how crypto firms can use digital assets as derivatives collateral in new FAQ
The FAQ aligns the CFTC's framework with the SEC's recent haircut guidance, setting a 20% charge for bitcoin and ether and 2% for payment stablecoins.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
CLARITY Act gets deadlock breakthrough that also opens the door to more Bitcoin demand
The average Bitcoin retail investor who recently discovered crypto might never have considered a stablecoin that pays yield on an idle balance. That fight, buried inside Senate negotiations over the CLARITY Act, is about to matter to them anyway. Politico reported this week that senators and White H...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Early Ethereum whale rebuilding stack with $19.5M in ETH buys
Early Ethereum whale thomasg.eth is rebuilding his position with a $19.5 million ETH purchase this week, as BitMine's Tom Lee calls the end of “crypto winter.”
- DecryptScore: 70
The 7 Largest Publicly Traded Ethereum Treasury Firms
Publicly traded firms are now stacking Ethereum, pulling in billions of dollars of ETH. These are the largest holders.
- The BlockScore: 70
Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 7.8% as miner exodus accelerates amid AI pivot
Difficulty is now nearly 10% below where it started the year, despite a sharp 14.7% rebound in February after weather-related disruptions subsided.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Grayscale files S-1 for Hyperliquid ETF, joining Bitwise, 21Shares
Unlike Bitwise, Grayscale doesn’t plan to incorporate staking for its Hyperliquid ETF but hasn’t ruled out integrating it in the future.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Bitcoin mining difficulty falls 7.7% as miner pressure persists
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty just logged its second sizeable cut of 2026, easing conditions for remaining miners as competition from artificial intelligence data centers rises.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Grayscale wants to bring the world's hottest crypto trading frenzy to your brokerage account
The Hyperliquid network has seen significant growth, with weekly derivatives trading volume exceeding $50 billion and 24-hour fee revenue of $1.6 million.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Dormant BTC wallet wakes up after 14 years with 11,000x paper profit
While it isn’t clear whether the trader will offload the $148 million worth of Bitcoin, whales have been partially blamed for causing considerable sell-side pressure in recent months.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Ethereum eyes 25% rally as richest ETH whales return to 'profitable state'
ETH price could climb toward $2,750 by June and above $3,200 by September if the historical whale-profit signal plays out again.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin options signal fear even as BTC ETF outflows remain relatively low
Bitcoin ETF outflows are too small to signal a bearish pivot from traders, but worsening US macroeconomic conditions and high oil prices keep BTC traders on the hedge.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Bitcoin options signal extreme fear as downside protection premium hits new all-time high, says VanEck
Despite stabilizing spot prices, investors remain defensive, with leveraged speculation cooling and realized volatility dropping from 80 to 50, suggesting a cautious market sentiment.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Fed rate cut chance hits zero, threatening stagflation where Bitcoin thrives as a hedge against long term inflation
Wall Street has spent months debating when the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates. Now, traders are considering if the next move could be a hike. Two days past the Fed's Mar. 18 decision to hold its target range at 3.50%-3.75%, markets moved in the opposite direction. Bloomberg-based pricing cl...
- CoinDeskScore: 55
How DeFi is quietly rebuilding the fixed-income stack for institutional capital
The real institutional prize isn’t about tokenized assets. It’s about programmable yield.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Crypto firms cut hundreds of jobs in weeks, blaming weak markets, strong AI
A wave of crypto job cuts in early 2026 exposes the gap between two convenient narratives: macro headwinds and AI transformation.
- The BlockScore: 50
Brazil’s new finance minister shelves crypto tax consultation amid election pivot: Reuters
The consultation was expected to address the tax treatment of crypto transactions following central bank regulations finalized last year.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
BlinkEx investment platform infrastructure – matching, risk controls, reliability
How the BlinkEx trading platform is built – matching speed, risk controls, and reliability. A сomprehensive review What “trading infrastructure” actually means here If you strip away marketing, an exchange's infrastructure is basically three things: how orders get matched, how the system...
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Hong Kong retiree loses $840K in triple ‘crypto expert’ scam
Hong Kong police say a 66-year-old retiree was duped three times in six months by self-styled “crypto investment experts,” as scammers promised easy gains and help to recover losses.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Brazil's finance minister shelves crypto tax policy due to election: Report
The South American country will hold its presidential election in October 2026, and incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is running for re-election.
- CryptoSlateScore: 30
Playnance’s G Coin turns launch week into a real-time growth test
From presale traction to market debut As recently as March 13, G Coin was still being framed as a token entering the market with measurable traction already in place. Reports citing Playnance’s public tracker said the token had more than 200,000 holders and an estimated market capitalization of abou...
- CryptoSlateScore: 25
DeFi needs a metric for protected capital
The following is a guest post and analysis from Vincent Maliepaard, Marketing Director at Sentora. Stablecoins have become a meaningful settlement layer, lending markets continue to expand, and tokenized real-world assets keep growing. Visa said global stablecoin transaction volume rose from more th...
- CointelegraphScore: 20
Gold sees biggest weekly fall in 43 years as Iran war rages on
Gold is also being impacted by rising anticipation that the US Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates this year, while Fed chair Jerome Powell said inflation would rise.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Sam Bankman-Fried tries to get on Donald Trump’s good side by backing his Iran strikes
The jailed founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is fueling growing speculation that he is seeking a presidential pardon.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
The 5-cent contract that debunked a wartime death conspiracy
When social media declared Netanyahu dead, crypto prediction markets priced it at 5%. The money was right — and Washington wants to shut it down.
- CoinDeskScore: 10
It could cost you up to $6 million to grab lunch with Donald Trump
Qualifying for Trump’s crypto gala can cost as little as $70,000 or as much as several million, with rankings driven by timing and strategy rather than sheer holdings.