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It was an ugly day all around in markets as the Iran war has sent oil prices and bond yields surging higher.

Tokenized stocks could shift trading beyond US exchanges, raising the risk of price gaps and fragmented markets, according to TD Securities. Nasdaq’s push to bring tokenization into capital markets could lead to a dual-market structure in which traditional US exchanges operate alongside blockchain-based trading venues, according to TD Securities — a shift that could split trading activity and lead to price differences across platforms. In a recent note, Reid Noch, vice president of US equity market structure at TD Securities, pointed to plans by Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange to introduce tokenization into alternative trading systems (ATS), a type of venue that matches buyers and sellers outside traditional exchanges. While both exchanges are exploring tokenization, Noch said Nasdaq is pursuing three parallel initiatives: upgrading how trades are settled after execution, enabling companies to issue tokenized shares and supporting trading on offshore platforms such as Kraken. Read more

Bitcoin fell alongside stocks as investors weighed conflicting accounts regarding Iran’s willingness to end conflict in the Middle East.

Bitcoin advocate Jack Mallers' Twenty One Capital holds 43,514 BTC in its corporate treasury, now second only to Strategy's 762,099 BTC accumulation. Jack Mallers’ Twenty One Capital is now the second-largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury by BTC holdings, after miner MARA sold off a portion of its holdings and fell to the number three spot. The newly formed Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company holds 43,514 BTC in its corporate treasury, valued at over $2.9 billion using the market price at the time of this writing, according to data from BitcoinTreasuries. Twenty One Capital was publicly listed late last year following its business combination with Cantor Equity Partners, a special purpose acquisition company. Now trading under the ticker XXI, the NYSE-listed shares are down more than 25% year to date. Read more

The video retailer sparked speculations of selling bitcoin after it transferred nearly all its coins to Coinbase Prime in January.

The online encyclopedia bars AI-written content but allows limited AI-assisted copyediting under strict rules.

Bitcoin mass adoption by institutional investors has resumed, but global instability and the risk of rising US inflation put a lid on BTC’s breakouts above $70,000. Bitcoin’s (BTC) consolidation continued into Thursday as bulls struggled to keep hold of $70,000, and competing narratives on BTC’s market structure versus its increasing institutional adoption clashed with the bearish overarching factors negatively impacting US equity markets.  Citing Bernstein’s $150,000 by the end of 2026 price estimate, Bloomberg analysts said that data shows institutional investors returning to the Bitcoin markets in droves, reinforcing the view that BTC had “reached a floor.”    In early March, a week-long stretch of inflows to the spot Bitcoin ETFs nearly topped $1 billion, while Strategy purchased 22,237 BTC for $1.6 billion through its new perpetual preferred equity, Stretch (STRC). In addition to the success of STRC, Strategy also unveiled plans to raise capital to buy $44.1 billion in additional Bitcoin.  Read more

The launch of the bounty program comes just weeks after Sun settled a long-running SEC case for $10 million, with all claims dismissed.

The crypto exchange has previously been in the crosshairs of Japanese regulators for offering products and services without the proper registration. Japan’s watchdog overseeing many activities for cryptocurrency exchanges, has issued warning letters to companies including KuCoin for conducting certain operations without registering, according to a Thursday update from the Financial Services Agency (FSA). According to the agency’s latest list of entities “conducting financial instruments business without registration,” the FSA said platforms KuCoin, NeonFX, theoption, and GTCFX received a March notice for “soliciting over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trading via the internet.” Of the four platforms, the FSA listed KuCoin, which is headquartered in the Seychelles, as offering services to Japanese residents, while the others have an international user base. The FSA issued a similar warning to KuCoin and other exchanges, including Bybit, in November 2024 for offering products and services to Japanese residents w...

Fenbushi Capital's Bo Shen is offering a bounty to anyone who can help him recover some of the $42 million that was stolen in 2022.

The corporate Bitcoin treasury boom is losing oxygen: a $100 billion public-company bet has shrunk, buying has collapsed outside Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), and the financing model that drove the trade is starting to fail. Data from CryptoQuant show that the Michael Saylor-led company bought about 45,000 Bitcoin over the last 30 days, the largest 30-day […] The post The $100 billion corporate Bitcoin surge is down to one buyer as other companies stop adding appeared first on CryptoSlate.

ARC-AGI-3 dropped the same week Jensen Huang declared AGI achieved. Gemini scored 0.37%. GPT-5.4 got 0.26%. Humans hit 100%.

OKX aims to deliver consistent shareholder returns, even after a $25 billion valuation tied to its deal with Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange.

Ripple is rolling out AI-driven security testing across the XRP Ledger, with an AI-assisted red team that has already uncovered fresh bugs.

Preferred shares recovered in nine days after their ex-dividend drop, enabling further bitcoin accumulation.

"That is a strong narrative for TAO in the coming months. A good hype could make it happen," said one analyst.

Strategy CEO Phong Le signaled that retail investors are growing interested in its flagship preferred share relative to its common stock.

The regulator views timestamps and onchain identifiers as tools to distinguish real media from synthetic content, while calling for a light-touch approach to regulating AI agents. Michael Selig, chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said blockchain could play a key role in verifying AI-generated content, contending the technology can help distinguish authentic media from synthetic outputs as concerns over misinformation grow. During an appearance on The Pomp Podcast on Thursday, Selig was asked by host Anthony Pompliano about the use of AI-generated memes and images in markets, and whether intent matters or such content should be restricted altogether. He told Pompliano: He said regulators are focused on maintaining US leadership in crypto, adding that “you can’t have AI without blockchain.” Read more

TAO's price has rallied 160% in over a month, but is printing a familiar golden cross that has preceded massive price corrections in the past. The latest 160% rally in Bittensor (TAO) shows signs of exhaustion as it forms a golden-cross pattern on the chart that previously preceded steep corrections. Key takeaways: TAO prints a golden cross that has preceded 40% drawdown on average in the past. Read more

While Bluesky seems familiar on the surface, the AT protocol architecture it runs on has the potential to be revolutionary.