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The Daily: White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt slams Jamie Dimon’s stablecoin yield logic as Trump takes clear side in the debate, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Bank groups ‘deeply concerned’ after Fed grants Kraken master account
Some crypto advocates argue the decision could open the door to payment-focused financial institutions that operate w…
Ethereum Foundation wants the network to be the trust layer for AI
Davide Crapis, the foundation's AI lead, sees the network acting as a coordination and verification layer in an incr…
CEO of crypto investment firm Keyrock says bitcoin is undervalued, entering ‘transition year’
Kevin de Patoul argues that 2026 won't be a washout for digital assets, but instead a structural reset as traditional…
The Protocol: New Ethereum scaling plans
Also: OKX and AI agents, Future AI users of blockchain and Bitcoin’s latest governance clash.
Backpack taps Superstate for IPO roadshow tokenization offering, opens waitlist
Users will be able to purchase official IPO shares with “real, direct ownership on Solana," through a partnership w…
Coinbase policy exec urges UK regulators to drop proposed Bank of England stablecoin caps in Lords hearing
Tom Duff Gordon also called for regulators to allow rewards, adjust reserve requirements, and pursue international eq…
Market infrastructure firms warn tokenized securities face higher costs, split liquidity without interoperability
The DTCC, Euroclear and Clearstream argue that the principle of “same asset, same rights, same outcome” must appl…
DTCC, Clearstream and Euroclear co-author paper pushing for digital ledger interoperability as crypto scales
At times, the authors turn to standardization efforts in traditional finance like SWIFT and ISIN as a roadmap for blo…
‘If you want to be wrong, follow the masses’: K33 says bitcoin deeply oversold with no compelling reason to sell
K33 said bitcoin is heavily oversold after the prolonged sell-off, arguing there is "no compelling reason" to sell BT…
Bitcoin’s $85 billion derivatives engine may move onshore as CFTC eyes April approval
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig wants to bring perpetual futures home, and it could happen as early as next month, accord…
Kraken wins Fed master account approval, a first for the crypto industry
Kraken has become the first crypto firm to secure a Federal Reserve master account for its Wyoming-chartered banking …
Polymarket removes nuclear detonation market after backlash
Prediction markets platform Polymarket has archived a contract on whether a nuclear weapon would be detonated this year.
XRP rewrites the playbook for altcoin ETF approvals to surge in late 2026 after a wave of futures listings
XRP served as the proof of concept in an assembly manual for altcoin ETFs. In a Mar. 2 post, Bitnomial argued that th…
Ark Invest buys the dip in Coinbase, Robinhood amid geopolitical volatility
The Cathie Wood-led firm bought around $4.09 million worth of Coinbase shares and $12.06 million in Robinhood shares.
‘No longer a choice’: Bitwise CIO says US-Iran strikes put crypto in primary market role
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan wrote that the US military strikes on Iran, announced Sunday morning, accelerated the shift t…
A16z Crypto updates Jolt zkVM, challenges loose use of ‘ZK’ label
A16z added the NovaBlindFold folding scheme to the open-source Jolt zkVM, “rendering it suitable for privacy applic…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says Base App’s SocialFi features ‘didn’t quite work’
Last year, Coinbase relaunched the noncustodial Base App with social features like Creator Coins that have since been…
AI agents will be primary users of blockchain, NEAR co-founder says
Polosukhin argues that AI will become the primary interface layer for everything online, including crypto, abstractin…
Aave governance rift deepens as major governance group exits $26 billion DeFi protocol
The conflict centered on a proposal to fund product development and expansion, which ACI opposed due to concerns over…
Crypto.com launches IRA product combining stocks and crypto
The rollout follows an August 2025 executive order directing regulators to revisit prior guidance that had discourage…
YZi Labs commits $100 million to Hash Global’s BNB Holdings Fund
YZi Labs' investment in Hash Global's fund could accelerate institutional adoption of BNB, enhancing its role in fina…
Ondo Finance tokenized stocks platform on Binance wins regulatory approval in Abu Dhabi
The regulatory nod will let UAE-based financial institutions deal in tokenized equities on Binance's regulated tradin…
BOJ to conduct blockchain experiments for central bank reserve settlements
The BOJ's blockchain initiative could revolutionize global financial systems, enhancing efficiency and trust in cross…
Bitcoin miner Core Scientific to sell bulk of BTC holdings in 2026 to fund AI pivot
Core Scientific has already sold around $175 million in bitcoin as the company accelerates its pivot toward AI-focuse…
OKX jumps into AI agent race with new OnchainOS toolkit
Developer layer aims to stitch together wallets, swaps and data feeds for autonomous bots.
Pump.fun adds support for tokens launched on rival memecoin generators and other non-native assets
The Pump.fun mobile app is adding support for tokens launched on rival token generators and other non-Pump-native ass…
Vitalik Buterin eyes ‘big FOCIL’ and encrypted mempools to prevent centralization in ‘block building pipeline’
The Glamsterdam upgrade will boost Ethereum's censorship-resistance, but a proposed mechanism called ePBS could cause…
XRP faces a brutal 2026 paradox as XRPL adoption surges and the token captures little value
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is starting to look like a financial back end that traditional finance can adopt without changi…
Vitalik Buterin unveils plan to curb Ethereum block builder centralization
Another focus of his post is so-called “toxic MEV,” where traders exploit visibility into pending transactions to…