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HTX Community Spring Creation ContestHTX DAO Staking LaunchCheck In to Win a 20g Gold BarThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] has clarified how certain crypto assets can be used within

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] has clarified how certain crypto assets can be used within derivatives markets, signaling a measured expansion of digital assets into core financial infrastructure.

In newly released guidance, the CFTC’s Market Participants Division and Division of Clearing and Risk outlined conditions under which futures commission merchants [FCMs] and clearinghouses may accept crypto assets as margin collateral, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and payment stablecoins.

The move provides additional clarity following earlier staff letters. It reflects growing regulatory engagement with crypto’s role in traditional financial systems.

Crypto assets gain footing as margin collateral

Under the guidance, FCMs may apply the value of non-security crypto assets as margin collateral in futures, foreign futures, and cleared swaps accounts. This includes Bitcoin, Ethereum, and certain stablecoins.

This means that eligible crypto holdings can now be used to secure trading positions or cover account deficits, subject to valuation adjustments.

Clearinghouses are also permitted to accept crypto assets as initial margin. This is provided they meet requirements related to credit, market, and liquidity risk.

However, the framework remains limited in scope. Crypto assets remain prohibited as margin for uncleared swaps, reinforcing a cautious regulatory approach.

Stablecoins receive preferential treatment

The guidance draws a clear distinction between volatile crypto assets and payment stablecoins.

FCMs are allowed to deposit their own payment stablecoins into segregated customer accounts as residual interest. This flexibility is not extended to assets like Bitcoin or Ethereum.

In addition, stablecoins are assigned significantly lower capital charges, reflecting their perceived stability compared to other crypto assets.

This differentiation suggests

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HTX Community Spring Creation ContestHTX DAO Staking LaunchJoin HTX Square to Define Web4 Why CoinDesk PitchFest matters heading into Miami Web3 has always been cyclical, yet it has never stopped buil

Why CoinDesk PitchFest matters heading into Miami

Web3 has always been cyclical, yet it has never stopped building. Markets rally and retrace, narratives rotate and evolve, but founders continue to ship products and search for their moment to be seen.

In an ecosystem where launching a protocol or token can happen quickly, standing out is harder than ever. That is where CoinDesk PitchFest has found its role within Consensus.

CoinDesk PitchFest does not replace due diligence, nor does it guarantee funding. What it offers is structured exposure to investors, operators, and ecosystem leaders who are actively shaping the industry. Over the past few years, judges have included representatives from Dragonfly, Fabric Ventures, CoinFund, Borderless Capital, The Spartan Group and Outlier Ventures — firms that have backed some of Web3’s most significant companies.

For early-stage founders, that kind of room matters.

Progress Beyond the Stage

At Consensus Austin 2023, Rise presented a clear proposition: compliant global payroll and payment rails for distributed teams operating across fiat and crypto. The company addressed a practical challenge facing Web3-native businesses navigating cross-border employment.

Since then, Rise has expanded support across more than 90 local currencies and 100 cryptocurrencies, strengthened its compliance capabilities and secured seed funding. Consensus was not an endpoint; it was an early platform in a longer growth trajectory.

That same cohort featured Neuromesh, which later pivoted and re-emerged as AMMO AI, leaning further into the AI x Web3 intersection. Nodepay, a semifinalist, has continued developing its decentralized compute ambitions and expanding within its ecosystem. Early exposure often accelerates refinement.

At Consensus Hong Kong 2025, TransCrypts won PitchFest with its digital identity and fraud mitigation platform. As AI-driven 

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On Mar 5, on-chain data revealed Vitalik Buterin sold KNC, following KyberSwap upgrades and new liquidity integrations recorded on Mar 4. Despite the high-profile sale, community sentiment remains bul

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84,014,000,000 Shiba Inu Outflow Signals Demand Despite Price Decline. The price of Shiba Inu is exhibiting intense volatility, yet market participants seem to be accumulating the meme coin, as evidenced in exchange netflows. Notably, this metric tracks the difference between coins entering exchanges and those leaving. With net inflow turning negative, it suggests that there are more Shiba Inu ($SHIB) tokens withdrawn from trading platforms than deposited. Key Points Over the past 24 hours, the total exchange netflow was -84.014 billion, up 0.56% in the same timeframe. This negative netflow indicates outflows overshadowed inflows, suggesting accumulation among holders rather than distribution. The accumulation coincided with a period of directional uncertainty for $SHIB, during which it fell for three straight days before bouncing 5% today. The price fluctuation has spiked liquidation, with Comment 2 0

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Dogecoin Community Buzzes With Excitement As Elon Musk Revives Iconic ‘Dogefather’ Meme

Elon Musk, Tesla/SpaceX CEO and longtime fan of memes and the meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin, has shared his iconic “DogeFather” meme once again.

In a March 19 post on X, Musk shared a “DogeFather” image generated using the Grok Imagine bot, sparking a wave of excitement across the crypto community. 

Specifically, Musk shared an image of himself styled like Marlon Brando’s character from the classic The Godfather. But instead of holding a cat, he’s holding a Shiba Inu—the dog that originally inspired a wave of memes in the late 2000s, which later led to the creation of Dogecoin and, in the early 2020s, coins like SHIB, BabyDoge, and FLOKI—the latter named after the Shiba Inu Musk had purchased at the time.

Musk first jokingly referred to himself as “The DogeFather” on Twitter (now X) in April 2021, just weeks before co-hosting Saturday Night Live in early May. That combination of the tweet and his TV appearance sent Dogecoin soaring to a record high of $0.7316 on May 8, 2021. Today, Dogecoin has fallen about 87%, trading around $0.09448 per coin.

It’s been quite a while since the eccentric billionaire last posted an image of himself as “The DogeFather” on his X account. Yesterday’s post stirred up the crypto community on X, though some interpreted it as Musk drawing attention to the anticipated launch of X Money.

Musk has called Dogecoin his “favorite cryptocurrency,” and Tesla accepted DOGE for merchandise in 2022. However, the forthcoming Xmoney launch excluded DOGE and any crypto functionality.



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On Mar 11, Manta announced the sunsetting of Manta Atlantic to consolidate with L2 Manta Pacific, urging asset migration. Additionally, a partnership with Pruv Finance for tokenized RWAs was revealed 

$LPT /USDT LPT is trading near 2.23 after a rejection from the 2.30 level. Price structure shows a series of lower highs, indicating short-term bearish pressure, while the 2.20 zone is acting as immed

On March 21st, CCTV reporters learned early on the morning of the 21st local time that air defense systems have been activated in some areas of Iran's capital, Tehran. Other reports indicate that two 

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A Licensed Technical Analyst Has Issued a New Warning About the Bitcoin Price

As the technical outlook for cryptocurrency markets becomes a subject of renewed debate, a notable warning has come from analysts.

Licensed market technical analyst (CMT) Aksel Kibar stated that the Bitcoin price is approaching a critical support level and that a break below this level could trigger a sharp correction.

According to Kibar, the lower boundary of the potential “ascending wedge” formation in Bitcoin is at the $66,000 level. A downward break of this level technically indicates a weakening of the trend and the potential start of a downtrend. Ascending wedge formations generally appear towards the end of uptrends and indicate a gradual decrease in price momentum.

The analyst argued that historical data indicates average pullbacks of 10% to 20% following downward breaks of similar patterns.

Aksel Kibar also pointed out that the overall technical outlook in the crypto market has weakened, stating that bearish flag and bearish wedge formations are being observed in many cryptocurrency pairs. He noted that he uses the 52-week (365-day) moving average for trend analysis and advised investors to act more cautiously under current market conditions.



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