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Immunefi’s 2024 report finds $1.5b lost across 232 incidents, with CeFi key compromises driving a handful of mega-hacks while early 2025 losses already race past last year. Summary Web3 lost $1,495,48

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Clarity Without Complacency: Why the SEC-CFTC Framework Is a Start, Not a Finish Line The March 2026 joint framework from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commi

Clarity Without Complacency: Why the SEC-CFTC Framework Is a Start, Not a Finish Line

The March 2026 joint framework from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission represents the most significant regulatory development in U.S. crypto history. While most of my peers see this as "good", I view this moment with cautious optimism.

The classification of 16 major digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP, as digital commodities under primary CFTC jurisdiction finally provides the legal certainty that institutional capital has demanded.

Clarity, however welcome, does not equate to perfection. The framework's very structure reveals tensions that could undermine its stated goal of fostering innovation while protecting investors.

After more than a decade of uncertainty, this interpretation will provide market participants with a clear understanding of how the SEC treats crypto assets under federal securities laws.

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The 5-category taxonomy, covering Digital Commodities, Digital Securities, Digital Collectibles, Digital Tools, and regulated Payment Stablecoins under the GENIUS Act, offers a pragmatic scaffold for a market that has operated in a regulatory gray zone for too long.

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In a surprising shift, Polymarket has moved beyond simply hosting bets on future events and is now working to build the full infrastructure behind those wagers. According to reports, Polymarket has ac

In a surprising shift, Polymarket has moved beyond simply hosting bets on future events and is now working to build the full infrastructure behind those wagers.

According to reports, Polymarket has acquired Brahma, a company specializing in crypto and DeFi infrastructure. This means Polymarket wants better technology to make its platform faster, smoother, and more on-chain.

Polymarket has grown rapidly, now valued at an estimated $18-20 billion, boosted by heavy activity during the 2024 elections. Yet with that growth come new challenges.

What is Polymarket trying to revamp with Brahma?

One of the core problems is liquidity imbalance. This means popular wagers, like elections or major sports events, attract a lot of money and activity.

Whereas, smaller or niche wagers struggle because not enough people are betting on them. That makes prices less reliable and the markets less useful.

Citing examples, Fortune added,

Larger event contracts, like those in sports or politics, easily bring lots of money into the pool. But smaller wagers focused on niche areas such as, for instance, the outcome of a bowling match in Spain, struggle to amass a sizable amount of liquidity.

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Retail XRP trading rights were never restricted Crypto guidance is good  Advertisement More than five years after it was initially filed, the Ripple lawsuit initiated by the SEC remains in the spotlight, with discussions still surrounding it.The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Ripple Labs in December 2020, claiming it broke the law when it raised money by selling XRP without registering it as a security.  In July 2023, Judge Torres decided that XRP was not a security in itself, a ruling hailed as a major victory for the industry. In her ruling, Judge Torres also noted that the case did not include any claims of fraud and denied the SEC’s bid for Ripple to disgorge profits from its sales.   HOT Stories Billion Dollar XRP Treasury Vehicle Evernorth Prepares for Nasdaq Listing Crypto Market Review: Bitcoin (BTC) Not Giving up on $80,000, Ethereum (ETH) Has Golden Cross Potential, Is XRP at Risk of Losing $1.50 for Good? You Might Also Like Wed, 03/18/2026 - 16:21 Crypto Investor Alert: SEC Flags Caution Amid Rising Buzz ByTomiwabold Olajide Advertisement The lawsuit saw a successful resolution in 2025, with Ripple paying $125 million penalty, a fraction of SEC's claim, as the agency had sought almost $2 billion in penalties.  Retail XRP trading rights were never restricted Fast forward to 2026, and the Securities and Exchange Commission issued long-awaited guidance on Tuesday, a key step forward laying out which types of digital assets it deems to be securities. You Might Also Like Wed, 01/28/2026 - 16:44 Court Crushes Lawsuit Against Ripple ByAlex Dovbnya Advertisement The Ripple lawsuit came into discussion with former SEC official Marc Fagel responding to a question as to why former SEC Chair Gary Gensler never once tried to appeal to retail investors in the Ripple case. "Why did he not fight for Ripple equity (stock) for XRP holders?", the X user aske

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SEC Chairman Doubles Down on Crypto Policy Shift Driving Capital Back Onshore
U.S. crypto markets are positioning for renewed capital inflows as SEC Chairman Paul Atkins moves to replace enforcement pressure with defined rules, signaling a potential return of sidelined liquidity and domestic activity.
US Crypto Markets Brace for Liquidity Surge as SEC Rulemaking Era Begins

A shift in U.S. crypto oversight is taking shape. SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins outlined a strategy on March 19, 2026, at SEC Speaks in Washington, D.C. The annual two-day conference brings together senior U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials to share updates on regulatory priorities, enforcement trends, and agency initiatives. The plan targets gaps that have pushed digital asset activity outside domestic markets.

Central to Atkins’ remarks was criticism of the SEC’s historical reliance on enforcement in crypto markets, which he linked to regulatory uncertainty and diminished domestic participation. He argued that the absence of clear compliance pathways forced innovators into reactive positions rather than enabling structured development. Atkins stated:

“Perhaps nowhere has the cost of failing to do so been more apparent than in our treatment of crypto assets.”

“For years, the SEC dealt with these markets not through the issuance of rules but through the might of our enforcement apparatus. Instead of articulating workable pathways for compliance, our message to the marketplace often amounted to a directive to adapt to us—or else,” he explained.

Rather than adapting frameworks to technological change, prior approaches required digital asset firms to conform to legacy systems or face penalties, according to Atkins. He indicated that this mismatch between regulation and innovation reduced the viability of U.S.-based crypto activity. 

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According to Golden Finance, DDC Enterprise, a publicly listed company in the U.S., has announced the acquisition of an additional 200 bitcoins, bringing its total holdings to 2,383 bitcoins. The aver

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Join HTX Square to Define Web4WAR: Geopolitical Meme Coin on SolanaCheck In Weekly, Win Prizes Weekly — Join the Fun! Ripple Prime is pitching XRP not just as a traded asset, but as working collateral

Ripple Prime is pitching XRP not just as a traded asset, but as working collateral inside institutional market structure. In a March 17 interview with Jake Claver, international CEO Mike Higgins said Ripple’s acquisition of Hidden Road, now rebranded as Ripple Prime, is designed to bring prime brokerage, clearing, custody and treasury functions into a single institutional stack.

Higgins framed Ripple Prime as an access layer for firms trading across both traditional and digital markets. The core idea, he said, is that those markets are no longer separate for much longer, and institutions will need balance-sheet access, collateral mobility and cross-margining tools that work across both.

The Role Of XRP Within Ripple Prime
That is where XRP enters the picture. Higgins said Ripple Prime has built “innovative ways around taking XRP as collateral” and using it to finance trades, allowing institutional clients to post digital assets without first liquidating them into dollars. In practice, that means a firm holding XRP can keep the position on its balance sheet while still accessing leverage or liquidity in markets that do not natively accept XRP.

He gave a concrete example using CME futures. “If you wanted to trade futures on the CME, the CME doesn’t take XRP as good collateral,” Higgins said. “Instead of transforming that and selling that into dollars to give to your clearer, what you can do through Ripple Prime is post your XRP as good margin. We give you dollar credit to trade on the CME, and so now you could be long spot, front-month future, capturing the basis trade.”

That comparison was central to his argument. Higgins likened the model to traditional commodity finance, where a bank would lend against oranges, gold or Treasuries rather than require a client to sell the underlying asset first. The difference now is that crypto-native collateral is starting to be recognized inside institutional risk systems. For holders of assets like XRP, he said, that avoids c

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Bitcoin Technical Analysis Report 19 March, 2026

Bitcoin cryptocurrency be expected to fall further to the next support level 65465.00 (which stopped the previous minor correction b at the start of March).

Bitcoin recently from resistance area

Likely to fall to support level 65465.00

Bitcoin cryptocurrency recently reversed from the resistance area between the strong resistance level 73750.00 (top of wave a from the start of March), upper daily Bollinger Band and the 38.2% Fibonacci correction of the downward impulse from the start of January. The downward reversal from this resistance area created the daily Japanese candlesticks reversal pattern Evening Star (highlighted on the daily Bitcoin chart below) which stopped wave c of the previous minor ABC correction ii from the start of February.

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TRX Surges With Growing dApp Ecosystem

TRON (TRX) has recently gained momentum as the network welcomes new decentralized applications (dApps). Developers are attracted by TRON's low transaction fees and high throughput, allowing faster and cheaper operations compared to other networks.

Technical analysis shows support at $0.078 and resistance near $0.085, giving swing traders short-term opportunities. Analysts suggest monitoring the network's ecosystem growth, such as Total Value Locked (TVL) and number of active dApps, as these directly impact token demand.

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Canadian crypto entrepreneur survived a kidnapping attempt Monday night on one of Madrid’s busiest nightlife streets, after witnesses alerted police and helped foil the attack.

The incident occurred at approximately 11 p.m. near the intersection of Calle Claudio Coello and Calle Jorge Juan in the Salamanca district, a hub of high-end restaurants and bars. 

The victim had just left Lobito de Mar, the restaurant owned by chef Dani García, when three men forcibly removed him from the street, pepper-sprayed him, and threw him into a Ford Transit van.

Several pedestrians and residents on nearby balconies immediately called authorities. Spanish National Police tracked the vehicle to Ronda de Toledo, about 15 minutes from the scene, and arrested two of the attackers. One suspect escaped and remains at large, according to reports.

Police identified the arrested suspects as Serbian men, ages 33 and 45, both with no prior criminal record.

Investigators say the attackers had planned the abduction to extract the victim’s cryptocurrency passwords and gain access to his digital assets. The suspects also attempted to steal the Canadian’s €100,000 luxury watch.

Authorities determined the kidnappers had followed the businessman from Barcelona to Madrid, where he had traveled to finalize a cryptocurrency deal. 

The van used in the crime had an altered license plate, rented specifically for the abduction, and contained plastic zip ties and sedative pills, suggesting a premeditated scheme. GPS data recovered from the vehicle indicated the suspects intended to transport the victim to Petrer, a town in Alicante.

Inside the van, the victim was left alone while police focused on detaining the suspects. He freed himself from the zip ties and flagged down a taxi, which took him to La Princesa Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained during the initial assault. Police recovered firearms from the 

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