Bitcoin Holds Above Short-Term Cost Basis as Selling Eases

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Onchain Commodities Grow, but Liquidity Trails TradFi

Onchain commodity trading is proving it’s more than a short-term spike, but limited liquidity continues to hold the market back from competing with traditional venues. Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 market recorded a new all-time high on March 23, with roughly $5.4 billion in perpetual futures volume across commodities and macro assets. Silver led the activity at $1.3

BNP Paribas Offers Bitcoin and Ether ETNs to French Retail

French multinational universal bank BNP Paribas is expanding its investment offering to include six crypto-linked exchange-traded notes (ETNs), giving retail clients in France access to Bitcoin and Ether exposure through regulated products. The new ETNs, indexed to the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), will be available from Monday via standard securities accounts, according

Why Failing the CLARITY Act Risks Future Crypto Crackdowns

Failing to pass the crypto market structure bill known as the CLARITY Act could leave the door open for a less industry-friendly future US government to crack down on crypto, according to Coin Center executive director Peter Van Valkenburgh. In an X post on Friday, Van Valkenburgh argued that rejecting developer protections in legislation like

Canada Proposes Ban on Crypto Political Donations

Canada’s federal government has proposed a total ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties, citing concerns that foreign entities could exploit the technology to interfere in elections. Known as the Strong and Free Elections Act, the bill was introduced on Thursday and proposes to amend the Canada Elections Act to prohibit political parties and third

Washington Sues Kalshi for Alleged Illegal Gambling

Kalshi is facing another state-level lawsuit after the state of Washington on Friday filed allegations that the prediction market operator violated state gambling laws with its products. The Washington Attorney General’s complaint cites the Pacific Northwest state’s existing ban on online gambling and otherwise strict oversight of the gaming market, in claiming Kalshi violated the

xStocks Tokenizes Fundrise Innovation Fund (VCXx)

The closed-end Fundrise Innovation Fund holds stakes in private technology companies including Anthropic, Databricks and SpaceX, and went public earlier this month. Tokenized equities platform xStocks has teamed up with alternative investment firm Fundrise to bring the newly public Fundrise Innovation Fund onchain, expanding access to late-stage private market company exposure. The single tokenized asset

Google, Banks Back $5B Anthropic Data Center in Texas

Google is preparing to support a multibillion-dollar data center project in Texas leased to Anthropic as competition for AI infrastructure accelerates. The project, operated by Nexus Data Centers, could exceed $5 billion in its initial phase, with Google expected to provide construction loans, Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. A

AI Agents Transform Arbitrage in Prediction Markets

Prediction markets aggregate human judgment in theory, but some of their consistent trading opportunities may end up captured by systems that move faster than any person can. Arbitrage opportunities can show up as brief mispricings, from outcomes that temporarily fail to sum up to 100%, to short delays in how quickly markets react to new

Bitmine Launches MAVAN: Made-In-America Ethereum Validator Network

MAVAN will be the largest Ethereum staking service provider globally and will provide staking services for other proof-of-stake chains and blockchain infrastructure services Bitmine has 3,142,643 staked ETH, representing $6.8 billion at $2,148 per ETH Bitmine remains supported by a premier group of institutional investors including ARK’s Cathie Wood, MOZAYYX, Founders Fund, Bill Miller III
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