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US Bitcoin ETFs swing to net outflows after five sessions...$400 million pulled

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) turned lower after logging large fund outflows. After four consecutive days of net inflows, roughly $400 million exited in a single day. According to SosoValue, a crypto-asset data analytics platform, tota

CryptoQuant: Recent Bitcoin rebound is temporary... still a bear market

While Bitcoin has recently shown signs of recovery, a pessimistic view has emerged that it is merely a temporary bounce within a downtrend—a so-called 'bear market rally.' The reasoning is that there is a lack of fundamental demand to underpin the ma

GOAT Network joins hands with DitoBanx...launches a non-custodial bitcoin yield program

Bitcoin infrastructure project 'GOAT Network' said on the 17th that it will work with Latin American fintech platform 'DitoBanx' to launch a non-custodial bitcoin (BTC) yield pilot program in Mexico. Through the pilot, DitoBanx users in Mexico will b

White House furious with Coinbase... "Considering withdrawing support for the Clarity Act"

The White House warned it could fully withdraw its support for a crypto-asset (cryptocurrency) market structure bill (the Clarity Act). On the 16th (local time), Eleanor Terrett, host of Crypto America, cited sources in the Trump administration as sa

CZ: “Institutions are in, but retail hasn’t fully returned yet… ‘supercycle’ still possible”

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), founder of Binance, said of the current digital-asset (crypto) market that “inflows of institutional money are now clearly in place, but a full-fledged return of retail investors is not yet here.” On the outlook for 2026, he left

Trouble after trouble for the Clarity bill... U.S. Senate Judiciary: “No immunity for coin developers”

Senior lawmakers from both parties leading the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee have moved to block the “developer protection provision,” one of the key flashpoints in legislation to set the market structure for digital assets (cryptocurrencies). The

Uniswap (UNI) Whales Accumulate 12.4 Million UNI in Two Months

Uniswap (UNI) whales have reportedly bought large amounts of UNI over the past two months. According to Santiment, an on-chain analytics platform, the top 100 wallets by Uniswap holdings accumulated a total of 12.41 million UNI over the past eight we

FTX to release $2.2bn in two months…steps up lawsuit against Justin Sun-linked exchanges

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX will disburse additional large-scale funds to creditors in late March. According to documents recently filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, the FTX bankruptcy estate and the recovery trust se

"Bought time"…DeFi industry launches full-court press to revise U.S. 'CLARITY Act'

After the U.S. Senate Banking Committee indefinitely postponed consideration of a crypto-asset (cryptocurrency) market structure bill dubbed the "CLARITY Act," the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry has moved into an all-out push to amend the legi

Anchorage Digital kicks off IPO preparations…seeks to raise up to $400 million

Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, is moving to pursue an initial public offering (IPO). According to Bloomberg on the 16th (local time), Anchorage Digital is seeking to raise between $200 million and a

US spot Bitcoin ETF sees $100 million in net inflows...for a fourth straight session

The US market for spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended its net inflow streak to a fourth consecutive trading session. According to data from SosoValue on the 15th (local time), daily net inflows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs totaled $

US spot XRP ETF sees net inflows for six straight sessions...cumulative total tops $1.2 billion

US spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded net inflows for six consecutive trading sessions. With cumulative inflows surpassing $1.2 billion, demand from traditional institutions has remained steady. According to SosoValue data on the 15th (lo

KAITO plunges 19% after X blocks API access; $14.16 million locked up

Social media platform X has revoked API access for an “InfoFi” application, sending the price of the related token, KAITO, sharply lower. On the 15th (local time), KAITO fell about 19% on Binance’s Tether (USDT) market after news broke that X had blo

Argentine Exchange Launches Bitcoin-Collateralized Credit Card

Lemon, an Argentine virtual-asset exchange, has introduced a credit card that lets users spend local currency without selling bitcoin. On the 15th (local time), Lemon said it had officially launched Argentina’s first “Bitcoin-collateralized Visa cred

Russian Central Bank: Cross-Border Crypto Transactions Must Be Fully Reported

The Bank of Russia will significantly tighten reporting requirements for commercial banks on customers’ cross-border transactions—particularly fund flows related to virtual assets (cryptocurrencies). According to Cryptopolitan on the 15th (local time

InfoFi hit hard by X policy shift…Kaito and CookieDAO halt reward models

Social media platform X has imposed a blanket ban on post-to-earn applications, pushing the broader InfoFi project landscape into a structural crisis. The move explains why Kaito and CookieDAO—both of which have used X data to pay users for posting a

West Virginia Introduces Bill to Allow Public Funds to Invest in Bitcoin and Gold

The West Virginia Legislature has introduced a bill that would allow state-level investment in physical assets such as bitcoin and precious metals including gold and silver. The move seeks to formally incorporate digital assets as an inflation hedge.

Upbit holds official partnership sponsorship signing ceremony with the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee

Dunamu, the operator of digital-asset exchange Upbit, said on the 16th that it held an official partnership sponsorship signing ceremony with the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) on the 15th. Building on the agreement, Upbit and the KSOC will

Coinbase Claims Clarity Act Is an 'STO Ban'... Industry: 'Nonsense'

Review of the U.S. crypto-asset (cryptocurrency) market structure bill (the Clarity Act) has been derailed by strong opposition from Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States. But tokenized securities (ST) specialists that would be d

A W370trn market set to open… Tokenised securities bill passes National Assembly plenary session

Capital Markets Act and Electronic Securities Act passed at plenary session Tokenised securities brought into the regulated system… effective next January Controversy over OTC venue licensing remains a variable A bill to bring tokenised securities (S

PPP Slams Proposed Cap on Major Shareholders’ Stakes in Crypto Exchanges… “Don’t Shackle the Industry With Regulation”

The People Power Party (PPP) has publicly raised objections to the Financial Services Commission’s (FSC) push to impose a “cap on major shareholders’ equity stakes in digital asset exchanges.” The concern is that excessive regulatory constraints on a

KakaoPay CEO Shin Won-geun: “Digital assets are a de facto ‘financial infrastructure’”

KakaoPay CEO Shin Won-geun stressed that digital assets should no longer be viewed as merely an investment target, but as “de facto financial infrastructure.” Speaking at the “Digital Asset Industry Policy Roundtable” hosted on the 14th by the People

Oh Se-jin, DAXA chair: “Transparency and trust in the virtual asset market have improved significantly”

Oh Se-jin, chair of the Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA), said he believes transparency and trust in the virtual asset market have improved significantly since the enforcement of the User Protection Act. Attending the “Digital Asset Industry Po

People Power Party: “Digital assets are a private-sector achievement…don’t hobble them with administrative regulation”

The People Power Party’s “Special Committee on Stock and Digital Asset Value-Up” publicly challenged the government over the direction of regulation surrounding the digital asset industry. The party said that excessively constraining a digital asset

[Exclusive] Democratic Party moves to draft its own digital-asset bill, setting up potential clash with government proposal

Party to craft a consolidated digital-asset bill With government proposal delayed, the Democratic Party activates its own plan Will rules on stablecoins and major shareholders be revised The Democratic Party of Korea’s Digital Asset Task Force (TF) h

Infinex: "We will deliver a DeFi experience on par with centralized exchanges"

Infinex, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, said on the 13th that it is building an integrated on-chain access layer designed to deliver an execution experience comparable to centralized exchanges while maintaining a non-custodial architecture.

IQ AI launches AI-powered prediction market platform 'PredIQt'

IQ AI, a platform for artificial intelligence (AI) and decentralized finance (DeFi) technology, announced on the 11th that it has officially launched an AI-based prediction market platform, 'PredIQt'. PredIQt is a platform where autonomously operatin

U.S. spot Ethereum ETF sees $93.82 million in net outflows...third consecutive trading day

The U.S. spot Ethereum (ETH) ETF market posted net outflows for a third straight trading day. According to data from SoSoValue on the 9th (local time), a total of $93.82 million flowed out of all spot Ethereum ETFs traded in the United States on the

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs see outflows for fourth straight session

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded net outflows for a fourth consecutive trading session. According to data from Farside Investors on the 9th (local time), the 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs trading in the U.S. saw total net outflows of $2

Bitcoin stalls, but Wall Street stays upbeat… “The CLARITY Act is the key variable”

Bitcoin has been swinging around the $90,000 level without finding meaningful rebound momentum since its sharp drop late last year. That marks a steep decline from the all-time high it posted in October last year ($126,199). Even amid market jitters,