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Canadian YouTube alternative Rumble announced the launch of its wallet with support for Tether’s USDT stablecoin.In a March 26 X post, Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski said Rumble Wallet will be used for content creator monetization. He promised it would work better than most advertisers and that it would use Tether’s USDt (USDT). Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino showed his appreciation for the initiative, referring to it as “A wallet for the people” in an X post.Related: Tether seeks Big Four firm for its first full financial audit — ReportA flurry of investmentsThe announcement follows Tether investing $775 million in Rumble in late 2024. Ardoino wrote at the time that the company “deeply believes in the fundamental values of freedom of speech…

Today in crypto, a Polymarket pool on the outcome of a potential mineral deal between the United States and Ukraine sparked a backlash as a whale-controlled vote settled it incorrectly, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will host another four crypto roundtables, and Ripple and the SEC reached a final agreement to end four years of litigation.Polymarket faces scrutiny over $7 million Ukraine mineral deal betPolymarket, the world’s largest decentralized prediction market, is under fire after a controversial outcome raised concerns over potential governance manipulation in a high-stakes political bet.A betting market on the platform asked whether US President Donald Trump would accept a rare earth mineral deal with Ukraine before April. Despite no such event occurring, the market…

Polymarket, the world’s largest decentralized prediction market, is under fire after a controversial outcome raised concerns over potential governance manipulation in a high-stakes political bet.A betting market on the platform asked whether US President Donald Trump would accept a rare earth mineral deal with Ukraine before April. Despite no such event occurring, the market was settled as “Yes,” triggering a backlash from users and industry observers.This may point to a “governance attack” in which a whale from the UMA Protocol “used his voting power to manipulate the oracle, allowing the market to settle false results and successfully profit,” according to crypto threat researcher Vladimir S.“The tycoon cast 5 million tokens through three accounts, accounting for 25% of the total votes.…

Google Play implemented access restrictions to 17 unregistered overseas crypto exchanges catering to local users in South Korea at the request of the country’s regulators. On March 21, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the South Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) said it was considering sanctions against operators that did not report to the relevant authorities. Authorities require virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to report to regulators under the country’s Specified Financial Information Act. At the time, the FIU said it was coordinating with the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC), the regulator in charge of the internet, on how they could block access to the exchanges. By March 26, the FSC published a list of 22 unregistered platforms, highlighting 17 that had been blocked…

Solana (SOL) price looks ready to rise in April based on a classic bullish reversal indicator and signs of renewed appetite for memecoins.Technicals show 65% SOL price rally in playAs of March 26, SOL’s price had entered the breakout stage of what appears to be a falling wedge pattern.A falling wedge forms when the price consolidates inside a range defined by two converging, descending trendlines. Meanwhile, the pattern resolves when the price breaks above the upper trendline.SOL/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingViewSolana broke above the upper trendline of its falling wedge pattern on March 19 and has since maintained bullish momentum. The breakout has held strong, with SOL continuing to climb in the days that followed. With the pattern confirmed,…

Over 27,740 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $2.4 billion were withdrawn from exchanges on March 25, the highest daily outflow since July 31, 2024. Meanwhile, US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue their inflow streak, suggesting that institutional demand is making a comeback. Is the Bitcoin bull run about to resume? Bitcoin exchange outflows hit 7-month highBitcoin is making another attempt at a technical breakout above $90,000 as supply on exchanges continues to decrease. Bitcoin: Net flow to exchanges. Source: GlassnodeA closer look at the data reveals that a considerable chunk of these withdrawals was made by whales, or entities holding at least 1,000 BTC, who withdrew more than 11,574 BTC worth about $1 billion from exchanges on March 25.Bitcoin whale withdrawal from…

Zero-knowledge proof (ZK-proof)-based compliance protocol PureFi has launched its Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) integration for the Uniswap decentralized exchange (DEX).According to a recent announcement shared with Cointelegraph, PureFi claims that its ZK-proof-based KYC and AML integration for Uniswap helps address security and compliance concerns at the protocol level. While the integration can be implemented as part of any Uniswap v4 pool, it was deployed as part of the PureFi DEX Uniswap implementation, replacing standard interfaces with custom compliance routers.The new decentralized finance (DeFi) platform also introduces level-based verification that scales checks based on transaction volume. Checks go from basic identity and sanctions verification at low volumes to comprehensive KYC with risk-based wallet scoring and real-time monitoring…

Ethereum developers are under pressure as the Pectra upgrade moves to a new testnet following a series of unexpected issues that have delayed its mainnet deployment.The Pectra upgrade, which was expected to hit the Ethereum mainnet in March, was deployed into the network’s Holesky testnet on Feb. 24. However, the upgrade failed to finalize on the network, prompting developers to investigate and address the causes. On March 5, the update was rolled out to the Sepolia testnet. However, developers again encountered errors, which were made worse by an unknown attacker who used an “edge case” to cause the mining of empty blocks. To better prepare for the upgrade, Ethereum core developers created a new testnet called “Hoodi.” Ethereum developers “exhausted” from Pectra…

XRP traded at $2.45 on March 26, 2025, within a tight intraday range of $2.43 to $2.48, amid a total market capitalization of $142 billion and a 24-hour trade volume of $2.40 billion. XRP On the 1-hour chart, XRP exhibited a micro uptrend characterized by tight price action within an ascending channel between $2.44 and […]

The stablecoin economy has soared to an unprecedented zenith this week, buoyed by a $10.28 billion expansion in March, propelling its total valuation to $234.60 billion. Concurrently, Circle’s USDC has eclipsed the $60 billion threshold for the first time. USDC Climbs While Treasury-Backed Tokens Disrupt Stablecoin Hierarchy Per the most recent data from defillama.com, recorded […]

DWF Labs’ newest fund seeks to empower mid and large-cap projects with investments of up to $50 million to support a full ecosystem growth strategy, going beyond the proposals of other similar funds that are limited to just providing economic support. DWF Labs $250 Million Liquid Fund Seeks to Empower Medium and Large-Sized Web3 Projects […]

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I’ve seen my fair share of ‘hype cycles’ — from the dot-com boom to the initial coin offering (ICO) craze — so I understand why there’s skepticism around tokenization. It’s the latest buzzword, no doubt. But having watched past trends rise and fall firsthand, I can tell you this one’s different. Why? Why Tokenization Won’t […]

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MEXC said it has liquidated a large-scale group of market manipulators engaged in various malicious activities, including self-trading, spoofing, and front-running. Presence of Institutional Actors Draws Concern Cryptocurrency exchange MEXC recently announced that it liquidated a large-scale, coordinated group of market manipulators engaged in self-trading, spoofing, layering, front-running, and quote stuffing. According to the exchange, […]

Sony is expanding its Web3 strategy by partnering with Yoake to launch officially licensed digital collectibles from one of Netflix’s top-performing anime series, The Seven Deadly Sins, which has sold over 55 million copies worldwide. This collaboration marks the first mainstream anime intellectual property to utilize Sony’s blockchain infrastructure through its platform, Soneium. The initial […]