DeFi
DeFi

While the world watches oil prices, one critical Fed cash backstop is almost empty

Bitcoin’s real macro risk right now is more discreet than simply watching the price of oil. Behind the scenes, a…
Mar 20, 2026
DeFi

Bitcoin Trails Money Supply Growth as Energy Costs and Rates Bite

Higher fuel costs and restrictive financial conditions are absorbing consumer liquidity, helping explain why expanding global money supply has yet…
Mar 20, 2026
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Bybit launches yield-bearing tokenized gold, expanding RWA yield market

The crypto exchange is offering a yield product tied to Tether Gold (XAUT), signaling a shift toward turning traditionally passive…
Mar 19, 2026
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EtherFi to Tap Plume's Nest Vaults for Real-World Asset Yield

The DeFi neobank will route customer deposits into a basis-trade vault powered by Superstate’s USCC fund. Read Full Story at…
Mar 19, 2026
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Market maker IMC Trading hires Alex Casimo as chief commercial officer for its crypto business

Casimo will be responsible for growing the Dutch market maker’s institutional crypto offering. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Mar 19, 2026
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Amundi Launches Tokenized Swap Fund on Ethereum and Stellar

Europe’s largest asset manager has launched its second on-chain fund, leveraging Chainlink oracles to publish NAV data. Read Full Story…
Mar 19, 2026
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Playnance’s G Coin goes live on MEXC as staking momentum builds

Trading begins on MEXC Playnance’s G Coin has entered open-market trading, with the G Coin/USDT pair going live on MEXC…
Mar 19, 2026
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Polymarket buys DeFi startup Brahma in latest acquisition wave

“Building reliable infrastructure across blockchain networks and traditional financial rails is hard,” said Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan. Read Full Story…
Mar 19, 2026
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Banks risk another 2008 crisis after moving the equivalent of 18 million BTC into shadow lenders

US banks “reduced” their credit risk after 2008 by shifting more of it to nonbank lenders. Since 2008, banks have…
Mar 18, 2026
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1inch Launches Campaign to Push DeFi into US University Curricula

The campaign includes an open letter to the deans and faculty of major U.S. business and law schools, co-signed by…
Mar 18, 2026