The SEC and CFTC issued joint interpretive steerage on March 17 introducing a five-category token taxonomy: digital commodities, digital collectibles, digital instruments, stablecoins, and digital securities. The steerage explicitly classifies protocol mining, staking, and sure airdrops as non-securities actions. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said the interpretation “acknowledges what the previousContinue Reading

Moody’s brings credit score scores onchain by way of TIE, enabling institutional customers to entry insights inside blockchain workflows underneath issuer-controlled entry. A brand new Moody’s platform connects conventional credit score evaluation with blockchain programs, launching on Canton with plans to increase throughout markets and property. TIE introduces onchain distributionContinue Reading

Attackers compromised an worker laptop computer on March 1, extracted legacy credentials containing manufacturing secrets and techniques, and escalated entry to Bitrefill’s sizzling wallets, database, and reward card buying programs. Roughly 18,500 buy data have been accessed, together with electronic mail addresses and crypto fee addresses. Bitrefill’s investigation discovered forensicContinue Reading

OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer postponed the SEA token launch indefinitely, abandoning the unique March 30, 2026 goal date amid troublesome crypto market situations. Roughly 50% of the whole SEA provide is earmarked for the neighborhood, with gathered Treasure rewards to be “meaningfully thought of” on the eventual token technology occasion.Continue Reading

xAI is hiring bankers, merchants and credit score analysts to coach its Grok chatbot in superior monetary modelling and funding methods. The initiative goals to increase Grok’s experience throughout markets together with leveraged loans, distressed investing, equities and crypto. The transfer displays rising competitors amongst AI builders to construct instrumentsContinue Reading