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Markets

Crypto shouldn’t 'die on the hill' of stablecoin yield, Ric Edelman says

The veteran financial advisor says the banking lobby will likely win the yield-bearing stablecoin debate.

Ric Edelman

Finance

Jito Foundation acquires and revives SolanaFloor following shutdown over $27 million exploit

The acquisition follows SolanaFloor's shutdown last month due to a $27 million exploit linked to its parent company, Step Finance.

Stacks of 100 dollar bills (Dmytro Glazunov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Stablecoin market hits $312 billion as banks, card networks embrace onchain dollars

As regulation advances and institutions adopt blockchain settlement, stablecoins are expanding beyond crypto trading into payments infrastructure.

Stablecoin networks (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Slumping Strategy and Strive started with buy ratings at B. Riley

The bank said the bitcoin treasury sector’s slump reset valuations, but opened the door for new digital credit financing models that could revive growth.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

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Finance

Josh Swihart's Zcash Open Development Lab raises $25 million in seed funding

The capital will be used to expand development of the Zcash (ZEC) protocol and its privacy-focused self-custodial mobile wallet, Zodl.

Stacks of 100 dollar bills (Dmytro Glazunov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Bithumb faces proposed 6-month partial ban over South Korea AML breaches

The suspension, according to local media reports, would only restrict virtual asset transfers for newly registered users, not affecting existing customer operations.

South Korea (Photo by Daniel Bernard on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Oil futures surge 20% past $110 as war fears hammer Asian stocks, bitcoin steady near $67K

Nikkei drops more than 6%, and Kospi slides about 8% as traders price supply disruption risk, while prediction markets show strong odds of $120 crude.

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Markets

Bitcoin is still a great way to diversify portfolio even if it trades like a tech stock, analyst says

The central debate has shifted from whether bitcoin can survive to if it can function as a sovereign reserve asset, as critics assess it by institutional standards.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

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Finance

Canton’s Yuval Rooz says smart contract blockchains face a reckoning over value gap

The network's co-founder says many blockchains pitching financial rails lack the activity to justify their valuations, and stablecoins still lack true product-market fit.

Yuval Rooz, co-founder of Canton

Policy

Trump's cyber strategy vows to 'support the security' of cryptocurrencies and blockchain

This places blockchain security in the context of national technology competition alongside AI and quantum computing.

U.S. President Donald Trump  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)