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Traders can now bet on the S&P 500 around the clock without ever touching a traditional stock exchange
S&P Dow Jones Indices licenses its flagship index for crypto trading on Hyperliquid, as perpetual futures gain traction beyond traditional markets.

Bank of Korea adds two banks to digital won trials as real-world testing begins
Korea's central bank and nine commercial lenders started real-world testing of deposit tokens, including subsidy payments and peer-to-peer transfers.

Powell's comments on oil, inflation are likely to guide bitcoin traders
Your day-ahead look for March 18, 2026

Arizona Attorney General files criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi
Kris Mayes filed 20 criminal counts against the prediction market operator, escalating a multi-state legal clash over sports and election predictions markets.

Sam Altman's World teams up with Coinbase to prove there is a real person behind every AI transaction
World said some estimates suggest agentic commerce could reach $3 trillion to $5 trillion by 2030, with agents accounting for up to 25% of U.S. e-commerce.

Mastercard agrees to buy stablecoin platform BVNK for up to $1.8 billion
Payments giant Mastercard moves to bridge fiat and crypto with $1.8 billion acquisition of the U.K. based stablecoin startup.

Bitcoin hits a wall at $75,000 while onchain energy markets run hot
Your day-ahead look for March 17, 2026

Man accuses wife of using CCTV cameras to steal $172 million bitcoin from his hardware wallet
The alleged theft of 2,323 bitcoin has triggered a High Court dispute testing how English property law applies to digital assets.

Institutions had ‘diamond hands’ during bitcoin's 50% plunge, Bitwise's Matt Hougan says
“The wildest thing about my $1 million prediction is that it's not wild at all,” said the digital asset fund manager's CIO.

U.S., UK, Canada start Operation Atlantic to disrupt crypto approval-phishing scams
International law enforcement effort targets approval-phishing schemes tied to crypto investment fraud.

