Day: March 21, 2026

Brazil’s New Finance Minister Puts Crypto Tax Policy on Pause: Report

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Brazil’s Finance Minister, Dario Durigan, is putting crypto tax policy on the back burner until after the country’s presidential elections in October 2026 to avoid pushing for “divisive” tax changes during an election year.  Regulators and government officials originally slated a public consultation on crypto tax policy for later this year, which may be delayed until 2027, but still “remains on the radar,” sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Brazil ended its no tax policy on gains from smaller cryptocurrency sales or transfers in June 2025, shifting to a…

OpenAI targets 8,000 staff as AI competition heats up

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OpenAI plans to almost double its workforce to about 8,000 employees by year’s end as it ramps up its enterprise strategy and catches up with rivals, the Financial Times reported Saturday. Hiring will span engineering, research, product, sales, and customer-focused deployment roles designed to increase business adoption of its tools. The expansion comes as Sam Altman’s company accelerates efforts to strengthen enterprise revenues and respond to growing pressure from rivals such as Anthropic and Google across both the enterprise and consumer AI markets. Anthropic, OpenAI’s closest rival in enterprise AI,…

SEC Crypto Guidance Is a Major Step, but More Is Needed: Analyst

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The recent guidance from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission establishing a taxonomy for digital assets put a “final nail” in the coffin of SEC policy under former Chairman Gary Gensler, according to Alex Thorn, the head of firmwide research at investment firm Galaxy. The SEC guidance, published on Tuesday, established a taxonomy for digital assets, dividing them into five categories, including digital commodities, digital collectibles like non-fungible tokens (NFTs), digital tools, stablecoins, and tokenized securities.  The SEC guidance published on Tuesday…

Bitcoin Options Flag Traders’ Fear As Iran War Carries On

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Key takeaways: Bitcoin traders are turning cautious as high oil prices and Middle East tensions fuel inflation and stall US interest rate cuts. The $254 million in spot Bitcoin ETF outflows is too small to confirm a bearish flip, yet options markets show heavy hedging. Bitcoin (BTC) price stagnated near $70,000 during the Friday trading session after failing to reclaim the $75,000 level on Tuesday. The decline marked two days of net outflows from US-listed Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), reversing the trend from the prior seven days. Traders are…

Ethereum Eyes 25% Rally as Top ETH Whales Return to ‘Profitable State’

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Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), may rise by around 25% in the coming months as its richest whale group becomes profitable for the first time since early February. Key takeaways: ETH gained 25% in three months and 50% in six months on average after top whales returned to profit in past cycles. Ether could rally above $2,750 by June if the on-chain whale metric signal plays out. Whale metric signals ETH is bottoming already The unrealized profit ratio of wallets holding more than 100,000 ETH has flipped back above zero,…

Worldcoin reportedly sells 117 million WLD through OTC deals

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Worldcoin, the digital identity and token distribution project co-founded by Sam Altman in 2019, appears to have offloaded 117 million WLD tokens worth about $39 million through over-the-counter sales, according to Lookonchain. Worldcoin appears to have sold 117M $WLD($38.7M) via OTC. Today, Worldcoin deposited 117M $WLD($38.7M) to #Binance and #FalconX, and then received 35M $USDC.https://t.co/k7ewApTkoO pic.twitter.com/8ZR0OIvgTB — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) March 21, 2026 The tokens went to Binance and FalconX, an institutional prime brokerage that handles large-block trades for hedge funds and asset managers. On-chain data shows the project received approximately…

XRP Price Is Maintaining This Multi-Year Trendline, But A Crash Could Be Looming

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Following the recent market trend, the XRP price has maintained its hold on an important trendline over the years. This trendline leans bullish, and as long as the cryptocurrency holds above it, the likelihood of a recovery remains high. However, a break below this multi-year trendline could signal doom, with crypto analyst CrypFlow forecasting how low the digital asset could go before eventually finding a bottom. Bears Threaten XRP’s Multi-Year Trendline According to crypto analyst CrypFlow, the XRP multi-year trendline that began back in the year 2017 is currently still…

Hong Kong Retiree Loses $840K in Triple Crypto Scam

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A 66-year-old Hong Kong retiree lost 6.6 million Hong Kong dollars (roughly $840,000) in a string of three related crypto investment scams after repeatedly trusting self-proclaimed “virtual currency experts” who reached out via WhatsApp, according to Hong Kong police’s CyberDefender unit. In a March 20 Facebook post, police said the victim was first approached in September 2025 by a scammer who cold messaged, claiming to be a “virtual currency investment expert” and promising steady gains if the victim followed his advice. The retiree then transferred $180,000 and deposited crypto into a…

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 7.7% in Biggest Cut Since February

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Bitcoin’s mining difficulty fell by around 7.7% at the latest adjustment on March 20 to 133.79 trillion at block 941,472, the sharpest drop since February, according to CoinWarz data. The latest move takes difficulty down from around 145 trillion in mid-March and roughly 148 trillion at the start of the year. A lower difficulty means it takes less computational work to earn the same block reward, slightly improving revenue per unit of hashrate for firms that stay online. The adjustment followed slower-than-target block production over the prior 2,016 blocks. CloverPool…

Ethereum OG Whale Rebuilds $19.5M ETH Stack Amid ETF Bleed

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An early Ethereum wallet known as thomasg.eth is steadily rebuilding his exposure, according to Arkham Intelligence data. Arkham data shows that, over the past week, thomasg.eth built a roughly $19.5 million Ether (ETH) position across Arkham-tracked wallets in spot, wrapped ETH (WETH), and Aave-deposited ETH, capped by a fresh $3 million purchase on March 20. Arkham said the wallet held around $537 million in crypto assets at the 2021 market peak, and has started accumulating again as ETH trades around 56% below its all-time high of $4,946 on Aug. 24,…