Month: March 2026

Base Targets AI Agents in 2026 Blockchain Upgrade Plan

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Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network Base said it is upgrading key systems in preparation for an AI agent economy as part of its newly released 2026 roadmap, joining the race to support the growing agentic AI ecosystem.  AI agents are discovering crypto markets as their native economy, “building, owning, and trading alongside us,” said Base in its 2026 mission, vision, and strategy update on Tuesday.  Base added that its goal is to build a foundation for an AI agent economy by focusing on building global markets, scaling payments and stablecoins and…

Singapore Court Order Follows Curve Dispute After Resupply Exploit

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A Singapore court ordered OneKey founder Wang Lei and an X user to stop threatening or defamatory claims tied to a dispute over the 2025 Resupply exploit. A Singapore court has ordered two crypto industry figures to stop making threatening or defamatory statements against a Curve-linked contributor following a dispute tied to a 2025 decentralized finance exploit. In a March 24 order seen by Cointelegraph, Singapore’s Protection from Harassment Court prohibited crypto wallet OneKey’s founder Wang Lei and the user behind the X account “web3feng” on X from posting statements…

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kaiko bring iBoxx US Treasuries index onchain for first time

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S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division of S&P Global that tracks more than 125,000 benchmarks used across global investment markets, has joined forces with Kaiko, a digital assets data infrastructure firm, to bring the iBoxx US Treasuries Index to the Canton Network, making it the first major financial benchmark issued as a native blockchain asset. The index is not a tradeable or investable instrument. It is issued as a non-fungible token that embeds data distribution, licensing rights, and permissioning directly into its structure, according to the companies. While not investable,…

Faster Settlement May Make For Poorer Markets

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Opinion by: Chris Kim, CEO and co-founder at Axis. Shorter settlement cycles are now sweeping the globe. In 2024, the United States moved equities to T+1 settlement. Europe, the United Kingdom, and several Asian markets are expected to follow this lead by 2027. Trades are moving ever closer to real-time.  The markets that fail to keep up risk falling behind. Blockchain-based finance pushes that concept even further. Stablecoins and tokenized assets enable transactions to settle instantly through atomic settlement, where payment and asset transfer occur simultaneously, allowing counterparty credit risk…

Bitcoin Whale Selling Cools as Traders Shift Focus to Key $59K Level

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Bitcoin (BTC) climbed to an intraday high of $68,300 during the early Asian trading hours on Tuesday amid a decline in whale selling. Selling in the derivatives markets also eased, suggesting that the “bearish position is becoming less aggressive,” according to a new analysis. Key takeaways: Large BTC deposits to Binance have dropped significantly, signaling reduced selling pressure. Bitcoin analysts view the 200-week simple moving average at $59,430 as a key support level for BTC price. Bitcoin whale selling slows down CryptoQuant’s exchange data highlighted a “shift in behavior” by…

Axios NPM Package Compromised in Supply Chain Attack

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Two malicious Axios npm releases have prompted warnings for developers to rotate credentials and treat affected systems as compromised after a supply chain attack poisoned the popular JavaScript HTTP client library. The compromise was first reported by cybersecurity company Socket, which said axios@1.14.1 and axios@0.30.4 were modified to pull in plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, a malicious dependency that ran automatically during installation before the releases were removed from npm. According to security company OX Security, the altered code can give attackers remote access to infected devices, allowing them to steal sensitive data such…

Ripple, SC Ventures back Keyrock as it hits unicorn status

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Brussels-based digital asset market maker Keyrock has reached a $1.1 billion valuation after securing series C funding led by SC Ventures, Standard Chartered Bank’s venture arm, alongside Ripple, according to a Tuesday statement. The investment will allow the company to scale its services, pursue acquisitions, and reinforce its position in institutional-grade digital asset markets. Keyrock CEO Kevin de Patoul said in a statement that the latest funding round reflects the company’s forward-looking strategy. Following the launch of Keyrock Asset & Wealth Management last year, the firm is now focused on…

CoinDCX Pledges $11M for Anti-Fraud Drive After Impersonation Case

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CoinDCX has announced a 100 crore Indian rupees (around $11 million) Digital Suraksha Network as a response to brand impersonation and cyber fraud, days after a court said there was “no prima facie” case against its founders. The initiative, outlined by co-founder and CEO Sumit Gupta in a March 30 post on X, comes after he and fellow co-founder Neeraj Khandelwal were taken into police custody earlier in March over a complaint tied to a fake “CoinDCX Pro” website that cheated an investor out of around $75,000. Thane police detained…

Bitcoin Slumps Toward Range Lows With US-Iran Press Briefing Due

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Bitcoin trapped late buyers at $68,000 with oil still above $100 ahead of a press briefing by US War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Bitcoin (BTC) teased a fresh break below $66,000 on Tuesday after a bounce sparked a classic bull trap. Key points: Bitcoin sets up a classic bull trap after spiking beyond $68,000. A negative Coinbase Premium forms one of several reasons for caution over BTC price action. Markets will see a press briefing by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth prior to the Wall Street open. Bitcoin roundtrips its…

Dynamic Adds TON Wallet Infrastructure for Telegram Mini Apps

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Dynamic has added embedded wallet infrastructure for The Open Network (TON), which it says will allow developers to deploy TON wallets automatically inside Telegram Mini Apps without building their own wallet systems. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the integration removes a technical hurdle for developers building on TON, a blockchain designed to power payments and applications within Telegram, where launching financial applications has typically required custom wallet deployment, contract management and transaction handling. Dynamic said it expects developers will be able to generate and manage user wallets programmatically,…