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Hawkish Fed and sticky inflation send risk assets sliding

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The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates parked at 3.5%-3.75% this week, and the market responded with all the enthusiasm of someone finding out their flight got canceled. Risk assets across the board took a hit, with crypto leading the retreat as traders recalibrated their expectations for how long tight monetary policy sticks around. Bitcoin slipped below $69K, shedding roughly 2.5% in 24 hours. Ethereum fell near $2,100, down 2.7%. Solana dropped toward $87, and XRP settled around $1.43. The Fear & Greed Index sits at 23 — deep…

Celo targets deeper ties with popular web browser Opera via 160M token proposal

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Celo, an Ethereum layer 2 chain, has introduced a new governance proposal to allocate 160 million CELO tokens to Opera, aiming to transition the browser company from a distribution partner into a long-term network stakeholder. The proposal follows the recent unification of cLabs and the Celo Foundation into Celo Core Co., a move designed to streamline development and execution across the ecosystem. If approved, the one-time transfer would come from Celo’s unreleased treasury and support a three-year partnership aligned with long-term network growth. Celo, now a Layer 2 chain, is…

€2.3 trillion asset manager Amundi launches tokenized fund on Ethereum and Stellar

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Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager with more than €2.3 trillion in client funds, has launched the Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund, SAFO, a tokenized fund aimed at treasury and collateral management for corporates and financial institutions. The product is structured as a sub-fund of SPIKO SICAV under French law and is designed as a cash equivalent instrument with around-the-clock transferability, launching with $100 million in committed AUM. SAFO uses fully collateralized total return swaps with top-tier banks to deliver yields above risk-free benchmarks while keeping overnight liquidity. The fund is…

Crypto trader goes long on 33 tokens then beefs with $TRUMP

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A crypto trader has taken long positions on 33 digital assets but has chosen to short only TRUMP, the meme coin backed by President Donald Trump that has dropped 95% from its peak, according to data tracked by Lookonchain. This guy is long almost the entire market (33 tokens), except for $TRUMP, which he is short.https://t.co/E6QEMXG7DV pic.twitter.com/Seaa5XeCyA — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) March 19, 2026 TRUMP, which debuted days before Trump’s January 2025 presidential inauguration, is trading at around $3.4 at press time, down 4% in the last 24 hours, per CoinGecko.…

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Strive acquires 317 Bitcoin, moving into top 10 BTC holders

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Strive has expanded its Bitcoin position by 317 coins, taking total holdings to about 13,628 BTC and entering the top 10 corporate holders, said CEO Matt Cole in a statement. Strive has acquired 317 BTC for $23 million at an average cost of ~$72,555 per bitcoin. As of 3/18/2026 we hodl 13,627.9 $BTC.$ASST $SATA pic.twitter.com/oiSJ9FTeeC — Matt Cole (@ColeMacro) March 19, 2026 The company now ranks ahead of Tesla and CleanSpark in Bitcoin holdings, though it is not the first time it has ranked among the 10 largest holders. The…

XRP treasury Evernorth files with SEC to advance Nasdaq listing plan

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Evernorth Holdings, backed by Ripple executives, is advancing its plan to become the largest public XRP treasury on Nasdaq. The company on Wednesday filed a registration statement with the SEC in connection with its proposed merger with Nasdaq-listed SPAC Armada Acquisition Corp. II., a blank-check company sponsored by Arrington XRP Capital. Evernorth aims to create a publicly traded company to provide investors with regulated exposure to XRP through active treasury management strategies, including lending, decentralized finance participation, and liquidity provisioning. The company has raised over $1 billion in gross proceeds…

Crypto.com slashes 12% of workforce as it pivots to enterprise AI

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Crypto.com, the Singapore-based digital asset exchange, is cutting roughly 12% of its workforce as part of a company-wide transition to artificial intelligence. CEO Kris Marszalek said in a statement on X on Thursday that the cuts were necessary for survival in an increasingly automated industry. Marszalek warned that firms that are slow to adopt AI tools will be outpaced by competitors. “Companies that move immediately and pair the best AI tools with top performers will achieve a level of scale and precision that was previously impossible. This is where we…

Jack Dorsey’s Block brings back a few workers after mass layoffs

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At least four Block employees have rejoined the company after being cut during the firm’s sweeping workforce reduction in February. Chane Rennie, who leads creative strategy at Block, is among them. He has returned to the role just a week after announcing he had been laid off, according to a LinkedIn post. Another case is Andrew Harvard, a design engineer, who was quickly invited back after being temporarily dropped from the company by accident. He confirmed the return in a statement Some team members were rehired after their manager and…

Erik Voorhees’ Venice rolls out end-to-end encrypted AI modes, VVV token surges 10%

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Erik Voorhees’ Venice has rolled out new encrypted AI interface models designed to make privacy verifiable rather than trust-based. Venice AI just released End-to-End Encryption Verifiable by any external party Vires in numeris Here’s how it works 🧵 pic.twitter.com/VZLWarvAUC — Venice (@AskVenice) March 18, 2026 The update adds Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and End-to-End Encrypted (E2EE) options alongside its existing anonymous proxy access and zero-data-retention processing. TEE, operated by Venice’s external partners NEAR AI Cloud and Phala Network, runs AI workloads inside hardware-secured enclaves with attestation, preventing access by operators.…

Algorand Foundation cuts 25% of staff as macro pressure and crypto slump weigh on operations

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The Algorand Foundation said Wednesday it is reducing its workforce by 25% in response to what it described as an uncertain global macro environment and a broader downturn in crypto markets, marking one of the latest cost-cutting moves across the digital asset sector. Today, the Algorand Foundation made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce by 25%. This decision was not taken lightly and is in response to the uncertain global macro environment as well as the broader downturn in crypto markets. These employees have been best-in-class… — Algorand Foundation…