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Apex and Polygon Launch ERC-3643 Chain for Tokenized Assets

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Apex Group’s Tokeny and Polygon Labs are launching T-REX Ledger, a compliance-focused blockchain designed to help regulated tokenized assets move across networks without repeating investor checks and transfer restrictions. In a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph, the project said it targets a key friction point in tokenized markets. ERC-3643 is an Ethereum-based token standard for permissioned tokens representing real-world assets that can support compliant issuance of RWAs, but identity checks, eligibility rules and transfer restrictions often remain fragmented when the same asset is distributed across multiple blockchains. T-REX Ledger is…

OpenSea Delays SEA Token Launch Amid Tough Market Conditions

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Nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea has postponed the launch of its native token SEA, initially slated for March 30, citing tough market conditions and it not being market-ready. “The reality is that market conditions are challenging across crypto right now, and $SEA only launches once,” OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer posted to X on Monday.  Source: Devin Finzer The OpenSea (SEA) token, announced in October, was touted as part of OpenSea’s plan to transition into a “trade everything” app across multiple chains, which includes perpetual futures.  The SEA token would enable discounted…

OpenSea delays SEA token launch as CEO cites challenging crypto market conditions

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OpenSea is delaying the launch of its highly anticipated SEA token, with CEO Devin Finzer saying the company decided to push back the timeline due to difficult conditions across the crypto market. an update on $SEA. the team has been building at full speed, and the foundation had planned to kick off the first steps as part of our march 30th event. but @openseafdn is pushing back the timeline. a delay is a delay. i’m not going to dress it up, and i know how it lands. the… — dfinzer.eth…

US, UK, and Canada Launch Joint Operation to Disrupt Crypto Fraud

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The US Secret Service, UK National Crime Agency, and Canadian authorities have partnered to disrupt fraudulent schemes related to crypto, raise awareness of scams, and recover stolen funds. In a Monday notice, law enforcement agencies from the three countries — including Canada’s Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Securities Commission — said that they had launched “Operation Atlantic,” focusing on identifying people at risk of losing or those who had already lost crypto through “approval phishing” schemes. “Approval phishing and investment scams cost victims millions in financial loss each year,”…

Ex-JP Morgan and Dresdner Kleinwort traders launch crypto prop platform

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Velotrade, a Hong Kong-based firm founded by former institutional derivatives traders from JPMorgan and Dresdner Kleinwort, has unveiled its funded trading platform that provides traders with capital while sharing profits based on performance, according to a Friday statement. Crypto proprietary trading is a model that allows traders to trade digital assets using capital provided by a proprietary trading firm rather than their own funds. To access a funded account, most retail models require traders to pass a challenge that evaluates profitability and risk discipline. If successful, traders will receive a…

Foundry to Launch Institutional-Grade Zcash Mining Pool in April 2026

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Digital asset infrastructure company Foundry Digital plans to launch a mining pool for Zcash in April 2026, expanding beyond Bitcoin mining infrastructure. The company said the pool will be designed for institutional and publicly traded miners seeking compliance-focused mining services. The new pool will be based in the United States and built on the same infrastructure used by Foundry USA Pool, which is operated by the company. Foundry said the service will include reporting tools and payout systems intended to meet the operational requirements of institutional miners. Zcash is a…

Foundry expands mining infrastructure with Zcash pool launch

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Foundry Digital announced plans to launch an institutional-grade mining pool for Zcash in April 2026, expanding its mining infrastructure beyond Bitcoin. The new pool will target institutional and public company miners and is designed to address what Foundry describes as a gap in compliant infrastructure supporting Zcash mining. The company said the pool will replicate the compliance, transparency, and operational framework used in its flagship Foundry USA Pool, currently the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool by hashrate. Zcash launched in 2016 as a privacy-focused cryptocurrency built on zero-knowledge proof technology.…

Wells Fargo files “WFUSD” trademark, signaling launch of dollar-backed stablecoin

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Wells Fargo has filed a trademark application for “WFUSD,” signaling the bank’s plans to enter the growing stablecoin market, according to a March 10 submission to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The filing covers software, blockchain platforms, and financial services for digital payments, crypto trading and staking, wallets, tokenization, and smart contracts. This is not Wells Fargo’s first foray into digital currency technology. The San Francisco-based firm previously piloted Wells Fargo Digital Cash, an internal stablecoin for cross-border settlements running on its first distributed ledger technology platform. The…

Nasdaq and Kraken partner to launch equity token gateway to increase market liquidity

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Nasdaq on Monday announced plans to launch an equity token design, a framework to tokenize public company shares while keeping legal and regulatory integrity, modernizing investor engagement, and enabling always-on trading. The stock exchange giant has teamed up with Payward, Kraken’s parent company, to create a gateway connecting permissioned and permissionless markets for tokenized equities, ensuring legal equivalence, investor protections, and issuer control. The initiative aims to give issuers greater control over their shares in tokenized form while introducing programmable features that modernize how companies interact with shareholders on matters…