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Valkyrie amends Bitcoin Fund S-1 filing with enhanced custody and valuation rules

Valkyrie Investments refiled an amended Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for its Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, adding more precise rules around custody, valuation, seed investments, and risks as the cryptocurrency investment vehicle awaits regulatory approval to trade on Nasdaq. The new filing updates the index used to value the fund’s Bitcoin from Lukka Prime to the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant, which calculates the reference rate as of 4 PM Eastern

Here’s why Wall Street suddenly obsessed with tokenization – but on its own terms

Wall Street spent years talking about tokenization, but never seemed to move beyond vague plans and pilot projects. This week, however, we've seen a culmination of various efforts and incentives that showed it's finally taking things seriously.BMO said it plans to launch tokenized cash capabilities with CME Group and Google Cloud for real-time payments and round-the-clock margin activity. Nasdaq already has SEC approval to support trading and settlement of certain stocks and ETFs in tokenized fo

The bets that made crypto prediction markets popular could now be banned

Prediction markets spent years trying to present themselves as smarter, better, and more useful than straight-out gambling.Then sports arrived and did what elections, inflation contracts, and policy wagers never quite managed: it brought scale. They turned what was essentially a niche event trading activity into a mass product, and pushed the industry into a dangerous identity crisis.Sports made prediction markets popular, but they also made them politically vulnerable.On March 12, the CFTC open

Goldman Calls Bitcoin Bottom, Coinbase Provides Crypto Mortgages, and More – Week In Review

This week’s headlines underscore crypto’s growing entanglement with both macro markets and traditional finance. Volatility spiked as geopolitical tensions rattled equities, while Wall Street’s migration to blockchain continued to accelerate behind the scenes. Goldman Sachs signaled a potential crypto bottom, adding institutional weight to recovery narratives. At the same time, Fannie Mae’s move into crypto-backed […]

ECB DeFi Governance Study: A16z Is Uniswap’s Top Voter, One-Third of Voters Unidentifiable

A new European Central Bank (ECB) working paper finds that governance over major decentralized finance protocols is controlled by a narrow group of token holders, delegates, and centralized exchanges, raising hard questions about who can actually be held accountable. Top 100 Holders Control 80% of DeFi Governance Tokens, ECB Study Finds The working paper, ECB […]

Nvidia Crypto Revenue Lawsuit Gets Class Certification From California Federal Court

A federal judge in California granted class certification on March 25 in a long-running securities fraud lawsuit accusing Nvidia of hiding more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency-driven GPU revenue from investors. Judge Rules Nvidia Investor Fraud Lawsuit Can Proceed as Class Action U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. of the Northern District of California […]

US Lawmaker Probes Federal Reserve Approval of Kraken, Warns of ‘Critical’ Risk

Scrutiny over crypto access to the U.S. payment system intensifies as lawmakers question how Kraken secured Federal Reserve account approval, raising fresh concerns about regulatory consistency, risk controls, and the future of digital asset integration. Lawmaker Presses Fed Over Crypto Account Approval Heightened scrutiny over access to U.S. payment infrastructure is intensifying as policymakers examine […]

‘They’re Here’: Bitwise Signals End of Anticipation Phase as Institutions Embed Into Crypto

Institutional capital is rapidly embedding crypto into mainstream finance, with adoption accelerating and allocation strategies expanding as market integration approaches a critical tipping point driven by large-scale investor participation. Institutional Capital Accelerates Crypto Integration as Allocations and Product Access Rapidly Expand Institutional capital rotation into crypto markets is accelerating, with Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley signaling […]

Bitcoin Treasury Companies Pull Back in 2026 as Strategy Accelerates Purchases: Cryptoquant

Strategy purchased approximately 45,000 bitcoin over the last 30 days—its fastest accumulation pace in nearly a year—while the rest of the corporate bitcoin treasury sector bought fewer than 1,000 BTC combined, according to a new Cryptoquant report. Cryptoquant Says Bitcoin Treasury Summer Is Over Outside Strategy The data reveals a stark split in the corporate […]

Weekly Wrap: Revolut's CFD Boost; How to Survive Prop Firm Shakeout in 2026

Revolut brings CFD tradingRevolut quietly rolled out contracts for difference (CFD) trading to “active traders” in 29 countries, including several across Europe. This follows an earlier pilot in just three EU markets — the Czech Republic, Denmark and Greece — and comes on the heels of the fintech giant securing a full UK banking license.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don't!)Finance Magnates verified that European users can now find CFDs inside the R

Morgan Stanley Set to Undercut Bitcoin ETF Rivals With 0.14% Fee Ahead of Launch

Bitcoin MagazineMorgan Stanley Set to Undercut Bitcoin ETF Rivals With 0.14% Fee Ahead of LaunchMorgan Stanley is poised to shake up the spot bitcoin ETF market with a sharply lower fee structure, as new filing details show its upcoming Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT) will charge just 0.14% annually — undercutting every existing U.S. competitor.The fee, disclosed in updated trust documents shared by Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, comes in 11 basis points below BlackRock’s flagship iShares

Kalshi Approved for Margin Trading After Affiliate Kinetic Markets Gets FCM Registration

Kalshi gained regulatory approval to offer margin trading after its affiliate Kinetic Markets LLC was registered as a futures commission merchant with the National Futures Association on March 24, 2026. Kalshi Margin Trading Approved The NFA filing lists Kinetic Markets as both an FCM and swap firm. Bloomberg was the first to report on the […]

Kalshi moves toward margin trading with new regulatory approval

<p>Kalshi gets margin approval as its $22 billion valuation and booming event trading volumes push prediction markets further into Wall Street.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/kalshi-margin-license-predictive-markets/">Kalshi moves toward margin trading with new regulatory approval</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Bitcoin price has never ended a year higher after a start this bad — can 2026 break the pattern?

Bitcoin has never finished a year positive after a start this badBitcoin seasonality is one of those market narratives that stays alive because the average is easy to screenshot. The problem is that the average often hides the only thing that matters: the state.A strong &#8220;Uptober&#8221; inside a healthy bull trend is not the same trade as a strong October after a year that spent the first quarter underwater. A positive December mean is not an edge if the median month is still negative. And

MCP in 2026: 97 Million Downloads and Growing Crypto Infrastructure From Bitgo to Coingecko

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has recorded approximately 97 million monthly SDK downloads as of March 2026, confirming the open standard’s position as the primary infrastructure layer for agentic artificial intelligence (AI) applications. AI Tool Integration Just Got Standardized — MCP Downloads Cross 97 Million in March 2026 Anthropic open-sourced MCP on Nov. 25, 2024, [&#8230;]

Ripple CEO warns against another weaponized Gensler moment if SEC-CFTC rules aren’t codified into law

<p>Codifying SEC-CFTC rules into law could prevent politically motivated crackdowns, fostering innovation and enhancing US crypto competitiveness.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/sec-cftc-move-stops-chaos/">Ripple CEO warns against another weaponized Gensler moment if SEC-CFTC rules aren&#8217;t codified into law</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Bitcoin Erases March Gains as Q1 Losses Top 25% Amid Geopolitical Friction

Bitcoin’s early March rally has reversed, with the price sliding below $66,000 and hitting a multi‑week low amid geopolitical tensions and U.S. market weakness. Crypto and Wall Street Diverge From Global Indices After kicking off March with a bullish surge, bitcoin now appears destined for a round trip back to its opening levels. The top [&#8230;]

‘Going Great’: Trump Touts Iran Operation While Ceasefire Falls Apart and Oil Climbs Past $108

Iran formally rejected a U.S.-brokered 15-point ceasefire proposal this week, pushing Brent crude above $108 per barrel and triggering a broad selloff across global equity markets. Hormuz Crisis Deepens: Iran Rejects Peace Plan, Crude Oil Climbs Tehran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, dismissed the plan as “one-sided” and “maximalist,” calling U.S. claims of productive negotiations “fake [&#8230;]

Anthropic wins early court fight over Pentagon blacklist and Trump ban

<p>Judge blocks Trump administration from enforcing Anthropic blacklist, handing Claude maker an early win in its fight with the Pentagon.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/pentagon-blacklist-block-anthropic/">Anthropic wins early court fight over Pentagon blacklist and Trump ban</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Altcoins Tumble as Total Market Capitalization Falls Below $1 Trillion Mark

The altcoin market suffered a sharp sell-off on Friday, with total capitalization dropping below $1 trillion for the first time in weeks. ETH and SOL Spearhead the Retreat The altcoin market endured a brutal session on Friday, March 27, as investors aggressively unwound positions in a frantic flight to liquidity. The safe haven narrative, which [&#8230;]