Crypto News. March 18, 2026
Governance platform Tally shuts down after five years, cancels ICO plans.
The SEC has, for the first time, classified crypto into five categories, stating that only tokenized stocks, bonds, and treasuries are securities, while all other assets BTC, ETH, NFTs, Stablecoins etc are not security under the GENIUS Act.
Mastercard to acquire stablecoin startup BVNK in deal worth $1.8B.
Vietnam prepares to restrict citizens from using overseas crypto trading platforms like Binance etc, as they plan to launch pilot program for local exchanges
Aster launched trading-focused L1 with built-in privacy features.
Tether launched QVAC Fabric, enabling fast, low-cost, privacy-first AI models to run locally on phones/pcs without using expensive GPUs
GSR announced $57M acquisitions of Autonomous and Architech.
Phantom secured CFTC no-action relief for access to regulated derivatives and event contracts
PayPal expands stablecoin access to 68 more countries
Bitrefill disclosed exploit, says it was likely North Korea, with some company funds being drained and a subset of user information leaked.
Cango Inc posted a $452.8 million net loss in 2025 despite $688.1 million in revenue, with over 98% driven by Bitcoin mining.
Robinhood’s newly launched Ventures Fund I invested $35 million in private companies, including $14.6 million in Stripe and $20 million in ElevenLabs.
World Network launched AgentKit for x402, linking AI agents to verified human identities.
Injective to support native USDC issuance with cross-chain transfers
Aggregated open interest across Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 markets hit a record $1.43B, growing over 100x in six months.
RedotPay in talks to raise up to $150M as it prepares for a US IPO that could value the company above $4B.
