Crypto News. March 19, 2026
S&P 500 perpetual went live on Hyperliquid via Trade XYZ in partnership with S&P Dow Jones
trade.xyz@tradexyz
S&P Dow Jones Indices and trade[XYZ] have joined forces to launch the first official S&P 500 perpetual contract, available exclusively on Hyperliquid.
For 69 years, the S&P 500 has been a defining reference point for global finance. Until now, access to that benchmark has been
1:29 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 2.62M Views
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Visa released their CLI for agentic commerce
Cuy Sheffield@cuysheffield
Excited to share Visa CLI, the first experimental product from Visa Crypto Labs. Check it out and request access here
visacli.sh
3:41 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 237K Views
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Tempo went live on mainnet and released their Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), a standard for agentic payments
Tempo@tempo
Tempo Mainnet is live! Starting today, anyone can build on Tempo through our public RPC endpoints.
Alongside mainnet, we’re introducing the Machine Payments Protocol, an open standard for machine payments.
1:00 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 472K Views
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Machine Payments Protocol (mpp.dev)@mpp
Introducing the Machine Payments Protocol: an open standard for machine payments co-authored by @tempo and @stripe
MPP is designed to be extensible and payment-method agnostic, already supporting stablecoins, cards, and more.
Tempo @tempo
Agent payments will soon overtake human payments on the internet. The Machine Payments Protocol (@mpp) is a new open standard co-authored by @stripe and @tempo.
It’s designed to be extensible and payment-method agnostic, already supporting stablecoins, cards, and more.
1:39 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 80.9K Views
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Ethereum Foundation deployed additional 3,400 ETH into Morpho vaults.
Ethereum Foundation@ethereumfndn
0/ The Ethereum Foundation continues to explore DeFi as part of its treasury strategy.
In Oct 2025, EF deployed 2,400 ETH + ~$6M in stablecoins into @Morpho Vaults V1.
https://t.co/JC9qOUt76V
Today: another 3,400 ETH into Morpho, where 1,000 ETH in Morpho Vaults V2.
Why Morpho?
Ethereum Foundation @ethereumfndn
0/ Today, the Ethereum Foundation deposited 2400 ETH and ~$6M stablecoins into Morpho’s yield-bearing vaults.
Morpho is a pioneer in permissionless DeFi protocols and consistently demonstrates a commitment to Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) principles.
1:10 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 88.1K Views
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x402 added support for any ERC-20 token.
Coinbase Developer Platform🛡️@CoinbaseDev
https://t.co/lX6WE8NX4v
5:31 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 17.8K Views
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Meta to shut down Metaverse after $80 billion investment.
Polymarket@Polymarket
JUST IN: Meta announces they'll be shutting down the Metaverse, after pouring $80,000,000,000.00 into the project.
6:54 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 19.5M Views
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Kraken paused multibillion-dollar IPO plan due market conditions
CoinDesk@CoinDesk
SCOOP: @krakenfx freezes its IPO plans due to difficult market conditions.
The exchange had filed confidentially with the @SECGov in November after raising $800M at a $20B valuation.
3:41 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 49.4K Views
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Polymarket acquired Brahmafi
Brahma@BrahmaFi
https://t.co/m0NRLSts3Y
2:56 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 8.53K Views
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Binance to delist A2Z, FORTH, HOOK, IDEX, LRC, NTRN, RDNT, SXP starting April 1, 2026.
Binance@binance
Binance will delist A2Z, FORTH, HOOK, IDEX, LRC, NTRN, RDNT, and SXP.
More info 👉 binance.com/en/support/ann…
9:16 AM · Mar 18, 2026 · 336K Views
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FTX Recovery Trust to distribute ~$2.2B to creditors in fourth distribution on 31-3-2026
Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph
🚨 JUST IN: FTX Recovery Trust will distribute approximately $2.2B to creditors in its fourth payout on March 31, 2026.
5:01 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 39.2K Views
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American Bitcoin, announced its holdings have risen to roughly 6,899 BTC, surpassing Galaxy Digital.
Eric Trump@EricTrump
Proud to announce that as of minutes ago, American Bitcoin (@ABTC) has passed Galaxy Digital in BTC holdings!
We now stand as the #16th largest Public Bitcoin Company on Earth!
No company is climbing the ladder faster
Up, up, up we go! 🚀🇺🇸💪
2:18 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 245K Views
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SEC approved Nasdaq rule change to enable tokenized securities trading
Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph
🇺🇸 BIG: The SEC has approved a Nasdaq rule change enabling the trading of tokenized securities.
8:21 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 31.6K Views
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US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, maintaining projections for one rate cut in 2026 and one in 2027.
Heather Long@byHeatherLong
JUST IN: The Fed leaves rates unchanged (3.5 to 3.75%).
**The projection is for 1 rate cut in 2026**
11 Fed leaders voted for this
Only 1 dissent (Trump official Stephen Miran)
The statement says: "The implications of developments in the Middle East for the U.S. economy are
6:04 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 9.36K Views
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Bloomberg@business
Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and continued to expect one rate cut this year as they acknowledged increased uncertainty due to war in the Middle East.
bloomberg.com
Fed Holds Rates Steady, Still Projects One Rate Cut in 2026
6:03 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 13.7K Views
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Algorand Foundation announced a 25% staff reduction
Algorand Foundation@AlgoFoundation
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
4:00 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 106K Views
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Evernorth filed with the SEC to go public through a merger with Armada Acquisition Corp. II, aiming to list on Nasdaq as XRPN.
Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph
🚨 LATEST: Ripple-backed Evernorth files S-4 to go public via SPAC, aiming to become a Nasdaq-listed XRP treasury company.
1:30 AM · Mar 19, 2026 · 91.6K Views
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Upbit listed ETHFI
Upbit Korea@Official_Upbit
이더파이(ETHFI) KRW 마켓 거래지원 안내
✅ 지원 마켓 : KRW 마켓
📅 거래지원 개시 시점: 2026-03-19 12:30 KST
🔗 공지 바로가기:
upbit.com/service_center…
#Upbit #ETHFI
@ether_fi
2:57 AM · Mar 19, 2026 · 10.5K Views
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Katana KAT token went live
Katana ⚔️@katana
KAT is live. The Armory is open⚔️
Katana introduces something new:
A chain that routes revenue back into the ecosystem to reward active users.
At the center is KAT.
Stake, vote, earn here: app.katana.network/stake
2:37 PM · Mar 18, 2026 · 121K Views
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