On March 22, 2026, the decentralized finance ecosystem faced a significant stress test as Resolve’s USR stablecoin lost its $1 peg, dropping to an intraday low of $0.948. This sudden de-pegging event was triggered by a “liquidity crunch” on major decentralized exchanges, where a series of large-scale sell orders overwhelmed the protocol’s automated market maker […]
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Mastercard is acquiring BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure firm, for up to $1.8 billion. The acquisition aims to integrate stablecoin and blockchain payment capabilities into Mastercard’s global network. Mastercard Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire BVNK, a London‑based stablecoin infrastructure and payments platform, in a deal valued at up to $1.8 billion, expanding its digital assets […]
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Shoppers are still flocking to Walmart. The company raised its full-year earnings and sales outlook Thursday, heading into the crucial holiday shopping season. Walmart also offered fresh signs that it is shedding its original identity as a strictly down-market brick-and-mortar operation by growing its e-commerce business and increasing its market share of higher-income shoppers. Walmart’s […]
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Bitcoin and ether slumped to multi-month lows on Friday, with cryptocurrencies swept up in a broader flight from riskier assets as investors worried about lofty tech valuations and bets on near-term U.S. interest rate cuts faded. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, fell 5.5% to a seven-month low of $81,668. Ether slid more than 6% to […]
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Solana climbs to $93 with a 5% gain in value. Technical indicators suggest signs of recovery. Solana (SOL), a prominent altcoin, has been in a prolonged consolidation following some noticeable correction from its former highs. The broader crypto market is up by over 2%, with sentiment lingering in fear. The green wave would persist only […]
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Regardless of the cooling ETF demand, XRP has managed to sustain support over the $1.40 level. Keeping a technical perspective, momentum indicators indicate that bearish pressure is slowly declining. The XRP price is stabilising around a prominent technical level even as institutional flows wear out, surging questions regarding the upcoming move of the token. At […]
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Gold be expected to fall to the next support level 4400.00 (low of the previous correction (A) from January, which is also the target price for the completion of the active impulse wave 3). Gold broke support area Likely to fall to support level 4400.00 Gold recently broke the support area between the support level […]
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What Did the CFTC Clarify in Its New FAQ? Staff at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission published a set of frequently asked questions outlining how futures commission merchants and clearinghouses should handle crypto assets used as collateral in derivatives markets. The guidance builds on two staff letters issued in December 2025 that enabled a pilot […]
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How Did the Scam Unfold? A 66-year-old retiree in Hong Kong lost 6.6 million Hong Kong dollars, or roughly $840,000, after falling victim to three consecutive crypto investment scams, according to the city’s CyberDefender unit. The case highlights how fraud schemes can build on each other, repeatedly targeting the same individual over time. The first […]
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The United States added 119,000 jobs in September, a stronger-than-expected figure and a sign that the economy was adding jobs at a healthy clip before government shutdown. But the details of the report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics paint a more mixed picture, that of a labor market that has recently begun to look […]
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