However, it could cost users between $75 and $150 per transaction in GPU computing power, limiting its practical use.

Ethereum Foundation will convert 5,000 ETH into stablecoins via CoWSwap’s TWAP feature to fund research, grants, and donations.The move follows earlier EF treasury conversions using DeFi rails as part of a broader diversification policy.Market watchers scrutinize EF sales as potential sentiment signals, even when the amounts are small relative to ETH’s total supply.

Barclays Senior US Economist Pooja Sriram forecasts March headline CPI at 0.9 percent month over month and 3.3 percent year over year, “led by a surge in gasoline prices”; BofA Securities economists project a 10.6 percent monthly jump in energy prices driving a 0.9 percent headline increase; Oxford Economics projects headline CPI above 3 percent in March and above 4 percent in AprilThe expected reading would mark a sharp reversal from the 2.4 percent annual inflation rate recorded in the first two months of 2026, and would be the first major inflation data to reflect the impact of the Iran war on consumer energy prices; Pantheon Economics says the US experienced the largest one-month jump in fuel costs since at least 1957Core CPI, which strips out volatile food and energy, is forecast to rise 0.3 percent monthly and 2.7 percent year over year, with the Federal Reserve expected to hold interest rates at 3.50 to 3.75 percent at its April 29 meeting; CME FedWatch shows 98.4 percent of respondents pricing in no change

The Japanese government officially reclassified cryptocurrency as a financial instrument on Friday through an amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.New regulations reported by Nikkei now prohibit insider trading and require asset issuers to provide transparent financial disclosures once a year.

Some industry insiders speculate the crypto sector may be just one market cycle away from full-scale mainstream adoption.

Opinion Market launches, enabling users to bet on debates with USDC in on-chain opinion-based marketsThe platform uses zero-knowledge proofs to hide bet sizes, aiming to reduce herd behavior in crypto bettingOpinion Market expands XYZVerse ecosystem, bringing participation-led betting beyond traditional trading

Shibarium transactions have dropped significantly as the blockchain enters a stabilization phase.

TD Cowen said the recent White House report on stablecoins is unlikely to change political hurdles for the crypto bill, as banks are expected to continue opposing it.The firm said the path could become even tougher as the report suggests the proposed compromise on stablecoin yield may not get the President’s support.

The CIA has already tested AI across 300 projects to process large data sets, assist with language translation and publish reports.

OKX Ventures and HashKey are buying into VPBank-backed CAEX as Vietnam’s strict crypto pilot pushes offshore exchanges toward a high-bar, onshore licensing regime.

There's now an application for a Pepe ETF, but Dogecoin funds have generated tepid inflows, according to CoinShares' James Butterfill

Yuga Labs first filed a lawsuit in June 2022, accusing Ripps and Cahen of copying its Bored Ape Yacht Club cartoon ape images and selling lookalike NFTs.

CoreWeave’s financing highlights Wall Street’s shift away from volatile, hardware-backed crypto lending toward cash-flow-driven AI infrastructure, according to TheEnergyMag.