Court Halts Trump Administration’s Ban on Anthropic’s Claude AI for Federal Agencies U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin issued the preliminary injunction on March 26, finding that the government’s actions against Anthropic likely violated the First Amendment, denied the company due process, and exceeded statutory authority under the Administrative Procedure Act. The ruling is stayed…
Morgan Stanley Undercuts Blackrock With Low-Fee Bitcoin ETF Filing A shift in bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) pricing is emerging after Morgan Stanley filed Amendment No. 3 to its S-1 registration on March 27, outlining a proposed low-fee structure for a spot bitcoin product. The filing signals a potential inflection point for cost dynamics and competition…
Binance Drives Global Crypto Payments as More Than 21M Merchants Join Digital payment adoption is accelerating across global commerce as crypto-based systems expand their reach. Binance CEO Richard Teng posted on X this week that more than 21 million merchants now accept Binance payments, signaling increased real-world usage. The executive wrote: “21M+ merchants already accept…
Is Bitcoin About to Drop Again? BTC Tests Critical $65.5K Support Level Price action on bitcoin‘s daily chart reflected a continuation of a broader downtrend that followed a lower high near the $76,000 region. The current zone around $66,000 to $67,000 has emerged as tentative support, but the inability to reclaim higher levels underscores persistent…
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 certified the class in In re Nvidia Corporation Securities Litigation (Case No. 4:18-cv-07669-HSG), clearing the case to move forward as a collective action on behalf of investors who bought or acquired…
WEEK IN REVIEW VIX Jumps to 27 as $1 Trillion Leaves US Stock Markets on Iran Oil Shock U.S. markets sold off sharply on Thursday as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions sent oil prices higher and pushed investors away from equities, crypto, and even gold… read more Editor’s comment: The “buy the dip” mantra that has worked…
Top 100 Holders Control 80% of DeFi Governance Tokens, ECB Study Finds The working paper, ECB Working Paper No. 3208, examined governance data from four protocols, Aave, MakerDAO (now rebranded as Sky), Ampleforth, and Uniswap, across two snapshots in time: November 2022 and May 2023. The protocols were selected for their size and representation of…
Lawmaker Presses Fed Over Crypto Account Approval Heightened scrutiny over access to U.S. payment infrastructure is intensifying as policymakers examine crypto integration. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter on March 26, to Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President and CEO Jeff Schmid seeking details on…
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 a transition from anticipation to active deployment. He framed the shift as a near-term inflection point driven by sustained inflows and expanding participation from large allocators. The executive expressed…
Telecommunications giant Globe Telecom has officially announced its readiness to implement a network-wide blockade of the popular gaming platform Roblox. It also detailed the technical measures it will deploy if the government’s impending ban pushes through. The statement comes just as the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) officially deferred its nationwide ban ultimatum, moving…
