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Gemini is facing a class-action investor lawsuit alleging it misled investors about its business prospects and strategy, following layoffs, executive departures, a major restructuring and exiting key international markets. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

According to Bloomberg, crypto exchange Gemini has cut about 30% of its workforce since the start of the year, reducing headcount to around 445, and introduced AI tools to boost efficiency. The company reported a 2025 net loss of about $585 million, with Q4 revenue of roughly $60 million but widening losses. Previously, it had announced ~25% layoffs, exited the UK, EU, and Australia, and replaced several senior executives. x.com/business/statu…

Amid heightened volatility in commodities like gold and silver and rising macro trading demand, GMTrade, an RWA-focused decentralized perpetuals platform, said its 24h trading volume exceeded $500 million, making it the largest perp DEX on Solana currently. x.com/gmtrade_xyz/st…

Coinbase has launched stock perpetual futures for non-U.S. users, offering 24/7 leveraged synthetic exposure to U.S. equities like Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla, as well as ETFs such as SPY and QQQ, with up to 10x–20x leverage, USDC settlement, and aiming to expand its global derivatives. x.com/CoinbaseMarket…

March 20 Options Data 23,000 BTC options expired, with a put-call ratio of 0.88, a maximum pain point of $70,000, and a notional value of $1.6 billion. 176,000 ETH options expired, with a put-call ratio of 1.04, a maximum pain point of $2,150, and a notional value of $370 million. x.com/GreeksLive/sta…

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Morgan Stanley has filed a second amended S-1 for its spot bitcoin ETF with the SEC, confirming the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust will list on NYSE Arca under the ticker MSBT. The filing discloses a basket size of 10k shares and an initial seed of 50k shares, expected to raise about $1 million. The amendment signals progress but does not guarantee approval; if approved, Morgan Stanley could become the first major U.S. bank to directly issue a spot bitcoin ETF.

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CZ Recalls the 2014 Chicago Conference: 19-Year-Old Vitalik Brought Up Ethereum to Anyone He Met Binance founder CZ reviewed the history of the digital asset industry during a live broadcast at the DC Blockchain Summit 2026 on March 18. CZ summarized that the crypto industry has gone through a journey of being "ignored for the first 5 years, fought against for the next 5 years, and now finally accepted." He reflected that industry conferences in 2014 only had about 200 attendees, noting that a 19-year-old Vitalik was talking about Ethereum to everyone back then—which is now an asset worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

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MLB Names Polymarket Official Partner as Legal Uncertainty Persists MLB has named Polymarket its official prediction market exchange and signed an MOU with the CFTC to establish an information-sharing and integrity framework. Regulatory uncertainty remains, with the American Gaming Association arguing such markets fall under state-level sports betting rules. The agreement includes a termination clause if courts rule prediction markets violate state laws.

Kalshi Raises Over $1B at $22B Valuation Despite Regulatory Pressure According to Bloomberg, Kalshi has raised more than $1 billion in a new funding round at a $22 billion valuation, roughly doubling from about $11 billion in December 2025; the round was led by Coatue Management, and the company’s annualized revenue stands at approximately $1.5 billion. Despite regulatory pressure, including accusations by the Arizona attorney general of operating an “illegal gambling” business, investor demand for exposure to the prediction market sector remains intact. x.com/business/statu…

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ECB officials said they could raise rates as early as the April 29–30 meeting if the Iran conflict pushes inflation significantly above target, though no decision has been made and some see June as more likely; markets have increased tightening bets, now pricing at least two rate hikes this year.

The situation in the Middle East worsens: Iran Strike Disrupts 17% of Qatar LNG Capacity Reuters, citing QatarEnergy CEO Saad al-Kaabi, said Iran’s latest strike on Qatar has damaged about 17% of its LNG export capacity, with repairs expected to take three to five years, further escalating tensions in the Middle East. On supply disruption concerns, European natural gas futures rise as much as 35%, more than doubling prewar levels, while a significant LNG shortfall is set to force Asian buyers to seek alternative supplies.

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On March 18 (ET), Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded total net outflows of $164 million, ending a seven-day streak of net inflows. Ethereum spot ETFs saw total net outflows of $55.7024 million yesterday, reversing to net outflows after six consecutive days of net inflows.

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Quantum technology company BTQ Technologies announced that it has successfully deployed the first functional implementation of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal BIP-360 on its Bitcoin Quantum testnet (v0.3.0). BIP-360 introduces a new output type called “Pay-to-Merkle-Root”, aimed at minimizing the exposure risk of elliptic curve public keys.

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The market capitalization of tokenized equities has reached $1.5 billion, increasing by nearly $600 million since the beginning of the year. Among them, xStocks (Solana) has exceeded $800 million in tokenized equities, while Ondo Global Markets (Ethereum, BSC + Solana) has reached $630 million. Notably, Circle’s tokenized equities are the largest assets by market cap on both xStocks and Ondo Global Markets.