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Australia has passed its first comprehensive digital-asset framework, locking in a licensing regime for crypto platforms and custodians under the existing financial‑services law.

A New Comprehensive Crypto Framework

The Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025 that passed just today has one key requirement. Now, most centralized exchanges and tokenized custody platforms that hold client assets must obtain an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), coming under ASIC’s full oversight on custody, disclosure, governance, and risk management.

Rather than policing individual crypto assets, the law zeroes in on the intermediaries that hold costumers’ funds, seeking to curb risks such as fund mixing, bankruptcies, and asset abuse that have fueled past crypto blowups.

The law doesn’t just cover spot trading. It carves out two fresh classes of regulated firms: DigitalAssetPlatforms (DAPs) and tokenized custody platforms (TCPs). The legislations subjects them both to the same fundamental rulebook that governs brokers and asset managers. This is key for real‑world asset tokenization and institutional products.

According to the bill itself, businesses will have 18 months to comply with the new licensing and operational standards. The only exemptions are for very small providers with low annual transaction volumes. It is worth noting that this 18-month shift could create temporary friction in on‑ramps, liquidity fragmentation, and higher spreads as platforms rework banking relationships and risk controls.

What This Means For The Market

Bringing exchanges and tokenization providers fully under the Corporations Act could finally give TradFi the legal certainty it has been waiting for. With these businesses operating under the same familiar framework that governs traditional securities and managed funds, banks, pension funds, and asset managers gain clearer lines of accountability, standardized disclosures, and enforceable investor protections. That clarity lowers reputational and compliance risk for institutions that have been reluctant to touch digital assets, potentially opening the door to new products, deeper liquidity, and more direct participation in tokenization and crypto markets.

The new legislation, introduced and read for the first time at the ending of November 2025, could unlock up to A$24 billion a year in productivity and efficiencies across the financial sector if tokenization and digital asset infrastructure scale, government‑backed estimates. The now passed bill positions Australia as one of the most proactive jurisdictions in the global race for crypto regulation. This new more EU‑style, MiCA‑like regime competes with hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong in the race to host compliant digital asset platforms.

Short term, it is safe to expect the possible delistings of niche tokens, tighter onboarding and KYC, and periodic volatility as local liquidity migrates toward fully licensed venues. Medium term, we could see deeper order books on fewer, heavily supervised platforms, more institutional flow, growing tokenization plays, and a clearer split between “regulatory premium” assets and unloved, hard‑to‑list tokens

If the framework lands well, Australia could become a regulated gateway for Asia‑Pacific crypto capital.

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Из протокола Drift, работающего на блокчейне Solana, неизвестные вывели более $270 млн, обратили внимание аналитики платформы Lookonchain. Вся сумма была переведена на кошелек, который начинается с HkGz4K.

The prospect of a US military withdrawal from Iran within the next 15 to 20 days is already sending ripples through the global markets. From the price of Bitcoin to the cost of a barrel of crude, investors are scrambling to figure out if we are looking at a genuine de-escalation or just a temporary calm before another storm.

A Conditional Departure

Speaking to reporters, US President Donald Trump suggested that the current conflict might be nearing its end, hinting that US forces could wrap up operations “soon.”

While the White House is floating a two-to-three-week timeline, there’s a major catch: Washington isn’t leaving until they feel their military objectives are met.

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States could end its military attacks on Iran within two to three weeks and Tehran did not have to make a deal as a prerequisite for the conflict to wind down.

The remarks underscored the shifting and at times contradictory…

— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) April 1, 2026

The markets reacted almost instantly to the news. Traders and investors saw stocks tick upward while oil prices finally caught a break, cooling off as the fear of a total blockade in the Strait of Hormuz began to fade.

Interestingly, officials have clarified that this isn’t about a peace treaty; it’s a strategic exit based on how much of Tehran’s military capability the US can dismantle before heading for the door.

The Volatility Window

Despite the optimistic talk of leaving, the situation on the ground is far from settled. Reports of ongoing US strikes suggest that the next few days could still be quite violent. Trump has made it clear that he wants to “degrade” Iran’s ability to fight back before pulling the plug, which leaves traders in a difficult spot.

If the exit happens fast, we’ll likely see a massive relief rally. If the military gets bogged down in “one last strike,” expect volatility to come roaring back.

Bitcoin Braces For A Move

Crypto traders are perhaps the most tuned-in to this window. Bitcoin has spent the last week acting like a geopolitical barometer, swinging wildly with every headline out of the Gulf.

Currently, Bitcoin is hovering in that $68,300 to $69,000 range, stubbornly holding onto support. The “smart money” seems to be playing both sides of the fence right now.

NOW – Trump says the U.S. will leave the Iran War in 2 or 3 weeks. pic.twitter.com/p0j83neowV

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 31, 2026

The Bitcoin bull case would be a clean US exit removes the “uncertainty tax” on risk assets, potentially sending Bitcoin back toward all-time highs.

The bear case would be the withdrawal timeline slips and more strikes occur, we could see a “flush out” as investors flee to traditional hedges.

For now, the message from Washington is loud and clear, but it comes with a massive asterisk. The US is packing its bags, but it’s going to make sure it finishes the job before it leaves the room.

Featured image from Reuters/Kevin Lamarque, chart from TradingView

The South Korean police have uncovered a criminal ring that offers revenge services to clients, with every job paid for in crypto.

“We will take revenge in your behalf” As Long As You Pay In Crypto

Red paint on the door. Human waste on the stairwell. Defamatory leaflets scattered through the building. A Telegram channel with self destructing messages offering revenge “on demand” for any interested vindictive crypto-owner. This is not the premise of a Korean action movie, but an actual case the Korean police is currently investigating.

South Korean outlets reported on Monday that the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency have now linked at least six similar “revenge attacks” across cities like Hwaseong, Uiwang, Gunpo, Pyeongtaek and Paju, all allegedly commissioned over private Telegram channels and funded with small crypto payments. None of the crimes have yet been reported in Seoul, according to the police.

Price offers include around $325 in crypto to blanket a neighborhood with flyers falsely branding men as child sex offenders or women as prostitutes. For up to roughly $1,300, you can go for more extreme harassment, like smearing human waste on doors and stairwells, gluing locks, and aggressive graffiti.

Inside Some Of The Grueling Crypto Revenges

On February this year, the Gyeonggi police arrested two men in their 20s in two separate cases, for breaking into multi-unit dwelling, scattering food waste and human feces on apartment front doors and spray-painting them and posting threatening flyers, Dong-A Ilbo claims. Both men confessed they carried out the attacks after being paid 600,000 to 800,000 won in cryptocurrency by an anonymous “boss” they had connected with on Telegram.

In January, the police pulled off a rare move by arresting an entire four‑person crew, including a ringleader in his 30s. In a particularly brazen twist, they allegedly hired a man in his 40s under the guise of a consulting role at a Baedal Minjok outsourcing firm to steal the personal data they needed. Investigators say he went on to access more than 1,000 individuals’ details for purposes unrelated to customer support.

Nobody in the chain knows each other’s real identities.

According to JoongAng Ilbo, the criminal rings advertised for customers through the social network X, with slogans like: “We will take care of even your most unspeakable problems, from bank‑account blackmail and infidelity to school bullying offenders and scam victims, in a satisfying way.”

Reporters Kim Jeong-jae and Han Chan-woo actually contacted some of this operators to uncover the working methods of the organizations. One of this brokers told them that they don’t carry out actual killings, but will resort to physical assaults if needed. The broker laid out four main revenge tactics: fabricating criminal allegations, cutting off the target’s financial access, wrecking their reputation within their social circle, and staging accidents that cause bodily harm. The claim went as far as assuring they could pin unsolved crimes on the chosen victim and even push cases far enough that the person ends up with a prison sentence or a hefty fine.

Reporter Kim Kang-woo for the Kiho Ilbo explained their modus operandi meticulously. Members of the organizations recruit perpetrators using bait such as “high-paying part-time jobs.” The handlers supplied details like the victims’ home addresses and common entrance codes, along with step‑by‑step instructions for the job. The attackers carry out the crimes mostly at dawn, when streets are quiet. They take care to avoid cameras by wearing hats and masks to hide their faces from nearby CCTV. Afterward, they snap “proof” photos of the damage on their phones and sent the images back to their superiors.

What This Means For The Market

South Korea is not the only country suffering from very dark crypto-linked crimes. Famous cases include the 2015 Silk Road saga, with its developer Ross Ulbritch being sentenced to life in prison for building a dark web platform where users could purchase drugs and other illicit services using Bitcoin. He was later granted a pardon by US President Donald Trump in January 2025.

The North Korea‑affiliated Lazarus Group has funneled billions of dollars in stolen money through cryptocurrency networks.

As South Korean police hunt for the still‑unknown masterminds and brokers, these cases become fresh ammunition for politicians who want tougher controls on self‑custody, mixers and privacy tools. Every lurid headline about crypto‑funded harassment helps justify stricter travel‑rule enforcement, tighter exchange surveillance and potentially harsher penalties for non‑compliant platforms. This trends can affect liquidity, on‑ramps and volatility even if the underlying use‑cases are tiny in value terms.

Serious traders should treat this as a sentiment and regulation signal. The more crypto is linked to cheap, personalised violence, the stronger the case for intrusive oversight.

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Исследователь безопасности Алекс Сол (Alex Sol), использующий псевдоним Scalar, обнаружил критическую уязвимость в узлах Zcash. Уязвимость позволяла недобросовестным майнерам вывести более 25 000 ZEC на сумму $6,5 млн из устаревшего пула Sprout.

Спотовые биржевые фонды, паи которых привязаны к курсу биткоина, зафиксировали в марте приток средств размером $1,32 млрд — впервые в этом году, а точнее даже с октября, показали данные платформы SoSoValue.

A company that built its name on cryptocurrency mining is walking away from the business entirely. Bitfarms announced plans Tuesday to rebrand as Keel Infrastructure and move its legal base from Canada to the US, capping a five-month exit from Bitcoin that management described as a deliberate break from the past.

No Half-Measures In The Company’s New Direction

CEO Ben Gagnon made the company’s position plain during an earnings call. “No half-measures, no compromises, and in time, no Bitcoin,” he said. “We built a new company.” Bitfarms is now focused on building and operating data centers that power high-performance computing and artificial intelligence platforms.

According to company filings, it is developing a 2.2-gigawatt infrastructure pipeline across North America, targeting what it calls hyperscalers and next-generation cloud providers.

The rebrand and the relocation have both received shareholder approval. The move to the US signals a deliberate repositioning — one aimed at tapping a market where AI infrastructure spending has been climbing steadily.

A Year Of Heavy Losses Tied To Falling Bitcoin Prices

The company’s 2025 financial results, also released Tuesday, showed a net loss of $284.5 million — wider than the year before. Revenue rose 70% year-on-year to close to $230 million, but the cost of generating that revenue came in at $248 million, producing a gross loss before other expenses were counted.

General and administrative costs also increased. A swing in the fair value of digital assets cost the company almost $51 million last year, compared to a $26 million gain in 2024. A $28 million gain from selling digital assets partially offset those figures.

Bitcoin mining has become a harder business to run. Data shows the leading cryptocurrency has dropped 45% from its October high. Mining difficulty — a measure of how hard it is to earn new coins — has risen 58% since the last halving in May 2024. Those conditions squeezed margins across the industry, not just at Bitfarms.

Despite the losses, investors responded positively. Shares closed Tuesday up 6.60%, trading at 2.73 Canadian dollars, or roughly $1.96 US.

Bitcoin Holdings Still On The Books For Now

Reports indicate the company still holds about $161 million in Bitcoin that carries no debt against it. That reserve provides some financial flexibility as the transition continues.

Bitfarms is not alone in making this kind of shift. Iris Energy has been scaling AI cloud services using Nvidia graphics processors. Cipher Mining locked in a long-term hosting deal with AI cloud firm Fluidstack.

Riot Platforms and MARA Holdings have both expanded into AI and high-performance computing as well. The pattern reflects a broader move by mining companies seeking higher margins in a different corner of the tech sector.

For Bitfarms, the message from leadership is that the old business is done. What comes next is being built from the ground up — under a new name, in a new country, chasing a different market entirely.

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Министр энергетики Московской области Сергей Воропанов предложил запретить добычу криптовалют в Москве и Подмосковье. С этой инициативой чиновник выступил на форуме «Энергопром-2026» в Казани.

Крупнейшая в Латинской Америке площадка электронной коммерции Mercado Libre перестанет выпускать токен Mercado Coin, эмиссия которого началась почти четыре года назад в рамках клиентской программы лояльности. Токен должен перестать функционировать 17 апреля.

Over the years, the rivalry between Ethereum, Solana, and XRP has grown tougher, with investors staking their claims with their favorites. After the last bull run, though, Solana seemed to come out ahead, hitting new all-time highs before Ethereum, and completely outpacing XRP that never hit new peaks. But now, after the bull run is done and prices have begun to fall again, we take a look at which of these three have held up their value better.

Ethereum Holds Up Similarly To Bitcoin

Ethereum only briefly made a new peak of $4,953 last year, and this was very short-lived. As the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, it is the digital asset that has most mirrored the Bitcoin performance during the decline, returning with similar numbers.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, the Ethereum price is down around 59% since 2025, not far off from Bitcoin’s 47% in the same time period. In a similar fashion, the daily trading volume is down more than 65% from its all-time high, mirroring the same pattern. Interestingly, the Ethereum price is up 6% on a year-to-date basis.

XRP’s Failure To Hit All-Time Highs Shows Weakness

Between 2024 and 2025, the XRP price was able to rally by around 600%, hitting about $3.5. However, even this major rally could not propel the altcoin price well enough to hit a new all-time high and break the 2017 $3.8 record. The price eventually peaked in 2025, and it has been downhill ever since.

With the XRP price trading below $1.5, this means that the altcoin is now more than 65% below its all-time high levels. On a year-to-date basis, the XRP price is down 37%, despite major developments such as the XRP Vs. SEC lawsuit coming to an end, and the advent of Vanguard allowing ETFs on its platform, among others.

Solana Rallied The Strongest, But Struggles The Most

The Solana price hit multiple new peaks during the last bull run, outperforming both XRP and Ethereum. But the decline has been just as strong as its rally. CoinMarketCap data shows that Solana is currently trading more than 71% below its $294 all-time high that was set in 2025.

Over the last year, the Solana price has crashed more than 35%, and this decline has seen it crash below $100 for the first time since 2024. Meme coin activity, which was the primary driver of the Solana price, has died down significantly, and this decline in activity has contributed to the bearish pressure.

Going by the data, the Ethereum price has held up the best, with XRP coming in second. The Solana price has suffered the most during this time, emerging the worse-off out of the three.

Сооснователь Эфириума Виталик Бутерин продал новую партию пожертвованных ему мемкоинов, выручив 14,5 ETH на сумму около $30 000, сообщила платформа аналитики Onchain Lens со ссылкой на данные Arkham Intelligence.

В марте крупные криптопроекты потеряли $52 млн из-за взломов. Это почти вдвое больше, чем месяцем ранее: в феврале ущерб составил около $26,5 млн, сообщили аналитики работающей в сфере кибербезопасности компании PeckShieldAlert.

Data shows the transfer fees on the Bitcoin network has dropped to its lowest in 15 years, a sign of significant reduction in blockchain usage.

30-Day SMA Of Bitcoin Transaction Fees Has Seen A Massive Decline

In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has discussed the latest trend in the Bitcoin Total Transaction Fees. This indicator measures, as its name suggests, the daily total amount of fees that senders are paying to the network every day.

Users attach transfer fees with their moves as compensation for the miners who handle them. The average amount of fees that senders opt for is usually related to the activity that’s occurring on the network.

The Bitcoin blockchain only has a limited capacity to process transactions, so whenever there is a high amount of transfer activity, the mempool can become clogged. When that happens, transfers can sometimes end up stuck in waiting for long.

Users who don’t want to wait for congestion to clear up can simply opt to pay a higher-than-average fee, incentivizing miners to prioritize their moves. As senders compete in this manner, the Total Transaction Fees can blow up.

In contrast, users have no need to attach any significant amount of fees with their transactions during periods of little activity, as the miners will quickly process their transfers regardless.

Now, here is the chart shared by Glassnode that shows the trend in the 30-day simple moving average (SMA) of the Bitcoin Total Transaction Fees over the history of the cryptocurrency:

As displayed in the above graph, the BTC-denominated Total Transaction Fees has witnessed its 30-day SMA go through a downtrend since the peak at the start of 2024. Interestingly, the decline maintained even as BTC observed multiple bull rallies to new all-time highs (ATHs).

This would imply that even the bullish price action was unable to attract network demand. A potential reason behind this could be the launch of the spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States. The spot ETFs are investment vehicles that allow for an off-chain route of investment into the cryptocurrency.

These funds were approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) back in January 2024, which is when the Total Transaction Fees topped out. Considering the timing, it’s possible that the presence of the spot ETFs had a role to play in the decline in on-chain activity.

Today, the 30-day SMA of the Bitcoin Total Transaction Fees is sitting at 2.5 BTC per day, which is the lowest value since March 2011. “Fee compression of this magnitude reflects a significant reduction in on-chain demand for block space, consistent with subdued network,” noted the analytics firm.

BTC Price

Bitcoin has retraced its recent recovery as its price has dropped to the $67,900 mark.

Полиция Западной Бенгалии в Индии арестовала основателя и председателя правления крупной промышленной корпорации Ruia Group Павана Кумара Руиа (Pawan Kumar Ruia). Бизнесмена подозревают в причастности к мошенничеству, связанному с отмыванием денег через криптовалюты.

На криптовалютном рынке сформировались условия, характерные для «финальной стадии капитуляции», заявили аналитики ончейн-платформы CryptoQuant.

Основатель проектов DeGods и y00ts Рохун Вор (Rohun Vora), известный под псевдонимом Frank, заявил, что главной причиной кризиса рынка мемкоинов стало отсутствие новых покупателей.

Due to growing political tension and ongoing talks between the banking and cryptocurrency industries, TD Cowen has drastically lowered its estimate of the likelihood that the long-awaited CLARITY Act, the proposed US crypto market-structure bill, will become law this year. 

The investment bank’s managing director, Jaret Seiberg, now places the probability of Senate passage and subsequent House approval at roughly one‑in‑three, a markedly more pessimistic assessment than earlier expectations.

Coinbase And Banks Spar Over Stablecoin Yield 

Senators are reportedly preparing to circulate a revised draft of the CLARITY Act as soon as this week. The bill is intended to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets, but one of its most consequential provisions would broadly prohibit platforms from providing yield “directly or indirectly” on stablecoins.

That restriction has prompted strong objections from major crypto firms and complicated talks with banking interests. Coinbase’s global head of investment research said last week the industry is coordinating a counterproposal.

Seiberg argues the proposed stablecoin restriction is fraught with tradeoffs. “The problem is that this would discourage investors from using stablecoins as a way to invest excess liquidity, which is why platforms like Coinbase would object,” he wrote. 

From the banks’ perspective, limiting stablecoin yield is also beneficial because it reduces the incentive for crypto platforms to use stablecoins for everyday payments — an outcome banks view as a threat to core deposits.

Beyond stablecoin yield, several other complex and unresolved subjects remain likely to shape final negotiations: safeguards for decentralized finance (DeFi), token classification, and rules for tokenizing real‑world assets (RWAs). 

Those issues have proven difficult to reconcile across the political and industrial divides, and they are keeping lawmakers and industry groups locked in detailed bargaining.

Senators Temper Optimism On Crypto Bill

TD Cowen’s Managing Director also noted that even lawmakers who had previously expressed confidence about passage are tempering expectations. 

Politico reported that Senator Mark Warner reduced his estimate for passage to between 50% and 60%, down from earlier forecasts near 80%. “The signs are not pointing to success,” Seiberg observed.

Seiberg expects the most likely window for action to be in late July, arguing that the threat of the recess could force senators toward compromise. “We see the prospects as lower. To us, there is a one‑in‑three probability for the Senate to advance a version of the CLARITY Act that the House will pass,” he wrote. 

He added that the only plausible route to enactment, in his view, would be for Congress to push through a compromise despite objections from both Coinbase and the banking sector — a scenario he described as possible but unlikely, since Congress usually only takes that course intermittently.

For now, uncertainty persists around whether the bill’s language can be adjusted to satisfy both sides. A key procedural milestone to watch is the markup date for the Senate Banking Committee, which will signal whether negotiators are ready to move from drafting to formal consideration.

Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com 

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