Robinhood launches prediction markets to tap into event contracts demand

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/robinhood-expands-betting-footprint-with-prediction-markets-launch-2025-03-17/

The crypto market is neutral
BTC Dominance - 60.23%

Market Cap - $2.74T
BTC - $83,102.39 (-0.73%)
ETH - $1,899.79 (-0.61%)
XRP - $2.27 (-3.33%)
BNB - $627.83 (-0.26%)
SOL - $124.03 (-3.99%)
ZRO - $2.27 (-2.2%)

https://dropstab.com

Ethena and Securitize launch Converge, a new institutional-grade EVM chain for tokenized assets

Mainnet is scheduled to launch in Q2.

https://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1901672646015856749

Bybit will delist the EVERY/USDT, GG/USDT, CUSD/USDT, BUBBLE/USDT, TAVA/USDT, PLANET/USDT and IRL/USDT trading pairs on the platform after Mar 21, 2025, 8:00 UTC

https://announcements.bybit.com/en/article/delisting-of-every-gg-cusd-bubble-tava-planet-and-irl-blt63ba4d09c88511f3/

Acting SEC chair Uyeda directs staff to reexamine proposed crypto custody rule

The custody rule, proposed under the former Biden administration when Gary Gensler led the agency, would expand the current custody rule to include any client assets that an adviser has custody over and would also add more protections to those assets.

Last week, Uyeda said he directed the agency's staff to review a proposed rule change that would expand the definition of an "exchange" in a way that could potentially loop in decentralized crypto projects.

https://www.theblock.co/post/346616/acting-sec-chair-uyeda-directs-staff-to-reexamine-proposed-crypto-custody-rule

Trump, Associates Net $390 Million Payday From World Liberty Token Sale

The DeFi project closed a $550 million sale of WLFI, its governance token. After expenses, 75% of that goes to Trump and his partners.

https://decrypt.co/310250/trump-390-million-payday-world-liberty-token-sale

Bithumb will list Bubblemaps (BMT)

https://feed.bithumb.com/notice/1647528

According to SlowMist, Four meme tokens were exploited by an attacker who took advantage of a pre-launch vulnerability to steal liquidity.

https://x.com/SlowMist_Team/status/1901845958767657072

World Network is partnering with Razer to introduce 'Razer ID Verified by World ID,' a proof-of-human technology aimed at combating bots

https://www.razer.com/software/proof-of-human

Aptos has announced LFM, a new TGE program for Aptos projects

https://x.com/Aptos/status/1901785803468214588

Winklevosses’ Gemini Names Dan Chen as CFO of Crypto Exchange

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-17/winklevoss-s-gemini-names-dan-chen-as-cfo-of-crypto-exchange

Upbit has listed Loom Network (LOOM)

https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=4957

Microsoft Incident Response researchers uncovered a novel remote access trojan (RAT) named StilachiRAT that uses a variety of methods to steal information from target systems, such as:

▫️Digital wallet targeting: Scans for configuration data of 20 different cryptocurrency wallet extensions for the Google Chrome browser.
▫️Credential theft: Extracts and decrypts saved credentials from Google Chrome, gaining access to usernames and passwords stored in the browser.
▫️Clipboard and data collection: Continuously monitors clipboard content, actively searching for sensitive data like passwords and cryptocurrency keys, while tracking active windows and applications.

https://x.com/slowmist_team/status/1901921386060460122
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/17/stilachirat-analysis-from-system-reconnaissance-to-cryptocurrency-theft/

Binance has announced the 12th project on the HODLer Airdrops page - Bubblemaps (BMT)

Users who subscribed their BNB to Simple Earn (Flexible and/or Locked) and/or On-Chain Yields products from 2025-03-02 00:00 UTC to 2025-03-06 23:59 UTC will get the airdrops distribution.

Binance will then list BMT at 2025-03-18 15:00 UTC and open trading against USDT, USDC, BNB, FDUSD, and TRY pairs.

HODLer Airdrops Token Rewards: 30,000,000 BMT (3% of max token supply)

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/6539265e571540298fa4b7943140469d

Four.Meme has resumed the launch function, affected users can apply for compensation

https://x.com/four_meme_/status/1901927377917350033

ZachXBT: „It’s funny watching CT speculate on the “Hyperliquid whale” when in reality it’s just a cybercriminal gambling with stolen funds.“

A Hyperliquid whale placed the largest BTC short ever, betting $520M on Bitcoin’s decline with 40x leverage, 6,210 BTC at $83,898 entry, liquidation at $85,561.

https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1901904031351509266

TRX will be soon on solana, according to Justin Sun

https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1901957235695092149

Strategy to issue 5 million stocks for ~$500M to raise funds to buy more Bitcoin

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050446/000119312525056178/d927140d424b5.htm

21Shares submits application to launch a Polkadot ETF on NASDAQ

https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/assets/rulebook/nasdaq/filings/SR-NASDAQ-2025-029.pdf?o=true