Year: 2026

UK shuts down crypto exchange Zedxion after sanctions probe ties platform to Iranian networks

Britain’s company register has moved to dissolve cryptocurrency exchange Zedxion, accused of processing funds for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Summary Britain’s Companies House has moved to dissolve Zedxion after findings linked the exchange to IRGC-connected transactions and misleading incorporation…

NFT

SEC, CFTC Declare Ethereum, Solana and 14 Cryptos Not Securities

After more than a decade of debate, enforcement actions, and industry lobbying, U.S. regulators have taken a decisive step toward clarifying how cryptocurrencies fit into federal law. On March 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures…

Ripple Survey Finds Mass Adoption Momentum — ‘The Digital Asset Revolution Is Happening Now’

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ripple on Thursday released findings from a global survey of more than 1,000 finance leaders, and concluded that the “digital asset revolution is happening now.”  The study,…

World Gold Council plans to build shared infrastructure platform for digital gold

The World Gold Council (WGC), a London-based industry body established to promote gold markets on behalf of leading mining companies, has proposed “Gold as a Service,” a shared infrastructure that connects physical gold custody with digital issuance and management. The…

Adapt or Fail: Why TradFi Must Treat Stablecoins as Infrastructure, Not Competition

Ramp Network CEO Przemek Kowalczyk argues that traditional “lock-and-mint” bridges are inherently flawed due to their large attack surfaces and reliance on centralized validator sets. He adds that the rise of artificial intelligence agent frameworks, such as Openclaw, is transitioning…

How Will Markets React to $2.1B Crypto Options Expiring?

Another Friday is here again, and another batch of Bitcoin and Ethereum options contracts is expiring as spot markets retreat from their recent rally.   Around 24,600 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Mar. 20, with a notional value…

Lithosphere News

Lithic AI Provider Standard Enables Interoperable AI Infrastructure

Singapore, Singapore–(Newsfile Corp. – March 20, 2026) – Lithosphere has introduced LEP100-2, the AI Provider Standard within the Lithic framework, designed to establish a unified model for how artificial intelligence services integrate with decentralized smart contract infrastructure. The standard…

Wave3 Community and DVCode CEO Launch Crypto & Web3 Education Books for Filipino Youth and Traders

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Kentucky crypto bill under fire over proposed hardware wallet “backdoor” requirement

A state-level crypto regulatory bill introduced in Kentucky includes provisions that would force hardware wallet manufacturers to build a “backdoor” into devices, according to the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Summary Kentucky House Bill 380 proposes requiring hardware wallet providers to enable…

From Trillion-Dollar Chips to Power Grid Stress: AI’s Breakneck Week Explained

This week saw the artificial intelligence (AI) industry rocked by a potential Microsoft-OpenAI legal dispute over a $50 billion Amazon cloud partnership, Nvidia announcing $1 trillion in chip orders at its GTC developer conference, and new federal warnings that surging…