The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has turned positive at roughly +0.0019% after around two weeks below zero, according to Coinglass data.The move hints that U.S. demand — especially from institutional and compliant capital — is starting to outpace prices on offshore exchanges again.The shift comes while the Crypto Fear & Greed Index has lingered in an “extreme fear” band for over 46 straight days, even as Bitcoin trades near cycle highs.

The deposits bring the Foundation close to its strategic staking target of 70,000 ETH, bolstering Ethereum’s proof-of-stake infrastructure.

Binance led derivatives trading in Q1 2026 with about $4.9 trillion in volume, while Hyperliquid entered the top 10 as perp DEXs continued to gain traction, according to CoinGlass.

Stephanie Cutter will join the prediction markets company as a policy adviser, having previously worked in Democratic lawmakers’ campaigns.

AI launchpad Clanker, now owned by Neynar via its acquisition of Farcaster, has launched the Clanker Ecosystem Fund to recycle protocol fees back into builders.The fund has already deployed $8 million to buy 14% of the CLANKER supply, with future fees earmarked for infrastructure and community initiatives across Clanker and Farcaster.Clanker has generated over $50 million in cumulative protocol fees on Base since late 2024, cementing it as one of the highest‑earning SocialFi primitives.

The new group will steward an open standard for embedding payments into web interactions.

Gnosis and Zisk’s Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) emerged directly from a GnosisDAO R&D mandate to explore turning Gnosis Chain into a natively integrated Ethereum layer‑2.The framework, co‑funded by the Ethereum Foundation and unveiled at EthCC 2026, aims to fix Ethereum’s “fragmentation problem” by enabling synchronous composability across L2s while keeping ETH as the core gas and settlement asset.The process marks a new phase in on‑chain governance, with DAOs effectively voting on the technical and economic destiny of entire chains, not just on parameter tweaks.

Stablecoin monthly transaction volume hit $7.2 trillion in February, surpassing the $6.8 trillion processed by the Automated Clearing House network.

South Korea has extradited alleged drug kingpin Park Wang-yeol from the Philippines and placed him under a joint drug crime task force.Investigators will scrutinize Bitcoin wallet activity to trace at least 6.8 billion won (about $5 million) in confirmed proceeds and search for far larger hidden assets.The case showcases how Korean law enforcement now leans on blockchain forensics to unwind complex, cross-border narcotics networks.

The rating leans heavily on Ripple’s balance sheet of $57 billion in cash and XRP holdings.Kroll sees Ripple Prime’s expansion into new products like equity prime brokerage and swaps as key to improving diversification.

Shiba Inu community trashes Shytoshi Kusama as he goes deeper into religion and further from SHIB.

Solana whale unlocks large amount of staked tokens, sparking curiosity about whether it is preparing to sell.