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Linear Finance has announced its closure due to financial difficulties amplified by Binance’s delisting of its LINA token. The team will soon provide users with instructions on liquidating their positions, marking the end of the project’s multi-year journey. Cross-Chain Protocol Linear Finance Winds Down After Market Woes Linear Finance, a cross-chain synthetic asset protocol, has […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/linear-finance-shuts-down-amid-financial-struggles-and-binances-lina-delisting/

SEOUL, South Korea, March 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — CROSS Protocol, a blockchain gaming pioneer, has secured $10 million in its private token sale while establishing an unprecedented equal pricing model for all investors. The company sold 100 million tokens—10% of its planned 1 billion supply—at $0.10 per token, a price that will remain consistent for its upcoming public sale. “It’s fair…

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Lawmakers in the US Senate Banking Committee questioned prospective Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member Paul Atkins on his ties to the crypto industry and how he might regulate digital assets if confirmed. Questioning Atkins at his nomination hearing on March 27, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren said the former SEC commissioner had had “staggeringly bad judgment” in his role leading…

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Tether’s crosschain US-dollar stablecoin, USDT0, has been deployed to Optimism’s Superchain, increasing access to the world’s most widely used stable asset across Ethereum’s layer-2 ecosystem. On March 27, Optimism announced that the dollar-pegged USDT0 is now live on the OP mainnet. The crosschain stablecoin’s first deployment was on Ink, Kraken’s DeFi-focused layer-2. USDT0 is essentially a bridged version of Tether’s…

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Tariff fears Return, Hyperliquid thwarts Attack, GameStop to buy BTC Tariff fears Return, Hyperliquid thwarts Attack, GameStop to buy BTC – FOMO HOUR EP322 Crypto falls after tariff announcement sinks macro. Fear & Greed index back to ‘Fear’. Hyperliquid saves itself after JellyJelly short ‘attack’. Binance & OKX blamed for JellyJelly attack. Hyperliquid criticised for centralisation in response. Wyoming plans…

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Stablecoin issuer Circle and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the company that operates the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) among others and provides clearinghouse services, are collaborating to explore stablecoin integration in ICE’s operations. The companies will explore the potential integration of Circle’s US dollar stablecoin (USDC) and its US Yield Coin (USYC) into ICE’s derivatives exchanges, clearinghouses, data services and other…

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Although $12 billion worth of Bitcoin options contracts expire tomorrow—one of the largest quarterly expiries that derivatives exchange Deribit has seen—CEO Luuk Strijers says he expects volatility to be subdued. On Derebit alone, the March 28 expiry affects 45% of the open options contracts on the platform. The exchange currently has $27 billion worth of open interest in Bitcoin contracts,…

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Economic experts and institutions are increasingly coalescing around heightened warnings of a U.S. recession in 2025, with some amplifying dire predictions of a dollar crisis and systemic instability. Recession Roulette The possibility of a U.S. recession in 2025 has ignited fierce debate among economists, financial institutions, and policymakers, with forecasts split between warnings of an […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/2025-recession-fears-mount-as-economists-predict-dollars-fate-trumps-tariffs/

Officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons have moved former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried to a transit facility days after right-wing political commentator Tucker Carlson interviewed him. As of March 27, the Federal Bureau of Prisons website showed Bankman-Fried was being housed at the Federal Transfer Center (FTC) in Oklahoma City, suggesting that he may be moved from the…

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NYSE parent ICE and crypto titan Circle team up in a landmark move to turbocharge Wall Street’s adoption of Circle’s $60B stablecoin USDC and tokenized money market assets. ICE and Circle Partner to Explore Stablecoin-Based Financial Products Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, and fintech firm Circle Internet […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/nyse-parent-company-ice-eyes-usdc-usyc-for-new-market-solutions/