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In brief The Bitcoin Policy Institute urged the Kentucky Senate to remove Section 33 of HB 380, calling it “technologically impossible” for non-custodial wallets. The provision was buried as a floor amendment in a kiosk regulation bill that passed the House 85-0 and could clear the Senate within days. An expert told Decrypt that hardware wallet providers would likely exit the Kentucky market entirely rather than redesign products in ways that undermine self-custody. A last-minute amendment requiring hardware wallet providers to help reset user credentials, tucked into Kentucky’s sweeping crypto ATM bill, is facing mounting backlash, with experts saying it…

Bitcoin’s push to $74,000 demonstrated strength, but heavy profit-taking and low futures activity suggest the rally may lack long-term sustainability. Bitcoin has broken above the upper boundary of its February-March trading range after climbing past $70,000 to touch $74,000 briefly. On-chain data indicates that the asset has moved beyond a dense accumulation cluster formed between $59,000 and $72,000. However, it has recently returned below the upper boundary, even though the daily closure is not here yet. Is $82K Next? According to the latest findings by Glassnode, the UTXO Realized Price Distribution shows that this zone contained a significant share of…

Panama City, Panama, March 19th, 2026, Chainwire The $METAWINNERS token presale is now live at mw.xyz. $METAWIN is the community token of the MetaWinners – a collective of crypto natives that has grown into one of the most active and recognisable communities in Web3. With 440,000 connected wallets, 300,000 social community members, a fully sold-out NFT collection, and over $6.5 million distributed in prizes to NFT holders alone, the MetaWinners community arrived at this launch with a solid, proven track record of delivering for holders and members. The presale is open to the public right now. 200,000,000 tokens — 20%…

APIA, Samoa, March 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, announces the commencement of the “Pisces” season of its flagship Phemex Astral Trading League, reinforcing its commitment to strategy-driven execution with a massive $450,000 prize pool. This celestial-themed tournament positions Phemex as the premier global arena for traders who prioritize technical precision and disciplined strategy over market speculation. The Astral Trading League represents a strategic evolution in professional competition, moving beyond simple volume metrics to honor the multifaceted nature of market mastery. Throughout the Pisces season, which runs from March 16 to April 12, the league evaluates participants through…

DALLAS, March 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG), a leading Bitcoin miner leveraging its global operations to develop an integrated energy and AI compute platform, announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. Financial and Operational Highlights Total revenues were $688.1 million for the full year, including US$179.5 million in Q4. Revenue from the bitcoin mining business was US$675.5 million for the year, including US$172.4 million in Q4. Adjusted EBITDA for the year was US$24.5 million, while Q4 recorded an adjusted EBITDA loss of US$156.3 million. A total of 6,594.6 Bitcoins…

Bitmine has 3,040,515 staked ETH, representing $6.6 billion at $2,185 per ETH; MAVAN staking solution on track to launch Q1 2026 Bitmine now owns 3.81% of the ETH token supply, over 76% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 8 months Bitmine increased its investment into Eightco (ticker: $ORBS) by $80 million to support ORBS $50 million purchase of OpenAI equity ORBS is now the only publicly listed equity in the world to give investor direct exposure to OpenAI Bitmine acquired 5,000 ETH from the Ethereum Foundation (EF) to enable EF to fund its core operations Bitmine…

George Town, British Virgin Islands, March 18th, 2026, Chainwire Aster, a trading ecosystem backed by YZi Labs, today announced a major expansion of its collaboration with World Liberty Financial (WLFI). The collaboration introduces USD1-denominated perpetual contracts and new trading incentives, including WLFI token rewards and reduced fees on USD1 pairs, while also allowing users to earn additional rewards on their holdings. The integration is intended to support USD1 liquidity on the platform, laying the groundwork for Aster Chain, the project’s newly-launched Layer 1 blockchain. Building a Diverse Foundation for Aster Chain Adding USD1 as collateral and USD1-denominated perpetual markets reduce…

Tel Aviv, Israel, March 18th, 2026, PlayNewswire Today, Playnance has officially launched GCOIN trading, marking a significant milestone in the expansion of its Web3 entertainment ecosystem. The token is now live on MEXC, with GCOIN/USDT trading opening on March 18, 2026 at 13:00 UTC following the project’s Token Generation Event earlier the same day. The listing introduces GCOIN to the open market, unlocking broader access to the Playnance ecosystem and opening the door to a potentially enormous global user base. The launch follows strong early momentum, including high participation in MEXC’s Kickstarter campaign, where users competed for a share of…

George Town, British Virgin Islands, March 17th, 2026, Chainwire Aster, a privacy-focused trading ecosystem backed by YZi Labs, today announced the official launch of Aster Chain Mainnet. This purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain is designed to dismantle the “transparency trap” of modern DeFi, offering institutional-grade privacy and CEX-level performance to professional and retail traders worldwide. Ending the Era of Onchain Position Hunting Transparency is a defining characteristic of decentralized finance, supported by public ledgers, verifiable transactions, and open protocols. However, transparency between protocols and users differs from transparency among market participants. When trading activity, including order placement, position size, and liquidation…

Decentralized compute has a usability problem. It’s been holding the whole sector back. Everyone knows the GPU shortage is real. AI demand is through the roof. Centralized cloud providers like AWS and GCP charge a premium for it. And there’s a mountain of idle GPU capacity sitting around the world doing nothing. The obvious solution is a decentralized compute market. The problem? Most of those solutions are painful to use. Developers don’t want to manage SSH keys. They don’t want to wrestle with unreliable nodes. They want to write code and run jobs. And lots of us trying AI now…