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For years, the conversation about fan tokens in the United States followed a familiar and frustrating pattern. Executives at major sports franchises were interested. Their fans were curious. The technology was ready. But without clear regulatory guidance on how fan tokens would be classified under U.S. law, the risk of launching a program was simply too high for organizations with billions in brand equity to protect.That era is over.On March 17, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued joint, binding guidance that formally classifies fan tokens as digital collectibles and digital tools, two…
Gold and silver lead RWA growth as Binance captures market share and signals a structural liquidity shift in crypto markets. Crypto markets are moving beyond digital assets as tokenized real-world assets gain traction. Precious metals are leading that shift, with trading volumes rising sharply on platforms like Binance. Investors now access gold and silver markets without traditional barriers such as limited trading hours or regional restrictions. Early data suggests that this access is already reshaping how liquidity flows across markets. Gold Volume Tops 5x Growth as Crypto Venues Gain Share of Traditional Markets Gold trading on Binance climbed from roughly…
Trump-linked World Liberty Financial has lost a key backer after its $75 Million DeFi loan tied up user liquidity, with Justin Sun publicly breaking and criticizing the project’s treatment of investors.“Every action taken by the WLFI team to extract fees from users and to treat the crypto community as a personal ATM is illegitimate,” Sun wrote.I have always been an ardent supporter of President Trump and his crypto friendly policy.As an early supporter who invested heavily in World Liberty Financial, I did so because I believed in the vision that was presented to the public: a decentralized finance platform that…—…
Bitcoin fell under $72K after JD Vance confirmed failed US-Iran talks in Pakistan. The $76K level now holds the key to BTC’s next move. Bitcoin fell under $72,000 on Sunday. Twenty-one hours of negotiations in Islamabad ended without a deal. Markets did not wait for analysis. US Vice President JD Vance confirmed the breakdown during a press statement in Pakistan. According to the official White House statement posted on Facebook, Vance told reporters: “We negotiated in good faith and offered the best we could to the Iranians.” Iran, he said, had chosen not to accept the terms. The Talks That…
The crypto sector’s new Fellowship political action committee disclosed its first contribution ahead of the 2026 congressional midterm elections, and the $300,000 it spent went to a company co-founded by President Donald Trump’s former crypto adviser, Bo Hines — now chief executive of Tether US.The Fellowship super PAC had advertised itself as a crypto campaign-finance juggernaut last year but hadn’t yet participated in the U.S. midterm elections until a new federal disclosure indicated it’s signed its first check. From the time the PAC was announced, the effort was reportedly tied to Tether, though the company declined to confirm the connection.…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin’s recent bounce above $70,000 is starting to look like more than a price bounce. An interesting on-chain analysis of on-chain data points to a change in how capital is moving across the market, with money that previously rotated into stablecoins beginning to edge back into Bitcoin. That change is still small, but it is arriving as BTC recently reached an intraday high of $73,720 and as macro fears tied to the US-Iran conflict are changing. The Defensive Phase Is Starting To Fade Bitcoin’s market structure has…
Morpho borrowers paid $170M in interest over one year, Token Terminal data shows, outpacing Aave’s $140M revenue against a comparable $1.5B valuation. DeFi lending is moving fast. And one protocol nobody was talking about two years ago just posted numbers that are turning heads across the space. According to Token Terminal on X, borrowers on Morpho paid roughly $170M in interest over the past year. The data, pulled from Token Terminal’s own analytics dashboard, puts Morpho’s fee growth on a steep upward curve that only started accelerating around mid-2025. The Number That Actually Matters Here Here’s the catch though. Morpho’s…
DeFi protocol ZeroLend’s decision to shut down after three years in February, citing thin margins, hacks and inactive chains, landed with a tone the market now recognizes. Another reminder that the industry’s early optimism has given way to a far more demanding reality.Zeroland isn’t alone. Several DeFi protocols and adjacent crypto platforms have wound down in 2025 and early 2026, squeezed by low usage, liquidity collapses, security incidents and token-driven business models that never achieved durable economics. For instance, Polynomial, a DeFi derivatives protocol that processed 27 million transactions, recently paused operations and is prioritizing user fund safety with plans…
Charles Hoskinson responded to CZ’s on-chain transparency concerns, suggesting $BNB and $NIGHT as potential fixes for crypto’s growing privacy gap. Changpeng Zhao thinks crypto is broken in a way most people haven’t said out loud. Charles Hoskinson just agreed and pointed to a fix. In a post on X, @IOHK_Charles responded directly to CZ’s remarks on blockchain transparency. He wrote, “I think we need some $BNB and $NIGHT,” tagging @cz_binance in the reply. Short. Direct. Loaded with implication. What CZ Actually Said That Sparked This The context matters. In comments quoted by @tbpn on X, Binance’s CZ laid out the…
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig told CoinDesk that the agency will continue to defend its “exclusive regulatory authority” to oversee prediction markets in court. “It doesn’t matter if it’s on sports, politics or anything else, if it’s a validly offered product within a CFTC-regulated exchange, then we regulate that,” Selig said.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions.NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is just defending its territory in suing states over prediction markets, the regulator’s head told CoinDesk.CFTC Chairman…