SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the agency will soon publish formal proposed rules to build on its recent interpretive guidance on crypto asset classification. The guidance broadly treated most crypto assets as non-securities and grouped digital assets into five buckets, while Atkins also outlined plans for exemptions akin to a sandbox. Separately, Senator Cynthia Lummis said stablecoin-yield talks tied to the CLARITY Act were "99%" resolved after a recent Senate Republican meeting.

Ripple's 2026 survey of more than 1,000 finance executives says traditional finance leaders are accelerating plans to integrate crypto, stablecoins, and tokenization into day-to-day operations. The report found that 72% view offering digital-asset solutions as a basic requirement to stay competitive, while 74% believe stablecoins can improve cash-flow efficiency and free up working capital.

Ondo Finance expanded Ondo Global Markets beyond 250 tokenized stocks and ETFs on March 20, 2026, after adding 60+ new listings including BlackRock's IBIT and Galaxy Digital (GLXY). The company says the platform has processed over $12 billion in cumulative trading volume since its September 2025 launch and surpassed $600 million in TVL, while the broader RWA market stands at $27.35 billion in distributed asset value.

Kalshi launched a U.S.-only promotion tied to the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, offering $1B for a "perfect bracket" that correctly calls all 63 games, with entries due before the first tip-off on March 19, 2026. Separately on March 19, 2026, MLB named Polymarket its Exclusive Prediction Market Exchange Partner and said it signed an MOU with the CFTC aimed at safeguarding the integrity of baseball-related prediction markets.

On March 19 in Washington, SEC Chair Paul S. Atkins said in prepared remarks that the agency's newly issued crypto-asset interpretation is "a beginning, not an end." Speaking at the SEC Speaks conference, he outlined an "A-C-T" approach to advance, clarify, and transform rules, while signaling continued work on digital-asset policy and a broader rulemaking pipeline.

JPMorgan said Hyperliquid has seen rising activity as some non-crypto traders use its 24/7 perpetual futures to get oil exposure during weekends and off-hours. The bank highlighted the WTI crude CL-USDC perp, where daily volume peaked near $1.7 billion in mid-March and open interest climbed to about $300 million, alongside leverage up to 20x.

Playnance's G Coin began open-market trading on MEXC after the project's Token Generation Event on March 18, with the G Coin/USDT pair shown as live. MEXC said deposits were open and that withdrawals would start on March 19. Playnance also points to early staking activity and public tracker figures, including a fixed 77 billion maximum supply and billions of tokens categorized as locked or in treasury.

The European Central Bank has opened applications for two industry workstreams on how a potential digital euro would operate across ATMs, payment terminals and existing acceptance infrastructure. The effort focuses on offline functionality and interoperability with European payment standards, alongside proposed testing, certification and approval frameworks for digital-euro payment solutions.