Balancer Labs is winding down after a $128 million exploit on November 3, 2025, with co-founder Fernando Martinelli saying the Balancer protocol will continue under a decentralized structure. The incident was tied to a rounding flaw in V2 swap logic across six blockchains, and governance is now weighing a leaner "OpCo" model with changes to emissions and incentives.

EDXM International says it will roll out a blockchain-based Korean won perpetual futures contract in April 2026, designed to track KRW/USD via a synthetic KRWQ/USDC pair. The product settles in USDC and uses an offshore won-backed stablecoin structure positioned as an alternative to traditional KRW non-deliverable forwards, a market cited at roughly $27 billion in average daily volume.

Tether has taken a strategic stake in AI sleep-tech firm Eight Sleep at a $1.5 billion post-money valuation, positioning the deal as more than a passive investment. The move draws on Tether's reported 2024 profit of over $13 billion and its $6.3 billion in excess reserves, which it has been deploying across multiple venture divisions.

Circle has submitted a request to the European Commission asking it to lower the market-cap thresholds in the EU's proposed Market Integration Package, arguing the current design blocks euro stablecoins from scaling. The company says euro-denominated e-money tokens such as EURC cannot be used for institutional settlement under the draft Central Securities Depositories Regulation unless they are already large. Circle's submission was dated March 20, and it frames the thresholds as a barrier to entry for on-chain securities settlement in Europe.

Arbitrum Sepolia, Arbitrum's main testnet, stopped producing blocks after a consensus failure at block 204606366. The incident triggered a split between ARM and x86 node operators and disrupted activity from 6:44 AM to 9:02 PM. Engineers at Offchain Labs are deploying emergency mitigations while a longer-term Nitro update and new snapshot are planned.

SIREN surged 156% in a day to a new all-time high of $3.00, but momentum indicators are flashing exhaustion signals. The Money Flow Index reached 82.96 and a bearish divergence appeared alongside a reported $22 million liquidation event, raising the risk of a pullback. Traders are watching $2.07 as key support, with $1.50 cited as a downside level if $2.00 breaks.

On Tuesday, the SEC and CFTC issued joint guidance that reclassifies most digital assets as commodities or "digital tools," narrowing the SEC's enforcement-heavy role. The shift has prompted conflict-of-interest concerns tied to World Liberty Financial, a DeFi project described as being controlled by the Trump family, as the new framework could reduce disclosure and registration burdens.

The House Financial Services Committee will meet Wednesday at 10:00 AM ET to examine how securities could be moved onto blockchain-based rails and whether current securities laws impede tokenized assets. Lawmakers are set to question witnesses from Nasdaq, DTCC, SIFMA, and the Blockchain Association while reviewing two draft bills tied to SEC-CFTC coordination and blockchain record-keeping for regulated firms.

Marc Syz has split from his family's Banque Syz over whether to embed a Bitcoin treasury strategy into the private bank, after its leadership declined the proposal. Future Holdings AG, described as holding 5,000 BTC worth about $450 million as of March 2026, is now being prepared for a dual listing on Nasdaq and the SIX Swiss Exchange with a CHF 500 million fundraising target.