Torg Grabber, a newly identified infostealer, is being deployed to target 728 crypto wallet browser extensions across 850 add-ons. The malware is designed to steal seed phrases, private keys, and session tokens using encrypted exfiltration routes, with browser-extension self-custody users as the main exposure surface.

Startale Group has completed a $63 million Series A round with backing from SBI Group and Sony Innovation Fund, split into two tranches. The company said the funding will be used to scale its Strium Layer 1 for tokenized securities, expand its JPYSC and USDSC stablecoins, and upgrade the Startale App into a consumer SuperApp built on Sony's Ethereum Layer 2, Soneium.

Coinbase told the Senate this week it cannot support the latest Digital Asset Market Clarity Act draft, after changes circulated Monday would bar exchanges from paying rewards on stablecoin balances and limit access to transaction-size data. The company reported $1.35 billion in stablecoin revenue in 2025, much of it tied to USDC distribution payments under its Circle partnership. The draft’s yield provisions could remove an estimated $800 million in annual revenue tied to that line of business.

On March 24, 2026, Tether said it has retained an unnamed Big Four accounting firm to conduct a comprehensive financial statement audit of USDT, moving beyond the quarterly attestations it has used since 2021. The company says USDT has a $184 billion market cap and serves more than 550 million users globally, positioning the engagement as its first large-scale, end-to-end audit covering reserves and tokenized liabilities.

Bernstein analyst Gautam Chhugani says the current Bitcoin drawdown represents a cycle bottom and reiterates a year-end BTC target of $150,000. The firm also set a $450 price target for Strategy, implying 226% upside from Monday's $138.20 close, citing $56 billion of Bitcoin and cash versus $18 billion of total debt. Bernstein points to $2.2 billion of net Bitcoin ETF inflows over four weeks and ETF ownership of 6.1% of supply as key supports.

Nvidia is facing a shareholder class action alleging it failed to properly disclose how much gaming GPU revenue was driven by Ethereum mining demand during fiscal 2018. The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a 9th Circuit decision that let the case move forward, with the investor class spanning Aug. 10, 2017 to Nov. 15, 2018. The dispute follows a May 2022 SEC settlement in which Nvidia paid $5.5 million over disclosure issues tied to fiscal Q2 and Q3 2018.

The Ethereum Foundation has introduced its 2029 “Strawmap,” a seven–hard fork plan designed to move the network to post-quantum cryptography while also cutting block finality to under 16 seconds. The sequence is set to begin in 2026 with the Glamsterdam fork in the first half of the year, followed by Hegota later in 2026, as Ethereum works toward STARK-based signatures and Single Slot Finality.

South Korean lawmakers from the ruling People Power Party and the opposition Democratic Party agreed to postpone a planned 20% tax on virtual-asset gains until 2027 after estimates showed $110 billion in annual outflows. Regulators said outflows accelerated in H2 2025, including $60 billion leaving in six months, as traders shifted activity to offshore venues offering futures, leverage and hedging tools not available domestically.

The CFTC authorized a dedicated Innovation Task Force on Tuesday to update its regulatory approach for crypto assets, artificial intelligence, and prediction markets. The effort, led by senior adviser Michael Passalacqua, is positioned as a shift from enforcement-led oversight toward clearer compliance pathways for decentralized protocols. Michael Selig later said on March 12, 2026 that U.S. markets must prevent manipulation and fraud to avoid another FTX-like collapse.