What Does the WFUSD Trademark Filing Include? Wells Fargo has filed a trademark application in the United States covering a wide set of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related financial services, adding to signs that major banks continue to prepare infrastructure tied to digital assets. The application, submitted Tuesday to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), seeks
Why Is Binance Taking Legal Action? Binance has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal after the newspaper reported that the US Department of Justice was investigating whether Iran used the crypto exchange to evade US sanctions. The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York and seeks damages, legal fees,
What Happened During the Aave Oracle Malfunction? A temporary oracle malfunction on the Aave protocol triggered roughly $26 million in liquidations after a pricing discrepancy affected positions tied to wrapped staked Ether (wstETH). The incident occurred on March 10 across Aave’s Ethereum Core and Prime markets, according to a post-mortem published by Chaos Labs, the
The Asian blockchain sector faced a significant regulatory shock on March 9, 2026, as news emerged that Chinese authorities have launched a formal investigation into “Wilson,” the prominent founder behind the AI-driven analytics platform SurfAI and the decentralized social protocol CyberConnect. According to reports from industry monitor Wu Blockchain, the probe is being conducted by
On March 9, 2026, the Royal Government of Bhutan continued its methodical approach to treasury management by transferring 175 Bitcoin to a Singapore-based market maker, a move valued at approximately 12 million dollars based on the prevailing market price of 68,500 dollars. This latest transaction, flagged by blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence, brings Bhutan’s total
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded significant net outflows on March 9, signaling a cautious shift in institutional positioning toward digital assets amid a volatile macroeconomic backdrop. The withdrawals came after several days of mixed flows and highlight how capital allocations to crypto investment vehicles remain sensitive to broader market conditions. Data from ETF flow
On March 9, 2026, Sonic Labs officially launched USSD, a network-native stablecoin designed to serve as the primary liquidity primitive for its high-performance Layer-1 blockchain. Unlike traditional stablecoins that rely on opaque commercial paper or bank deposits, USSD is backed 1:1 by a diversified basket of tokenized U.S. Treasury products. The reserve composition features short-duration
Crypto trading enters a major institutional network Broadridge Financial Solutions has connected Crypto.com to its NYFIX order-routing network, bringing cryptocurrency trading into a system widely used by institutional brokers and trading desks. The integration allows firms already on NYFIX to route digital asset orders directly to Crypto.com using the same FIX-based connectivity used for other
The cryptocurrency market has experienced one of its most significant downturns on record, with approximately $1.88 trillion exiting the market as investor sentiment turned sharply negative. Mounting macroeconomic pressures, including tighter monetary conditions and a massive liquidation cascade, ripped through digital asset portfolios. Amid the winter gripping the crypto landscape, other segments of the financial
What happened: DeFi trading tools expand on Berachain Layer-3 infrastructure provider Orbs has introduced decentralized stop-loss and take-profit functionality to the Berachain ecosystem through a new integration with Kodiak Finance, one of the network’s leading decentralized exchanges. The integration brings Orbs’ dSLTP protocol to Kodiak, allowing traders to configure automated conditional orders directly onchain. Once