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Katana (KAT), a DeFi-focused blockchain, announced on its official X account that it is conducting a pre-staking program for its native token. The program, which began on March 10, will run for eight weeks and offers a 35% annual percentage rate (APR) for 60 days on the first 350 million KAT deposited. Participants will also receive benefits such as increased voting power and "Founding Staker" status. At the token generation event (TGE), their allocated tokens will be automatically staked, providing additional rewards. Following the TGE, KAT held by pre-staking addresses will be converted into avKAT, an auto-compounding token tradable on decentralized exchanges (DEXs), and then staked.

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced that it is taking follow-up measures against Bithumb following an inspection related to violations of the country's law on specified financial transactions. The FSC stated that the level of any sanctions, including whether to impose a fine and its amount, will be determined after deliberation by a review committee. The commission also refuted media reports claiming it was considering a fine of around 37 billion won ($26.8 million) for Bithumb and reviewing the application of a 10% surcharge, calling the claims untrue.

A ban on interest payments for stablecoins in the U.S. could prompt other countries to permit them, Ledger's head of Asia-Pacific said in an interview with Cointelegraph. He explained that a broad U.S. restriction would trigger discussions between overseas regulators and the industry on how to respond. While some countries like Australia offer regulatory flexibility to stablecoin issuers, he noted that banking interests currently prevent most stablecoins from providing interest or rewards to users. A change in U.S. policy would likely intensify talks between issuers and foreign regulators about allowing structures that offer interest on stablecoins, he added.

Major exchanges have seen $105 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $288 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $74,000. BTC is trading at $74,000 on the Binance USDT market.

24-hour crypto futures liquidations The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $53.15 million liquidated (86.08% shorts) - ETH: $55.68 million liquidated (83.64% shorts) - SOL: $13.18 million liquidated (90.96% shorts)

Ethereum (ETH) spot trading volume on Binance is more than six times lower than its futures volume, indicating a severe decline in investor sentiment, crypto analyst Darkfost said on X. The analyst explained that recent U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) data are unlikely to support a Federal Reserve interest rate cut. Rising oil prices are also a negative for the U.S. economy, with the impact expected to appear in March and April inflation data. As a result, many investors and institutions are moving away from risk assets like cryptocurrencies, with altcoins including ETH being hit the hardest. While ETH futures trading volume on Binance remains larger than spot, it has also decreased by about $4 billion since January. Darkfost suggested that selling by the Ethereum Foundation and its founder, Vitalik Buterin, could also be affecting sentiment. Although Buterin announced in late January that he would sell 16,384 ETH to support the ecosystem, he has recently sold more than the stated amount.

An anonymous security expert known as f4lc0n has claimed on X that they were offered only a $50,000 reward for reporting a critical flaw in Injective (INJ) that could have enabled the theft of over $500 million in assets. The researcher stated that the vulnerability would have allowed an attacker to directly steal cryptocurrency from any account on the Injective chain. According to f4lc0n, the Injective team fixed the issue with a mainnet upgrade but remained silent for three months without any discussion. The team recently informed the researcher that a $50,000 reward had been set, a figure f4lc0n notes is far below the bug bounty program's stated maximum of 10% of funds at risk. The expert emphasized that they have received no answers regarding the reward calculation or the three-month silence, and the $50,000 has not yet been paid.

Cryptocurrency lender Blockfills has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, The Block reported. The move follows months of deteriorating business conditions, which included a recent halt to customer withdrawals. According to the filing, the company has estimated assets of $50 million to $100 million and liabilities of $100 million to $500 million. Blockfills incurred a $75 million loan loss during the recent market downturn. As bankruptcy concerns mounted, creditor Dominion Capital subsequently petitioned the court to freeze 70.6 BTC of its assets held by the lender. Industry observers believe the company's chances of recovery are slim.

Investment in the digital asset sector within the global fintech market nearly doubled last year, rising to $19.1 billion from $11.2 billion the previous year, Financial News reported, citing a Samjong KPMG report. The report attributed the growth to a rapid recovery in investor sentiment driven by increased regulatory clarity and improved market stability. It also described last year as a turning point that saw digital assets re-emerge as a key investment area in global fintech.

Sky (SKY), formerly MakerDAO, has released a governance proposal to allocate approximately 70 million USDS to support its early-stage agent ecosystem. According to the proposal, the funds would be distributed as follows: 10 million USDS to Keel, a Sky ecosystem capital distribution project; 25 million USDS to new execution agent Amatsu; and 25 million USDS to new execution agent Ozone. The proposal is scheduled for a governance vote on March 26.

Robert Kiyosaki, author of 'Rich Dad Poor Dad', announced on X that he used millions of dollars in cash last week to purchase additional Bitcoin, gold, silver, and oil wells. He explained that cash is not trash during a market crash, noting that figures like Warren Buffett hold cash to buy assets at a discount after a downturn. Kiyosaki expressed confidence that the prices of gold, silver, and Bitcoin will rise following a crash, though he acknowledged his prediction could be wrong. He also stated his belief that Texas oil prices will increase as long as Iran continues to attack tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, adding that even if his forecasts are incorrect, he has cash flow from real estate and business ventures. He advised everyone to make the safest and best choices for themselves. The move comes after Kiyosaki stated on Nov. 15 of last year that he would buy more BTC if its price fell. However, he faced criticism when, about a week later on Nov. 22, he sold approximately $2.25 million worth of the cryptocurrency at an average price of $90,000.

Sui-based DeFi project Scallop (SCA) announced on its official X account that it has completed a comprehensive security audit from Asymptotic, an official code audit partner for the Sui Foundation and its developers. Scallop stated that the verification mathematically proves the core logic of its lending protocol is functioning correctly, including its accounting, access control, liquidation logic, and precision calculation methods. The project added that it has also established clear verification standards for all security-critical functions—such as balance management, collateral valuation, parameter changes, and liquidations—and has completed a 100% API-standard verification coverage for all externally callable functions.

Cryptocurrency lending protocol Aave (AAVE) is introducing a protection feature called Aave Shield to block high-risk swaps that have a significant price impact, Cointelegraph reported. The move follows a major swap loss incident. When the feature is active, any swap that would execute at a price more than 25% worse than expected will be automatically blocked. To proceed with such a transaction, a user must manually disable the function. This development comes after an anonymous trader swapped 50 million USDT for approximately 325 AAVE, worth about $36,000, on Aave's Cow Swap.

A South Korean court has dismissed the Flow Foundation's request for an injunction to halt the delisting of its token (FLOW) from major domestic exchanges, Digital Asset reported exclusively. The Seoul Central District Court's 50th Civil Affairs Division rejected the application on March 13, citing that FLOW remains tradable on other exchanges, a future relisting is possible, and the move is necessary to prevent greater losses for other investors. FLOW is scheduled to be delisted from Upbit, Bithumb, and Coinone at 6:00 a.m. UTC on March 16. The token remains available for trading on Korbit and Binance.

Erik Voorhees, an early Bitcoin supporter and founder of the crypto exchange Shapeshift, purchased 13,986 ETH ($29.44 million) over the past 24 hours, Onchain Lens reported.

According to data from Tokenomist, the major token unlocks scheduled for this week (March 16–22) are as follows: - ARB: 92.65 million tokens ($9.48 million), representing 1.78% of circulating supply, at 1:00 p.m. UTC on March 16 - BARD: 30 million tokens ($32.46 million), representing 11.09% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on March 18 - YZY: 20.83 million tokens ($6.8 million), representing 4.90% of circulating supply, at 3:00 a.m. UTC on March 19 - ZRO: 25.71 million tokens ($54.76 million), representing 5.64% of circulating supply, at 11:00 a.m. UTC on March 20 - KAITO: 17.6 million tokens ($6.43 million), representing 5.19% of circulating supply, at 12:00 p.m. UTC on March 20 - RIVER: 1.11 million tokens ($25.94 million), representing 2.39% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on March 22

The following are the key global macroeconomic events scheduled for the third week of March. All times are in UTC. - March 18, 12:30 p.m. UTC: U.S. February Producer Price Index (PPI) - March 18, 6:00 p.m. UTC: U.S. interest rate decision - March 18, 6:30 p.m. UTC: U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) press conference - March 19, 3:00 a.m. UTC: Bank of Japan interest rate decision - March 19, 12:00 p.m. UTC: Bank of England interest rate decision - March 19, 12:30 p.m. UTC: U.S. initial jobless claims - March 19, 1:15 p.m. UTC: European Central Bank interest rate decision - March 21, 2:30 p.m. UTC: Speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

The 'Fear & Greed Index' from cryptocurrency data provider Alternative registered 15, down one point from the previous day. The index shifted from the 'Fear' to the 'Extreme Fear' stage on Jan. 30 and has remained in the latter category since. The index indicates extreme market fear as it approaches zero and extreme optimism as it nears 100. The Fear & Greed Index is calculated based on several factors: volatility (25%), trading volume (25%), social media mentions (15%), surveys (15%), Bitcoin's market cap dominance (10%), and Google search volume (10%).

CME Bitcoin futures opened today at $72,245, creating a $750 gap from the previous trading day's close of $71,495. This phenomenon occurs because the CME market is closed on weekends, while the underlying Bitcoin spot market operates 24/7. The larger the spot price fluctuation over the weekend, the larger the resulting gap. Traders often monitor these gaps on the expectation that futures prices may eventually move to fill them.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $73,000. BTC is trading at $73,012.82 on the Binance USDT market.

The finalization of a unified government-ruling party bill for South Korea's Digital Asset Basic Act, which covers stablecoins, is expected to be delayed, Edaily reported. A key party-government consultation session will not be held this week due to stock market instability caused by the war in the Middle East. This creates an unavoidable setback for the national agenda to finalize the stablecoin legislation by March. The Digital Asset Basic Act is a comprehensive bill covering the entire virtual asset ecosystem, including issuance, circulation, disclosure, and listings.

Conflict within the Bitcoin community is intensifying over Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 110, which seeks to limit the recording of data from protocols like Ordinals and Runes on the blockchain, U.Today reported. Blockstream CEO Adam Back has voiced strong opposition, arguing that consensus-level transaction censorship poses a greater threat than spam. He warned that such a measure could render existing UTXOs unusable, effectively freezing user funds, and also pointed to the risk of a network split. According to Back, activating a soft fork with a lower threshold of 55% instead of the traditional 95% could cause the blockchain to fragment. The debate over BIP-110 is now seen as a crucial test for the future of Bitcoin's censorship resistance and decentralized governance.

Address poisoning scams have seen a sharp increase since Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade in December 2025, CryptoPotato reported. This type of attack involves scammers planting a fake address, nearly identical to a user's real one, in the victim's transaction history to trick them into copying and pasting it for a future transfer. Etherscan analysts noted that the Fusaka upgrade improved network scalability and lowered fees. This has reduced the cost of dust transfers—sending minuscule amounts of crypto—allowing attackers to execute address poisoning attacks with much greater frequency.

Gnosis co-founder Dr. Friederike Ernst has warned that the Clarity Act risks handing control of the cryptocurrency sector to large financial institutions, Cointelegraph reported. She pointed out that the bill is currently designed with a structure that prioritizes centralized intermediaries. While acknowledging positive aspects, such as clarifying jurisdiction between the SEC and CFTC and protecting peer-to-peer transactions and self-custody, Ernst argued that the legislation fails to sufficiently protect open, permissionless blockchain rails and DeFi protocols. This, she cautioned, could lead to importing the same points of failure from the traditional financial system into the crypto space. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has previously voiced his opposition to the bill, arguing that having no legislation is better than passing a bad one. Meanwhile, Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy, has stated that if the Clarity Act is not passed by April, its chances of becoming law this year are extremely low.