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The North Carolina General Assembly introduced a bill Wednesday that would create a state-controlled Bitcoin reserve. Senate Bill 327, titled the “North Carolina Bitcoin Reserve and Investment Act,” would authorize the state Department of Treasury to allocate up to 10% of public funds to BTC as part of the state’s long-term fiscal strategy. The bill, introduced by Senators Johnson and Overcash, passed first reading in the Senate and was referred to the Rules and Administration Committee. Its goals include establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve, promoting BTC as a financial innovation, and positioning North Carolina as a leader in state-level cryptocurrency…

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has launched a high-yield tokenized gold product that allows users to earn interest on Tether Gold (XAUT), the latest entrant in a broader effort to turn traditional non-yielding assets into income-producing products.The product is designed to convert tokenized gold, typically a passive store of value, into a high-yielding asset using XAUT, the largest tokenized gold product, the company announced Thursday. This allows holders to earn passive income while maintaining exposure to the gold price.Tether Gold’s market capitalization reached nearly $3 billion earlier this month. Source: CoinMarketCapBybit said the offering is part of its broader expansion beyond traditional…

Fraudsters are targeting contributors to the viral AI project OpenClaw with a sophisticated phishing campaign aimed at exfiltrating cryptocurrency wallets. Attackers exploit GitHub’s trusted notification system to lure developers with a fake $5,000 token airdrop that takes them directly to a script that drains their wallets. Fake $5,000 airdrop targeting OpenClaw developers Scammers used fake GitHub tags to direct users to cloned sites with hidden wallet connections. The account disappeared within hours. No victims have been identified yet. Stay alert pic.twitter.com/ZYpmckDJ1j — Bitinning (@bitinning) March 19, 2026 There are no smart contract exploits involved here. It’s just social engineering using…

Cryptocurrency scammers are capitalizing on the popularity of OpenClaw to target developers through a new GitHub phishing campaign aimed at draining cryptocurrency wallets. summary Attackers are impersonating OpenClaw on GitHub, creating fake accounts and tagging developers with messages offering them $5,000 in $CLAW tokens. Victims are directed to a cloned website where a malicious wallet connection prompt is used to cause wallet exfiltration. OX Security says the campaign uses obfuscated code and targeted tactics, but no confirmed victims have been reported so far. A report published by the platform OX Security details an active phishing campaign targeting OpenClaw through a…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved Nasdaq rule changes that allow trading of securities in tokenized form, marking a major step toward integrating blockchain-based assets into traditional market infrastructure. This approval allows covered securities, including ETFs that track major indexes such as Russell 1000 stocks and the S&P 500, to be displayed and traded as tokenized assets on Nasdaq. These tokenized versions trade on the same order book as traditional stocks and have the same execution priorities, pricing, and market data processing. Under this framework, tokenized securities should be fully fungible with traditional securities and share the same…

One analyst claimed that it was a “scam coin” created by “scumbags”. The meme coin “PIPPIN” had become a rock star in the virtual currency world not so long ago due to its astonishing price rise, but it has plummeted by about 50% in just the past day. The big question now is whether a rebound is on the horizon, or whether this is a textbook stretch that suggests things could get even worse from here. Has the identity of the fraud been revealed? While the entire cryptocurrency market struggled throughout February, little-known meme coin PIPPIN defied the negative conditions…

In March 2025, traders opened $375 million in Bitcoin positions on a fully transparent blockchain platform. Within hours, other traders began publicly collaborating on social media to pool funds, seek out positions, and force liquidations. It’s not a bug in DeFi. For most chains, it’s the design. Aster Chain launched its mainnet on March 17, 2026, providing a direct answer to that question. But to understand what it built and why it chose to build an entirely new blockchain to do it, you need to know where it started. Just like a lotus lives in water, it leaves no trace…

Data shows that Bitcoin’s fear and greed index shows improvement after the recent price spike, but its value remains within the extreme fear zone. Bitcoin witnessed a sharp rise in price in the past day Bitcoin ended last week on a mixed note, initially surging to around $74,000 on Friday, before falling back to low-$70,000 levels within the same day. Although the asset stabilized over the weekend, the new week appears to have brought fresh bullish momentum as BTC rose again. As the chart below shows, Bitcoin further outperformed Friday’s gains this time, reaching $74,400 at one point. The cryptocurrency…

21Shares has officially updated the reference price mechanism for four major crypto exchange traded products (ETPs). This is a measure aimed at bringing valuations more closely in line with spot market realities and increasing tracking efficiency. This operational update affects 21Shares Bitcoin Core ETP (CBTC), 21Shares Ethereum Core ETP (ETHC), 21Shares Crypto Basket Index ETP (HODL), and 21Shares Short Bitcoin ETP (SBTC). These adjustments are aimed at mitigating the mismatch between a product’s net asset value (NAV) and the underlying digital asset, ensuring that the vehicle meets the rigorous standards demanded by the growing wave of institutional investors entering the…

Trustworthy editorial content reviewed by industry-leading experts and experienced editors. Advertising disclosure Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has weighed in on the governance debate surrounding Liqwid, arguing that insiders involved in the protocol should distance themselves from any re-vote on contentious asset distribution and let token holders decide whether to honor previous commitments. His intervention is important because it cuts into a familiar pressure point in DeFi governance: whether DAO votes are truly legitimate when founder insiders may vote on outcomes that directly benefit them. In a livestream from Wyoming, Hoskinson said he typically avoids involvement in the DeFi layer of…