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Technology

Ethereum’s Final Pectra Test Goes Live on Hoodi Network

The upgrade is the last of three tests, and developers previously agreed they would schedule Pectra 30 days from Wednesday if the test ran smoothly.

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Finance

LatAm Exchange TruBit Taps Crypto Lending Platform Morpho for DeFi Earn Offering

A better user experience can be created by having fintech at the front and DeFi at the back, also known as a “DeFi mullet.”

Policy

U.S. House Stablecoin Bill Poised to Go Public, Lawmaker Atop Crypto Panel Says

Rep. Bryan Steil told the DC Blockchain Summit that the House's stablecoin bill is seeking to "close the gap" with the Senate's that already moved through committee.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Bitso Launches Stablecoin Business, Eyeing LatAm Cross-Border Payments

The newly established subsidiary, Juno, will first issue a Mexican peso stablecoin on Ethereum layer-2 Arbitrum.

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CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Polygon (POL) Gains 7.4%, as Index Trades Flat

Sui (SUI) was also a top performer, gaining 6% from Tuesday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-03-26:

Markets

Bitcoin Market Could Heat Up as BTC Price Approaches $90K

The level will remain a potential area of volatility following Friday's quarterly options settlement.

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Markets

A Contentious Ukraine Bet Leads to Clash Between Polymarket, UMA Communities

BornTooLate.Eth has accumulated over 1.3 million UMA tokens to attack a Ukraine-themed market — but nobody has appeared to have made much money.

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Finance

Fidelity Investments Prepares to Unveil Its Own Stablecoin: FT

A Fidelity stablecoin could fill the role of cash in the blockchain-based version of its U.S. dollar money market fund

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Markets

Bitcoin Hovers Above $87K, Dogecoin, SHIB Surge 11% as Traders Monitor Tariffs

“Call skew hasn’t meaningfully shifted toward calls, with call skew only emerging from June onwards, suggesting traders are waiting to see how the tariff situation develops,” one trading desk said.

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Markets

Bitcoin's Price Recovery Runs Into a Bearish Double Top Pattern, What Next for XRP, SOL, DOGE?

The double top pattern typically requires confirmation through a decisive drop below the "neckline," the support level between the two peaks, which lies around $80,000 to $84,000 based on recent price action.

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Technology

Peter Thiel-Backed Plasma Unveils 'HotStuff-Inspired Consensus' For High-Frequency Global Stablecoin Transfers

Other key features of Plasma include custom gas tokens, zero-charge USDT transfers, and confidential transactions while ensuring compliance.

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Technology

Celo Migration to Layer-2 Network Is Done, Bringing in New Era for the Blockchain

The transition ends a long journey beginning back in July 2023 and a fierce competition, won by Optimism, convincing the Celo ecosystem to build with their tech.

Celo co-founders Marek Olszewski and Rene Reinsberg (Celo Foundation)

Markets

Movement's MOVE Token Soars 25% as Strategic Reserve Is Unveiled After Malicious Market Maker Activity

The market is reacting positively to Movement's pledge to do a $38 million token buyback to create a Movement Strategic Reserve.

Movement Labs co-founders Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)

Finance

FalconX Said to Have Suffered Wave of Senior Staff Departures, Including General Counsel, European Head

A total of 10-15 people have left the business recently, two sources said.

FalconX CEO Raghu Yarlagadda (FalconX)

Finance

Now Is 'Really Good Time' to Buy Bitcoin, Says Trillion Dollar Investment Manager

Global investment firm T. Rowe Price’s global technology portfolio manager, Dominic Rizzo, spoke at the Exchange conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

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