On paper, Polymarket looks like a clean success story. Over the past three years, it has racked up about 62 billion dollars in notional trading volume, giving it roughly 54% of the 114 billion‑dollar prediction‑markets segment tracked by Token Terminal.
SEC’s New Crypto Categories Mark a Turning Point for Institutional Adoption
The SEC’s move to formally classify crypto assets is a significant step toward regulatory clarity especially for digital commodities, collectibles, stablecoins, and digital securities.
This framework reduces long-standing ambiguity by focusing on how assets are structured, marketed, and used, which should power sustainable long-term development and encourage compliant innovation across the sector.
For institutional investors, the explicit rules around non-security categories like digital commodities open the door to scaled participation in altcoins and other tokens previously viewed as high-risk due to enforcement uncertainty, potentially triggering significant capital inflows.
While some ongoing debates around edge cases may cause short-term volatility in some assets, overall this shifts regulation, boosting market confidence, accelerating product development like new derivatives and tokenized offerings, and positioning crypto for broader mainstream adoption.
Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget
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Tourists in Korea, PayPal users worldwide, this is how crypto payments are going invisible
If you pay with crypto in South Korea this year, there’s a good chance nobody behind the counter will even notice.
18 Mar: Bitcoin Enters Key Holding Pattern Ahead of Fed Decision
Bitcoin’s recent price action, holding in the $73,000–$76,000 range after testing higher levels, reflects a market in wait-and-see mode ahead of the March 17–18 FOMC meeting.
With rates expected to remain steady, the focus has shifted to forward guidance, particularly around liquidity conditions, potential rate cuts, and the broader macro outlook.
This creates a near-term inflection point. If the Fed’s messaging aligns with market expectations or leans more accommodative, it could reinforce existing tailwinds and support a renewed move higher.
On the other hand, a more cautious tone may keep Bitcoin range-bound in the short term.
Either way, the outcome is likely to set the direction for the next phase of the market, as macro clarity continues to play a defining role in crypto price action.
Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst at Bitget
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Kraken’s EU arm now lists tradfi futures, turning a crypto exchange into a multi‑asset rail
If you open Kraken Pro in Europe today, the platform looks a little less “pure crypto” than it used to.
IG’s APAC crypto push meets Ironlight’s tokenization rails
Imagine you run treasury for a regional trading firm in Singapore. For years, your screen has shown the same lineup: FX pairs, equity index futures, a few commodity hedges, and maybe a tiny “crypto” line item at the bottom of a slide deck.
SEC Crypto Assets Shift: Most Tokens Not Securities Under New SEC View
The US Securities and Exchange Commission said most crypto assets are not securities under federal securities law, according to a new interpretative notice released on Tuesday.
Paul Atkins Pushes SEC Crypto Safe Harbor Plan With New Token Exemptions
SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the agency should consider a crypto safe harbor that would give some token projects and crypto firms room to raise money under tailored exemptions.
BlockFills went bankrupt, but that doesn’t mean DeFi lending just collapsed
Every crypto bear market seems to have a moment when “lending collapse” headlines come roaring back. This time, that moment is BlockFills.
ETF flows tell more stories at once: bitcoin inflows, XRP whiplash, and what actually matters
If you only scroll headlines, it can feel like ETF money moves in a straight line: “bitcoin leads,” “XRP explodes,” “altcoins catch up.” The latest flow data tells a messier story.
