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LONDON, 13 March, 2026. Elliptic today announced it has added blockchain coverage for EDGE Chain, a high-performance blockchain that powers edgeX, a decentralized trading platform offering perpetual futures, spot and commodities trading through a central limit orderbook. This is Elliptic’s 64th blockchain integration.

Morph has recently announced that BlockSec is joining the Morph Payment Accelerator as its official audit partner. The partnership gives payment companies building on Morph direct access to professional smart contract audits and penetration testing, with a 20% discount on audit services exclusively for Payment Accelerator participants. 🔐 Security is foundational for real payment infrastructure.@BlockSecTeam joins the Morph Payment Accelerator as an official audit partner, helping teams launch secure, audited payment products on Morph.Built for payments. Secured for scale.Learn more ↓ pic.twitter.com/6kvo2Fhwrz— Morph (@MorphNetwork) March 13, 2026 For a program designed to scale real-world payment products on Morph mainnet, having…

Meta is gearing up for possible layoffs as it pours billions into AI, two senior employees familiar with the matter told Business Insider. Loading audio narration… The sources said that some managers have been asked to prepare cost-cutting plans but were not told their scope or timing.Reuters, which first reported about the potential layoffs on Friday, said that up to 20% of Meta employees could be let go. As of the end of 2025, Meta employed nearly 79,000 people, so a potential cut of 20% would mean roughly 16,000 jobs eliminated. That would be Meta’s most significant reduction since 2022,…

Strategy has found a new gear in its Bitcoin accumulation engine, and its STRC preferred stock equity is doing a growing share of the driving.The company, formerly known as MicroStrategy, held 738,731 BTC as of March 8, up from 672,500 at the end of 2025. This represents an addition of 66,231 coins in 68 days, already surpassing its full-year net purchases in 2021, 2022, or 2023.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) Pace of Bitcoin Purchases Over Past Years (Source: Adam Argo)The pace of these acquisitions is striking by any measure, and what makes 2026 different is where the capital is coming from.For years,…

Key takeawaysNorth Korea-linked actors stole USD 1.92 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025. The February 2025 Bybit breach — attributed by TRM Labs to DPRK operatives — accounted for USD 1.46 billion of that total, or 51% of all crypto theft that year.Chinese-language escrow and underground banking networks have grown from approximately USD 123 million in 2020 to over USD 103 billion in 2025, functioning as core settlement infrastructure for cross-border illicit finance and sanctions evasion.Russia’s A7 network — a centrally coordinated sanctions-evasion architecture with documented ties to the Kremlin — shows at least USD 65 billion in direct on-chain volume…

DeFi tokens are crypto tokens that represent access to decentralised financial platforms and services built on blockchain technology. These tokens operate within automated, permissionless ecosystems that remove the need for traditional intermediaries, allowing users to interact directly with financial applications. Through DeFi tokenization, real-world and digital assets can be represented on-chain, enabling greater efficiency, transparency, and accessibility across financial services. DeFi tokens can be broadly categorised into areas such as lending and borrowing protocols, decentralised exchanges, stablecoins, prediction markets, and insurance platforms. Many of the best DeFi tokens also function as governance tokens, giving holders the ability to participate in…

ChainGPT Pad has opened a new door for projects that want to keep their token sales close to home. In a short but pointed announcement on X, the team introduced Saleium, a self-hosted public token sale module that embeds the same on-chain sale mechanics powering ChainGPT Pad directly onto a project’s own website. The pitch is simple and pragmatic. Not every project wants or needs distribution reach from a third-party launchpad. Some teams already have large, engaged communities and what they lack is robust, battle-tested infrastructure. Saleium aims to bridge that gap by delivering the same subscription-style public sale system…

The CRCL stock was one of the largest gainers in the stock market this week, even as the U.S.-Iran war put pressure on risk assets. The stock notably extended its gains from last week as USDC issuer Circle moves to dominate in AI agent payments. CRCL Stock Gains 22% This Week as Circle Bets On AI Agent Payments TradingView data shows that the Circle stock climbed 22% this week, rising above $100 for the first time this year. The stock had climbed above $108 on March 5 before closing out the week at almost $102. Source: TradingView; CRCL Weekly Chart…

From the advent of the crypto market, centralized exchanges (CEXs) have played a key role in providing liquidity to both retail and institutional users. In 2025 alone, CEXs processed nearly $80 trillion in volume across spot and perpetuals markets. However, since 2024, DEXs have been capturing more market share as they transition from ‘degen-only’ trading protocols, to products that can potentially rival even the best centralized avenues.  So, what is the state of crypto trading activity on both CEXs and DEXs, and how has it grown in the last two years? We’ve summarized the key highlights, but be sure to…

Crypto asset manager Bitwise has now donated a total of $383,000 to support developers who maintain and secure the Bitcoin network since 2024, with its latest $233,000 contribution announced on Wednesday. Its second payout, funded by 10% of gross profits from its Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB), adds to the $150,000 that it donated in February 2025 after BITB’s first full year.“Bitwise is proud to donate $233,000 to support the unsung heroes maintaining and securing the Bitcoin network,” Bitwise said in a post to X on Wednesday. Around the time of BITB’s launch in January 2024, Bitwise pledged to direct 10% of gross…