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Leading crypto market maker Wintermute debuts WTI crude oil CFDs – an OTC derivative that lets traders speculate on oil prices 24/7.

A new report from Citizens JMP says median losses are deeper on prediction platforms as retail traders face sharper, better-capitalized counterparties

Brent crude fell 4.7% and Asian equities rallied 1.9% as Washington delivered a ceasefire proposal to Tehran via Pakistan, fueling the most sustained optimism since the conflict began a month ago.

The pilot with supply chain firm Unloq under MAS’s BLOOM initiative would trigger cross-border payments automatically when shipment conditions are verified, a use case that connects Ripple’s stablecoin ambitions to a concrete commercial application.

Two historically contrarian indicators are flashing simultaneously for ADA, with average holders deeply underwater and derivatives traders piling into the most aggressive short positioning in nearly three years.

Traders are watching $1.38 support and $1.42 resistance as compression points to a potential move.

Riding the crypto boom to become one of the 2025’s hottest stocks, HOOD has shed more than 50% of its value since bitcoin topped in early October.

An Israeli TV report said a one-month ceasefire could be announced soon.

The asset management giant’s Robbie Mitchnic said clients are focused on bitcoin, ether and only a few other tokens, and aren’t looking for broad exposure. Rather, they see opportunity for crypto in artificial intelligence.

Robin Vince says large banks can bridge digital assets and traditional finance as trust and regulation shape the next phase of growth.

Morgan Stanley’s Amy Oldenburg said banks are expanding into crypto not because of hype, but after years of infrastructure development.

The latest version of the Clarity Act is pressuring stocks as it would restrict stablecoin rewards.

Until recently, crypto users mostly traded tokens or borrowed against them, often chasing high, but unpredictable yields. New tools allow them to lock in returns, even in a market known for big swings.

Regulated insurance and standardized benchmarks are pivoting staked ETH from a crypto experiment to a legitimate institutional yield asset.

Market participants are now pricing in rate hikes, and it could be weighing on risk assets.

Ripple (XRP), down 1.3% since Monday, was also among the underperformers.

The audit aims to address long-standing questions over USDT reserves and push new disclosure standards.

Implied volatility indicators DVOL and BVIV suggest peak fear has passed, with crypto leading traditional markets in pricing risk.

The platform is a toolkit that lets enterprises create and scale financial applications on Solana without deep crypto infrastructure expertise.

Coinbase’s head of institutional, Brett Tejpaul, says institutional priorities in crypto are evolving, and investors are increasingly hunting for yield.

The broker sees bitcoin rebounding from its recent lows, supported by ETF flows and expanding corporate treasury demand.

The firm now manages about $2 billion, having already raised an additional $325 million for existing crypto investment strategies since last year.

The move comes as the race to bring equities to always-on blockchain markets is heating up after Nasdaq obtained regulatory approval for its tokenization plan.

New partnership lets hedge funds and other large investors trade event contracts using crypto collateral held on BitGo’s platform.

Onchain cost basis data suggests $60,000 is a critical support, with deeper historical support near $54,000.

The $2.2 trillion asset manager is stepping into the rapidly-growing tokenized Treasury market, joining global financial behemoths like BlackRock and Franklin Templeton.

Your day-ahead look for March 24, 2026

The company’s customer base grew to 68.3 million, with total balances up 66% to $67.5 billion and transaction volume reaching $1.7 trillion.

BTC climbs despite escalating Middle East tensions, outperforming gold as altcoins rally and derivatives data signals cautious but improving market sentiment.

Apex will tokenize the Omnes Mining Note “OMN,” an institutional-grade structured note backed by Bitcoin hashrate.