T. Rowe Price filed Amendment No. 2 for its Active Crypto ETF, keeping a broad eligible-asset list led by bitcoin and ether and reinforcing Wall Street's push toward multi-asset crypto wrappers.
MiCA is pushing Europe's biggest banks into bitcoin, custody, and stablecoins. With Polymarket at 39% on BTC over 80K by March end, bank distribution may be the bigger signal.
The CLARITY Act's 2026 path is tightening as stablecoin rewards remain the key fight, with Polymarket odds down to 56% on March 15.
Polymarket odds for the CLARITY Act fell to 62% as major U.S. banks weighed legal action over OCC trust-charter approvals they say could let crypto firms scale bank-like services without the full banking rulebook.
Brazil received $318.8 billion in crypto value in 2025, nearly one-third of Latin America activity, as stablecoins drove most flows and bitcoin stayed central to the policy debate.
Bitcoin developers merge BIP-360 to introduce quantum-resistant addresses, aiming to protect vulnerable legacy fortunes like Satoshi Nakamoto's estimated 1 million BTC from future quantum computing threats.
South Korean regulators are set to exclude dollar-pegged stablecoins like USDT and USDC from corporate trading guidelines, creating compliance hurdles.
Kazakhstan looks to convert $350 million from gold reserves into Bitcoin and other crypto assets, joining the global shift toward digital sovereign reserves.
Trump says banks are trying to block the CLARITY Act to stop Americans from earning 4% to 5% on stablecoins, as bitcoin rebounds and fear stays elevated.
A White House reporter says the Bitcoin and crypto market structure bill final text is nearly finalized, with a Senate Banking Committee markup eyed for mid-to-late March 2026.