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The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), that bastion of bureaucratic inertia, has concluded its review of the DOL’s proposal, paving the way for the proletariat to throw their retirement savings into the gaping maw of Bitcoin and its ilk. Gone is the 2022 guidance that once warned fiduciaries against such madness, a relic of a time when prudence still held sway. In its place stands a new decree, born of the Biden-era executive order, which, in its quest to assess the risks and benefits of digital assets, has instead unleashed a torrent of financial recklessness.

“We’ve accomplished a lot in the first year, but the President wants to keep the pedal to the metal on everything tech. That’s exactly what we will do,” said Sacks, presumably while riding off into the sunset on a blockchain unicorn.

For months, cryptocurrency companies have been combining chatbots with information about the market and digital wallets. These systems could usually explain trades, identify patterns, or offer investment ideas, but they couldn’t actually make transactions on the blockchain. Now, Trust Wallet is aiming to change that with a new set of tools designed for completing real crypto transactions. Their latest update allows developers to create programs that go beyond just discussing cryptocurrency and actually *do* things with it.

Mixin, a privacy-first platform for digital asset transactions, has announced a major expansion of its gas fee subsidy program, further reducing costs for users moving assets across multiple blockchains.

As a researcher following the situation, I observed a brief moment of optimism when President Trump extended the deadline for Iran to agree to a ceasefire by ten days, and initially, talks seemed to be progressing well. This led to a slight dip in Brent crude prices, down 1.3% to $106 a barrel. However, that positive momentum quickly disappeared when the Wall Street Journal reported that the Pentagon was considering sending up to 10,000 more troops to the Middle East – any hope for de-escalation was immediately lost.

Behold, the prophet Axel Adler, with his charts and his numbers, proclaims a truth both grotesque and sublime: in the span of 30 days, ending on the fateful March 25, Bitcoin ETF funds devoured 62,986 BTC-a sum of $11.3 billion, as institutions, those cold-eyed titans, marched into the market while the price meandered from $64,100 to $71,307. Is this a market adrift? Nay! It is a market being silently consumed, like a soul in the clutches of a Dostoevskian nightmare.

This ranking, as of March 2026, takes a gander at the top five LATAM neobanks based on user scale, payments volume, crypto product depth, and real-world usage. Trading volume? Pfft. We’re not here to brag about numbers; we’re here to see who’s actually getting crypto into the hands of everyday folks.

Apparently, home buyers can now pledge their Bitcoin (at a whopping 250% collateral, because why not?) or USDC (a mere 125%) as collateral for a mortgage, all without selling their precious tokens. No capital gains tax, they say! Just the ever-looming specter of liquidation if your crypto decides to take a nosedive. But hey, at least you’ll have a roof over your head-until you don’t.

Tara, bless her brave heart, shared her master plan on the mysterious land of X (not to be confused with the letter ‘X’ that marks the spot). She waved her hands dramatically and warned traders about the current bounce in XRP’s price. “Beware!” she shouted. “It could be a cunning trick, like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat that turns out to be a very grumpy cat!”

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.01% to close at 45,960.11. The S&P 500 dropped 1.74% to 6,477.16. The Nasdaq Composite led the decline, shedding 2.38% to close at 21,408.08. All three indices reversed gains posted Wednesday, when the Dow gained 0.66%, the S&P 500 rose 0.54%, and the Nasdaq added 0.77%.