‘How did this happen’ — Powell says Fed stumped over the collapse of SVB

    In a post-FOMC meeting on March 22, the chairman of the Federal Reserve said his “only interest is that we identify what went wrong here.” United States Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has conceded that his regulator was blindsided by the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, despite it being under their watch. In a press…

    Bitcoin’s banking crisis surge will ‘attract more institutions’: ARK’s Cathie Wood

    Cathie Wood was impressed that Bitcoin “moved in a very different way” compared to the equity market in response to the recent banking crisis. The value proposition of Bitcoin is on full display amid the current banking crisis, which will only “attract more institutions” to the BTC market over time, ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood believes. Wood shared…

    Anonymous DAO tomi raises $40M for ‘surveillance-free’ internet

    The anonymous group of crypto developers is promoting the use of a decentralized autonomous organization to govern an alternative version of the internet. Alternative internet developer tomi has raised $40 million from venture capital firms as part of a broader effort to lure content creators to its decentralized World Wide Web alternative. The funding round…

    Manta Network seeks to bring privacy to nonfungible crypto assets with new NPO platform

    The new NFT Private Offering platform will enable users to mint nonfungible tokens and soulbound tokens while maintaining the privacy of their crypto assets. Zero-knowledge layer 1 blockchain Manta Network announced on March 20 that it had added support for assets, including nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and soulbound tokens (SBTs), to its protocol. The MantaPay protocol, which initially supported…

    Binance’s response to U.S. Senators lacks financial information: Report

    Binance’s Patrick Hillman answered a letter from United States Senators requesting information on Binance’s operations in the country and its relationship with Binance.US. Binance has answered a letter from United States Senators from early March requesting information about the crypto exchange operations in the country, including its balance sheet. According to a report on March 18,…

    DefiLlama forked as internal dispute unfolds

    A disagreement over the launch of a LLAMA token led core employees to fork DefiLlama blockchain on March 19. A dispute has taken place within the decentralized finance analytics dashboard DefiLlama, leading the platform to be forked by one of its employees over the weekend. The dispute centers on the company’s plans to launch a…