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Rebeca Moen Mar 12, 2026 23:55 DTCC’s Great Collateral Experiment achieved near-instant repo settlement on blockchain rails, with The Graph’s subgraphs powering the critical data layer. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, which settles trillions in annual trade volume, has completed a pilot that slashed traditional settlement times from days to roughly five seconds—with The Graph’s indexing protocol serving as the backbone for real-time data queries.GRT traded at $666.82 as of March 12, down 1.12% over 24 hours, though the token showed no immediate reaction to the blog post detailing the experiment’s results.What…

Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a regulatory sandbox framework under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act. Sandbox Duration and Transition Paths Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission has taken another step in shaping the country’s digital asset landscape by announcing the operational rollout of its regulatory sandbox framework under the Virtual Asset Service Providers […] Credit: Source link

Strategy appears to have purchased more than 4,000 bitcoin on Thursday, according to estimates derived from real-time trading data and community tracking dashboards monitoring the firm’s preferred equity sales. Data from STRC.live and market trackers suggests the purchases were funded through heavy issuance of the company’s Variable Rate Series A Preferred Stock (STRC), a perpetual preferred instrument that Strategy has increasingly used to raise capital for bitcoin accumulation. By end of day in New York, trading activity implied the firm had already raised enough capital to acquire more than 4,000 BTC, marking the largest single-day bitcoin purchase funded through STRC…

Key Highlights A user tried to swap $50 million USDT for AAVE on the Aave interface but ended up receiving only 324 tokens due to massive slippage. The platform has clearly warned about extreme slippage, but the user still confirmed the transaction on the mobile device DeFi protocol will return $600,000 in fees collected from the swap as a goodwill gesture In the strange incident that took place on the Aave protocol today, a DeFi user executed a massive swap on the Aave protocol, where the user converted approximately $50 million in USDT into only 324 AAVE tokens, which are…

ETHDenver 2026 saw side events collapse, prize pools slashed, and AI × crypto dominate the floor, leaving a leaner, builder‑driven conference with prediction markets in focus. Summary Side events dropped from 668 in 2025 to about 215, as timing near Lunar New Year, rival gatherings like WLFI’s Mar‑a‑Lago forum, and tighter budgets cut global attendance. AI × crypto became the main story, with Futurllama tracks, Sentient’s Open AGI Summit, and robotics projects making the venue feel closer to an AI expo than a DeFi show. The BUIDLathon stayed builder‑centric but with prize pools slashed from roughly $1.03m to $132k, messy…

Key Highlights  Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that the CLARITY Act will not pass out of the Senate Banking Committee before April, facing another major delay While banks are demanding strict limits on yields and incentives for stablecoins, the crypto industry is opposing this demand The delay in the regulatory process might raise legal risks for companies  On March 12, Senate Majority Leader John Thune reportedly informed reporter Brendan Pedersen that the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) is not likely to pass out of the Senate Banking Committee before April.  This could add another delay in the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ripple has published a new report detailing the major milestones its payments platform and XRP have achieved. The report covers Ripple Payments’ expansion into a global-scale end-to-end platform, XRP’s role in cross-border transactions, the growth of the RLUSD stablecoin, and more. Here is a breakdown of everything the Ripple team shared. Ripple Payments See Strong Growth With XRP At The Center Ripple’s new report, published on March 3, highlights the company’s efforts to build a unified payments platform that handles both traditional currencies and digital assets. The…

David Bailey has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026, returning to the conference he helped build to share his perspective on Bitcoin’s expanding role across media, capital markets, and corporate strategy. As the Chairman and CEO of Nakamoto Inc. (NASDAQ: NAKA), Bailey has executed one of the most ambitious consolidation plays in Bitcoin’s history — bringing together BTC Inc., and UTXO Management under a single publicly traded Bitcoin operating company. His vision extends far beyond media: Nakamoto is positioned as a diversified Bitcoin enterprise spanning asset management, advisory services, and institutional infrastructure, with Bitcoin accumulation at its…

Luisa Crawford Mar 12, 2026 20:22 GitHub reveals how its AI workflow using Copilot and Actions transformed accessibility feedback handling, resolving 89% of issues within 90 days. GitHub has deployed an AI-powered workflow that slashed accessibility issue resolution time from 118 days to 45 days—a 62% improvement that cleared a backlog where nearly half of reported problems had lingered unresolved for over 300 days.The system, detailed in a March 12, 2026 blog post by Senior Accessibility Program Manager Carie Fisher, combines GitHub Actions, GitHub Copilot, and GitHub Models to automatically triage, classify, and…

The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) is urging Congress to broaden proposed de minimis tax relief for digital assets beyond payment stablecoins to include bitcoin and other major network tokens. Under current law, bitcoin is treated as property, which means every purchase with the asset triggers a capital gains calculation, regardless of transaction size.  BPI argues that this framework discourages routine payments, such as buying coffee or sending small remittances, because users must track cost basis and report minor gains and losses. Lawmakers have worked on several approaches in the 119th Congress. Senator Cynthia Lummis introduced a standalone bill that would…