Important news from last night and this morning (March 23-24)

The Samourai Wallet domain, which was previously seized by the FBI, is now under the control of scammers who are using it to steal Bitcoin.

According to Cryptopolitan, the domain of Samourai Wallet, a Bitcoin wallet once known for its privacy features, has been seized by fraudsters after being blocked by the FBI in August 2025. The domain is now being used to host phishing websites that steal Bitcoin. Domain records show the website was registered through a privacy service, and the current owner is unknown. Several X platform users have reported the phishing website to the domain registrar NameCheap, requesting its closure, but have not yet received a response.

Russia will allow major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana to enter its market.

According to Cryptopolitan, the Russian government's Legislative Activities Committee has approved a bill regulating cryptocurrency trading, which will allow the country's cryptocurrency exchanges to list the country's largest digital assets by market capitalization and trading volume. Under the bill, cryptocurrencies permitted for trading must meet the following criteria: an average market capitalization exceeding 5 trillion rubles (approximately $60 billion) over the past two years, an average daily trading volume of at least 1 trillion rubles (approximately $12 billion), and at least five years of trading history. Major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana meet these standards. The bill grants the Central Bank of Russia the power to determine the list of permitted digital assets and authorizes financial intelligence agencies to blacklist specific cryptocurrencies; privacy coins will be prohibited from trading. Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins are classified as "monetary assets," and the annual investment amount for ordinary Russian citizens will be limited to less than $4,000.

The Solana Foundation introduces a new privacy framework for institutions.

According to CoinDesk, the Solana Foundation released a report titled "Privacy on Solana: A Comprehensive Approach for Modern Enterprises," arguing that enterprise adoption requires flexible privacy controls and positions privacy as a customizable feature rather than a trade-off. The report believes the next phase of crypto adoption will depend more on giving enterprises control over who and what information is disclosed, rather than solely relying on transparency. The Solana Foundation proposes four different models of privacy: pseudonymization, confidentiality, anonymity, and fully private systems. Pseudonymization hides identity while making transaction data visible; confidentiality allows participants to be known but encrypts sensitive information; anonymity hides participant identities but makes transaction data visible; and fully private systems use technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs and multi-party computability to simultaneously shield identity and transaction data.

BlackRock CEO: Tokenization could make mobile investing as convenient as making payments

According to The Block, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink stated in his annual letter to shareholders that tokenization has the potential to make investing as simple as sending a payment, given that half the world's population has digital wallets on their phones. He pointed out that tokenization can make investments easier to issue, trade, and access by updating the underlying architecture of the financial system. This is the second consecutive year that Fink has emphasized the potential of tokenizing traditional investments; last year he focused on using blockchain technology to upgrade the financial system's infrastructure, while this year he is more focused on accessibility and scalability. BlackRock is currently the largest issuer of spot Bitcoin ETFs and has become one of the most active traditional asset management firms in the digital asset space.

Australian superannuation fund Hostplus plans to offer its members cryptocurrency investment options.

According to Bloomberg, Hostplus, one of Australia's largest superannuation funds, is considering offering cryptocurrency investment options to its members. The fund manages over A$150 billion in assets and plans to offer Bitcoin and other digital assets through its Choiceplus investment option. Choiceplus allows members to manage their own retirement savings portfolios, and currently, assets under this option account for approximately 1% of the fund's total assets. Chief Investment Officer Sam Sicilia stated that there is demand for crypto assets among some members, and the product could be launched as early as the next financial year, but it is still in the design phase and requires regulatory approval. Issues such as consumer protection remain to be addressed.

The latest draft of the Clarity Act prohibits earning returns solely from holding stablecoins.

According to CoinDesk, the revised Clarity Act, the US Senate's bill on crypto market structure, includes new wording regarding stablecoin yields. The bill will prohibit paying yields solely for holding stablecoins and restrict any reward mechanisms equivalent to bank deposit interest. The specific implementation of stablecoin rewards based on user activity remains unclear. The bill was introduced on March 21 by Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Thom Tillis, and the crypto industry first saw the revised text during closed-door deliberations on Capitol Hill on March 23. This compromise aims to resolve the disagreement between the banking industry and crypto platforms regarding stablecoin yields. The banking industry had previously insisted that stablecoin rewards should not resemble interest-bearing deposits to avoid impacting traditional banking operations.

Digital asset management firm ParaFi has raised $125 million for its new fund.

According to Bloomberg, New York-based digital asset management firm ParaFi raised $125 million for its new fund in March, backed by KKR co-founder Henry Kravis. ParaFi stated that since the beginning of 2025, it has raised $325 million for its existing digital asset-related investment strategies. Currently, the company manages approximately $2 billion in assets. Founder Ben Forman stated that ParaFi is already an investor in projects such as prediction market giant Polymarket, asset management firm Bitwise, and crypto custody provider Anchorage, and is currently focusing on companies active in the stablecoin, tokenization, and institutional on-chain finance sectors.

Balancer plans to shut down Balancer Labs; the agreement will be operated under a DAO, foundation, and service provider model.

Balancer co-founder Fernando Martinelli announced that Balancer Labs will be gradually shut down due to a lack of revenue and ongoing legal risks stemming from the November 2025 v2 vulnerability exploit. The core team members are planned to be absorbed by Balancer OpCo, and the relevant proposal will be submitted to a governance vote. Martinelli stated that the Balancer protocol has evolved to the point where it no longer requires a traditional corporate entity; in the future, the protocol will operate through a DAO, foundation, and service provider model. While the protocol itself continues to generate actual revenue, with annualized total fees exceeding $1 million in the past three months, the problem lies in the unsustainable economic model and excessively heavy cost structure surrounding the protocol.

The two new wallets accumulated a total of 10,137 ETH in nearly half an hour, worth approximately $21.76 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the two newly created wallets accumulated a total of 10,137 ETH in nearly half an hour, worth approximately $21.76 million. Specifically: wallet "0x905" withdrew 7,164 ETH from Binance, worth $15.37 million; wallet "0x703" withdrew 2,973 ETH from Binance, worth $6.39 million.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf: No negotiations have been held with the United States; "fake news" has been used to manipulate the oil market.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf: No negotiations were held with the United States; "fake news" was used to manipulate the oil market. The Iranian people demand thorough punishment for the aggressors.

Early whale High Stakes Capital sold 300,000 HYPE tokens, cashing out over ten million US dollars.

According to Onchain Lens, the early address High Stakes Capital sold 300,000 HYPE tokens in the past two hours, cashing out approximately $11.45 million at an average price of about $38.17. The address currently holds approximately 302,421 HYPE tokens, with a market value of about $11.54 million, resulting in an overall unrealized profit of over $33.2 million.

Kalshi's early employees plan to raise $35 million to establish a venture capital fund focused on prediction markets.

According to Fortune, early employees of prediction market platform Kalshi are launching a venture capital fund called 5c(c) Capital, aiming to raise up to $35 million, focusing on investing in the prediction market sector. The fund's partners are Adhi Rajaprabhakaran, a former early trader at a Kalshi-affiliated market maker, and Noah Zingler-Sternig, former head of operations at Kalshi.

Stablecoin company SDEV invests over $100 million in SKY tokens

Nasdaq-listed pharmaceutical company Stablecoin Development currently holds approximately 2.06 billion SKY tokens, representing about 8.78% of the total supply, with a market capitalization of approximately $147 million. More than half of these were purchased on the secondary market at an average price of approximately $0.065 per token, with the remainder coming from cash and stablecoins received as part of its funding rounds. The company has begun staking SKY to earn rewards, having received approximately 26.6 million SKY staking rewards to date.

Sources say the Iranian official negotiating with the United States is Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf.

According to the Jerusalem Post, a source said that the Iranian official negotiating with the United States is Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf.

White House reviews SEC draft rules on crypto regulation and private placement disclosure

According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has submitted two new proposals to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB): one concerning regulatory exemptions for digital assets and the other concerning disclosure rules for hedge funds and private equity funds.

Polymarket releases new market ethics rules, strengthening bans on insider trading and manipulation.

Prediction market platform Polymarket announced updates to its Market Integrity rules for its DeFi platform and its CFTC-regulated exchange in the United States, and launched a dedicated Market Integrity page. The new rules explicitly prohibit three types of insider trading: trading using stolen confidential information, trading based on illegally leaked information, and contract trading by participants who can influence the outcome of events. In addition to insider trading, the rules prohibit fraud, market manipulation (including wash trading, wash trading, and fake transactions), self-trading, front-running, information abuse, and disrupting market order.

Polygon's DeFi blockchain Katana acquires decentralized exchange IDEX

According to The Block, Katana, an Ethereum scaling network incubated by Polygon Labs and GSR, has acquired decentralized exchange IDEX and launched its perpetual contract platform, Katana Perps, based on IDEX's matching engine. IDEX, an early hybrid "DeFi-CeFi" exchange, will provide Katana Perps with order book matching and AMM liquidity infrastructure. Katana stated that this move is part of its strategy to "own more technology stack and revenue," aiming to complete its infrastructure deployment before regulations open up space for on-chain perpetual contracts.

Trump: We have reached 15 agreements with Iran.

US President Trump: We have reached 15 agreements with Iran, including that Iran will not possess nuclear weapons.

Strategy expands its ATM funding, adding $44.1 billion in securities issuance.

According to Strategy's 8-K filing, the company has added up to $21 billion in Class A common stock ATMs, $21 billion in STRC preferred stock ATMs, and $2.1 billion in STRK preferred stock ATMs. It has also added Moelis, Alliance, and StoneX as sales agents, while increasing the number of STRC licensed shares and decreasing the number of STRK licensed shares.

Trump: I may speak with Iran by phone today and hope to hold a meeting as soon as possible.

According to Jinshi Data, US President Trump stated: "We have had strong dialogue with Iran. Let's see what the negotiations bring. Major consensus has been reached. Iran needs better public relations personnel. Witkov and Kushner have met with them. Iran wants an agreement, and so do we. We talked all Sunday night. We may speak with the Iranian side by phone today, hoping to hold a meeting as soon as possible. The person we are talking to is not the Supreme Leader of Iran. We have not yet received a response from the Supreme Leader of Iran. I don't know if the Supreme Leader of Iran is still alive, and I don't want him to be killed. We do not want Iran to possess nuclear bombs or nuclear weapons. The goal is to achieve peace in the Middle East, and Iran must not possess nuclear weapons. If an agreement is reached, it will be a great start for Iran and greatly benefit the region. We do not want to see any uranium enrichment activities, and we also want the uranium that is already enriched."

Federal Reserve Governor Milan: Still expects four rate cuts in 2026

According to Jinshi Data, Federal Reserve Governor Milan stated: "We should not base our policy decisions on short-term news headlines; it is too early to judge the current situation. Traditional central bank views hold that the oil shock will not affect core inflation. The labor market still needs monetary policy support. The situation remains unclear, making it impossible to determine whether monetary policy should respond to the current situation. It is too early to conclude that oil prices affect other prices. Rising energy prices have dampened demand, offsetting some of the inflationary impact. A Fed response to the oil shock now would be highly unusual. Rising oil prices could lead to higher inflation, but this has not yet occurred. The pre-war policy outlook remains unchanged. The current policy outlook still points to interest rate cuts. Four interest rate cuts are still expected in 2026."

Federal Reserve's Goolsby: There may be a situation where interest rate hikes are necessary.

Federal Reserve's Goolsby: There may be a situation where interest rate hikes will be necessary.

AXIOS: Türkiye and other countries relay information between the US and Iran

According to Axios: Turkey and other countries are relaying messages between the US and Iran. According to Fox News: Trump stated he was unsure what Iranian media were talking about; the most recent Iran talks took place last night, and Iran is eager to reach an agreement.

Trump: A deal with Iran could be reached in 5 days, or even faster.

According to Fox News, Trump said a deal with Iran could be reached in five days, or even less.

Bitmine increased its holdings by 65,300 ETH last week, bringing its total holdings to over 4.66 million ETH.

According to PR Newswire, NYSE American listed company Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) added 65,341 Ethereum (ETH) in the past week, significantly higher than its previous weekly purchase pace of approximately 45,000–50,000 ETH. Its ETH holdings have increased to 4,660,903, representing about 3.86% of the total ETH supply, and it plans to increase its holdings to 5%.

CoinShares: Net inflows into digital asset investment products slowed to $230 million last week.

According to CoinShares' latest weekly report, influenced by the Federal Reserve meeting being interpreted as a "hawkish hold-up" stance, net inflows into digital asset investment products slowed to $230 million last week. Specifically, $635 million flowed in the two days before the FOMC meeting, while $405 million flowed out afterward. Overall, all regions still saw net inflows, with the US recording $153 million, followed by Germany and Switzerland with $30.2 million and $27.5 million respectively. Bitcoin products saw inflows of $219 million, but short-Bitcoin products still saw $6 million in inflows, indicating a growing divergence between bulls and bears.

Strategy spent $76.6 million last week to purchase 1,031 BTC, bringing its total holdings to approximately 762,100 BTC.

The 8-K filing shows that Strategy purchased 1,031 BTC for approximately $76.6 million between March 16 and 22, at an average price of approximately $74,326. As of March 22, it held a total of 762,099 BTC, with a total purchase cost of approximately $57.69 billion and an average price of approximately $75,694.

Sources say there has been no direct contact or communication between Iran and the United States, nor through intermediaries.

According to Iranian media Fars News, sources said that there was no direct contact or communication between Iran and the United States, and that Trump had backed down after learning that Iran would strike all power plants in the Middle East.

Binance completes PlaysOut's contract swap from BEP20 to BASE network.

Binance Alpha 2.0 has completed the contract swap of PlaysOut (PLAY) from BEP20 to the BASE network at a 1:1 ratio. PLAY token deposits and withdrawals on the BASE network are now open, and PLAY trading on the Alpha 2.0 platform resumed on March 23, 2026 at 19:30 (UTC+8).

EdgeX confirms that the $EDGE token will be listed on March 31st.

According to an official announcement, edgeX has announced that the token generation event (TGE) for its platform token $EDGE and its listing date will be March 31.

James Wynn's heavily leveraged short Bitcoin position was completely liquidated.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the 40x leveraged short position in Bitcoin (BTC) opened by the on-chain address "James Wynn" (@JamesWynnReal) in the past two days has been completely liquidated due to today's sudden market surge.

Trump: The United States and Iran have had productive talks, postponing any military strike against them by five days.

US President Trump tweeted: "I am pleased to report that the United States and Iran have had very good and productive conversations over the past two days, discussing the complete and thorough resolution of our hostile relationship in the Middle East. I have instructed the Department of Defense to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days, provided that the current talks and consultations are successful."

Whale "pension-usdt.eth" adds 20,000 ETH to its short position, tripling its initial investment.

According to Onchain Lens, the Ethereum and Bitcoin 3x leveraged short trading address "pension-usdt.eth" increased its ETH (3x) short position by 20,000 ETH while reducing its BTC (3x) position by 500 BTC. Currently, the address holds a 30,000 ETH short position with a notional value of approximately $61.3 million, and a 500 BTC short position with a notional value of approximately $34.16 million, resulting in a total floating profit of nearly $28 million.