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Coinbase's Allies Join Crypto Firm's Case Against SEC
Several allies joined Coinbase Inc. (COIN) in its court fight against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to force the agency to rethink its refusal to write specific rules to govern the crypto industry, with Paradigm, the Crypto Council for Innovation and others filing outside arguments with the circuit court.

Luxor Looks to Help Bitcoin Miners Hedge Halving Risk With New Hashrate Futures
The bitcoin mining software and services company partnered with Bitnomial to offer cash-settled hashrate futures.

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Acquired Another 9,245 BTC For 3M
MicroStrategy now holds approximately 214,246 BTC ($13.5 billion), which is more than 1% of all the 21 million bitcoin that will ever exist.

MANTRA Chain Raises M for RWA Tokenization with Middle East Tint

EU Lawmakers Vote for Three Major Texts in Anti-Money Laundering Package That Also Targets Crypto
The broad package sets up an anti-money laundering authority, a single rulebook for all 27 member states, and tough rules for crypto service providers.

Stablecoin Project Gyroscope to Conduct Points Program, Launch High-Yield Liquidity Pools
Gyroscope seeks to boost its GYD stablecoin with new products servicing airdrop farmers and yield seekers.

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Slumps, Liquidations Surge
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 19, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Citi and Brazilian Development Bank Join Hyperledger Foundation
The Foundation has also launched a collaborative working group for traditional financial institutions to work atop of the company’s Besu Ethereum client.

Galaxy Digital to Introduce Exchange-Traded Products in Europe in 'Matter of Weeks'
Galaxy Digital teamed up with asset manager DWS last April to develop ETPs designed to give Europeans access to digital-asset investment through traditional brokerage accounts.

Bank of Japan Ends Eight-Year Negative Rates Regime; Bitcoin Slides to .7K
The BOJ hiked the benchmark borrowing cost by 10 basis points, abandoning the prolonged negative interest rate policy.