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Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi said there will be no talks with the United States, Walter Bloomberg reported.

Coinbase has stated it cannot support a compromise on a proposed U.S. Senate crypto market structure bill, known as the CLARITY Act, due to a provision that would ban interest payments on stablecoin balances, U.Today reported. Company spokespeople voiced their opposition to the interest prohibition during a meeting on March 23. In January, Coinbase publicly opposed a similar bill, a move that scuttled a vote in the Senate Banking Committee. U.Today noted that the CLARITY Act faces significant hurdles without Coinbase's backing, as the exchange is a major financial contributor to Fairshake, a prominent crypto industry Super PAC, and wields considerable political influence.

According to Walter Bloomberg, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the U.S. has failed to achieve its war objectives, including a quick victory and regime change.

Cryptocurrency analytics firm TRM Labs has launched an AI agent capable of analyzing on-chain data using natural language, CoinDesk reported. The agent, which will be offered to law enforcement agencies, crypto companies, and financial institutions, allows users to track on-chain activity using everyday language. According to the company, this can significantly reduce the time required to trace criminal activities.

Of the blue-chip crypto projects that once generated over $10 million in monthly fees and issued their own tokens, 12.5% are now inactive, Unfolded reported, citing data from DeFiLlama. In contrast, the inactivity rate for similar projects without tokens is only 8.3%.

Whale Alert reported that 250 million USDC has been minted at the USDC Treasury.

Nine altcoins are currently closer to their all-time highs (ATH) than Bitcoin, CryptoSlate reported. These altcoins include STABLE, SIREN, M, HYPE, Tron (TRX), Canton Network (CC), KITE, SKY, and Leo (LEO). According to CryptoSlate, the cryptocurrencies nearing their peaks faster than Bitcoin are often linked to specific themes such as the Solana ecosystem, artificial intelligence, and real-world assets (RWA). While not on the primary list, other tokens like Solana (SOL), BNB, Bittensor (TAO), and Chainlink (LINK) have also recently posted gains surpassing Bitcoin's. This phenomenon suggests that market liquidity is rotating from BTC into altcoins with specific investment themes, the outlet explained.

During a U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing on tokenization on March 25, Representative Maxine Waters accused President Donald Trump's family of corruption related to their involvement in the cryptocurrency industry. According to CoinDesk, Waters, a Democrat, criticized the Trump administration's crypto policy, highlighting what she described as blatant corruption from the family's personal involvement in crypto businesses. She estimated that the Trump family has earned approximately $1 billion from these ventures. Meanwhile, the hearing reportedly acknowledged that the advent of tokenization technology is an inevitable reality rather than a theoretical future. A majority of the committee members agreed that security tokens generally require the same regulatory safeguards as traditional securities trading.

The White House has stated that the U.S. will take stronger measures if Iran does not admit defeat. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt added that Iran is willing to talk and U.S. President Donald Trump is ready to engage, noting that the U.S. has had productive talks over the past three days.

Walrus (WAL), a storage protocol based on the Sui (SUI) network, has unveiled MemWal, a dedicated memory layer for AI agents, according to an announcement on its official X account. The project states that MemWal addresses challenges in decentralized data storage and enables agents to permanently remember and share conversational and reasoning processes. This capability allows for applications such as simultaneous collaboration among multiple agents.

Global payments giant Visa is joining Canton Network, a blockchain for tokenizing real-world assets, as a validator, Decrypt reported. It is the first major payments company to do so. Visa will be one of Canton Network's 40 super validators and plans to use the network's privacy-preserving technology to help banks build stablecoin payment and settlement systems.

Whale Alert reported that 3,205,612 SOL has been unlocked from escrow at an unknown wallet.

Startale, a Web3 joint venture between Japan's SBI Holdings, Sony, and the Astar Network Foundation, has raised $63 million in a Series A funding round, CoinDesk reported. The total combines a $13 million investment secured from the Sony Innovation Fund in January with a new $50 million from SBI Group. The funds are slated to be used to strengthen Strium, a Layer 1 chain dedicated to security tokens, enhance its stablecoin business, and improve its dedicated app. Startale has previously unveiled a Japanese yen stablecoin, JPYSC, and a U.S. dollar stablecoin, USDSC.

Crypto incubator Obex has announced a $1 billion investment to link the Sky stablecoin USDS with yields generated from real-world assets such as AI data centers, housing, and energy. According to CoinDesk, initial partners include Maple, USD.ai, Daylight, Centrifuge, Securitize, River, TVL Capital, and Better, who will work to connect the crypto market with traditional industries. Last year, Obex gained the authority to invest up to $2.5 billion of Sky's USDS reserves into real-world assets to generate returns.

The Trump administration has not yet received an official message from Iran rejecting its proposal, Walter Bloomberg reported, citing Axios.

The White House is working to arrange a meeting with Iran in Pakistan this weekend, CNN reported, citing a Trump administration official. Walter Bloomberg also reported that U.S. Vice President JD Vance has indicated he may visit Pakistan for the talks.

While Circle's stock plunged 20% after reports that the U.S. crypto market structure bill (CLARITY) would ban interest payments on stablecoin balances, some analysts argue the sell-off is excessive and could ultimately benefit the stablecoin issuer. Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, told CoinDesk that the market may be overlooking the long-term effects. He said that in its current form, the provision weakens Coinbase's distribution-focused model more than Circle's infrastructure role. Currently, Coinbase receives a significant portion of the interest revenue generated by USDC through a revenue-sharing agreement with Circle. An interest ban would diminish this advantage for Coinbase, potentially strengthening Circle's negotiating position when the agreement is up for renewal in August 2026, Thielen explained.

Payy, a developer of Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proof-based privacy stablecoins, has raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by FirstMark Capital, The Block reported. The round, which also saw participation from Robot Ventures and DBA Crypto, brings Payy's total funding to $8 million. The company is developing its own Ethereum Layer 2 network, the Payy network, which will allow institutions to transact without exposing sensitive financial information such as transaction histories, balances, and positions. Payy currently offers a non-custodial wallet and credit card services. The Payy network testnet is scheduled to launch next month, with a mainnet launch targeted for this summer. The new capital will be used to expand the team and attract institutional clients.

Regulatory clarity for cryptocurrency is coming soon, said U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig, according to a report from Solid Intel.

Whale Alert reported that 207,314,047 USDT has been transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance. The transaction is valued at about $207 million.

Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin spot ETF, MSBT, has officially announced its listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), a move that signals an imminent launch, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. In a post on X, Balchunas noted that Morgan Stanley is the first bank to launch a BTC ETF. He described the firm as a major bank with the largest financial advisory network, comprising 16,000 advisors who manage $6.2 trillion. The development follows Morgan Stanley's filing of a second amended S-1 form for MSBT with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 20.

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner Cipher Digital (CIFR) is accelerating its transition from a mining-focused company to a high-performance computing (HPC) and AI infrastructure provider, with its stock price also rising, Decrypt reported. The outlet added that other established mining firms, such as Core Scientific and Kiln Infrastructure (formerly Bitfarms), are also shifting their business models to meet the growing demand for AI.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $71,000. BTC is trading at $70,993.97 on the Binance USDT market.

Coinbase announced the addition of MEZO to its listing roadmap.

Polymarket's Google search volume has hit a new high for the third consecutive month, The Block reported. The outlet noted that this trend is a classic sign of a product transitioning from a viral marketing success to mainstream market adoption.