Crypto Vesting

Google Play implemented access restrictions to 17 unregistered overseas crypto exchanges catering to local users in South Korea at the request of the country’s regulators. 

On March 21, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the South Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) said it was considering sanctions against operators that did not report to the relevant authorities.

Authorities require virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to report to regulators under the country’s Specified Financial Information Act. 

At the time, the FIU said it was coordinating with the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC), the regulator in charge of the internet, on how they could block access to the exchanges. 

By March 26, the FSC published a list of 22 unregistered platforms, highlighting 17 that had been blocked from the Google Play store. The move restricts new downloads and updates for affected apps, effectively limiting user access.

A list

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Solana (SOL) price looks ready to rise in April based on a classic bullish reversal indicator and signs of renewed appetite for memecoins.

Technicals show 65% SOL price rally in play

As of March 26, SOL’s price had entered the breakout stage of what appears to be a falling wedge pattern.

A falling wedge forms when the price consolidates inside a range defined by two converging, descending trendlines. Meanwhile, the pattern resolves when the price breaks above the upper trendline.

SOL/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingView

Solana broke above the upper trendline of its falling wedge pattern on March 19 and has since maintained bullish momentum. The breakout has held strong, with SOL continuing to climb in the days that followed.

With the pattern confirmed, the SOL/USD pair is now eyeing $235, a target obtained by adding the wedge’s maximum height to the breakout level by April.

Source: <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://x.com/THEFLASHTRADING/status/1904596330871128356" rel="nofollow

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Over 27,740 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $2.4 billion were withdrawn from exchanges on March 25, the highest daily outflow since July 31, 2024. Meanwhile, US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue their inflow streak, suggesting that institutional demand is making a comeback.

Is the Bitcoin bull run about to resume?

Bitcoin exchange outflows hit 7-month high

Bitcoin is making another attempt at a technical breakout above $90,000 as supply on exchanges continues to decrease.

Bitcoin: Net flow to exchanges. Source: Glassnode

A closer look at the data reveals that a huge chunk of these withdrawals were made by whales, or entities holding at least 1,000 BTC, who withdrew more than 11,574 BTC worth approximately $1 billion from exchanges on March 25.

Bitcoin whale withdrawal from exchanges. Source: Glassnode

High Bitcoin outflows from exchanges and whale withdrawals, in particular, reduce sell pressure, often signaling accumulation and bullish

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Zero-knowledge proof (ZK-proof)-based compliance protocol PureFi has launched its Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) integration for the Uniswap decentralized exchange (DEX).

According to a recent announcement shared with Cointelegraph, PureFi claims that its ZK-proof-based KYC and AML integration for Uniswap helps address security and compliance concerns at the protocol level. While the integration can be implemented as part of any Uniswap v4 pool, it was deployed as part of the PureFi DEX Uniswap implementation, replacing standard interfaces with custom compliance routers.

The new decentralized finance (DeFi) platform also introduces level-based verification that scales checks based on transaction volume. Checks go from basic identity and sanctions verification at low volumes to comprehensive KYC with risk-based wallet scoring and real-time monitoring at high volumes.

Related: Know Your Peer: The pros and cons of KYC

Not everyone is on board

Hedi Navazan, the chief compliance officer at DEX aggregator developer

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Ethereum developers are under pressure as the Pectra upgrade rolls out to a new testnet following several unexpected issues that have delayed its deployment to the mainnet.

The Pectra upgrade, which was expected to hit the Ethereum mainnet in March, was deployed into the network’s Holesky testnet on Feb. 24. However, the upgrade failed to finalize on the network, prompting developers to investigate and address the causes. 

On March 5, the update was rolled out to the Sepolia testnet. However, developers again encountered errors, which were made worse by an unknown attacker who used an “edge case” to cause the mining of empty blocks. 

To better prepare for the upgrade, Ethereum core developers created a new testnet called “Hoodi.”

Ethereum developers “exhausted” from Pectra preparations

Hoodi was launched on March 17, and the Pectra upgrade will roll out on

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Fidelity Investments is reportedly in the final stages of testing a US dollar-pegged stablecoin, signaling the firm’s latest push into digital assets amid a more favorable crypto regulatory climate under the Trump administration.

The $5.8 trillion asset manager plans to launch the stablecoin through its cryptocurrency division, Fidelity Digital Assets, according to a March 25 report by the Financial Times citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.

The stablecoin development is reportedly part of the asset manager’s wider push into crypto-based services. Fidelity is also launching an Ethereum-based “OnChain” share class for its US dollar money market fund.

Fidelity’s March 21 filing with the US securities regulator stated the OnChain share class would help track transactions of the Fidelity Treasury Digital Fund (FYHXX), an $80 million fund consisting almost entirely of US Treasury bills.

While the OnChain share

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Google introduced Gemini 2.5, its latest experimental artificial intelligence model; it ranked second in a competitive leaderboard for AI-driven web development tools.

On March 25, Google announced that it will allow developers to try out Gemini 2.5 Pro. The company described it as a thinking model, capable of reasoning through thoughts before responding.

Google said this improves both accuracy and performance, particularly in coding, science and math tasks. It said Gemini 2.5 can support more context-aware agents. 

Citing self-reported data compiled by the AI benchmarking platform LMArena, Google shared that the new AI model topped the charts in reasoning and knowledge, science and mathematics. Google described Gemini 2.5 as its “most intelligent AI model.” 

Google’s new model ranks second in web dev leaderboard

Google’s new AI model ranked second in LMArena’s WebDev leaderboard, a real-time AI coding competition where models compete in web development challenges created by the AI benchmarking

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The token tied to the crypto gaming giant Immutable surged 15% in the hours after it announced that the US Securities and Exchange Commission closed its investigation into the firm and would take no further action.

The Immutable (IMX) token rose around 15% on March 25 to reach just under $0.74 shortly after the firm announced that the SEC shut its inquiry without any breach of violations, which Immutable said closed “the loop on the Wells notice issued by the SEC last year.” 

IMX matched crypto market downtrend

It is the highest price that IMX has reached since March 3, before a broader market decline — driven by prolonged uncertainty over US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and US interest rates — pushed it down to $0.46 on March 11.

At the time of publication, IMX had retraced back to $0.67, <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/immutable-x/" rel="null"

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North Carolina lawmakers have introduced bills in the House and Senate that could see the state’s treasurer allocate up to 5% of various state retirement funds into cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

The Investment Modernization Act (House Bill 506), introduced by Representative Brenden Jones on March 24, would create an independent investment authority under the state’s Treasury to determine which digital assets could be suitable for inclusion into the state retirement funds.

An identical bill, the State Investment Modernization Act (Senate Bill 709), was introduced into the state’s Senate on March 25.

The bills define a digital asset as a cryptocurrency, stablecoin, non-fungible token (NFT), or any other asset that is electronic in nature that confers economic, proprietary or access rights.

The North Carolina bills don’t set market cap criteria for digital assets, unlike other crypto bills that are working

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