On March 25, 2026, Solana traded around $92.40 as the network highlighted 15 million on-chain payments initiated by autonomous AI agents. The SIMD-0266 token standard debuting this month is described as reducing token transfer compute costs by 95%, alongside $337.5 billion in tokenized assets across 3,182 products and spot ETF net assets of $881 million.

Franklin Templeton plans to issue two ETFs on Ethereum—one tracking the S&P 500 and another tied to short-term U.S. Treasuries—so shares can be bought, sold, and held via self-custody crypto wallets on a 24/7 basis. The firm said the products will support a hybrid create/redeem process using either fiat currency or stablecoins, and are expected to launch in the coming weeks pending regulatory clearance.

On March 25, 2026, Ondo Finance said it partnered with Franklin Templeton to offer onchain exposure to tokenized stocks and ETFs via Ondo Global Markets, alongside a broader industry push to tokenize traditional assets. The same day, Bitpanda said it is building Vision Chain, an Ethereum layer-2 using Optimism's OP Stack designed to support regulated issuance under frameworks including MiCA and MiFID II, while Startale Group announced a $63 million Series A to expand tokenization and stablecoin infrastructure.

The Ethereum Foundation has introduced its 2029 “Strawmap,” a seven–hard fork plan designed to move the network to post-quantum cryptography while also cutting block finality to under 16 seconds. The sequence is set to begin in 2026 with the Glamsterdam fork in the first half of the year, followed by Hegota later in 2026, as Ethereum works toward STARK-based signatures and Single Slot Finality.

Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. said Tuesday it has launched options trading for its PURR common shares on the Nasdaq Options Market. The firm said the move is aimed at improving liquidity and price discovery for PURR while giving institutional and retail participants additional ways to hedge and express directional views tied to the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies said it launched MAVAN (Made in America Validator Network) on Wednesday to stake and generate yield from its ETH treasury. The company reported 3,142,643 ETH on the platform at launch, valued at about $6.8 billion using an ETH price of $2,148 at 5:00 p.m. ET on March 24, 2026. Bitmine also disclosed an SEC 8-K filing dated March 25, 2026 and said it is opening MAVAN to institutional clients.

On March 25, 2026, the pseudonymous trader KillaXBT told followers that rising Middle East tensions could trigger broader market capitulation that he believes may coincide with a Bitcoin bottom. He warned BTC could fall into the $50,000 range if it fails to keep $64,700 as support, while noting key levels around $66,900 and $65,900–$64,700. Bitcoin was quoted at $70,646 at the time of writing, flat on the day.

Bitcoin (BTC) has struggled to reclaim $72,000 as multiple onchain indicators signal cooling demand. Investor cohorts appear to be distributing, whale transfers have fallen to multi-year lows, and network activity metrics have trended down since August 2025. Separately, the hash rate slid from 1.2 ZH/s on March 5 to 813 EH/s on Wednesday, while hash price dipped below $34 per PH/s/day, raising concerns about miner capitulation.