MARA sold 15,133 BTC worth over $1 billion this week and said the move helped cut outstanding debt by 30%, as the firm also advances AI data-center plans. Analysts argue that when large public miners shift capital and infrastructure from BTC mining to AI, the resulting hashrate reduction can lower difficulty and improve margins for miners who stay. They also warned that another bout of miner distress could return if BTC falls below $65K.

On-chain flows around Hyperliquid (HYPE) show demand forming through both a $4 million USDC whale deposit that bought 56,208 HYPE (about $2.1 million at $38.21) and a TWAP aiming to acquire 99,000 HYPE across 10 hours. Supply dynamics include roughly 37.5 million HYPE removed via burns and circulating supply near 238.4 million out of 962 million at press time. Whether price support holds may hinge on trading-volume-driven buybacks, ongoing float tightening, and potential re-supply from about 1.2 million HYPE in monthly distributions and whale selling into rallies.

Hut 8 said it is expanding modular data centers designed to shift computing capacity between AI workloads and bitcoin mining, with facilities built from interchangeable components. The company pointed to its Vega site in Texas—initially developed for mining and later adapted for AI-related work—as an early example of the approach. It also cited a development pipeline totaling about 10 gigawatts of capacity as it prioritizes demand, financing, and power access before construction.

Tezos is set to host Tezdev 2026 on March 30 in Cannes, France, bringing together developers and creators for a free, global ecosystem event. The agenda spotlights Tezos X scalability work, Etherlink confirmation-time improvements from about 500 milliseconds to under 50 milliseconds, and deeper AI tooling in the development workflow, alongside interactive experiences such as the XP Zone and Tezquest with a $7,000 prize pool.

Bitcoin (BTC) surged to $76,000 early in March but later reversed, trading near $66,126 at press time as macro conditions tightened. A potential move in the U.S. 10-year yield toward 5.0% and roughly $296 million in weekly spot Bitcoin ETF outflows have raised downside risk, with a possible retrace zone cited at $58,632–$55,302.

Bitcoin's network hashrate rose back above 1 ZH/s on March 28, while hashprice slid over the prior days to $31.60 per PH/s per day. Difficulty was last adjusted down 7.76%, and the next adjustment is due April 2, 2026 with an estimated +6.43% change. Miners are earning about 3.14 BTC per block, with fees contributing 0.43% and mempool fees around 2.4 sats/vB.

Canada’s federal government introduced the Strong and Free Elections Act on Thursday, proposing to ban political parties and election-related third parties from accepting donations in cryptocurrency, money orders and prepaid cards. The proposal cites concerns that these payment methods can enable anonymous or difficult-to-trace contributions and could be exploited for foreign interference. The bill also outlines penalties that could reach twice the contributed amount, plus $25,000 for individuals and $100,000 for corporate entities.

Aave (AAVE) fell below the $100 support level and slid to a three-week low of $96, with the token last trading around $97. The move left AAVE down 7.7% on the day and pushed its market cap lower by more than $200 million, while short-term momentum weakened below the 9- and 21-day moving averages.