On March 26 in New York, Better Home & Finance Holding Co. and Coinbase Global Inc. introduced a structure that lets homebuyers use Bitcoin and USDC as collateral to fund a mortgage down payment without selling their digital assets. The arrangement pairs a standard conforming mortgage originated under Fannie Mae guidelines with a second, crypto-secured loan that is combined into one monthly payment.

US lawmakers' Clarity Act talks have run into an impasse over who may offer yield on stablecoins and under what regulatory process, with Coinbase telling senators it is unhappy with this week's compromise. The debate centers on whether agencies should define yield mechanisms via rulemaking, including potential limits on tying rewards to stablecoin transaction volume. Markets reacted after the details surfaced, with Circle's stock dropping 20% on Tuesday.

XRP traded around $1.3681 near the $1.3567 long "max pain" zone with over $11.13 million in longs at liquidation risk as traders await the SEC’s spot XRP ETF verdict. SHIB saw a -36.54 billion net outflow from centralized exchanges in the past 24 hours, while Binance added Tether Gold (XAUt) with a Seed Tag and a $1.3 million XAUt marketing allocation. Bitcoin hovered near $70,000 ahead of a $14.16 billion BTC options expiry scheduled for March 27.

Nvidia is facing a shareholder class action alleging it failed to properly disclose how much gaming GPU revenue was driven by Ethereum mining demand during fiscal 2018. The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a 9th Circuit decision that let the case move forward, with the investor class spanning Aug. 10, 2017 to Nov. 15, 2018. The dispute follows a May 2022 SEC settlement in which Nvidia paid $5.5 million over disclosure issues tied to fiscal Q2 and Q3 2018.

Circle Internet Group’s CRCL is attempting to stabilize around $100.75 after a sharp 20% one-session drop, with chart levels implying a possible rebound toward $130 if support holds. Analysts argue draft CLARITY Act wording is being overread and may not undermine Circle’s reserve-income model, while Bernstein reiterated a $190 target and Bitwise projected a $75 billion valuation by 2030.

STS Digital said it launched a global Structured Products platform on 25 March 2026 in Hamilton, Bermuda, aiming to deliver institutional-grade digital-asset strategies for banks, institutional investors, and family offices. The firm said the service provides risk-managed exposure to a subset of 400 tokens and is tied to its partnership with Kraken, which recently rolled out Dual Investment using STS Digital's yield enhancement capabilities for bitcoin and ether.

Gold has fallen sharply since early March, with the selloff accelerating after headlines pointed to a US-Iran de-escalation and traders rotated into risk assets. Bitcoin stayed near the $70,000 area, diverging from XAU as gold pulled back from its late-January peak near $5,600 per ounce and consolidated around $4,500.

Ondo (ONDO) traded around $0.26 on Thursday after Ondo Finance unveiled a partnership to bring Franklin Templeton’s ETFs on-chain. The rollout places Franklin Templeton’s $1.7 trillion AUM ETF lineup onto Ondo Global Markets, adding products such as Growth, Income Equity focus and High Yield Corporate ETFs.