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Altcoins, excluding Ether (ETH), have recorded $209 billion in net selling volume since January 2025, marking one of the steepest declines in speculative demand for crypto assets this cycle.On Binance, altcoin trading volumes dropped roughly 50% since November 2025, reflecting a steady dip in activity. The decrease also coincides with an increase in Bitcoin’s volume share on the exchange. Analysts said that the contraction in altcoin demand, alongside elevated stablecoin dominance, signals that the broader market is shifting its capital toward BTC during the current downtrend.Altcoin spot volume imbalance deepens against BitcoinCrypto analyst IT Tech noted that the cumulative buy…

Entities in Dubai and the archipelagic nation of the Maldives are moving forward with tokenized real estate development projects worth millions of dollars, combined.On Friday, the Dubai Land Department announced that it would launch the second phase of a real estate tokenization pilot program. The move followed about $5 million worth of real estate in Dubai being tokenized, allowing the resale of about 7.8 million tokens. Source: Reece Merrick, Ripple Labs’ managing director for the Middle East and AfricaThe tokenization infrastructure partner for the pilot, called Ctrl Alt, which is also licensed as a Virtual Asset Service Provider in Dubai,…

Ashley Stewart Rödder, a senior director at Gagosian, died earlier this month, the gallery confirmed in an email to ARTnews on Friday. No cause of death was provided. Stewart Rödder had served as a senior director at Gagosian since 2019. She had previously served as director of sales at Salon 94 for four years, as well as a variety of positions at David Zwirner over the course of seven years. In an emailed statement, dealer Larry Gagosian described Rödder as a “fierce advocate” for her artists. “Ashley distinguished herself as a fierce advocate for her artists, namely Nathaniel Mary Quinn,…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says there is a 90% chance the US CLARITY Act passes by the end of April. If that happens, years of crypto regulatory gray zone could finally close.Garlinghouse pointed to serious momentum building in Washington after months of Senate delays.Lawmakers are pushing toward a March 1 negotiation deadline set by the White House. If the bill clears, it would give institutions the clear legal definitions they have been waiting for before possibly entering spot markets in size. Key Takeaways The Signal: Garlinghouse raises passage probability to 90% by April, exceeding prediction market estimates. The Timeline: White…

A purpose-built AI security agent detected vulnerabilities in 92% of exploited DeFi smart contracts in a new open-source benchmark.The study, released Thursday by AI security firm Cecuro, evaluated 90 real-world smart contracts exploited between October 2024 and early 2026, representing $228 million in verified losses. The specialized system flagged vulnerabilities tied to $96.8 million in exploit value, compared with just 34% detection and $7.5 million in coverage from a baseline GPT-5.1-based coding agent.Both systems ran on the same frontier model. The difference, according to the report, was the application layer: domain-specific methodology, structured review phases and DeFi-focused security heuristics layered…

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a ruling on Friday striking down most of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with six of the nine Supreme Court justices ruling that the Executive Branch lacks authority to levy tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). “IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs,” Friday’s ruling said, adding that the president has “no inherent authority” to impose tariffs during peacetime using the statutes in the IEEPA. The ruling read:“In IEEPA’s half-century of existence, no president has invoked the statute to impose any tariffs, let alone tariffs of…

Our most popular series Coins Under $1 continues this month with 3 more great choices. This time we have 2 Layer 1 chains and a Layer 2. All 3 have substantial DeFi but 2 specialize in it. Ready for this month’s picks? Let’s check them out. Sui We start today with Sui. In truth, Sui should not be on this list because it should not be under $1. But for the moment, it is, and you should take advantage of it at this price. One of the cool things they have going on now is free stablecoin transfers are coming…

Isaiah Zagar, an artist who created one of Philadelphia’s great public art attractions, died on February 19 due to complications from heart failure and Parkinson’s Disease, which he had been diagnosed with in 2023. His death was confirmed by Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (PMG), the nonprofit organization that tends to the eponymous artwork. His creations “defined the spirit of Philadelphia,” writes the Philadelphia Inquirer. Zagar’s work is included in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Fabric Workshop and Museum, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and the Brandywine Workshop and Archives.…

A new fourth quarter 2025 survey from tokenization platform Brickken suggests that the majority of real-world asset (RWA) issuers are using tokenization to raise capital rather than to unlock secondary market liquidity, according to a report shared with CoinDesk.Among respondents, 53.8% said capital formation and fundraising efficiency is their main reason for tokenizing, while 15.4% said the need for liquidity was their main incentive. Another 38.4% said liquidity was not needed, while 46.2% said they expect secondary market liquidity within six to 12 months.“What we’re seeing is a shift away from tokenization as a buzzword and toward tokenization as a…

The Dubai Land Department (DLD) and tokenization firm Ctrl Alt unveiled a secondary market for real estate-backed tokens, enabling the resale of $5 million in fractional property ownership in an announcement on Friday.Roughly 7.8 million tokens tied to ten Dubai properties are now eligible for trading within a controlled market environment. Transactions will take place on a regulated distribution platform, recorded on the XRP Ledger blockchain and secured by Ripple Custody.The effort is part of Dubai’s ambitious plan to become a global hub for real estate tokenization, turning ownership in properties into tradable tokens on blockchain rails. Proponents argue that…