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Franklin Templeton has amended two Western Asset institutional money market funds (MMFs) to plug directly into the emerging US stablecoin regime and tokenized cash infrastructure rather than launching new crypto native products.According to a release shared with Cointelegraph, Franklin Templeton is adapting the two long‑running Western Asset institutional funds so they can be used more directly in US GENIUS‑aligned stablecoin reserve structures and blockchain‑enabled distribution channels, without changing their status as Securities and Exchange Commission‑registered 2a‑7 MMFs.The changes are designed to allow the funds to serve as regulated, government-backed collateral for payment stablecoins and other tokenized cash uses without altering…

The first week of 2026 delivered a surprising jolt to the fast-growing spot Bitcoin ETF market, as a net outflow of $681 million caught traders and analysts off guard. This marked the most significant weekly ETF outflow since their historic approval in early 2025 and ignited serious debate among market participants. The reasons for the downturn appear manifold, with macroeconomic volatility, inflationary pressure, central bank policy shifts, and growing geopolitical instability converging to push investors into risk-off mode. However, beneath the surface of short-term panic lies a strategic window of opportunity for forward-thinking investors.To fully contextualize the current retreat, it’s…

Privacy-preserving cryptocurrency Monero surged to a new all-time high on Tuesday as tightening digital asset regulations contribute to heightened investor demand for privacy coins.Monero (XMR) rose to a new all-time high above $687 on Tuesday, up around 14% rise over the past 24 hours, according to TradingView data.Monero has gained roughly 45% in the past week, becoming the 12th largest crypto by market cap as the total market capitalization of privacy-focused coins rose by 3.5%, and trading volume soared 32%, CoinMarketCap data shows.Privacy-focused cryptos have outperformed the wider cryptocurrency market during the past three months since the $19 billion crypto…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum’s main network is witnessing a dramatic surge in activity, signaling renewed confidence and accelerating momentum across the ecosystem. Aspects like transaction throughput and user engagement appear to have pushed significantly higher over the past few weeks, breaking past prior peaks. Another Historic Moment For Ethereum Network Since the beginning of 2026, the Ethereum network has been hitting major milestones that reflect the blockchain’s efficiency and expanding ecosystem. Even in a volatile crypto landscape, ETH’s network usage and adoption have increased sharply, as evidenced by its rapidly…

The New Museum in New York will reopen on March 21 after two years of closure, the museum announced Tuesday. The institution was originally slated to reopen last fall. Since March 2024, the New Museum has been shuttered as part of an expansion to a next-door lot that will add 60,000 square feet to its existing SANAA-designed building. The expansion, designed by OMA / Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas, will bring its total footprint to nearly 120,000 square feet. Of this additional 60,000 square feet, 9,600 square feet will be dedicated to exhibition space, almost doubling the museum’s current area…

Layer-2 network ZKsync released a 2026 roadmap that puts privacy, deterministic control and native interoperability at the center of its strategy for institutional digital asset adoption.Its plan, published by Matter Labs co-founder and CEO Alex Gluchowski, frames zero-knowledge technology as a foundational infrastructure for regulated finance. The roadmap follows a year of infrastructure delivery. In 2025, the network rolled out core components including Atlas, Prividium and Airbender. According to Gluchowski, these systems were designed to meet operational realities faced by banks, enterprises and governments, where confidentiality and performance are critical requirements. With regulatory conditions improving across jurisdictions, ZKsync argued that the remaining…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says a nascent crypto sector could mirror the explosive growth of stablecoins, calling the opportunity “huge” as blockchain technology continues to reduce friction in global markets. In a new discussion hosted by Goldman Sachs, Armstrong points to the rise of stablecoins as a case study. He notes that while early critics questioned the need for a digital dollar, demand surged as people in high-inflation countries sought access to dollar-denominated assets. Stablecoins also streamlined payments for trading, cross-border and business-to-business transactions, helping drive roughly $30 trillion in stablecoin payment volume over the past year. Armstrong said he believes…

A $26 million exploit of the offline computation protocol Truebit stemmed from a smart-contract flaw that allowed an attacker to mint tokens at near-zero cost, highlighting persistent security risks even in long-running blockchain projects.Truebit suffered the $26 million exploit that resulted in a 99% crash for the Truebit (TRU) token, Cointelegraph reported on Friday.The attacker abused a loophole in the protocol’s smart-contract logic, which enabled them to mint “massive amounts of tokens without paying any ETH,” according to blockchain security company SlowMist, which published a post-mortem analysis on Tuesday.“Due to a lack of overflow protection in an integer addition operation,…

BNB Chain’s Fermi upgrade, which goes live Wednesday, will cut BNB Smart Chain (BSC) block times from 0.75 seconds to 0.45 seconds and push transaction finality to “around one second,” positioning the network as one of the fastest major Ethereum Virtual Machine chains. The hard fork completes the final phase of BNB Chain’s “short block interval” roadmap and is framed as a performance and reliability upgrade rather than a cosmetic tweak.With Fermi, BSC validators will produce blocks every 0.45 seconds, nearly halving the time it takes for transactions to be confirmed onchain. Nina Rong, executive director at BNB Chain, told Cointelegraph that…

21Shares, a major global exchange-traded product (ETP) provider, has expanded access to its investment product combining exposure to Bitcoin and gold.The 21Shares Bitcoin Gold ETP (BOLD), which tracks both Bitcoin (BTC) and gold, debuted trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Tuesday, according to an official announcement.“Now that retail investors in the UK have access to crypto ETPs, 21shares is dedicated to delivering a wider selection of innovative regulated products,” 21shares CEO Russell Barlow said.The LSE rollout comes years after 21Shares debuted BOLD on SIX Swiss Exchange in April 2022. The company has since listed the product on major…