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NFT marketplace shelves March 30 TGE target with no new date, ends rewards campaign, and offers fee refunds.OpenSea has pushed back the launch of its long-awaited SEA token for the second time, with co-founder and CEO Devin Finzer announcing Monday that the previously planned March 30 token generation event will not go ahead as scheduled.”A delay is a delay. I’m not going to dress it up, and I know how it lands,” Finzer wrote on X, adding that the OpenSea Foundation opted to hold off rather than force a debut in challenging market conditions. No new date has been set.The…

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their inflow streak to seven consecutive days, marking the longest run since October 2025.Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs added $199.4 million on Monday, bringing their seven-day streak to around $1.2 billion, according to data from SoSoValue. The latest inflows suggest continued institutional interest, though total inflows remain far below the roughly $6 billion seen during the October 2025 run.Total trading volumes fell to $2.6 billion on Monday, while total assets under management in Bitcoin ETFs climbed to $96.7 billion. Net year-to-date flows remain negative, following $1.8 billion in cumulative monthly outflows and $1.7 billion…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitmine Immersion Technologies has been buying Ether steadily and has pushed its holdings to roughly 4.5 million tokens, a position that makes the firm one of the largest corporate holders on record. According to reports, the latest disclosed move included an over-the-counter purchase of 5,000 ETH from the Ethereum Foundation, a sale arranged off-exchange to avoid pressuring public markets. The deal is small compared with the company’s total hoard, but it underscores an ongoing accumulation plan. Bitmine Staked Most Of Its Holdings Reports indicate that Bitmine added nearly…

Caroline Bishop Mar 17, 2026 20:10 OpenAI begins testing advertisements in ChatGPT for free-tier users, promising answer independence and privacy protections while exploring new revenue streams. OpenAI has officially begun testing advertisements within ChatGPT, marking a significant shift in how the company plans to monetize its flagship AI product. The test, which launched February 9, 2026, targets logged-in adult users on the Free and Go subscription tiers in the United States.Paid subscribers on Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education plans won’t see ads. Free users who want an ad-free experience can either upgrade or opt out in exchange for fewer…

This is a “scam coin” that “rugged people,” one analyst claimed. The meme coin PIPPIN, which was among crypto’s rock stars not long ago due to its staggering price increase, has crashed by approximately 50% over the past day alone. The big question now is whether a rebound is on the horizon or if this was a textbook rug pull, signaling that things may only get worse from here. The Scam Revealed Its Real Face? While the broader crypto market struggled throughout February, the lesser-known meme coin PIPPIN defied the negative conditions, registering a triple-digit price explosion. At one point,…

George Town, British Virgin Islands, March 17th, 2026, Chainwire Aster, a privacy-focused trading ecosystem backed by YZi Labs, today announced the official launch of Aster Chain Mainnet. This purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain is designed to dismantle the “transparency trap” of modern DeFi, offering institutional-grade privacy and CEX-level performance to professional and retail traders worldwide. Ending the Era of Onchain Position Hunting Transparency is a defining characteristic of decentralized finance, supported by public ledgers, verifiable transactions, and open protocols. However, transparency between protocols and users differs from transparency among market participants. When trading activity, including order placement, position size, and liquidation…

The global investment landscape is undergoing structural change. As blockchain technology matures, Web3-based financial platforms are moving from niche experimentation to a rapidly expanding segment of digital finance. According to industry reports, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystems has fluctuated significantly in recent years, yet long-term adoption metrics continue to show expansion in wallet activity, smart contract usage, and decentralized application engagement. Skywinex views this shift not as a speculative cycle, but as an infrastructure transition. The Expansion of Web3 Investment Platforms Over the past five years, several measurable trends have emerged: The number of active…

APIA, Samoa, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, announced that its TradFi (Traditional Finance) trading platform has exceeded $10 billion in trading volume for the first month, driven by unprecedented demand for tokenized gold and commodity contracts amid escalating geopolitical tensions. Gold-related instruments — including XAU (Gold) and PAXG perpetual contracts — accounted for a significant share of the volume surge, as traders sought safe-haven exposure through Phemex’s 24/7 trading infrastructure. The TradFi platform, which offers tokenized access to stocks, commodities, and indices alongside crypto assets, has seen a 340% increase in active users quarter-over-quarter. Its core…

ORBS makes strategic investments in category-defining companies, including OpenAI and Beast Industries Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine (NYSE: BMNR), joins board of directors to support ORBS’ long-term investment strategy ARK Invest joins ORBS as a partner, providing strategic advisory and private market intelligence; commits $25 million to ORBS Brett Winton, Chief Futurist at ARK Invest, will join as an advisor to ORBS’ Board Payward, the parent company of global crypto platform Kraken, commits $25 million to ORBS The Company is supported by a group of strategic and institutional investors including: Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), MOZAYYX, ARK Invest, Payward, World Foundation,…

Castries, Saint Lucia, March 12th, 2026, Chainwire PrimeXBT, a global multi-asset broker and crypto asset service provider, announced the launch of PXTrader 2.0, a major upgrade of its native trading platform that combines crypto with traditional financial markets, giving traders access to more than 350 instruments from a single account. The launch reflects PrimeXBT’s leading role in the growing convergence between crypto and traditional finance, supported by infrastructure designed to allow digital asset capital to move more freely across global markets. PXTrader 2.0 reflects a broader shift in how digital assets are being used within financial markets. Increasingly, crypto is…