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Interactive Brokers Launches Crypto Trading for Individual Investors in Europe – News Bytes Bitcoin News

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Interactive Brokers (IBKR) announces the launch of crypto-asset trading for individual investors across the European Economic Area (EEA) on March 31, 2026. This service is facilitated through Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited, an authorized crypto-asset service provider, allowing clients to trade assets like bitcoin and ethereum. The expansion provides local investors with an integrated platform to manage digital assets alongside traditional stocks, options, and futures. Clients gain access to 11 leading crypto-assets with transparent commissions ranging from 0.12% to 0.18% and no hidden custody fees. This rollout leverages a secure infrastructure…

BitGo Launches Platform for Crypto-Backed Lending and Portfolio Financing

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Digital asset infrastructure provider BitGo has launched a financing platform that lets institutional clients borrow and lend against a range of digital assets, including liquid tokens, staked positions and locked holdings, within a single account. The company said the system consolidates borrowing, lending and collateral management into one workflow, replacing processes that have typically required multiple counterparties and manual asset transfers. By introducing portfolio-based lending, BitGo hopes to give clients access to credit against a mix of assets held in custody rather than posting collateral on a per-loan basis. It also…

Galaxy Launches SOL Staking On GalaxyOne, Expands Retail Crypto Push

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Galaxy Digital has introduced a Solana staking feature on its GalaxyOne retail platform, furthering its push into consumer crypto services amid intensifying competition among all-in-one trading apps. In a Tuesday announcement, Galaxy said GalaxyOne users can now stake Solana (SOL) directly through the app, earning up to 6.5% in variable annual rewards. The yield is not fixed and depends on network conditions, validator performance and overall staking participation, meaning actual returns may fluctuate over time. The rollout reflects a broader industry shift toward integrating yield-generating products into retail platforms, allowing…

Tokenized Uranium Lending Launches via Metals.io and Morpho Protocol – News Bytes Bitcoin News

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Metals.io announced that borrowing against xU3O8, the world’s first tokenized uranium, is officially live as of March 30, 2026. This launch, powered by the Morpho lending infrastructure and available on Oku, allows investors to access liquidity in USDC without selling their underlying physical uranium positions. The integration enhances capital efficiency by bringing real-world assets ( RWAs) into the decentralized finance ( DeFi) ecosystem. The xU3O8 tokens represent digital ownership of physical uranium securely stored in a regulated depository operated by Cameco, one of the largest global uranium providers. This development…

Nium Launches Dual-Network Stablecoin Card Issuance Platform for Global Business Payments – News Bytes Bitcoin News

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San Francisco-based Nium launched its stablecoin card issuance platform on March 30, 2026, to bridge digital currency with traditional commerce. The solution allows enterprises to convert stablecoin balances into fiat currency at the point of sale across hundreds of millions of merchant locations worldwide. The infrastructure leverages 40 regulatory licenses to provide compliant issuance across 190 countries without requiring businesses to build new backend systems. Nium currently issues 38 million card tokens annually and supports real-time disbursements in over 100 different currencies. The platform streamlines the time-to-market for stablecoin programs…

Binance Launches Oil and Gas Perpetual Futures With 100x Leverage Amid Iran War Energy Crisis – Crypto News Bitcoin News

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Crypto Traders Can Now Trade Oil Futures on Binance Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, by trading volume, announced three new USDT-margined perpetual contracts Monday: CLUSDT for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil, BZUSDT for Brent crude, and NATGASUSDT for natural gas. All three go live on April 1 on a staggered schedule beginning at 09:00 UTC. Each contract carries a maximum leverage of 100x. The timing is deliberate. Global energy markets have been swinging hard since late February, when U.S. and Israeli forces launched coordinated airstrikes on Iran under…

Nium Launches Stablecoin Card Issuance Platform on Visa, Mastercard

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Global payments infrastructure provider Nium has launched a platform that allows businesses to issue stablecoin-funded cards through Visa and Mastercard, in the latest development enabling digital dollar balances to be spent at merchants using existing card networks. Nium said the system converts stablecoin balances into fiat at the point of sale and handles settlement, compliance and card network integration through a single integration. The tech company said it expects to be able to shorten the time required to launch stablecoin card programs from months to days by consolidating conversion, settlement…

Lido Launches Vaults and Earn Products as Staking Yields Compress – Defi Bitcoin News

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Lido DAO Targets Corporate Treasuries and Tokenized Assets in Three-Year DeFi Plan The plan, detailed in the GOOSE-3 governance proposal published Nov. 24, 2025, sets four priorities: expanding stETH adoption, upgrading protocol infrastructure, scaling new revenue through Lido Earn, and building products that connect off-chain corporate finance activity with onchain liquidity. Lido remains Ethereum’s largest liquid- staking provider. The protocol holds roughly 28–30% of all staked ETH, with total value locked fluctuating between $18 billion and $40 billion depending on market conditions. Staking yields have compressed as more validators enter…

Bitpanda Launches Vision Chain to Connect Traditional Institutions and Onchain Finance – News Bytes Bitcoin News

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Bitpanda announced the launch of Vision Chain as a dedicated infrastructure to facilitate the scaling of tokenized assets. Built using the Optimism OP Stack, this Ethereum Layer 2 network enables banks and developers to issue and manage assets while remaining compliant with European regulations like the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) and MiFID II. The new ecosystem utilizes the Vision (VSN) token to align network growth with usage through a revenue-based supply tightening mechanism. To ensure institutional scalability, the platform supports stable fees denominated in Euro-denominated stablecoins and provides grants to…

Fenbushi Capital Co-Founder Bo Shen Launches Bounty to Recover $42M Crypto Theft From 2022 – Crypto News Bitcoin News

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Fenbushi Capital Co-Founder Offers up to 20% of $42M to Recover Stolen Crypto Shen disclosed the theft publicly on Nov. 23, 2022, roughly two weeks after the breach occurred in the early morning hours of Nov. 10, 2022. The compromised wallet, ending in the digits 894, held the bulk of his personal digital assets. Fenbushi Capital, the Shanghai-based blockchain venture firm Shen co-founded, was not affected. The stolen assets included approximately $38.2 million in USDC, 1,607 ETH, roughly 720,000 USDT, and 4.13 BTC, along with smaller positions in tokens including…