1. What Happened In late March 2026, Grayscale Investments — one of the largest digital asset management firms in the world — officially filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a spot XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF). If approved, this fund would allow everyday investors to gain exposure to XRP…

1. What Happened In March 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended its review period on multiple spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications, effectively pushing any approval or denial decision into the second half of 2026. Several major asset managers — including VanEck, 21Shares, and Canary Capital — had filed applications in late…

1. What Happened In mid-March 2026, Fidelity Investments — one of the largest asset management firms in the world with over $5 trillion in assets under management — officially launched a tokenized U.S. Treasury fund built on the Ethereum blockchain. The product, called the Fidelity Treasury Digital Fund (FTDF), allows institutional and qualified investors to…

1. What Happened In early 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began formally reviewing multiple applications for spot Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Several major asset managers — including VanEck, 21Shares, and Canary Capital — filed applications for ETFs that would hold actual Solana (SOL) tokens, following the successful launches of spot Bitcoin ETFs…

1. What Happened In mid-March 2026, Coinbase — one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States — announced the launch of a new Bitcoin-backed lending service available to retail customers. The service allows users to deposit their Bitcoin as collateral and borrow U.S. dollars or stablecoins against it, without having to sell their…

1. What Happened In March 2026, BlackRock — the world’s largest asset manager with over $11 trillion in assets under management — announced a significant expansion of its tokenized money market fund known as BUIDL (BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund). The fund, which was first launched on Ethereum in March 2024, has now expanded…

1. What Happened In March 2026, Bitcoin continues to trade above the $90,000 level, a price zone it has held since late 2025. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has been hovering in a range between approximately $88,000 and $97,000 throughout the first quarter of 2026, following the historic surge that began after the…

1. What Happened In mid-March 2026, cumulative net inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) crossed the $100 billion mark — a landmark moment for the crypto industry. This milestone comes roughly 14 months after the first batch of spot Bitcoin ETFs began trading on January 11, 2024. An ETF, or exchange-traded fund, is…

1. What Happened In March 2026, the total value of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on public blockchains surpassed $15 billion — a milestone that signals how quickly traditional finance is merging with the crypto ecosystem. This figure represents the combined value of assets like U.S. Treasury bonds, corporate debt, real estate, commodities, and private credit…

1. What Happened Welcome to BonChainers’ daily crypto market recap for Wednesday, March 12, 2026. Today’s session saw mixed performance across major digital assets, with Bitcoin (BTC) hovering near the $92,000 level while Ethereum (ETH) showed modest gains above $4,100. Overall market sentiment reflected cautious optimism as traders digested macroeconomic signals from the U.S. Federal…