Hostplus, one of Australia's largest superannuation funds, is weighing whether to let members invest in cryptocurrencies after receiving requests for access to the asset class. The fund's CIO said the earliest rollout could be next financial year via its ChoicePlus platform, though the proposal remains in design and would require regulatory sign-off and consumer-protection work.

Bittensor (TAO) is spearheading a recovery in the AI sector, surging roughly 12.65% to trade at $306.95 as of Tuesday, March 24, 2026. The move comes as the network hits critical milestones in decentralized model training, effectively decoupling from Bitcoin (BTC) which remains range-bound. Despite concerns of short-term overbought conditions, TAO has successfully flipped the $300 psychological level into a support-testing zone, driven by a 113% explosion in 24-hour trading volume.

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) closed the session on March 23, 2026, with a significant 6.78% gain, ending at $160.90. The rally marks a major technical breakout for the data analytics specialist, which has surged 23% over the last 30 days. Investors flooded back into the stock following a historic Pentagon designation that shifts Palantir’s AI capabilities from experimental pilots to permanent, budget-backed fixtures of U.S. defense.

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals said it will exit pharmaceuticals and rebrand as Stablecoin Development Corporation (SDC), with the new ticker SDEV expected to begin trading April 3. The firm disclosed holdings of more than 2 billion SKY tokens (about 8.8% of supply, roughly $150 million) and said it has earned about 26.6 million SKY in staking rewards so far. Shares rose 19% to around $1.38 on the announcement, though the stock is still down more than 95% year to date.

Dogecoin rose 4.78% over the past 24 hours to $0.09489, while its monthly performance shows a nearly 4.61% decline amid broader risk-off conditions tied to the West Asia crisis. Between March 18 and March 21, 2026, whale wallets accumulated 470 million DOGE, as derivatives data shows a slightly bearish tilt with key liquidation clusters at $0.0892 and $0.0928.

NYSE Arca has submitted a proposal that would change how options on Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs trade, aiming to align them with standard equity-options rules. The filing would remove a 25,000-contract position cap on certain products and broaden access to FLEX options that let traders customize terms such as strikes and expirations. It also sets eligibility thresholds for the underlying assets, including a $700m average market value requirement.

XRP is consolidating after a brief relief rally that followed a March 23, 2026 post by US President Donald Trump about postponing military strikes for 5 days. XRP is trading around $1.43 and has stayed in a tight $1.36–$1.46 range, while active XRPL addresses fell by more than 40% in just a few days. Retail ownership is still growing, but overall on-chain participation and momentum appear to be weakening.

Sens. Adam Schiff and John Curtis introduced a bipartisan bill that would bar CFTC-registered venues, including Kalshi and Polymarket's U.S. platform, from listing prediction contracts linked to sports or casino-style games. Separately, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan and Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour have reportedly backed a new $35 million venture fund aimed at prediction-market startups. The roundup also notes ETH-related moves, including Bitmine's purchase of 65,341 ETH and an early investor sale of 15,002 ETH worth about $31 million.