U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he does not expect the Clarity Act, a key crypto market structure bill, to pass out of the Senate Banking Committee before April. The legislation, which has already moved through the House, remains stalled amid disagreements over stablecoin yield, even as the Senate advances a housing bill with a CBDC ban and prioritizes President Donald Trump's SAVE America Act.

U.S. prosecutors have asked a judge to reject former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's February motion seeking a new trial, arguing he has not brought forward any valid newly discovered evidence. They said potential testimony from former executives Daniel Chapsky and Ryan Salame was known before his 2023 fraud and conspiracy conviction and would not have altered the verdict, while also disputing his claims that FTX was solvent and that the case was politically motivated.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, argued in a Wednesday X post that GENIUS Act-compliant stablecoins could channel new global capital into the U.S. banking system by meeting overseas demand for dollar-based tokens. His comments come as traditional banking groups warn that yield-bearing stablecoins may drain deposits and as disagreements over stablecoin rewards continue to stall broader crypto market structure legislation, including the Clarity Act.

Nasdaq-listed Solmate, operating as Brera Holdings PLC under ticker SLMT, plans to rename itself Solmate Infrastructure PLC and concentrate on building Solana infrastructure from a base in Abu Dhabi. The firm has proposed a 10-for-1 reverse stock split and intends to wind down two underperforming soccer teams, reallocating capital to its Solana treasury and infrastructure strategy while keeping Italian club Juve Stabia.

Circle Internet Group shares climbed 9.74% to close at $111.84 on Monday, their highest level since early November, after Bernstein reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and a $190 price target implying about 70% upside. The report cited resilient growth in stablecoin supply and transaction volumes, including $55 trillion in total stablecoin transfers and expanding use cases across cross-border payments and emerging AI-driven machine-to-machine transactions.

Nasdaq has entered into a partnership with Boerse Stuttgart Group's tokenized settlement platform Seturion to connect its European trading venues to blockchain-based post-trade infrastructure. The collaboration initially targets structured products and is intended to support trading and settlement of tokenized securities across asset classes over time.

Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, has taken a strategic stake of about 6.3% in Aquis-listed bitcoin treasury company Stack BTC Plc as it advances its bitcoin reserve and acquisition strategy. Stack BTC raised £260,000 from investors including Farage and Blockchain.com, issued 5.2 million new shares at £0.05 and last Friday disclosed a first purchase of 21 BTC at an average price of $71,594 per coin while Kwasi Kwarteng serves as chair.

Crypto exchange OKX announced on Friday that it is launching Orbit, a native social networking feature inside its app with a phased beta rollout to select users. The tool lets traders share market commentary, host livestreams, run group chats and place trades while optionally revealing verified performance metrics to help address credibility concerns in trading communities. Orbit also supports cashtags such as $BTC, $ETH and $SOL so users can jump from posts directly into the trading interface.

Polymarket has archived a prediction market contract on whether a nuclear weapon would be detonated this year, after criticism over wagers tied to war and death. The market, which had multiple resolution dates and drew at least $650,000 in volume before being taken down, sparked concerns that such contracts on military actions could enable people with non-public information to profit.