Bitcoin pushed back above $75,000 after weeks of declines, revisiting its highest levels in several weeks following a rebound from February lows near $60,000. Shiba Inu's rebound attempt stalled at the 50-day EMA, while Ethereum climbed from around $2,000 toward $2,300-$2,400 and now faces resistance near $2,500 and $2,800.

The U.S., the UK and Canada have launched Operation Atlantic to disrupt crypto scams by detecting suspicious activity before funds leave victims' wallets. The effort prioritizes "approval phishing" and "pig butchering" schemes, with investigators planning to work with exchanges and VASPs and contact potential victims by phone or email when wallets appear at risk.

XRP is developing a rare, multi-cycle triple bottom on the macro chart, a structure that may indicate waning selling pressure as price holds key support. The setup highlights $0.91 as a major confluence zone and $1.65 as the first level that, if reclaimed on a weekly basis, could signal a broader shift away from the current corrective downtrend.

Bitcoin (BTC) reached $76,000 on March 17, extending a multi-day rebound as U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs continued to see renewed buying interest. Analyst Axel Adler Jr. said ETF holders still face an average unrealized loss of $5,174, with the cohort's realized price near $79,962 shaping how the market may behave around the $80,000 area.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission said in a Tuesday interpretive notice it will outline how "non-security crypto assets" fit under federal securities laws as Congress considers market-structure legislation. The guidance sets a token taxonomy and discusses when assets may be treated as investment contracts, including airdrops, protocol mining and staking, and wrapping. SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the approach recognizes that most crypto assets are not securities, while tokenized traditional securities remain subject to securities laws.

Ironlight Group said it raised $21 million from Greg Braca, the Sei Development Foundation, and Laidlaw Private Equity to scale Ironlight Markets ATS for regulated tokenized securities. The broader tokenized market is projected to reach $2 trillion to $11 trillion by 2030, while tokenized stocks hit a $1.05 billion market cap after 10% growth over the past 30 days. Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain lead settlement with nearly $400 million, $286 million, and $230 million respectively.

Polymarket helped prediction markets become a mainstream onchain category, and newer teams are now stretching the model in different directions. The lineup includes Frenzy Finance's 10-second price-tick forecasting on Base, Fact Machine's Solana "opinion market" design that separates bettors from proof-of-personhood voters, Context's V2 focus on AI agents with 20+ tools and 50+ CLI commands, and Hyperliquid's HIP-4 binary contracts that settle to 0 or 1 on testnet.

On 17 March 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released new guidance on how federal securities laws apply to crypto, stating that most crypto assets are not securities. The framework introduces a five-part taxonomy and explains how securities rules may apply to activities such as staking, airdrops, mining, and wrapping depending on how tokens are offered and used.