Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments firm RedotPay is pursuing a $150 million pre-IPO raise at a targeted $4 billion valuation ahead of a potential U.S. listing that could happen as early as this year. The company says it is already profitable, while citing annualized total payment volume reaching $10 billion in December with year-over-year growth above 300%. The fundraising effort comes amid senior executive departures and the absence of a sitting CFO.

On March 17 in Washington, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it joined an SEC interpretation that explains how federal securities laws apply to certain crypto assets and related transactions. The CFTC said it and its staff will administer the Commodity Exchange Act in a manner consistent with that SEC interpretation. The guidance also discusses areas including commodity classification for some non-security crypto assets, plus airdrops, protocol mining, protocol staking, and wrapping.

US Senator Cynthia Lummis said at the DC Blockchain Summit on Wednesday that Congress is "so close" to moving a digital asset market structure bill forward after unexpected hurdles in 2025. She said the biggest sticking point has been disagreement over stablecoin yield versus rewards, while adding that the DeFi provision had largely been resolved.

BNB Chain's tokenized real-world assets (RWA) segment has moved above $3 billion, with distributed asset value at $3.15 billion after gaining 33.8% over the past 30 days. The network shows 40,916 RWA holders and $1.4 billion in RWA transfer volume over the same period, alongside 345 recorded assets including products such as Circle's USYC and BlackRock's BUIDL.

Playnance has rolled out public trading for its token GCOIN on MEXC, with the GCOIN/USDT pair opening on March 18, 2026 at 13:00 UTC. The launch follows the project's Token Generation Event earlier the same day and comes after MEXC's Kickstarter activity tied to a 50,000 USDT airdrop. Playnance says more than 1 billion GCOIN were staked within hours, and withdrawals on MEXC are set to start on March 19.

Playnance launched GCOIN trading on MEXC, with the GCOIN/USDT pair opening on March 18, 2026 at 13:00 UTC after the project's Token Generation Event earlier that day. The company said MEXC deposits are already available, while withdrawals are scheduled to start on March 19. Playnance also cited over 300,000 GCOIN holders, more than 10,000 on-chain games, and over 2 million on-chain transactions processed daily.

On March 18, SEC Chair Paul Atkins said he is considering a crypto “safe harbor” that would let projects operate without immediate securities registration while they work toward decentralization. He also described four crypto asset categories—digital commodities, collectibles, tools, and payment stablecoins—as outside securities laws, and suggested custody rules could be revised to allow broker-dealers to hold crypto and traditional securities together.

AxLabs has published two TypeScript SDKs for NeoFS, enabling JavaScript and TypeScript teams to add decentralized object storage to their applications. Released on March 17, the npm and GitHub packages include a shared cryptography core and a Node.js SDK that implements the full NeoFS API. AxLabs said it has assumed ongoing maintenance after the libraries were initially built by community contributor @merl_111.