Welcome to the 123th edition of Sharding Weekly! 2026/3/16 - 2026/3/22 Some Highlights: 🔸SEC & CFTC confirm most crypto assets aren’t securities 🔸The Fed holds rates steady 🔸US Feb PPI beats estimates: +0.7% MoM, +3.4% YoY; Core +0.5% MoM, +3.9% YoY 🔸SEC approves Nasdaq rule change for tokenized securities trading 🔸SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency is creating a crypto framework to provide certainty 🔸Senators strike deal with White House to settle stablecoin yield dispute with banks 🔸PayPal now offers stablecoin access in 70 countries 🔸Markets now price a 50% chance of a US rate hike by December --- 📰News $BTC •Strategy has bought 22,337 BTC for ~$1.57B at ~$70,194 each •Metaplanet raised $255M from institutional investors, with potential capital reaching $531M to support its 210,000 Bitcoin goal •North Carolina has proposed a bill to create a state Bitcoin reserve •Morgan Stanley files S-1 for a spot Bitcoin ETF, ticker MSBT $ETH •ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees bought $56M worth of Ethereum, according to onchain analysts Others •South Korea fines Bithumb ₩36.8B ($27M) and suspends part of its business for 6 months over AML violations •Robinhood’s startup fund invests roughly $35 million across Stripe and AI audio firm •Moody’s launches a token integration engine to bring credit analysis onchain, starting with Canton •Kraken halts multibillion-dollar IPO amid tough market conditions •S&P Dow Jones licenses the S&P 500 to @tradexyz for perpetuals on Hyperliquid --- 📖Good Reads •@RayDalio - It All Comes Down to Who Controls the Straight of Hormuz: The “Final Battle” •@hooeem - I want to become a Claude architect (full course) •@DeRonin_ - How to become an AI Engineer in 6 months (RESOURCES) •@Delphi_Digital - Stablecoins Are Coming for FX Markets •@defi_monk - The Great Perpification •@mikeahorton - Robotics $25T by 2050? No, Physical AI will be 10x Bigger •@0xBobdbldr - Alliance DAO ALL16 demo day •@sytaylor - The Intention Layer •@blknoiz06 - The next billion-dollar opportunity •@balajis - Zeihan is wrong, China is strong --- 💰Crypto Fundraising Blockchain Infrastructure •@YumiFinance - $TBD Pre-Seed DeFi •@derivio_xyz - 6m •@CurrentSUI - $TBD •@lendasat - $TBD Pre-Seed Chain •@avax - $TBD investment from @animocabrands CeFi •@dtcpay_official - 10m Series A led by @vertexventures •@Kalshi - 1b Series E led by Coatue Management That’s all🥂 --- If you feel this thread is helpful, welcome to follow @ciaobelindazhou @cchungccc Thank you for all your support! Have a great day! Full content 👇 x.com/ShardingCapital/status/1...…