This Week in Blockchain: 20 March
1. SEC & CFTC classify 16 cryptos as digital commodities: BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, LINK, AVAX, DOT, XLM, HBAR, LTC, DOGE, SHIB, XTZ, BCH & APT. Staking, mining, airdrops beyond securities law. [http://SEC.gov: https://sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026-30-sec-clarifies-application-federal-securities-laws-crypto-assets…]

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MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor asserts that Bitcoin has won the global narrative war, specifically naming BIP- […]
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Michael Saylor warns that BIP-110 is the biggest threat to Bitcoin; the four-year cycle is dead, and institutional capital is the real protagonist.

Bitcoin at Block – the Bitcoin project of Block , the company founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey – has just announced the launch of a free Bitcoin Faucet, marking the return of the Bitcoin distribution model...

Jack Dorsey announces a $1 million project to give away free Bitcoin.

Cryptocurrency has not failed; it has simply been targeting the wrong users over the past decade.

Zhou Hang, founder of Yidao Yongche: Cryptocurrency has finally reached its time to make its appearance.

4. http://Crypto.com cut ~12% of staff as part of AI integration, and Algorand Foundation laid off 25% of its workforce citing macro conditions and the crypto downturn. [TheStreet: https://thestreet.com/crypto/jobs/layoffs-hit-crypto-industry-twice-in-2-days…]