Welcome to the 123th edition of Sharding Weekly!
2026/3/16 - 2026/3/22
Some Highlights:
đ¸SEC & CFTC confirm most crypto assets arenât securities
đ¸The Fed holds rates steady
đ¸US Feb PPI beats estimates: +0.7% MoM, +3.4% YoY; Core +0.5% MoM, +3.9% YoY
đ¸SEC approves Nasdaq rule change for tokenized securities trading
đ¸SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency is creating a crypto framework to provide certainty
đ¸Senators strike deal with White House to settle stablecoin yield dispute with banks
đ¸PayPal now offers stablecoin access in 70 countries
đ¸Markets now price a 50% chance of a US rate hike by December
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đ°News
$BTC
â˘Strategy has bought 22,337 BTC for ~$1.57B at ~$70,194 each
â˘Metaplanet raised $255M from institutional investors, with potential capital reaching $531M to support its 210,000 Bitcoin goal
â˘North Carolina has proposed a bill to create a state Bitcoin reserve
â˘Morgan Stanley files S-1 for a spot Bitcoin ETF, ticker MSBT
$ETH
â˘ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees bought $56M worth of Ethereum, according to onchain analysts
Others
â˘South Korea fines Bithumb âŠ36.8B ($27M) and suspends part of its business for 6 months over AML violations
â˘Robinhoodâs startup fund invests roughly $35 million across Stripe and AI audio firm
â˘Moodyâs launches a token integration engine to bring credit analysis onchain, starting with Canton
â˘Kraken halts multibillion-dollar IPO amid tough market conditions
â˘S&P Dow Jones licenses the S&P 500 to @tradexyz for perpetuals on Hyperliquid
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đGood Reads
â˘@RayDalio - It All Comes Down to Who Controls the Straight of Hormuz: The âFinal Battleâ
â˘@hooeem - I want to become a Claude architect (full course)
â˘@DeRonin_ - How to become an AI Engineer in 6 months (RESOURCES)
â˘@Delphi_Digital - Stablecoins Are Coming for FX Markets
â˘@defi_monk - The Great Perpification
â˘@mikeahorton - Robotics $25T by 2050? No, Physical AI will be 10x Bigger
â˘@0xBobdbldr - Alliance DAO ALL16 demo day
â˘@sytaylor - The Intention Layer
â˘@blknoiz06 - The next billion-dollar opportunity
â˘@balajis - Zeihan is wrong, China is strong
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đ°Crypto Fundraising
Blockchain Infrastructure
â˘@YumiFinance - $TBD Pre-Seed
DeFi
â˘@derivio_xyz - 6m
â˘@CurrentSUI - $TBD
â˘@lendasat - $TBD Pre-Seed
Chain
â˘@avax - $TBD investment from @animocabrands
CeFi
â˘@dtcpay_official - 10m Series A led by @vertexventures
â˘@Kalshi - 1b Series E led by Coatue Management
Thatâs allđĽ
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