On March 1, crypto e-commerce firm Bitrefill reported a cyberattack involving an employee's compromised laptop, hot wallet theft and access to 18,500 purchase records. The firm linked the tactics to North Korean groups Lazarus and possibly BlueNoroff, and said it will cover the undisclosed losses using its operational capital. Bitrefill added that core services and sales volumes have largely returned to normal after introducing stronger security controls.

The U.S. Secret Service, the UK's National Crime Agency and Canadian law enforcement have launched Operation Atlantic to counter crypto scams such as approval phishing and pig butchering. The cross-border initiative works with exchanges and VASPs to analyze live blockchain data and contact at-risk wallet owners before funds are drained. Despite scammers receiving tens of billions of dollars in illicit crypto, recent analysis indicates that legal crypto activity is growing faster than criminal use.

Ironlight Group has raised $21 million from backers including former TD Bank CEO Greg Braca, the Sei Development Foundation, and Laidlaw Private Equity to expand its Ironlight Markets ATS platform for regulated tokenized securities. Tokenized stocks have grown 10% in the past 30 days to a $1.05 billion market cap, with Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain processing hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements.

Moody’s Ratings has introduced its Token Integration Engine to distribute credit analysis on the Canton Network, enabling permissioned access to its traditional ratings data within blockchain-based financial workflows. The system is aimed at institutional finance, keeps issuer-controlled permissions under Moody’s governance framework, and is initially live on Canton with plans to expand to other chains and asset types. This rollout adds to growing institutional use of Canton for tokenized funds, collateral markets, settlement infrastructure and bank-issued deposit tokens.

A Buenos Aires court has ordered a nationwide block on prediction market platform Polymarket in Argentina, citing unlicensed gambling activity and weak user controls. Judge Susana Parada instructed telecom providers, as well as Google and Apple, to restrict access to the website and app after an investigation found crypto- and card-based betting without proper identity or age checks. The case followed a complaint from local lottery authorities and coincided with scrutiny over Polymarket activity around the release of February inflation data.

On 1 March 2026, Bitrefill reported a cyber incident in which attackers drained funds from its hot wallets and accessed parts of its infrastructure. The breach involved misuse of its gift card supply system and exposed around 18,500 purchase records, including email and crypto payment addresses. Bitrefill said it has restored most services, will cover the losses from operational capital, and has tightened security controls after the attack.

On March 17, 2026, the Ethereum Foundation introduced a fellowship-style grants program offering $24,000 to selected PhD students. Between 9 and 10 fellows will receive one-year funding to support Ethereum-related academic research across fields like economics, public policy, computer science, and sociology, with proposals due by April 1 at 23:59 UTC. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a PhD program at a university or academic institution.

On March 17, 2026, William M. Peaster explored how Ethereum-based infrastructure could support an experimental zine model called Combinatoria. The concept uses a Bread Cooperative-style yield vault and tools like Sablier and Splits to stream onchain income to 5–10 curated writers each epoch. A hypothetical $100,000 in deposits generating $6,000 in annual yield would pay writers more than many traditional literary magazines, without requiring patrons to spend their principal. The piece argues that such onchain assemblages could provide financial sustainability and independence for niche cultural communities beyond just this example.