Resolv Labs said its collateral pool remained fully intact after a Sunday exploit disrupted USR’s issuance mechanism and knocked the stablecoin off its peg. The attacker minted 80 million unbacked USR, sending the price as low as $0.14 before it rebounded to $0.42 at the time of writing. Several DeFi protocols moved to limit exposure, while onchain tracking suggested most of the proceeds were swapped into ETH.

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty fell about 7.7% on March 20, lowering the metric to 133.79 trillion at block 941,472 and easing conditions for miners that remain online. The reset followed slower block production over the prior 2,016 blocks, with average block times around 12 minutes 36 seconds. Listed miners are also increasingly shifting capacity toward AI and high-performance computing as competition for power and data-center resources grows.

Ethereum wallet thomasg.eth rebuilt a roughly $19.5 million ETH position over the past week, spanning spot ETH, WETH and Aave-deposited ETH, capped by a fresh $3 million buy on March 20. The buying coincided with three straight US spot Ether ETF net outflow days totaling $55.7 million (March 18), $136.4 million (March 19) and $42 million (March 20). Separately, Bitmine chair Tom Lee said this week he believes an ETH bottom is forming and pointed to ETH's realized price near $2,241.

On March 16, Australia's Senate Economics Legislation Committee recommended passing the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025, which would bring digital asset and tokenized custody platforms under the Australian Financial Services Licence regime. The proposal would classify many centralized exchanges and tokenization custodians as financial products, impose ASIC custody, settlement and disclosure standards, and exempt only smaller providers and certain public blockchain infrastructure. Industry participants, including Ripple and Coinbase, have raised concerns over the scope of "factual control" and the risk of debanking while broadly welcoming the move toward clearer rules.

South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol ordered a cross-agency inspection of seized crypto asset management after the National Tax Service exposed a hardware wallet recovery phrase in a press release photo on Thursday. The leak led to the loss of roughly 4 million Pre-Retogeum (PRTG) tokens valued at about 6 billion won, and follows an earlier custody failure involving 22 BTC allegedly misplaced by Seoul's Gangnam police.

A U.S. federal judge in New York ruled on Thursday that Binance cannot compel U.S. customers to arbitrate claims tied to tokens purchased before Feb. 20, 2019. Judge Andrew Carter Jr. held that users lacked adequate notice of Binance.com's 2019 terms, keeping the Williams v. Binance class action in open court rather than private arbitration in Singapore.

MARA Holdings reported a fourth quarter 2025 net loss of $1.71 billion, or $4.52 per diluted share, after a sharp fair‑value markdown on its Bitcoin holdings. Quarterly revenue slipped 6% to $202.3 million, while the company outlined a multi‑year strategy to expand into AI and high‑performance computing infrastructure alongside its existing Bitcoin mining operations.

American Bitcoin Corp. reported a fourth‑quarter 2025 net loss of $59.5 million as revenue climbed to $78.3 million, up 22% quarter over quarter. The miner finished 2025 with 5,401 BTC and says its balance has since surpassed 6,000, while ABTC shares have fallen 85% over six months as peers pivot to AI and, in one case, fully liquidate Bitcoin reserves.

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a 376-page proposal to implement the GENIUS Act, outlining detailed rules for payment stablecoin issuers and banning yield paid solely for holding or using such tokens. The draft, open to public comment for 60 days from its Wednesday publication, creates a rebuttable presumption against issuer–affiliate reward arrangements and could influence how the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 addresses stablecoin rewards.