On 30 March 2026, Universal Digital's USDU began trading on Crypto.com after being registered with the Central Bank of the UAE as a Foreign Payment Token. The USD-backed stablecoin operates under ADGM's FSRA licensing and CBUAE registration and is limited to institutional and professional users, not retail. USDU is an ERC-20 on Ethereum backed 1:1 by US dollar reserves held at Emirates NBD and Mashreq, with monthly attestations; as of late March 2026 its market cap was between $97.5 million and $98.8 million.

Canada's federal government introduced Bill C-25 on March 26, a proposal that would ban cryptocurrency donations across the political system as part of a wider election reform package. The measure would bar crypto contributions to parties, candidates, riding associations, leadership contestants, and third-party advertisers, citing traceability and foreign-interference risks. The bill has passed first reading and still needs to clear additional legislative steps to become law.

Midas said it raised $50 million in a Series A led by RRE and Creandum, with additional backing from a mix of crypto and institutional investors. The company also unveiled Midas Staked Liquidity, a redemption facility with up to $40 million of initial capacity aimed at delivering instant liquidity for tokenized assets across DeFi and CeFi venues.

Aave has rolled out V4 on Ethereum mainnet, introducing a hub-and-spoke structure aimed at supporting real-world-asset collateral and fixed-rate credit products while keeping liquidity centralized. The update adds governance-controlled "spoke" markets with separate collateral rules and risk parameters, and launches with partners including Lido, EtherFi, Kelp, Ethena, and Lombard. Chainlink is the exclusive oracle provider, and Aave Labs also introduced Aave Pro as the primary interface for V4 markets at launch.

Kenya's crypto industry groups say the Draft Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Regulations 2026 could price startups out of licensing and concentrate the market among well-funded firms. The proposal sets paid-up capital requirements including up to $3.86 million (500 million Kenyan shillings) for stablecoin issuers, with public feedback open until April 10, 2026.

Lido DAO approved a $60 million operating budget for 2026 and set a three-year plan to expand beyond liquid staking into yield vaults, institutional wrappers, and "real-business DeFi." The strategy follows staking yield compression, with base APRs cited at 3–5%, and includes Ethereum mainnet launches such as Lido V3 stVaults (Jan. 30, 2026) plus Lido Earn products EarnETH and EarnUSD.

BNP Paribas said it will start offering six Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) tied to Bitcoin and Ethereum on March 30, 2026, giving eligible retail and private banking clients in France access via standard securities accounts. The bank is also piloting a tokenized money market fund share class on the public Ethereum network and is backing the 12-bank Qivalis consortium targeting a euro-backed stablecoin launch in the second half of 2026.

Canada introduced the proposed Strong and Free Elections Act on March 26, 2026, seeking to amend the Canada Elections Act and limit how federal parties, third parties, candidates, and donors can finance political activity. The draft would block "hard-to-trace" contributions including cryptocurrency, money orders, and prepaid cards, and raise administrative penalties to as much as $25,000 for individuals and $100,000 for organizations.