Decentralized Liquidity Platform Synthetix Sees Jump in Fees Collected Amid Incentive Campaign

Synthetix generated more than $730K in fees on March 30 ahead of the start of its allocation of 200,000 OP tokens to traders.Source

U.S. Futures Watchdog Issues Compliance Rule for Crypto Activities Among Members

In the absence of formal crypto rules from U.S. government agencies, the National Futures Association (NFA) is setting up standards for its members that deal in digital assets commodities.Source

What Hindenburg Research’s Takedown of Block Says About Money and Crime

Expecting centralized money services to halt crime only helps politicize money and disempower users.Source

Investors Pour Money Into Crypto Investments for 4th Straight Month

Assets under management for digital-asset products climbed to $13.4 billion in March, up 60% from their 2022 low in November, according to CryptoCompare.Source

It’s a Small (Virtual) World After All

Disney reportedly lays off its metaverse team, and the U.K. Treasury cancels its NFT plans, but on the bright side, NFTs for tickets are having a moment.Source

Planners of Bitcoin Conference in Atlanta Move to Open-Source Their Agenda

The conference has been running since 2018 but topics and speakers for this year’s TABConf event will be chosen partly based on proposals from the general public via GitHub.Source

Biden Administration Is Politicizing Crypto

With crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) last week receiving a Wells Notice signaling impending action from the SEC, and with the CFTC this week suing Binance, another crypto exchange, it feels like the crypto industry is at war with the U.S. government. This could get bad.Source

U.S. Government Sold $216M of Seized Silk Road Bitcoin This Month

The U.S. sold 9,861.17 bitcoin ($216 million) on March 14, according to a court filing.Source

‘Rug Radio’ Founder Farokh Talks Fame, Fortune and Decentralization

In an interview ahead of Consensus the mononymed podcaster discusses how he built the foundation to collaboratively build a Web3 media empire.Source

MetaBirkins Artist Mason Rothschild’s Latest NFT Project Is “Subject to Change”

The NFT artist spoke to CoinDesk about his “disruptive” creative agency Gasoline and how he is using NFTs to push the boundaries of art and culture.Source