On March 3, 2026, Visa and Bridge announced plans to extend their stablecoin-backed card program to more than 100 countries by year-end, up from the current 18. Cardholders will be able to spend stablecoins at over 175 million Visa-accepting merchants, while a separate pilot with Lead Bank is testing direct on-chain settlement for issuers.

On 4 March 2026, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig pressed the U.S. Senate to move forward on the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, which passed the House 294–134 and cleared the Senate Agriculture Committee but remains held up in the Senate Banking Committee over stablecoin yield provisions. The bill would divide oversight between the SEC and CFTC and create a decentralization certification process, while critics question whether the CFTC has the funding and staff to supervise an expanded digital commodity market. Market participants expect potential price revaluations if the law is enacted, but political timing and institutional resistance continue to cloud its prospects.

On March 2, the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act introduced by Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren advanced in the U.S. Senate with an 84–6 procedural vote. The 303-page bill, backed by the White House for its housing reforms, also amends the Federal Reserve Act to block the Fed from issuing a retail CBDC or similar digital asset until December 31, 2030.

Polymarket has archived a prediction market contract on whether a nuclear weapon would be detonated this year, after criticism over wagers tied to war and death. The market, which had multiple resolution dates and drew at least $650,000 in volume before being taken down, sparked concerns that such contracts on military actions could enable people with non-public information to profit.

Ondo Finance has listed 10 Ondo Global Markets digital securities for trading on Binance’s Multilateral Trading Facility regulated by the FSRA in Abu Dhabi’s ADGM. The offering includes tokenized exposure to companies such as Apple, Alphabet, Tesla and Circle, and follows prior approvals to distribute Ondo digital securities across the EU and EEA.

Binance plans to secure five additional operating licenses across the Asia-Pacific region by the end of 2026, according to a recent report. The exchange is pursuing a hyperlocalization strategy to comply with local security rules, with APAC already home to nearly 75% of global crypto holders and several license talks in advanced stages, including in Japan and South Korea.

COZ has released a suite of open-source AppKit adapters that let developers on Neo N3 and Neo X configure wallet connections through a single integration. The tools extend earlier WalletConnect infrastructure work and leverage Reown AppKit, which supports hundreds of wallets plus social login and multi-chain authentication features. A Connect Lab demo app is also available to help teams test and implement these adapters across supported networks.

Neo co-founder Da Hongfei has detailed a strategy that positions Neo X as a blockchain optimized for autonomous AI agents rather than direct human interaction, with GAS as the core utility asset. The approach emphasizes infrastructure for agent identity, coordination, storage, privacy, and instant finality, alongside Hong Kong's regulatory environment as an advantage for institutional-facing crypto and AI initiatives.