On 5 March 2026, Backpack Exchange appointed former CFTC acting chairman Mark Wetjen as president of Backpack US to lead its regulated entry into the American crypto market. The move anchors the final phase of a three‑year global licensing roadmap, including prior European approvals and the acquisition of FTX EU, and launches physical offices and local hiring in the United States.

In March 2026, crypto holder Sillytuna suffered a combined on-chain and physical attack that drained about $24 million in aEthUSDC after an address poisoning scam. The thief rapidly moved the funds into 20.34 million DAI, routed part of the assets to Arbitrum and Hyperliquid, and allegedly aimed to convert them into Monero to hinder tracing. The case, which also involved weapons and kidnapping threats, underscores growing physical risks for large cryptocurrency holders and has prompted a 10% reward offer for any recovered funds.

Google's security teams identified "Coruna", a sophisticated iOS hacking toolkit that compromises iPhones through a zero-click exploit and harvests seed phrases from 18 cryptocurrency apps such as MetaMask, Exodus, Phantom, Trust Wallet and Uniswap. The malware affects devices running iOS 17.2.1 or earlier and abuses previously known espionage exploits, while Apple's iOS 17.3 update released in January 2024 and Lockdown Mode can fully block the attack. Coruna has allegedly been used by both a suspected Russian espionage group and a financially motivated group in China, illustrating a thriving secondary market for high-end cyber tools.

In the first week of March 2026, more than $572 million worth of tokens are set to enter circulation across several major crypto projects. Hyperliquid, RedStone and Ethena will carry out sizeable unlocks affecting core contributors, early backers, ecosystem partners and a foundation allocation. These scheduled releases may influence liquidity and price dynamics for the affected assets as new supply hits the market.

During the recent escalation involving the US, Israel and Iran, on-chain data showed that more than 472 million XRP, worth about $650 million, were moved to Binance. XRP reserves on exchanges, which had been declining since October 2025, saw a renewed uptick, while the token's price slipped over 4% in 24 hours to around $1.37 as investors shifted focus toward traditional safe-haven assets.

On 25 February, t54 Labs announced Ripple as a strategic investor in its $5 million seed round to build agent payments infrastructure on the XRP Ledger via x402 with a compliance-first design and RLUSD. Data from agentevm shows Ethereum hosts 27,903 distributed AI agents and Base 20,623, while RLUSD stands at about $1.5386 billion in circulating supply and $1.6109 billion in reserves.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) proposed a staking-based governance model that requires a 180-day lock and weights voting by stake size and lock duration. The plan adds Node (10 million WLFI) and Super Node (50 million WLFI) tiers, links incentives to USD1, and sets a seven-day Snapshot vote with a 1 billion WLFI quorum.

Changpeng Zhao returned to the United States after a presidential pardon in October 2025 and appeared at a Mar-a-Lago crypto event with high-profile attendees. According to posts on X citing Forbes, roughly 85–87% of USD1’s circulating supply sits on Binance, while WLFI scheduled a 235 million WLFI distribution to USD1 holders from February 20 to March 20.

In August 2025, BeInCrypto said Peter Thiel held 7.5% of ETHZilla via Founders Fund; Securities and Exchange Commission filings from late 2025 indicate his stake fell to 0%. On February 18, 2026, Crypto Town Hall highlighted the full exit as Ethereum's slump pressured corporate treasuries and ETHZilla sold assets while exploring tokenized aviation exposure.