Vienna-based crypto broker Bitpanda is launching a new blockchain network aimed at bringing tokenized assets into Europe’s regulated financial system, as institutions look to move toward always-on markets.
The company said Wednesday that its “Vision Chain,” built with the Vision Web3 Foundation and Optimism OP$0.1137, will provide infrastructure for banks and fintechs to issue and settle tokenized assets under EU rules such as MiCA and MiFID II.
The network uses compliant euro-denominated stablecoins for transaction fees to avoid the volatility tied to typical crypto payments on public chains. It also relies on Optimism’s Ethereum-based infrastructure to handle settlement and scaling.
The move comes as firms across global finance push deeper into tokenization to upgrade market plumbing for around-the-clock trading. The technology is widely seen as a way to streamline how assets are issued, traded and recorded, cutting reliance on fragmented legacy systems. It’s potentially a massive market: tokenized assets could grow 53% a year, reaching $18.9 trillion by 2033 across asset classes, a joint report by Boston Consulting Group and Ripple estimated.
The initiative reflects a wider race among financial firms. Rival digital broker Robinhood (HOOD) is currently testing its proprietary blockchain dubbed Robinhood Chain, built specifically for tokenized stocks trading and connecting to decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. Wall Street behemoths such as Nasdaq and NYSE also work on their blockchain platforms for tokenized securities, merging crypto rails with the same compliance and safeguards as for traditional systems.
Bitpanda’s chain fits into the firms broader strategy to bridge crypto rails and traditional finance, offering banks and financial institutions blockchain plumbing to provide digital asset services to their customers.
“Tokenization is expected to redefine capital markets,” Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad, CEO of Bitpanda, said in a statement. “European financial institutions have been ready for this shift for years, but the infrastructure has been missing.
“With Vision Chain, we are building a public blockchain designed around Europe’s regulatory standards, combining the openness of public networks with the reliability institutions require,” he added.
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As financial services move into an increasingly data-driven and regulated environment, the role of reconciliation is set to change significantly. In this conversation, Autorek and Microsoft outline a set of predictions for 2026 that point to a clear shift: reconciliation will no longer be viewed as a back-office accounting process, but as a core component of risk infrastructure.
This reframing reflects broader industry pressures. Firms are facing tighter margins, rising regulatory expectations, and growing operational complexity. In that context, inefficiencies in reconciliation are no longer just inconvenient — they are becoming a bottleneck to growth. Addressing those inefficiencies is likely to become a strategic priority, not simply an operational improvement.
A second major shift will be the demand for real-time visibility. Traditional reporting cycles — weekly or monthly — are increasingly misaligned with the speed of modern financial markets. By the time insights are generated, they may already be outdated. As volatility and uncertainty continue, firms will need immediate access to data to make informed decisions. Achieving this requires not just better analytics, but fundamentally different infrastructure capable of supporting real-time processing at scale.
The conversation also highlights a growing emphasis on AI resilience. Rather than focusing solely on AI features or applications, infrastructure providers will be judged on their ability to deploy AI safely, securely, and reliably within regulated environments. This includes managing risk, ensuring governance, and maintaining operational stability as AI becomes more embedded in financial workflows.
Looking further ahead, agentic technology is expected to play an increasingly important role. Autonomous agents capable of handling reconciliation tasks continuously — including ingesting unstructured data and managing processes end-to-end — could significantly reduce manual workloads. While still emerging, this approach has the potential to reshape how reconciliation is performed, particularly as organisations look to scale without increasing operational burden.
At the same time, the broader payments and financial services landscape is expected to continue evolving rapidly. Innovation, regulation, and consolidation are all likely to accelerate, creating both opportunity and uncertainty for firms navigating the next phase of transformation.
Taken together, these trends suggest a clear direction of travel. Reconciliation is moving out of the background and into the strategic core of financial operations — driven by the need for efficiency, visibility, and resilience in an increasingly complex environment.
Two Delaware lawmakers are working to establish stablecoin regulations as part of a broader package of regulatory proposals aimed at “modernizing” the state’s financial sector.
In a statement on Monday, the Delaware Senate Democrats announced that Senator Spiros Mantzavinos and Representative Bill Bush had filed the Delaware Banking Modernization Act (Senate Bill 16) and the Delaware Payment Stablecoin Act (Senate Bill 19).
“This legislative package sends a signal loud and clear: here in Delaware, we’re democratizing our financial services and lowering the barriers to entry, making it easier for all residents to send, receive and save money with just an internet connection,” said Delaware Governor Matt Meyer.
Delaware has generally had a friendly and proactive approach toward crypto and blockchain. As far back as 2016, former Governor Jack Markell launched the Delaware Blockchain Initiative to attract blockchain firms. It has also made minor regulatory adjustments to support the sector.
However, some technology and crypto firms left the state last year, including Coinbase, which reincorporated in Texas after expressing dissatisfaction with Delaware’s Chancery Court, which handles corporate law disputes.
These two bills could help the state re-attract some of these businesses.
“Our administration is focused on attracting the jobs of the future to the First State, and that includes continuing to foster an innovative banking ecosystem that will open doors not just for workers and companies, but for every single person who participates in our economy,” added Meyer.
Stablecoin Act proposes a licensing framework
The stablecoin-focused bill aims to create a licensing framework for stablecoin issuers and digital asset service providers operating in Delaware.
The bill adopts language and definitions from the US government’s Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) and “other federal models.”
The bill outlines potential guardrails, including reserve shortfall remediation cascades, mandatory redemption timing standards, capital standards and anti-money laundering obligations.
If approved, the State Bank Commissioner would be directed to implement the rules within a specified timeframe.
Stablecoin-focused Senate Bill document 19. Source: Delaware General Assembly
Meanwhile, the Delaware Banking Modernization Act primarily focuses on traditional finance, updating corporate governance and organizational requirements for local banking institutions. However, it also references digital assets.
The bill also seeks to update Delaware banking code by providing definitions of digital assets in a bid to offer regulatory certainty around the sector and how it relates to traditional finance.
“It’s been more than four decades since we’ve made any meaningful updates to our state’s banking laws, and in that time, the way people bank and conduct transactions has changed significantly,” said Rep. Bush, adding: “We need to make sure our laws are keeping up with those changes.”
Both bills are still a way off from becoming law. The next stage of progression will see the bills reviewed by the Senate Banking Committee and then debated on by the full Delaware Senate.
The announcement also stated that the lawmakers will file another regulatory proposal in the coming days called the Delaware Money Transmission & Virtual Currency Modernization Act.
It primarily aims to implement consumer protections and standardize the types of activities required for licensing.
US politicians push for crypto regulation and clarity
The Delaware lawmakers aren’t the only ones this week signaling intent to push crypto-related legislation.
In an X post on Monday, US Senator Bill Cassidy said he plans to advance his bill at the federal level to bring US “crypto tax rules into the 21st century.”
The bill, introduced in partnership with Senator Cynthia Lummis in September, seeks to address crypto taxation challenges and support the adoption of digital assets in the US.
The bill proposes a $300 de minimis rule for crypto purchases, ending double taxation for miners and stakers and providing taxation parity with other financial assets, among other things.
“It is important for America to be in the driver’s seat on digital assets for both our economy and our national security,” Cassidy said on X.
Source: Bill Cassidy
On Friday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sent two proposed rules to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for review, which include a proposal to have most of the crypto assets on the market not treated as securities under federal law.
The proposal would see the SEC potentially change its approach to the industry, and would also give primary oversight of crypto non-securities to the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Commenting on the move via X on Monday, CFTC chairman Mike Selig said his agency and the SEC want to stop crypto being left in “limbo” and provide “clarity for the crypto markets.”
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Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone of the European Central Bank (ECB) addressed the House of the Euro in Brussels on 23 March 2026 regarding the future of tokenized finance. He detailed the transition of digital markets from exploration to production, noting that European issuers have placed nearly €4 billion in distributed ledger technology (DLT) instruments since 2021. The speech emphasizes that the Eurosystem is building the necessary “rails” to overcome platform fragmentation and provide a secure public settlement anchor.
The initiative introduces Pontes, a bridging solution scheduled for launch in the third quarter of 2026 to enable central bank money settlement on DLT platforms. This is part of the broader Appia roadmap, which aims to deliver a comprehensive blueprint for a European tokenized financial ecosystem by 2028. Recent trials involving 64 participants across nine jurisdictions successfully processed approximately €1.6 billion in transactions to test these interoperability solutions.
To ensure market stability, the ECB will begin accepting DLT-based assets as eligible collateral for credit operations starting in March 2026. Cipollone called for a genuine public-private partnership and a legal framework that matches the continent’s technological ambition to prevent regulatory patchwork. “Europe succeeded in building a single currency; it can also build a single digital financial market to stand alongside it,” stated Cipollone during the keynote.
🧭 FAQs
• What is the primary goal of the Appia roadmap for Europe? It aims to deliver a blueprint for a future-ready European digital asset ecosystem by 2028.
• When will the Pontes settlement anchor be launched in the jurisdiction? The Eurosystem plans to launch the Pontes settlement anchor in the third quarter of 2026.
• Which regulation provides the current legal foundation for European digital assets? The Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation serves as the established continent-wide framework for tokenized assets.
• How much digital debt has been issued by local EU member states? European issuers have placed close to €4 billion in DLT-based fixed-income instruments since 2021.
Swedish defense contractor Saab has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canadian AI vendor Cohere, in a collaboration the companies say will focus on bringing AI tools to the aerospace industry.
In particular, the deal will focus on Saab’s airborne early warning and control system, GlobalEye, which it is jointly producing with Canadian aerospace manufacturer Bombardier.
Using a combination of active and passive sensors, GlobalEye enables long-range detection and identification of objects across air, sea and land.
The partners say the collaboration will examine the opportunity to roll out GlobalEye in Canada, while also supporting “existing and future international operators.”
Under the deal, the partners will develop a framework to support uptake of AI across areas such as data-driven mission support, maintenance tools and information processing.
The companies said they have already identified Initial projects for development but did not disclose more details.
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“Canada offers outstanding industrial and advanced technology partners,” Micael Johansson, Saab’s CEO, said in a release. “Working with Canadian companies like Cohere on emerging technologies strengthens our global supply chain and enhances Saab’s international competitiveness.”
“Frontier artificial intelligence should be built for scale, trust, reliability and most importantly, real-world impact,” Ivan Zhang, co-founder of Cohere, said in the release. “We’ll explore pushing the boundaries of what AI can truly deliver for aerospace, enabling teams to process complex data faster, increase operational tempo, surface key insights with clarity and support critical decision making when it matters most.”
The agreement comes amidst a wave of defense contracts formalizing AI adoption across Western militaries. The U.S. has been a particular forerunner in this, with the country’s defense department awarding contracts to companies including OpenAI, Google and Anthropic to develop AI for national security missions.
The U.S. Navy also recently completed its largest-ever robotics contract, enlisting Gecko Robotics to use its AI and robotic tools for maintenance and repairs on its marine assets.
Circle shares dropped nearly 20% Tuesday, falling toward the $100 level after a CoinDesk report revealed new draft language in the CLARITY Act that would ban yield on stablecoin balances.
The proposed rules would prohibit issuers from offering passive rewards for simply holding a stablecoin and restrict structures that resemble interest-bearing deposits. While activity-based rewards may still be allowed, the framework remains unclear, according to people familiar with the draft reviewed by industry participants on Capitol Hill.
The update directly affects stablecoin issuers such as Circle. Although USDC does not currently offer yield to holders, the restriction removes a potential future pathway for the product to evolve beyond payments into a store of value. That shift weakens the broader bull case around USDC as a more competitive financial instrument.
Circle stock had been on a strong run before the pullback. Shares surged more than 175% from an early February low near $50 to a recent high around $135 last week. The stock was trading near $102.85 at press time following the selloff.
The draft language represents a compromise after pushback from the banking sector, which argued that yield-bearing stablecoins could function too similarly to deposits and disrupt traditional lending markets. The current proposal allows rewards tied to user activity but not balances, though details on how those programs would be structured remain unresolved.
The CLARITY Act is part of a broader effort to establish a comprehensive market structure framework for digital assets in the US. A prior version passed the House, and lawmakers are now working to align competing proposals before advancing the bill through the Senate Banking Committee.
The outcome of the legislation remains a key overhang for stablecoin issuers. If passed with the yield restriction intact, it could limit how products like USDC compete with newer yield-bearing alternatives and shape how capital flows across the digital asset ecosystem.
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On Friday, bitcoin BTC$71,171.94 options or derivative contracts worth billions will expire on crypto exchange Deribit. Traders might want to note that the dynamics of the expiry are such that BTC’s market price could be lifted toward a very specific point: $75,000.
Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options exchange, will settle bitcoin options contracts worth $14.16 billion on Friday at 08:00 UTC. This means nearly 40% of all open interest – the dollar value of all active contracts on the exchange – ware set to expire in roughly 48 hours. On Deribit, one options contract represents one BTC.
Options are contracts that let you bet on whether the price of an asset, such as BTC, will go up or down. A call option is a bet that the price will go up, and a put option is a bet that it will go down. Traders buy options to try to profit from price swings, or write (short) options to earn income while taking on the risk that prices move in favor of the buyer.
Here’s why the expiry matters
According to Deribit’s data, the ‘max pain’ price — the level where the most contracts would expire worthless (lottery tickets that don’t win) — sits right at $75,000.
As such, this level could act as a magnet, according to Deribit’s Chief Commerical Officer Jean-David Péquignot.
“With Bitcoin currently trading near $71k, the $75k Max Pain price represents a gravitational pull. Historically, this encourages delta-hedging by market makers that can drive prices toward the strike where the most options expire worthless,” Péquignot told CoinDesk.
Bitcoin March 27 options expiry. (Deribit)
Here’s how it works. As per the max pain theory, option writers — typically large funds, institutions, or market makers with ample capital — control or influence the spot price toward the pain point to limit payouts to buyers and thereby inflict maximum damage on them. This happens through normal trading in the spot or futures markets, rather than as a guaranteed manipulation.
This mechanical buying and selling often pulls the spot price closer to the max pain level, which is $75,000 in bitcoin’s case.
While max pain is well-known in traditional markets, its influence on crypto remains debated. Deribit, however, flags the level as a potential magnet. Adding to the intrigue, several analysts have identified $75,000 as key resistance, above which bitcoin could go into a full-bull mode.
Controlled expiry
Quarterly expiries typically spark massive position adjustments and hedging flows. Still, the impending expiry is likely unfold normally, without an outsized volatility surge.
That’s evident from the decline in the implied volatility index.
“Over the last sessions, we have witnessed an implied volatility (IV) compression, with both BTC and ETH DVOL dropping by ~6 points. This suggests the market is pricing in a controlled expiry rather than an immediate explosion in volatility,” Péquignot said.
He added that the market data suggests that traders aren’t chasing a breakout as geopolitical uncertainty in the form of Iran war lingers. He specifically pointed to call writing by institutions at higher strikes (levels above going spot price) as the evidence of measured bullish sentiment. Traders typically write overhead calls to collect premiums on top of their spot market holdings.
“The Put/Call ratio for Bitcoin options remains healthy (0.63), but the concentration of sell-side calls suggests a ceiling of institutional resistance as traders have been overwriting their positions to bank premium while waiting for the geopolitical clock to run out,” he noted.
All in all, the big expiry with $75,000 acting as a magnet comes at an intriguing juncture: bitcoin has held up remarkably well through the Iran war turbulence, maintaining strength even as equities wobble and energy markets remain fickle.
The landscape of interactive entertainment is shifting. No longer are players confined to a single physical location or a bulky, stationary rig to enjoy high-end titles. The emergence of a remote gaming desktop has unlocked a new level of freedom, allowing enthusiasts to access their favorite libraries on virtually any device, regardless of hardware limitations.
Whether you are traveling for work, lounging on a sofa with a tablet, or using a lightweight laptop at a cafe, the ability to stream a powerful PC environment ensures that your experience remains uncompromising. By leveraging the right software, the hardware you carry no longer dictates the quality of your play.
What is a Remote Gaming Desktop?
At its core, a remote gaming setup involves hosting your games on a high-spec machine—either a personal PC at home or a dedicated cloud server—and streaming the video output to a secondary device. This process allows the “guest” device to act as a window into a much more powerful system. The heavy lifting, such as real-time ray tracing and complex physics calculations, happens on the host machine, while the player interacts with the game via a low-latency stream.
To make this seamless, specialized software is required to handle the data transmission. These systems bridge the gap between raw power and portable convenience, ensuring that your data and graphics are delivered with precision across any network.
The Advantages of Going Remote
1. Device Independence
The primary draw is the ability to play AAA titles on hardware that traditionally lacks the graphical muscle. With a stable connection, a five-year-old laptop or a modern smartphone can display 4K graphics at high frame rates. This eliminates the need to carry a heavy, heat-generating gaming laptop when you’re on the move.
2. Centralized Library and Progress
When you use a remote setup, you aren’t managing different installs across multiple devices. Your save files, mods, and settings remain on your primary desktop. When you log in remotely, you pick up exactly where you left off, with all your custom configurations and game data intact.
3. Thermal and Noise Efficiency
High-end GPUs generate significant heat and fan noise under load. By gaming remotely, the loud, hot hardware stays in a dedicated space (like an office or a server room), while your immediate environment remains cool and quiet.
Overcoming Latency: The Golden Rule
The biggest challenge for any remote desktop user is “input lag.” In fast-paced competitive shooters or rhythm games, even a few milliseconds of delay can be the difference between victory and defeat.
Modern protocols have made massive strides in reducing this latency. High-efficiency video coding and optimized network handling mean that, on a standard fiber or 5G connection, the delay is often imperceptible to the human eye. To ensure you have the most stable connection possible, it is recommended to use software specifically engineered for low-latency tasks. For the best results, you can download StarDesk remote to test the responsiveness of a professional-grade streaming environment.
Setting Up Your Remote Experience
To get started with your own remote setup, follow these essential steps:
Network Optimization: For the host machine, a wired Ethernet connection is highly recommended. For the client device, a 5GHz Wi-Fi band or a stable 4G/5G signal is necessary to maintain a high bitrate.
Hardware Encoding: Ensure your host PC has a GPU that supports hardware acceleration (like NVENC or AMF). This allows the computer to compress the video stream instantly without taxing the CPU.
Peripheral Support: Choose a platform that supports your specific peripherals, such as gamepads, specialized mice, or even dual-monitor setups.
Use Cases Beyond Play
While “gaming” is in the name, this technology is also an incredible tool for creative professionals. The same GPU power used to render open-world environments can be used for 4K video editing, 3D modeling, and CAD software. For freelancers and agency owners, this means you can perform resource-intensive tasks from a client’s office or a hotel room without needing to transport an expensive workstation.
The Future of the Industry
As internet infrastructure continues to improve globally, the distinction between “local” and “remote” computing will continue to blur. We are moving toward a future where “the computer” is a service rather than a box under a desk.
By utilizing advanced streaming protocols, users can save money on hardware upgrades by extending the life of their portable devices. Instead of buying a new laptop every two years, you simply maintain a powerful central hub and stream that power whenever and wherever it is needed.
Conclusion
The flexibility offered by modern streaming is a game-changer for hobbyists and professionals alike. It represents a shift toward a more mobile, efficient, and accessible way to interact with technology. If you are ready to untether your experience from the desk and embrace true portability, the tools are already available to make it happen.
With the right setup, the world becomes your gaming station. Whether you’re across the room or across the globe, your high-performance PC is always just a click away, providing the power you need on the device you already own.
Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin (BTC), bought another 1,031 Bitcoin last week in a much smaller purchase than its previous two weekly buys, funding the acquisition with sales of Class A common stock.
Strategy acquired 1,031 Bitcoin for $76.6 million last week, according to an 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.
The purchases were made at an average price of $74,326 per coin, below the company’s overall average acquisition price of $75,694. Bitcoin averaged around $70,871 for the week of March 16-22, based on daily closing prices.
The new acquisitions bring Strategy’s holdings to 762,099 BTC, acquired for a total cost of roughly $57.69 billion, the company said.
Source: SEC
Common stock funded the latest buy
Strategy’s relatively modest purchase follows larger Bitcoin acquisitions recently, including a 22,337 BTC buy reported last Monday and a 17,994 BTC buy a week earlier.
The 22,337 BTC ($1.6 billion) purchase ranks among Strategy’s largest on record and was largely funded through sales of its perpetual preferred equity, Stretch (STRC). The stock generated approximately $1.2 billion, accounting for about 75% of the total purchase.
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Unlike the prior week’s funding mix, the latest purchase appears to have been funded through sales of Strategy’s Class A common stock rather than preferred equity.
Source: SEC
Strategy has bought 41,362 Bitcoin for around $2.93 billion in March. With Bitcoin trading at $70,430 at the time of writing, the company is down around 7% on its BTC holdings, now worth around $54 billion, according to data from CoinGecko.
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Strategy’s holdings are roughly 3% below the Bitcoin holdings of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), which held about 785,300 BTC on behalf of its clients after the close of trading on Friday.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs collectively held nearly 1.3 million BTC as of March 20, representing roughly 6.1% of the 21 million maximum Bitcoin supply, according to data from WalletPilot.
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XRP is holding near $1.41 after a steady session, but price is stuck in a tight range, with neither buyers nor sellers taking control. The longer it stays compressed between support and resistance, the more likely a sharper move becomes.
News Background
XRP traded in line with the broader crypto market, with no major token-specific catalyst driving price action.
Whale wallets added roughly 40 million XRP over the past week, suggesting accumulation during consolidation.
Market sentiment remains tied to macro conditions, with crypto reacting cautiously to interest rate expectations.
Price Action Summary
XRP gained about 0.6%, moving from roughly $1.38 to $1.41
Price traded within a tight $1.38–$1.43 range
Repeated rejection near $1.42 capped upside
Buyers defended dips near $1.38, forming higher lows
Technical Analysis
XRP is trading in a tightening range, with support near $1.38 and resistance around $1.42.
Higher lows suggest buyers are slowly stepping in, but lack of strong follow-through keeps momentum muted.
The structure resembles a compression setup, where price coils before a larger move.
Volume is slightly elevated but not strong enough yet to confirm a breakout.
What traders say is next?
Traders are watching a break above $1.42 for a move toward $1.45–$1.50.
If $1.38 support fails, downside could extend toward $1.30.
For now, XRP remains range-bound, with the next move likely driven by a break on either side of this tightening range.
