Raas #625: Mastercard Acquires Stablecoin Infrastructure!

SEC Issues Major Crypto Clarity, Phantom Scores CFTC Relief: GM Web3!

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March 18, 2026

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Mastercard announced its intent to acquire BVNK, a leading stablecoin-based payment infrastructure provider. The move expands Mastercard's end-to-end digital currency support, strengthening how fintechs and financial institutions connect traditional fiat with onchain payments across rails, currencies, and regions.

The SEC issued an interpretation clarifying the application of federal securities laws to crypto assets. This marks a major step toward providing greater regulatory clarity for the industry.

Phantom received first-of-its-kind no-action relief from the CFTC. The wallet can now connect users to regulated derivatives markets and event contracts without registering as an introducing broker, a significant win for DeFi accessibility.

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  1. Based Foundation announced BASED TGE scheduled for March 30.

  2. Whop opened its Payments Network to everyone after entrepreneurs hit $3.3B in annual earnings on the platform.

  3. Ripple announced full institutional expansion across Brazil, covering payments, custody, prime brokerage, and treasury.

  4. Nexus is skipping testnet campaigns and moving straight to mainnet after 2.6M participants and 96 ecosystem partners.

  5. PayPal is rolling out PYUSD to wallets across 70 markets for faster, cheaper cross-border payments.

ZKsync announced the Cari Network, developed alongside five regional banks, is building a platform to bring tokenized deposits onchain. The system promises security and privacy within the regulatory perimeter, powered by ZKsync's Prividium technology.

FTX sold its 8% stake in Anthropic for $1.3 billion during bankruptcy proceedings in 2024. Today, that same stake would be worth over $30 billion. A brutal reminder of forced liquidation timing.

Bonk appears to have exit scammed, selling all bundles and sending tokens to zero. The memecoin collapsed from $6M market cap to $120K after the team claimed their website was hacked three days ago and never fixed it.

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Saylor Academy has been granted university status by the Florida Department of Education, becoming Saylor University. This marks a major milestone in providing free, world-class higher education for all.

Doodles launched MakeDoodlesdotai, bringing unlimited AI-powered creativity to its ecosystem.

Aster launched its privacy-focused L1 blockchain mainnet, supporting 100,000 transactions per second with zero gas fees.

Derivio raised $6M from YZi Labs and other top investors to build agentic trading rails for the future of derivatives.

That’s all for today!