Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission has admitted 11 virtual asset firms into a 12-month regulatory sandbox under the country’s new Virtual Asset Service Providers Act. Around the same time, Blockchain.com expanded into Ghana with plans to connect crypto payments to the nation’s widespread mobile money infrastructure, as the government moves to formally oversee a fast-growing digital asset market.

Ghana has opened a 12‑month regulatory sandbox for 11 crypto and fintech firms as part of implementing its Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2025. The pilot covers trading, payments, and tokenisation projects, with some products expected to graduate after 6 months and inform the country's future licensing framework for digital assets.

On Thursday, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce told the Investor Advisory Committee that public companies face overly complex disclosure rules and urged regulators to scale back market micromanagement. She said staff are examining a possible "innovation exemption" to permit limited trials of tokenized securities, as the SEC advances work on blockchain-based settlement infrastructure and tokenization policy.

On Thursday, Anchorage Digital announced an integration with Puffer Finance that lets institutional clients restake Ether held in Anchorage custody. Institutions can receive Puffer's liquid restaking token pufETH, keep assets within Anchorage's governance framework and earn both staking and restaking rewards without operating validators themselves.

On March 12, 2026, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared his observations from the Real World Crypto conference about how developers are using blockchains. He pointed to public bulletin boards, payment systems, and smart contracts as key real-world applications that can benefit from Ethereum’s low Layer 1 gas fees and scaling roadmap. He argued that these conditions may place the crypto industry close to a new wave of real-world adoption.

Cryptio, a digital asset accounting and data platform, has secured $45 million in a Series B round co-led by BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global. The company reports serving more than 400 enterprise customers and processing over $3 trillion in transaction volume as institutions adopt tokenized assets and seek systems to reconcile blockchain activity with traditional financial reporting.

On March 18, Web3 infrastructure firm Playnance plans to list G Coin, the utility token underpinning its on-chain gaming, sports, and prediction markets ecosystem. The token enters the market with more than 200,000 holders, an estimated $38 million market capitalization, and a fixed supply capped at 77 billion. Playnance's platforms process millions of daily on-chain interactions, supported by its PlayBlock blockchain and a structured token lock-and-release model.

The Open Network has called off its Gateway Dubai conference that was scheduled for May 1–2, 2026, citing safety concerns in the UAE related to the Middle East conflict. The cancellation follows missile and drone attacks on the United Arab Emirates after strikes in Iran by the U.S. and Israel, while organizers explore alternative formats for a TON ecosystem gathering later this year.