On Friday, Banco Central do Brasil announced that its Pix instant payment system has been expanded so Brazilians living in Argentina can use it to pay for goods, services and send transfers between the two countries. The platform is already integrated with major crypto service providers in Brazil, and a report from Lemon links Pix to rising crypto adoption and app downloads in Argentina amid easing but still-high inflation and changing currency controls.

On 8 March 2026, Stripe and Circle were highlighted for investing heavily in infrastructure that lets AI agents conduct autonomous payments using stablecoins. Around 40,000 on-chain agents currently handle about $50 million in transactions, a tiny share of the $46 trillion annual stablecoin volume, while forecasts see the AI agent market reaching tens of billions of dollars by 2030. This emerging "agentic economy" raises both competitive pressure on card networks and new risks, including a test agent that mistakenly moved $450,000 due to a logic flaw.

On March 1, prediction market data showed Michael B. Jordan with only a 10% implied chance to win the upcoming Oscars Best Actor award, hours before he took the top male actor prize at the SAG Awards. By roughly a week before the Academy Awards ceremony on March 15, his Polymarket odds had surged to about 47%, narrowly ahead of Timothée Chalamet at 45%, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Wagner Moura and Ethan Hawke far behind. The Best Actor prediction market has recorded over $5.6 million in trading volume, while Polymarket simultaneously faces expanding U.S. regulatory scrutiny and pursues a U.S.-regulated rollout and large fundraising round alongside rival Kalshi.

South Korea's Financial Services Commission is reportedly planning to keep USD-based stablecoins like USDT and USDC out of upcoming corporate virtual currency trading guidelines. Under the draft rules, eligible companies could allocate up to 5% of their capital into leading crypto assets via regulated exchanges, while authorities continue to favor KRW-denominated stablecoins over U.S. dollar alternatives. Stablecoin use in Asia remains strong, with regional activity heavily concentrated in markets such as Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan.

In a guest post, Renesis founder and CEO Thomas Pratter argues that many liquid crypto funds pursuing DeFi strategies still rely on spreadsheets, scripts, and manual reconciliation to manage portfolios across exchanges and chains. He contends that DeFi’s complex positions, combined with growing institutional reporting demands, expose a tooling gap that legacy portfolio systems cannot handle. Pratter says AI-driven categorization and unified CeFi/DeFi infrastructure are essential to deliver accurate portfolio views and LP-grade reporting for institutional DeFi funds.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the President's Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, has voiced support for a CLARITY Act version that preserves stablecoin rewards through intermediaries. His stance comes as Polymarket markets put the probability of the bill becoming law in 2026 at around 71%, even while banking groups and some lawmakers continue to push for tighter limits on rewards and stronger safeguards.

On 7 March 2026, the Florida Senate unanimously passed a bill creating what state lawmakers describe as the first comprehensive state-level regulatory framework for stablecoin issuers in the United States. The measure, approved by a 37–0 vote, now awaits a decision from Governor Ron DeSantis, who has up to 30 days to sign or veto it, potentially positioning Florida as an early leader in U.S. digital asset regulation.

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.