The country is setting a precedent for others to follow, Moonwalker Capital Tatiana Koffman writes. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/03/22/el-salvador-doubles-down-on-bitcoin/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

SWIFT payments and SEPA IBANs will be supported – allowing users to transact and transfer money globally. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/03/22/floki-developers-plan-regulated-bank-accounts-in-next-value-capture-for-tokens/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 22, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the …

Decentralized infrastructure network (DePin) AIOZ Network has become the leading blockchain partner in Alibaba Cloud’s Innovation Accelerator initiative, according to a blog post. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/03/22/aioz-network-partners-with-alibaba-cloud-to-boost-ai-storage-and-streaming-services/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Fantom’s impending Sonic upgrade, expected to boost transaction processing speeds, may have galvanized investor interest in the cryptocurrency. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/03/22/fantoms-ftm-is-the-best-performing-non-meme-token-of-the-past-30-days/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Frax’s singularity roadmap has set a target of $100 billion in TVL for its layer 2 Fraxtal. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/03/22/frax-finance-targets-100b-value-locked-in-singularity-roadmap/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have pushed back against the U.S. government’s sentencing memo which makes the case for why it thinks the former FTX CEO should be handed a sentence …

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon’s pending extradition to South Korea has apparently been put on ice following a legal challenge issued Thursday by Montenegro’s top prosecutor. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/03/21/do-kwons-south-korea-extradition-uncertain-after-challenge-from-top-prosecutor/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Bitcoin needs to reclaim the $69,000 level to reignite its uptrend, one trader noted. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/03/21/bitcoin-slips-to-65k-amid-stronger-dollar-but-analyst-says-the-pullback-is-over/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The reported move, if confirmed, could have serious ramifications for the blockchain’s developers. But success for the troubled regulator is far from certain and unanswered questions abound. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/03/21/what-happens-if-the-sec-classifies-eth-a-security-wrong-answers-only/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines