The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) of Taiwan, the country’s top financial regulator, will now also oversee the crypto industry, according to Monday's announcement.

The long-awaited Shanghai upgrade will come to the Ethereum mainnet on April 12. The date for the fork that will finally allow staked ETH withdrawals was set during the All Core Developers Execution Layer (ACDE) meeting on Thursday.

Microsoft is testing an Ethereum-based #cryptocurrency wallet in its Edge web browser. The feature will enable users to store and transact ETH and ETH-based tokens in a non-custodial way.

Enterprise software giant, Salesforce has partnered with Polygon, a Layer-2 blockchain platform, for an NFT-based loyalty program.

Anchorage Digital cuts 20% of staff due to regulatory uncertainty. The crypto bank cites macroeconomic challenges and market volatility as factors contributing to its decision to lay off 75 employees.

The U.S. Treasury Department has proposed a 30% excise tax on cryptocurrency miners' electricity usage, which will be introduced in 10% annual stages from Dec. 31, 2023. The proposal also eliminates tax-deductible losses related to the wash-trading of crypto tokens. The aim is to reduce negative environmental effects and increase energy prices.

USD Coin, the stablecoin from Circle, is recovering to its $1 peg as CEO Jeremy Allaire assures the public that their reserves are safe and new banking partners are secured.

The crypto market cap surpassed $1 trillion after the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury, and FDIC assured depositors of Silicon Valley and Signature Bank that they could withdraw their funds on Monday. Bitcoin and Ethereum were 8% up, with Cardano, Polygon, Solana, Litecoin, and Avalanche all up more than 10%. The joint statement by the U.S. financial institutions brought some relief to the crypto market amid the Silvergate Bank, SVB's bank, and Signature Bank troubles.

India tightens its grip on crypto transactions, subjecting them to national Anti-Money Laundering law. Financial institutions will have to maintain a record of all transactions for 10 years, verify client identity, and comply with PMLA for exchange, transfers, safekeeping, and administration of virtual assets.

Binance.US received court approval to purchase over $1 billion of bankrupt Voyager Digital assets, despite objections from the SEC. Judge Wiles rejected SEC's arguments and approved the sale, allowing Voyager to issue repayment tokens to impacted customers.