Latin America's crypto user growth outpaced the U.S. by threefold in 2025, with Brazil and Argentina leading the charge in transaction volume and stablecoin adoption for cross-border payments. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/03/07/latin-america-s-crypto-user-growth-outpaced-u-s-by-3x-in-2025-report-shows #Blockchain #Crypto #InstitutionalAdoption

Jack Dorsey's Block is reluctantly entering the stablecoin market, following competitors like Stripe and PayPal. The Bitcoin purist firm is giving in to stablecoin craze as market pressure mounts. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/03/07/bitcoin-purist-jack-dorsey-s-firm-is-reluctantly-giving-in-to-stablecoin-craze #Blockchain #Crypto #InstitutionalAdoption

Kazakhstan's central bank will invest up to $350 million in cryptocurrency assets: This marks a significant shift in reserve management strategy for the Central Asian nation, which has become a major player in global crypto mining, contributing 6-8% of Bitcoin's hash rate. https://thedefiant.io/news/regulation/kazakhstan-s-central-bank-to-invest-usd350-million-in-crypto-assets #Blockchain #Crypto #InstitutionalAdoption

BitGo is pursuing a US$ 2B IPO and has applied for an OCC national bank charter: CEO Mike Belshe outlined plans for the major crypto custodian to compete directly with Morgan Stanley in the institutional custody space. https://www.theblock.co/post/392712/bitgo-ceo-on-its-2-billion-ipo-occ-national-bank-charter-and-morgan-stanley-competition #Blockchain #Crypto #InstitutionalAdoption

Ripple's Hidden Road appears in Wall Street's stock-clearing system: DTCC's NSCC added Ripple-owned Hidden Road Partners to its MPID directory for first trade, while Ripple also announced its payments business now covers full lifecycle from collection to payout. https://cryptoslate.com/ripple-is-tying-itself-to-legacy-identifiers-and-it-could-be-the-stealth-on-ramp-for-xrp-and-xrpl-usage/ #Blockchain #Crypto #InstitutionalAdoption

Core Scientific secures up to US$ 1B loan from Morgan Stanley: The bitcoin miner and AI infrastructure company closed a US$ 500M facility with accordion feature allowing expansion to US$ 1B, funding its expansion into AI and high-performance computing data centers. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/03/05/core-scientific-secures-up-to-usd1-billion-loan-facility-from-morgan-stanley #Blockchain #Crypto #InstitutionalAdoption

Ripple has added Coinbase's bitcoin, ether, Solana and XRP futures to its institutional clearing platform: Prime clients now get access to regulated US crypto derivatives through a platform handling $3 trillion in annual trading volume. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/03/05/ripple-adds-coinbase-crypto-futures-to-its-usd3-trillion-trading-venue #Blockchain #Crypto #InstitutionalAdoption

SOL Strategies shares jump 20% as firm posts validator network growth: The company said its validator network grew to 33,568 unique wallets in February, up from about 31,000 announced earlier in the month. https://www.theblock.co/post/392344/sol-strategies-shares-jump #Blockchain #Crypto #InstitutionalAdoption

Venture capital giant a16z is seeking to raise US$ 2 billion for its fifth crypto fund: The firm previously raised four crypto funds totaling over US$ 7.6 billion, including a massive US$ 4.5 billion Crypto Fund 4 in 2022. https://www.theblock.co/post/392322/a16z-looks-to-raise-2-billion-for-its-fifth-crypto-fund-fortune #Blockchain #Crypto #InstitutionalAdoption

Morgan Stanley has selected Coinbase and BNY Mellon as custodians for its planned Bitcoin ETF: the Wall Street giant moves closer to offering crypto exposure to its clients via established infrastructure. https://decrypt.co/359931/morgan-stanley-picks-coinbase-bny-mellon-custodians-bitcoin-etf #Blockchain #Crypto #InstitutionalAdoption