Three insider wallet bets on Maduro out on Polymarket, profiting over $630,000

On-chain investigator ZachXBT released a report on March 24 alleging that Russian over-the-counter (OTC) broker Aleksandr (Aleks) Khinkis has laundered over $4.7 million for ransomware groups through a single crypto exchange account since July 2025. The funds are tied to three suspicious ransom payments totaling approximately 796 bitcoins (BTC). Investigators found the funds were bridged between Bitcoin and Avalanche before being sent in 75 batches to Khinkis’ exchange deposit address (0xa756) between July 2025 and March 2026. Additionally, roughly $16.6 million is currently held on Aave and is being gradually cashed out. ZachXBT highlighted key ransom transactions: around September 2025, ~72 BTC in ransom was bridged to the relevant address; in October 2025, ~164 BTC in ransom was converted to ~$3.8 million. Some linked addresses were blacklisted by Tether in November 2025, and frozen USDT was burned three weeks ago—indicating law enforcement and regulatory involvement. A Sep

On March 24, The New York Times reported that a Saudi prince is urging former President Trump to continue the war against Iran.

On March 24, Tether has retained one of the "Big Four" accounting firms to conduct its first fully backed audit.

March 24 — Per official sources, the Solana Foundation today launched the Solana Developer Platform (SDP), an AI-era developer tool built for enterprises and financial institutions to easily build, deploy and launch financial products on Solana via APIs. The SDP integrates top-tier Solana ecosystem infrastructure into a unified interface, helping institutions enter the market efficiently, compliantly and at scale. It features three core API modules supporting a range of use cases: - The Issuance module enables users to issue tokenized deposits, GENIUS-standard stablecoins or tokenized real-world assets (RWA); - The Payments module supports fiat-stablecoin fund flows, including fiat on/off-ramping and on-chain stablecoin transactions, covering B2B, B2C and P2P payment scenarios; - The Trading module supports financial activities including atomic swaps and liquidity pools. As of now, the Issuance and Payments modules are officially live, while the Trading module is set to lau

March 24: Iran collecting "safe passage fees" from ships in part of the Strait of Hormuz – Golden Finance

On March 24, Bitget market data shows U.S. stock index futures continued to decline: S&P 500 E-mini futures were down 0.5%, while Nasdaq 100 futures and Dow Jones futures each fell 0.6%.