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  Title	Crypto Currents: SEC, CFTC sign MOU for Joint Harmonization Initiative
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  Published Date	March 14, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
  Summary	Crypto Currents: SEC, CFTC sign MOU for Joint Harmonization Initiative TipRanks Sat, March 14, 2026 at 10:32 AM EDT 12 min read MSTR STRC STRD STRF STRK As bitcoin , ethereum and other cryptocurrencie
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  Content	Crypto Currents: SEC, CFTC sign MOU for Joint Harmonization Initiative TipRanks Sat, March 14, 2026 at 10:32 AM EDT 12 min read MSTR STRC STRD STRF STRK As bitcoin , ethereum and other cryptocurrencies see major legal, institutional, and technological developments, the financial landscape continues to adapt. Stay up on the crypto news that matters with the “Crypto Currents” weekly from The Fly. Also, join us for your essential daily recap, every day at 2 PM ET on FlyCast radio. Claim 70% Off TipRanks Premium Unlock hedge fund-level data and powerful investing tools for smarter, sharper decisions Stay ahead of the market with the latest news and analysis and maximize your portfolio's potential SEC, CFTC SIGN MOU FOR JOINT HARMONIZATION INITIATIVE: The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Wednesday they have formally signed a memorandum of understanding launching a Joint Harmonization Initiative to coordinate oversight of digital asset markets. The MOU covers product definitions, clearing and margin frameworks, streamlined reporting, and what both agencies called a “fit-for-purpose regulatory framework” for crypto assets. For equity investors, the agreement potentially removes one of the largest structural overhangs on publicly traded exchanges, ETF issuers, and tokenization platforms, clarity on whether tokens are securities or commodities has long hindered product launches and driven up compliance costs. “For decades, regulatory turf wars, duplicative agency registrations, and different sets of regulations between the SEC and CFTC have stifled innovation and pushed market participants to other jurisdictions,” said SEC Chairman Paul Atkins. “This updated Memorandum of Understanding will serve as a roadmap for a new era of harmonization between the agencies – one that is critical to support U.S. leadership in this next chapter of financial innovation. By aligning regulatory definitions, coordinating oversight, and facilitating seamless, secure data sharing between agencies, we will ensure our rules and regulations deliver the clarity market participants deserve.” COINBASE LAUNCHES FUTURES CONTRACTS IN EUROPE: In a Monday blog post, Coinbase ( COIN ) announced that European traders can now access futures contracts or the first time on Coinbase. The company said, “Historically, European traders have often relied on unregulated platforms for crypto-derivative products due to regulatory complexities. The launch of futures contracts on Coinbase offers traders in Europe access to regulated crypto futures, indices futures such as the Mag7 + Crypto Equity Index Futures, and perpetual-style futures, a type of long-dated futures contract with 5-year expiries, on one of crypto’s most trusted platforms Coinbase has begun progressively rolling out access to futures contracts to Coinbase Advanced users in 26 countries in Europe, offered by our MiFID entity. Users will be able to trade a variety of crypto contracts, from Bitcoin to Solana, and equity-indices contracts.” Story Continues Additionally, Monness Crespi said it would argue that President Trump ’s Truth Social post highlighting support for an open stablecoin loophole “represented more saber rattling than anything else,” adding that there is “a difference between saber rattling, policy advocacy, and the trajectory of legislation.” Last week, the bank rejected a compromise version of the CLARITY bill that calls for yield only being derivable from P2P payments, rather than idle balances, which in the firm’s view materially changes the calculus for main distribution node and the commercialization path for stablecoins, again favoring Circle Internet ( CRCL ) and disintermediating Coinbase. The firm, which would be adding to Coinbase shorts and remains long Circle, currently rates Coinbase a Sell with a $120 price target and Circle a Buy with a $125 price target. Meanwhile, Mizuho raised the firm’s price target on Circle Internet to $120 from $100 and kept a Neutral rating on the shares. The firm increased Circle’s 2027 estimates citing USDC activity trends and use cases like Polymarket or agentic commerce expectations. While the company’s near-term trends are promising, the threat of lower rates over the medium-term and competition remains an overhang on the shares, the analyst said. Mizuho added Circle’s volumes surpassed Tether in 2026 year-to-date for the first time since 2019. BITGO INVESTS IN UBYX: Ubyx, a provider of clearing and acceptance infrastructure for tokenised deposits and regulated stablecoins, announced Wednesday a (BTGO) . Ubyx also announced the appointment of BitGo Bank & Trust as a settlement agent within the Ubyx network. The partnership positions BitGo B&T as a core settlement partner within Ubyx’s shared infrastructure for regulated digital assets. BitGo B&T’s digital asset infrastructure will deliver institutional-grade custody and settlement services, enabling the secure movement of regulated digital assets between issuers and receiving institutions. “Regulated digital asset infrastructure requires trusted institutional participants who can operate at the intersection of traditional finance and blockchain technology,” said Frank Wang, Head of Fintech at BitGo. “Ubyx is solving a critical structural challenge by enabling multiple issuers and multiple receivers to transact seamlessly while preserving par-value integrity. By joining as a settlement agent and investor, BitGo B&T is supporting the infrastructure necessary for digital assets to scale globally within regulated frameworks.” Additionally on Tuesday, BitGo Bank & Trust and Stable Sea announced a partnership designed to support secure digital asset and on-chain treasury solutions for businesses. Through the partnership, Stable Sea will leverage BitGo’s Crypto-as-a-Service infrastructure to provide customers access to institutional-grade digital asset solutions such as the ability to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin and stablecoins securely through custodial wallet solutions, with BitGo maintaining insurance coverage on assets held in qualified custody. BitGo Bank & Trust also announced Thursday that Canton Strategic Holdings ( CNTN ) has selected BitGo as the institutional-grade custodian for its Canton-focused digital asset treasury holdings. Under this arrangement, BitGo Bank & Trust will provide secure, regulated custody, and operational controls designed to support Canton Strategic Holdings’ digital asset treasury strategy, including cold storage and multi-signature wallet infrastructure. BINANCE, PAYPAL JOIN MASTERCARD’S BLOCKCHAIN EFFORT: MasterCard ( MA ) has launched a new Crypto Partner Program that brings together more than 85 companies from across the digital asset and payments industries in an effort to link blockchain technology more directly with the infrastructure that underpins global commerce, CoinDesk’s Helene Braun and AI Boost reported Wednesday. The program includes crypto exchanges, blockchain developers, fintech companies and banks such as Binance, Circle, Ripple, Gemini ( GEMI ), PayPal ( PYPL ) and Paxos, the company told CoinDesk in a statement. CRYPTO EARNINGS: On Monday, Sharplink ( SBET ) reported fiscal year 2025 revenue of $28.1M, which compared to revenue of $3.7M for FY24. The company ended the year with $28.5M in cash and $1.9M in USDC stablecoins. As of December 31, Sharplink held 864,5974 ETH. “2025 was a defining year for Sharplink,” stated Joseph Chalom, CEO. “We completed our strategic transformation into an institutional-grade Ethereum treasury platform, raised approximately $3.2B in capital, accumulated 868,6991 in total ETH holdings to date, and built an internally managed treasury model designed to compound ETH per share over time. While short-term market volatility impacted GAAP financial results, our strategy is designed to excel through cycles. Our mandate is simple: increase ETH per share responsibly and maximize the productivity of our treasury through time.” Following the report, Citizens lowered the firm’s price target on Sharplink to $40 from $50 and kept an Outperform rating on the shares. The target cut reflects the recent trading below net asset value, which has constrained Sharplink’s capital formation and slowed the pace of NAV expansion, the analyst said. Citizens views this dynamic as transitory and believes Sharplink’s fundamentals continue to improve and remains constructive on the long-term Ethereum opportunity. Additionally, Alliance Global lowered the firm’s price target on Sharplink to $14 from $20 and kept a Buy rating on the shares. The firm cited the recent pressure on Ethereum and other crypto token prices for the target cut. Sharplink has a pipeline of partnerships to drive “best in class yield’ in the long term, the analyst said. Also on Monday, Genius Group ( GNS ) reported a FY25 loss per share of (55c) on revenue of $8.4M, which compared to a loss per share of ($1.03) on revenue of $7.6M for the same period last year. The company reported cash and cash equivalents of $2.4M and bitcoin holdings of 154 Bitcoin as at December 31. Genius Group also guided to FY26 annual revenue of $20M-$22M with an adjusted EBITDA view of $1.5M-$2M. Roger James Hamilton, CEO, commented “2025 was a year of consolidation and transformation for Genius Group, further to a series of corporate and legal actions to defend our shareholders’ interests, resulting in the Company filing a number of legal suits to pursue damages against various parties amounting to over $1B. Our operational focus in 2025 has been on building our core business of AI-powered, entrepreneurial education around three business units, Genius School, Genius Academy and Genius Resorts. This has enabled us to organize our group around three strong growth models to deliver our lifelong learning Genius Curriculum to prepare and upskill the next generation for the future world of work. We have built strong foundations for a successful 2026.” Hyperscale Data ( GPUS ) announced Wednesday guidance for revenue in fiscal year 2026, which is anticipated to set a record in the range of $180M to $200M. This increase represents anticipated year-over-year growth of approximately 80% to 100% compared to preliminary 2025 revenue of approximately $100M. “We believe 2026 represents an important year for Hyperscale Data,” said Milton Ault III, Executive Chairman. “The growth we are projecting reflects expected organic expansion across our AI infrastructure and digital platform operations as well as an anticipated full year of contribution from Ballista, which we recently reconsolidated after it successfully completed a financial restructuring and emerged stronger and more stable from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Over the past several years, we have invested significant capital into infrastructure, software platforms and digital ecosystems, and we believe those investments are ready to begin generating and scaling revenue while improving operating efficiency.” The company also reported Tuesday that its Bitcoin treasury, consisting of Bitcoin generated from mining operations and Bitcoin acquired in the open market, totaled approximately $40.7M, based on the price of Bitcoin as of March 8. Additionally, as of the week ended March 8, the company held approximately $42.2M in cash and restricted cash on its balance sheet. In aggregate, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Sentinum, and Ault Capital Group, held 617.1605 Bitcoin as of March 8. Also on Wednesday, Exodus Movement ( EXOD ) reported Q4 revenue of $29.5M, which compared to analyst estimates of $30.68M. As of December 31, Exodus held $161.6M in digital assets and liquid assets, including Bitcoin valued at $149.2M, Ether valued at $5.6M, and $5.2M in cash, cash equivalents, and USD Coin. The company also reported over 610 bitcoin and over 1,840 ether held as of February 28 and 1.6M monthly active users as of the same date, up from 1.5M at year-end. During Q1, the company has continued to sell digital assets to prepare for the next disbursement related to the W3C closing, and has set aside over $70M in US dollar reserves for these obligations. Following the report, BTIG lowered the firm’s price target on Exodus to $20 from $30 and kept a Buy rating on the shares. The firm noted that the company’s processed volume matched its estimate and the pre-announced amount, though total revenue of $29.5M beat its estimate as take rates surprised to the upside, the analysts said. BTIG added, however, that it is reducing its price target as revenue estimates are lowered in light of the recent crypto volatility. Benchmark lowered the firm’s price target on Exodus to $21 from $42 and kept a Buy rating on the shares. Exodus is “attempting something far more ambitious than running a successful crypto wallet business” as the company is planning to transform itself into a crypto payments infrastructure platform designed to control the entire digital-asset transaction stack, said the analyst, who added that the rationale for Exodus’ anticipated pivot, reducing the company’s dependence on crypto market conditions, was underlined by the company’s weaker-than-expected Q4 results that reflect lower swap volumes amid declining crypto prices during the quarter. Meanwhile, Northland lowered the firm’s price target on Exodus to $24 from $30 and kept an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm said it wasn’t “expecting much” from the Q4 print given the softness in crypto prices and as the company is still in the early phases of its full payment stack and vertical integration strategy. OTHER CRYPTO NEWS: Aon ( AON ) announces stablecoin insurance premium payment Bitcoin Depot ( BTM ) launches ReadyBucks business advance platform Strategy ( MSTR ) acquires 17,994 bitcoin for $1.28B, initiated with a Buy at B. Riley Strategy announces Strive ( ASST ) adds $50M of STRC to corporate treasury Strive reports bitcoin holdings of 13,311, initiated with a Buy at B. Riley Keefe trims TeraWulf ( WULF ) target, sees pullback as ‘appealing’ opportunity Bitmine Immersion ( BMNR ) says total crypto, cash holdings of $10.3B Eightco Holdings ( ORBS ) announces $125M in new institutional commitments ATG urges ProCap ( BRR ) shareholders to vote against CFO Silvia merger Nasdaq ( NDAQ ) to launch equity token design, partner with Kraken in plan for tokenized stock trading Hyperion DeFi ( HYPD ) engages HyperLend to create private lending pool Signing Day Sports ( SGN ) announces BlockchAIn collaborations with PDM, Super Micro ( SMCI ) and LOI for MW AI infrastructure deployment Figure Technology ( FIGR ), Agora Data collaborate for blockchain-enabled platform, Figure price target lowered to $55 from $64 at Mizuho Intchains Group ( ICG ) price target lowered to $3 from $4 at Benchmark Cipher Mining ( CIFR ) price target lowered to $20 from $22 at Keefe Bruyette Solai Limited ( SLAI ) receives $3.07 per ADS take-private proposal from Chaince Digital ( CD ) UTime ( WTO ) signs non-binding LOI to acquire Feixiaohao in up to $80M transaction CRYPTO STOCK PLAYS: Publicly traded companies in the space include Bit Digital ( BTBT ), Coinbase, Core Scientific ( CORZ ), Greenidge Generation ( GREE ), Mara Holdings (MARA) , Strategy, Riot Platforms (RIOT) and TeraWulf. 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