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Coinbase has agreed to acquire Deribit, the world’s largest trading platform for bitcoin and ether options, for approximately $2.9 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.  The acquisition, Coinbase’s largest to date, includes $700 million in cash and 11 million shares of Coinbase Class A stock. Founded in 2016 and based in Dubai, Deribit offers options, futures, and spot trading. In 2024, trading volume nearly doubled to $1.2 trillion, driven by growing institutional demand post-election, according toWSJ. “This will make us the most comprehensive player in derivatives,” said Greg Tusar, Coinbase’s VP of institutional product. Coinbase, which has a market value above $50 billion, already offers futures in the U.S. and perpetual futures abroad. You might also like:Expanding RWA on-chain: ArbitrumDAO chooses Franklin Templeton, Spiko, and WisdomTree for STEP 2 Other crypto acquisitions The move comes amid a resurgence in crypto dealmaking, fueled by a more favorable regulatory climate under President Trump.  Industry players, buoyed by renewed political backing, are racing to expand their product offerings. Kraken, for example, recently acquired retail futures platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion, and Ripple struck a $1.25 billion deal for credit network Hidden Road. Coinbase’s Deribit acquisition highlights a strategic bet on crypto derivatives as a key growth area, especially with global institutions increasingly active in the space.  Other recent Coinbase acquisitions include One River Digital (now Coinbase Asset Management) and Tagomi (now Coinbase Prime). You might also like:Bitcoin approaches $100K as Trump teases major trade deal with “big” country

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. I wake up to the soft ping of my calendar assistant confirming this morning’s team meeting, scheduled across five time zones without a single manual adjustment from any of us.  You might also like:The hidden bias in financial AI—can blockchain finally solve it? | Opinion As I throw some fruit into the Ninja, another agent delivers the wind report for Kailua: 15-20 knots expected around 4 pm, perfect for wing foiling with the boys later. My sons’ AI tutors—from Khan Academy—are already customizing today’s homeschool lessons, one tackling algebraic equations, the other the history of Perú, where we are heading next.  None of this required a tap or swipe—it just happened. These invisible, tireless agents are becoming as routine as the morning smoothie itself. Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic fantasy—it’s a force embedded into our daily lives. From managing emails to diagnosing diseases, AI is already transforming how we live and work. But the next leap is more profound: autonomous AI agents acting on our behalf, making decisions, performing tasks, and transacting independently in the digital world. This shift demands a financial infrastructure as fast, borderless, and permissionless as the agents themselves. Enter: crypto. In the near future, AI agents won’t just chat with us, they’ll execute actions. They’ll schedule your appointments, negotiate your bills, buy your groceries, or manage your online presence. These agents will interface with large language models from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, or DeepSeek, while simultaneously engaging with a web of other agents and services. The result? A dynamic, decentralized marketplace of intelligent actors performing high-frequency transactions at machine speed. Our current financial infrastructure is woefully unprepared for this future. Traditional rails like credit cards and bank transfers are slow, expensive, and built for human friction, not automated intelligence.  How does a credit card handle thousands of microtransactions per second between agents scattered across messaging apps, time zones, and use cases? It doesn’t. Crypto is inevitable That’s why crypto isn’t optional—it’s inevitable. Blockchain-based systems were designed to optimize the flow of value in complex, trustless, and global environments. From DeFi to gaming to real estate, crypto has proven itself as an efficient mechanism for transacting in digital-first economies. Now, it’s poised to become the financial operating system of AI. Imagine this: two autonomous agents—one representing a consumer, the other a merchant—negotiate a product purchase entirely via smart contracts, execute payment using a token, and record it on a distributed ledger. No banks. No friction. No waiting. Just pure machine-to-machine commerce.  This is not speculative science fiction. It’s the emerging reality championed by tech visionaries like Vitalik Buterin, Balaji Srinivasan, Sergey Nazarov, and Humayun Sheikh, all of whom see crypto as the core infrastructure for autonomous AI economies. These pioneers are already building towards a future where AI agents own wallets, hold digital assets, sign smart contracts, and interact trustlessly. As Srinivasan aptly put it, “What is money after generative AI and robotics? This is essentially crypto.” But this vision brings a technical and social challenge: how will developers actually build, monetize, and deploy these AI agents in a way that integrates seamlessly with the platforms we already use—messaging apps, mobile interfaces, and, albeit less, decentralized protocols? We’ll need new platforms and protocols that empower developers—from no-code builders to advanced AI engineers—to create agents that are not only intelligent but also economically autonomous. Users will need simple, intuitive interfaces to discover and coordinate with these agents, and robust infrastructure to support identity, payments, and interaction between thousands of agents at once. This is the infrastructure gap we must now close. We need open standards, shared protocols, and accessible development tools that turn the concept of autonomous, crypto-native AI agents from an idea into a ubiquitous reality. This is a turning point. AI and crypto are converging—not as hype cycles, but as complementary building blocks of the next internet. AI brings cognition and autonomy. Crypto brings trust and value exchange. Together, they form the economic backbone of a new machine-driven world. To empower autonomous AI, we must liberate it from outdated financial systems. If AI agents are to become sovereign economic actors, they need a currency that speaks their language. That currency is not dollars or euro—it’s crypto. Read more:AI is creating a new class of entrepreneurs, and you’re either in or out | Opinion Tim Delhaes Tim Delhaesis the co-founder and CEO of Grindery, the company behind XO, the first AI agent orchestrator and multi-agent wallet. Backed by Binance Labs (now YZi Labs), Grindery is building at the edge of AI and web3 to make crypto intuitive, autonomous, and scalable. Under Tim’s leadership, Grindery launched a Telegram-native smart wallet now used by over 3.5 million people worldwide. XO takes the next leap—empowering AI agents to handle on-chain activity across networks and applications. A serial entrepreneur with multiple exits in Silicon Valley and Latin America, Tim is known for navigating frontier markets and translating vision into impact. With Grindery, he’s pioneering an agent-native future where crypto just works — powered by AI, designed for humans.

加拿大加密货币提供商 Neptune 在获得 Sygnum Bank 提供的 2000 万美元信贷额度用于购买比特币后，其股价飙升 40%。 加拿大公共基础设施提供商 Neptune Digital Assets Corp. 在获得瑞士数字资产贷款机构 Sygnum Bank 的 2000 万美元信用额度后，其股价在场外交易市场上涨了 40%。 该公司在 1 月 21 日的新闻稿中表示，这笔贷款由 Neptune 的比特币 (BTC) 持有量支持，将帮助其扩大比特币储备以及购买其他加密相关资产，并为战略投资提供资金。 你可能还喜欢：KULR 和 Genius Group 扩大比特币持有量 “这笔贷款的结构让我们拥有充足的灵活性，同时保持瑞士银行对比特币抵押品的保护。在我们发展的这个关键阶段，这笔 2000 万美元使我们能够扩大我们的数字资产组合，进行战略投资，并加强我们的资产负债表——而不会通过发行股票稀释股东权益。” 海王星首席执行官 Cale Moodie Sygnum Bank 也对 Neptune 的计划充满信心，信贷主管 Benedikt Koedel 表示，他很高兴能够支持该公司“扩大其数字资产组合”。市场反应迅速，Neptune 的股价在 OTCMarkets 上飙升超过 40%，达到 1.15 美元的历史新高。该公司还在多伦多证券交易所创业板上交易，股票代码为 NDA。 此前，在白宫首次支持加密货币的政府领导下，其他上市公司纷纷购买比特币。例如，上市再保险和代币化资产公司 Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited 于 1 月 21 日宣布，已将比特币和以太坊 (ETH) 添加到其国库储备中作为价值存储手段。 阅读更多：Rex Shares 为 TRUMP 和 DOGE ETF 提供文件

贝莱德已获得英国最高金融市场监管机构金融行为监管局的批准，作为一家加密资产公司运营。 根据 DL News 4 月 1 日的报道，这家管理着约 12 万亿美元资产的全球投资巨头现在将能够在英国提供其新的欧洲比特币 (BTC) 交易所交易产品。凭借此项批准，贝莱德将加入 Coinbase、PayPal 和 Revolut 等公司，成为第 51 家在 FCA 注册的公司。 FCA 批准的申请比例仅为 14%，可见其选择性极强。据该机构称，大量申请因信息缺失或质量低劣而被拒绝。 iShares 比特币 ETP 的股票代码为 IB1T，上周开始在巴黎和阿姆斯特丹泛欧交易所交易。它推出了临时费用减免，将其费用率降低至 0.15%，直到 2024 年底。此后，费用将升至 0.25%，与 CoinShares 价值 13 亿美元的实物比特币 ETP（欧洲最大的 ETP）保持一致。 你可能还喜欢：贝莱德将货币市场基金 BUIDL 扩展至 Solana 由于每只股票都由 Coinbase 保管的真实比特币支持，该产品让投资者可以直接接触比特币。贝莱德的行动是在其 iShares Bitcoin Trust（简称 IBIT）在美国上市取得成功之后采取的。根据 VettaFi 的数据，IBIT 自成立以来已积累了超过 480 亿美元的资产。 IB1T 采用类似的结构，为欧洲投资者提供一种受监管的方式来投资比特币，而无需实际持有该货币。ETP 通过瑞士的特殊目的载体发行，以确保符合欧洲金融法规。 贝莱德进军欧洲表明，北美以外地区对比特币投资产品的需求正在上升。首席执行官拉里·芬克最近警告称，美国债务的上升可能会削弱美元的主导地位，并可能加强比特币作为价值存储手段的地位。 据 Crypto.news 3 月 31 日报道，芬克在其年度信函中指出，由于政府支出过多，投资者可能会转向比特币作为更安全的选择。 阅读更多：迈克尔·塞勒 (Michael Saylor) 会撤走支持吗？

Ripple 首席执行官 Brad Garlinghouse 预计 XRP 交易所交易基金将于 2025 年下半年在美国推出。 在 3 月 19 日接受彭博加密货币采访时，他表达了对批准的强烈信心，并指出 Ripple（XRP）对美国证券交易委员会的法律胜利是一个关键的转折点。 “There’s huge demand for these ETFs,” Garlinghouse said, noting that XRP-based investment products outside the U.S. are already seeing steady inflows while other crypto funds struggle. Following the SEC’s decision to drop its case against Ripple on Mar. 19, he believes that previous regulatory pressure on XRP has eased. Institutions now have greater trust in XRP’s legal standing as a result of this resolution, according to Garlinghouse. He also hinted that XRP could play a role in a U.S. government digital asset reserve. “I have immense confidence in the ETFs. I think there’s 11 different filings pending with the SEC to launch XRP ETFs. I think those will be live in the second half of this year”. — Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple CEO 至少有十份 XRP ETF 申请正在等待美国证券交易委员会的批准，其中包括现货、杠杆和反向 ETF 的提案。大型资产管理公司富兰克林邓普顿最近加入了申请人名单。Ripple 与监管机构之间关系的改善，以及美国证券交易委员会对加密货币立场的转变，可能会加快这一进程。 你可能还喜欢：SEC 与 Ripple 案结束后最值得购买的 3 种 XRP 代币 整体市场也对 XRP ETF 的推出表现出信心。在 SEC 驳回此案后，加密货币预测网站 Polymarket 将 XRP ETF 在 2025 年获批的几率提高到了 84%。 与此同时，大型投资者继续囤积 XRP。根据 Santiment 的数据，拥有至少 100 万 XRP 的钱包在过去两个月中持有量增长了 6.5%，达到 464 亿 XRP，约合 1140 亿美元。3 月份独立钱包互动次数增加了六倍，网络活动也随之增加。 继 3 月 19 日监管胜利之后，XRP 的价格上涨了 10% 以上，达到 2.57 美元的高点，但此后一直稳定在 2.45 美元，在过去 24 小时内上涨了 6%。市场下一步的走势仍不确定，但 XRP 日益普及和鲸鱼的积累表明投资者信心不断增强。 阅读更多：美联储维持利率不变，加密货币恐惧和网格指数上涨 17 点至 49