New Hampshire has made history as the first State in America to adopt the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill into law. Months after Rep. Keith Ammon introduced the bill, it has now become law. The New Hampshire plan to gain exposure to Bitcoin is based on the model created by the Satoshi Action Fund, a firm affiliated with BTC bull Dennis Porter.
New Hampshire Breaks the Bitcoin Reserve Myth
According to the Press Release shared on X by Porter, the HB 302 Bill is now law, the first of its kind in the country. Under the new law, the State treasurer can buy Bitcoin and another digital asset with a market capitalization of at least $500 billion. Notably, only BTC fits this requirement.
Image Source: Dennis Porter on X
The New Hampshire BTC Bill was introduced in January and moved closer to adoption as the House assented in March. With the proposed law, the state can hold up to 5% of its funds in digital currencies.
The law also mandated US-regulated custody. Notably, the Bitcoin in the reserve has to be kept in a state-controlled Multisig with a qualified custodian. The State can also gain exposure to BTC through exchange-traded funds (ETF).
Meanwhile, this Bitcoin reserve Bill will not take effect until 60 days after Governor Ayotte signs it into law. This move from New Hampshire complements the general trend in the United States, where different regions are contemplating whether to proceed with crypto reserves.
In a contrarian move, Florida and Arizona recently took a different approach to their respective Bitcoin Reserve Bills. As reported by CoinGape, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed the Bitcoin Bill, a controversial move that the industry criticized.
Update on the Federal Bitcoin Reserve Push
Conversations around States’ crypto adoption gained traction when President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to establish the national crypto reserve in March. The plan at the time was controversial, as the initial template involved Bitcoin and altcoins like XRP and Ethereum as part of the reserve.
Even with the clarity secured later on, there is hardly a major update regarding the BTC adoption at the Federal level. Unlike the New Hampshire Bitcoin reserve move, the Federal government has chosen not to commit taxpayers’ money into the coin.
The reintroduced Bitcoin Act Bill from Senator Cynthia Lummis contains the legislative framework upon which the entire crypto adoption will be based. However, this Bill has not made it into law yet, leaving a lot of new possibilities for the top coin.
Cardano (ADA) price has shown signs of a potential surge as whales have been actively accumulating large amounts of ADA. With a total of 40 million ADA purchased, many are watching closely for signs of a breakout. Currently, the ADA price is holding steady above the $0.7 support level, following a sideways trend in the market. The question is whether ADA can break through its critical $1 resistance and enter a bullish rally.
Can Cardano Price Hit $1 As Whale Buys 40M ADA?
The recent surge in the Cardano price has drawn attention after a significant whale transaction. According to the data, a large investor recently purchased 40 million ADA, sending a strong signal to the market.
This buying activity has contributed to a noticeable shift in ADA’s market dynamics, with the price rising steadily.
The transaction could create momentum, attracting more investors into the market, which would further solidify the upward trend in ADA’s value.
The price triggered by such a large purchase may pave the way for continued growth, especially if more whales or institutional investors follow suit. With a higher demand for ADA, the price could rise past resistance levels, bringing it closer to the $1 target.
Source: Santiment
Cardano Price Faces Consolidation Before Potential Surge
As of Tuesday, March 18th, 2025, the price of ADA has been witnessing fluctuations within a defined range. The Cardano price is trading around $0.7, showing a slight decline of 3% over the past 24 hours, following the crypto market decrease.
Cardano price prediction has been hovering between the $0.60 and $0.80 range, with the possibility of a notable upside surge if the $0.80 resistance level is broken. The price could potentially rise by 42%, reaching a target price of $1.
The MACD line remains below the signal line, signaling a weak bullish momentum, while the RSI is currently at 37, indicating that the market is not in an overbought or oversold condition.
Crypto analysts highlighted a recent price movement for Cardano price, noting that the cryptocurrency is gaining momentum. After bouncing off a key support level, ADA shows potential for an upward move toward $0.76. The technical chart reflects a bullish pattern, with the price stabilizing at the $0.70 mark.
Analyst suggests that if the $0.70 level holds, the positive trend will continue, with a breakout likely to drive prices higher. He emphasizes the importance of volume confirmation to support the strength of this price action. The breakout, should it happen, could push ADA to higher levels, indicating increased investor confidence.
To sum up, As Cardano price continues to stabilize around the $0.70 mark, market participants remain hopeful that whale activity could push the price toward $1.
India’s New Income Tax Bill, proposed in 2025, has raised serious concerns about digital privacy. If passed, the bill would allow tax officials to access individuals’ emails, social media, and trading accounts starting from April 1, 2026. The government claims this measure is necessary to curb tax evasion, but many are worried about potential misuse and privacy violations.
Digital Locks No Longer Safe
Currently, tax officials do not have direct authority to check digital records, which has led to legal confusion. The new bill seeks to remove these uncertainties by officially granting them the power to access:
Email servers
Online banking and investment platforms
Social media accounts
Digital storage and applications
Beginning April 1, 2026, tax officers will have the legal right to investigate a person’s digital presence if they suspect tax evasion.
This means they could check emails, social media activities, bank accounts, trading records, and even personal messages to look for undisclosed income, gold, jewelry, or other valuable assets on which taxes have not been paid.
What does the Law say?
Under the current Income Tax Act, of 1961, officials can enter properties and seize documents if they believe someone is hiding financial details. The new bill takes this a step further by giving them access to digital records.
This means tax officers could check personal messages, emails, and online accounts if they think someone is evading taxes. While the government insists these powers will only be used in serious cases, many people worry about the lack of clear rules.
A Threat to Digital Freedom?
While the bill aims to improve tax compliance, legal experts and privacy advocates worry it could lead to excessive government surveillance. They argue that without proper safeguards, authorities might gain too much control, increasing the risk of harassment and misuse of personal financial data.
Possible harassment of taxpayers
Unnecessary scrutiny of personal information
Threats to digital rights and privacy
Critics fear that businesses and individuals could face unfair investigations, and there are questions about how sensitive data will be handled and protected.
Bill is Currently In a Review
The bill is currently being reviewed by a parliamentary committee, and changes might be made before it becomes law. While the government sees this as a step toward better tax enforcement, concerns over privacy and misuse remain.
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India’s New Income Tax Bill, proposed in 2025, has raised serious concerns about digital privacy. If passed, the bill would allow tax officials to access individuals’ emails, social media, and trading accounts starting from April 1, 2026. The government claims this measure is necessary to curb tax evasion, but many are worried about potential misuse …
At Paris Blockchain Week, BeInCrypto sat down with Andrey Fedorov, the Chief Marketing Officer and acting Chief Business Development Officer at STON.fi, to dive deep into the platform’s mission, roadmap, and broader views on the DeFi sector.
Andrey Fedorov shared insights into how Omniston, a liquidity aggregation protocol developed by STON.fi, aims to simplify and streamline decentralized liquidity access across the TON blockchain and beyond. It presents a unified integration point for DeFi apps, liquidity providers, and users alike.
Andrey Fedorov on Omniston
Omniston is a decentralized liquidity aggregation protocol that connects DeFi apps to TON liquidity. This protocol is built for the TON blockchain, which means that when users want to swap TON-based tokens, Omniston finds the best deals. I’d say this is a protocol and not an exchange in itself, but it does connect apps, for example, for some exchanges, wallets, games, some other apps that need to access liquidity. So, there are users in these apps who want to swap and trade tokens.
Andrey Fedorov at Paris Blockchain Week
Usually, DeFi apps need to find and integrate with various liquidity sources — a process that’s time-consuming, complex, and often expensive due to the integration work involved. That’s where Omniston comes in. Basically, instead of connecting to five or ten different liquidity sources one by one, you just integrate with Omniston once. It’s like this one plug-in point.
So when a DeFi app connects to Omniston, it automatically gets access to all these different liquidity sources that are already connected. And it works both ways — liquidity providers, market makers, and anyone who has liquidity, they also get access to the user base of those apps.
And the cool thing is, anyone can plug into Omniston. If you have access to liquidity, whether it’s on-chain (like liquidity pools or vaults) or off-chain (like private funds), you can integrate through Omniston. This makes your liquidity available to all the apps connected to Omniston.
As a result, users benefit from deeper liquidity, and liquidity providers can earn yield by serving those users. We use the term “liquidity providers” broadly — it includes market makers and any other entities that can supply liquidity.
About Omniston’s roadmap
Right now, Omniston is mainly focused on providing access — so we’re not charging anything at this stage. The idea is really to drive usage. We want people to connect and start building with it. Liquidity providers can already earn money, and the same goes for DeFi apps — they can build on top of Omniston and create their own revenue models.
As for monetization on our side, we think it’ll come, but probably not in the traditional ‘pay-to-use’ way. We just launched about a month ago, so it’s still very early. The priority right now is adoption. We want to get more apps plugged in, more liquidity providers onboarded. Once we scale that up, we’ll explore monetization options — but that doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll start charging across the board.
The STON.fi team is still finalizing KPIs. We’re testing everything live — this is a working product — so we’re figuring out the numbers as we go. But if I had to name one core metric right now, it’s connectivity. We want to connect as many applications as possible, and aggregate as much liquidity as we can. That’s the north star for us.
Looking at the roadmap, the next big step is cross-chain swaps. Omniston currently runs on the TON blockchain, but we’ve already built the architecture for cross-chain functionality, and we’re actively testing it. Over the next few months, we’ll be working on integration testing.
Of course, we’re taking it step by step. The next chain will likely be Tron, and then we’ll move into EVM ecosystems. But it’s not going to be all at once — we’re rolling this out gradually.
TON — The Ideal Blockchain for Omniston?
There are two reasons why we chose TON. First, it is a technically strong blockchain. Second, it’s rapidly becoming the native chain of Telegram, which has a massive user base of over one billion people.
TON helps us access these huge markets. A technically strong blockchain plus a huge market is a good fit. Additionally, the TON ecosystem offers solid developer support and growing resources, making it a compelling platform on which to build.
I would also add that the TON ecosystem is growing very fast, with strong support from the TON Foundation. Plus, with so many projects on the chain, they craft good documentation that shows the use cases and so on. For developers building on TON, this means they benefit not just from the strong support but also from the collective experience and momentum of the broader community — which is incredibly valuable.
The Impact of Crypto and Blockchain Regulation
First of all, I don’t think regulation is a limitation per se. It’s something we monitor closely, and we take all regulatory developments into account as we grow.
I would say that Europe has made some progress over here because of MiCA. Regulation in the United States is fragmented, but we still need to watch them closely. Our goal is to remain fully compliant — and we view that as necessary and inevitable.
Promising Crypto Trends
Everybody is speaking about AI agents. The concept is definitely compelling and has strong future potential, but the challenge is that there aren’t many clear, practical use cases yet. What we need to do now is find these good use cases, and currently, I would say that there are not so many. That’s the problem. But again, we need to watch this space closely.
From what I understand, AI agents are already being used to evaluate whether there is a balance in the market. It is interesting to use them for this specific test case, but this is only one. It is the most obvious one.
There’s definitely room to explore more impactful ways to combine AI with crypto. It’s an area worth studying closely, and while we’re still in the early stages, I don’t see any fundamental limitations holding us back.
