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Mastercard acquires stablecoin infrastructure startup BVNK for $1.8B Mastercard will acquire the stablecoin infrastructure startup BVNK for as much as $1.8B, four months after negotiations between BVNK and Coinbase for a roughly $2B deal fell apart. Mastercard earlier this month unveiled a global partnership network with more than 85 digital-asset firms and other crypto-related companies to bridge the gap between traditional and non-traditional payment methods. 🔗bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-17/mastercard-to-buy-stablecoin-startup-bvnk-for-up-to-1-8-billion @TOP7ICO

Kalshi introduces $1B Perfect Bracket Challenge Kalshi is offering $1B to anyone who builds a perfect NCAA March Madness bracket - correctly predicting all 63 games. The odds of pulling it off are 1 in 120B, which means if you filled out one bracket every single second, you'd need 3,800 years to expect a winner. The prize is backed by SIG Parametrics, a member of the Susquehanna International Group. Entry is free, one bracket per verified Kalshi account, open to US residents 18+ outside of New York and Florida. If no one gets a perfect bracket, the highest scorer walks away with $1M cash. An additional $1M goes to iMentor and Devin Booker's Starting Five foundation. Hard cap of 10M entries, deadline is Mar 19. 🔗x.com/Kalshi/status/2033620115594293528 @TOP7ICO

YZi Labs leads $52M Round in RoboForce RoboForce has secured $52M in oversubscribed funding, bringing the total raised to $67M. The round was led by YZi Labs (a $10B fund) with participation from Jerry Yang (co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc.), Myron Scholes, Gary Rieschel, and beyond. RoboForce is building an advanced physical AI foundation model and robotics stack in collaboration with NVIDIA, leveraging NVIDIA’s end-to-end computing and simulation technologies as its AI backbone. Founded in 2023 by experts from CMU, UMich, Amazon Robotics, Google, Waymo, Cruise, Tesla Robotics, ABB, and Apple. 🔗x.com/yzilabs/status/2033646902701687069 @TOP7ICO

xStocks Overview - Tokenized Stocks on DeFi xStocks is a tokenized equities platform backed by Kraken, bringing 75+ U.S. stocks and ETFs fully on-chain. Each xStock token is collateralized 1:1 by the underlying asset held with a regulated custodian via Backed. No brokers, no trading hours, no geographic restrictions. Just permissionless access to U.S. equities 24/7 from your wallet. The platform has been growing fast since launch • TVL: $383M (+112% over 30 days) • Total AUM: $263M • Total Holders: 89.1K • Total Tx Volume: $25B+ On top of that, xStocks just launched xPoints, a Season 1 rewards program that tracks all your on-chain activity: holding xStocks, providing liquidity, and using borrow/lend markets. No token announced yet, but points feed future ecosystem rewards. Get permanent 20% points boost with our link🔗https://defi.xstocks.fi/points?ref=TOP7ICO @TOP7ICO

Playnance launches GCOIN staking as 300M tokens locked in hours $GCOIN staking is now live on PlayW3 and 300M tokens were locked within hours. Users can stake $GCOIN in smart-contract pools with a 1K token minimum across 6, 9, 12, or 18 months, earning 10-40% rewards. The launch introduces a new opportunity for $GCOIN holders to actively participate in the ecosystem through staking ahead of the upcoming $GCOIN TGE on March 18. ℹ️Playnance is a Web3 infrastructure company developing live, non-custodial, on-chain products designed to onboard mainstream Web2 users into blockchain environments. Ecosystem Stats: • 2M+ on-chain transactions per day • 10,000+ on-chain games • 30+ integrated game studios 🔗x.com/Playnance_/status/2033580029238469014 @TOP7ICO

Top 10 Real World Assets Projects by FDV RWA projects are accelerating adoption of tokenized assets, bridging traditional finance with blockchain infrastructure. Here’s a look at the top 10 projects leading the narrative. $ONDO $TX $VEREM $STBL $COLLECT $VSN $MEY $ZBCN $RSR $AVNT Data source🔗CryptoRank.io @TOP7ICO

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Binance will list Centrifuge [CFG] at 13:00 UTC $CFG will be listed on Binance today, at 13:00 UTC. Centrifuge is a DeFi protocol focused on bringing RWAs on-chain and connecting them to decentralized finance liquidity 🔘Current CFG price: $0.18 (+52% for 24H) 🔘Current FDV: $126M 🔗binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/bcd4473a511948bf8b305f0f6a695313 @TOP7ICO

Top 3 Anticipated Token Launches in March Katana $KAT • Sale Date on Binance Wallet: Mar 16, 12:00 UTC • Sale FDV: $90M • Listing Date on Binance: Mar 18, 13:00 UTC • Pre-Market FDV: $151M Backpack $BP • Waitlist fo IPOs: Form • Airdrop: 25% (250M) • Polymarket odds: $300M FDV - 54% • TGE Date: Mar 23 Based $BASED • Airdrop: 31% (235M Airdrop | 75M Ethena Community) • Airdrop Checker: basedfoundation.com/check • Polymarket odds: $100M FDV - 37% • TGE Date: March @TOP7ICO

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Upcoming Token Unlocks: Over $229M in Assets Unlocking Next Week March 16–22, 2026 • $ASTER → $55.9M on Mar 17 • $ZRO → $50.3M on Mar 20 • $BARD → $34.8M on Mar 18 • $RIVER → $27M on Mar 22 • $STBL → $15.1M on Mar 16 • $ESPORTS → $12.6M on Mar 19 • $RTX → $10.5M on Mar 19 • $ARB → $9.8M on Mar 16 • $BR → $7.4M on Mar 20 • $KAITO → $6.3M on Mar 20 $ASTER takes the lead with 78.4M tokens ($55.9M) being unlocked, representing 0.98% of total supply, while LayerZero unlocks 2.47% of $ZRO total supply. @TOP7ICO

Top Upcoming Crypto Events in March March 16–31, 2026 March is shaping up to be one of the hottest months for TGE - with new projects launching left and right. Stay ahead of the curve with our updated schedule, and always do your own research! On the radar • TGEs: $KAT $GCOIN $BP $CHIP $EDGE $BILL $BASED • Token Unlocks: $BARD $ZRO • Products launches: $LINEA $ASTER • Other updates: Tusky sunsets its storage platform @TOP7ICO