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Foom Cash lost $2.26 million in an exploit tied to a Groth16 verifier misconfiguration, but a white hat recovered $1.84 million of the funds.

Oil prices are rising amid the US-Iran conflict, but whether Bitcoin will suffer is up for debate, as history suggests a bullish BTC price outlook.

Crypto ETPs saw $1 billion in inflows last week, led by $787 million into US spot Bitcoin ETFs, ending a five-week outflow streak of nearly $4 billion

Sony Bank and JPYC will study real-time transfers enabling customers to buy the yen-pegged stablecoin JPYC directly from their bank accounts.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Shanghai partners will study a blockchain cross-border platform linking cargo trade data, e-bills of lading and finance under Project Ensemble.

Bitcoin avoided an Iran sell-off to start March, but traders still expected BTC price support to give way in bearish market conditions.

Qivalis, a European banking consortium, is reportedly in talks with crypto exchanges ahead of a planned euro stablecoin launch in the second half of 2026.

Tokenholders backed a $42.5 million stablecoin package and 75,000 AAVE allocation for Aave Labs under a proposed DAO-funded revenue model.

Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol ordered an inter-agency review of seized crypto wallets after the National Tax Service exposed a seed phrase in a press release.

NYDIG’s Greg Cipolaro says AI could be a “general-purpose technology,” and its effects on the economy could be a boon for Bitcoin.

Arthur Hayes says the longer Donald Trump engages in expensive “Iranian nation-building,” the more likely it is that the Federal Reserve will boost money supply.

PeckShield said fewer mega-hacks, heightened volatility and tighter risk controls may have helped push crypto losses to their lowest level in 11 months.

Magic Eden is shifting resources from NFTs to its casino platform Dicey, after a closed beta saw $15 million wagered by around 200 users in two months.

Vitalik Buterin says AI coding still has “massive caveats,” but people should expect Ethereum’s roadmap to be finished much faster than expected.

Trump Media expanded into crypto in 2025 with its fintech brand Truth.Fi, creating a Bitcoin treasury, filing multiple crypto ETFs, and forming a partnership with Crypto.com.

X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, said the new paid promotion label is designed to help users monetize content while remaining transparent with followers.

The prediction platform said it would reimburse users and resolve markets to the last-traded price before the death of the Iranian leader was confirmed.

Gold has become “overextended” after climbing to more than $5,247 per ounce, according to Jan3 CEO and Bitcoin advocate Samson Mow.

The 25-basis-point increase is the latest monthly adjustment of STRC’s dividend and comes amid a sharp downturn in crypto markets and broader macroeconomic uncertainty.

Bitcoin avoided a fresh breakdown around major geopolitical events in the Middle East, with BTC price targets now including $74,000 next.

Tokenized gold markets like PAXG and XAUt now handle nearly all gold price discovery when CME futures shut for the weekend.

The US military reportedly relied on Anthropic’s Claude AI for intelligence analysis and targeting during an Iran strike hours after Trump ordered a ban on the company’s systems.

The newly created Polymarket wallets placed bets on the timing of a US strike against Iran, buying shares hours before the first explosions were reported in Tehran.

Crypto markets stabilized after geopolitical shockwaves from US-Israeli air strikes on Iran rattled risk assets.

Removing intermediaries with account abstraction is a “core principle of non-ugly cypherpunk Ethereum,” said Buterin.

The bill proposes a 10% tax on gains from regulated crypto platforms, withheld quarterly, with the president having the power to adjust the rate between 0% and 20%.

The latest purchase, funded through common and preferred stock sales, lifted total holdings to 720,737 coins valued at more than $47 billion.

The National Tax Service said it had intended to provide a vivid shot of the seizure by sharing a photo.

The acquisition makes ProCap the 19th largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin, while lowering the company’s average cost basis per coin.

Your day-ahead look for March 2, 2026

Bitcoin rebounded to $66,500 after weekend strikes on Iran triggered $300 million in liquidations. Oil jumped, equities slid and select DeFi tokens outperformed.

Oil and gold pulled back after surging on the breakout of hostilities in Iran, while equities and crypto stocks face pressure.

HKMA teams up with mainland regulators to develop a cross-border platform linking cargo data and electronic bills of lading, aiming to cut trade finance friction and plug Chinese supply chains into global markets

Your look at what's coming in the week starting March 2.

Iran has reportedly stepped up attacks against U.S. assets in the middle east.

Record outflows indicate that institutional appetite for digital assets has collapsed.

Bitcoin fell back to $66,700 as traditional markets opened to their first chance to price the weekend's military escalation, with oil surging to $77 and Asian equities dropping 1.4%.

Traders lean into supply compression stories in altcoins as Hyperliquid ramps up token burns and Jupiter freezes new emissions, even as bitcoin churns between $60,000 and $69,000 with muted flow.

At the iConnections conference in Miami this week, allocators signaled digital assets are now a core sleeve in alternatives.

Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the company raised the annual dividend on its widely-followed preferred STRC ("Stretch") series by 25 basis points.

The OCC's proposal's stablecoin yield procedures are the most ambiguous in that rulemaking plan.

Historically, bitcoin bear markets have lasted 12-13 months, suggesting a potential downturn until late 2026 if priced in USD.

The company holds about 8,285 bitcoin in Coinbase Prime custody, a stake now worth roughly $545 million after a $235 million decline in value over the past three months.

Solana led major tokens with a 10.8% bounce, while ether reclaimed $2,000 and bitcoin climbed back above $66,800 ahead of traditional futures opens on Sunday.

A prediction market about military strikes on a sovereign nation now sits alongside presidential election bets as one of the most-traded contracts the platform has ever hosted.

Claude was reportedly embedded in U.S. Central Command even as the White House ordered federal agencies to cut all ties with the company.

The pledge follows examples of custody lapses that have exposed weaknesses in how South Korean authorities secure seized crypto.

Hyperliquid's token is trading higher on the day as traders use the always-on venue to speculate on ongoing tensions in the Middle East.

Attention has shifted to whether the Iran conflict remains contained, as Bitcoin traders weigh elevated oil prices and a rising gold price.

Big Tech AI tools treat your data like a buffet. Here are nine alternatives that don't—and which one wins for your specific threat model.

Bitcoin Empire on iOS and Android pays out real BTC to players, but is the digital mining grind worth the meager rewards?

Backpack co-founder Can Sun said the exchange's upcoming token-to-equity conversion program threads the needle on securities laws.

The price of Bitcoin plummeted to nearly $63,000 overnight amid U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran, but has mostly recovered in the hours since.

The proposed rules would limit the ability of third parties to pass stablecoin rewards on to users, but experts are split on what the language could mean for America’s top crypto firms.

President Trump gave government agencies six months to phase out Anthropic's products after a clash over military safeguards.

Publicly traded banking giant Barclays is considering making a push into crypto payments and deposits, according to a report from Bloomberg.

The AI’s Substack lands amid growing questions about identity, sentience, and how models are retired.

Bitcoin fell Friday after briefly topping $69K this week, while stocks like CoreWeave and BitMine tumbled amid broader market losses.

Magic Eden is pulling support for Ethereum-compatible and Bitcoin-based assets, marking an end to its multi-chain approach to user adoption.

Trump Media is considering spinning off its Truth Social platform into its own public entity.

South Korea's tax service shared the seed phrases for seized wallets in a press release. The contents were then taken, but ultimately returned.

UK officials at a recent roundtable by the Royal United Services Institute want to integrate compliance solutions into crypto privacy tools.

Minnesota lawmakers are considering a ban on Bitcoin and crypto ATMs, with legislation introduced in response to a growing number of scams.

OpenAI just secured $110 billion in fresh investment, and announced additional collaborations with two of the big backers.

The seizures target Southeast Asian networks operating “pig butchering” scams from compounds in Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.

Citrini warned everyone that these AI layoffs were coming, and it seems Jack Dorsey took their warning to heart and chose to act first.

LUNC's price jump follows a lawsuit filed Monday by Terraform Labs’ bankruptcy administrator, boosted by spot-buying and a short squeeze.

Warren called WLFI's charter bid the "most disgraceful" corruption scandal, with the OCC's chief quick to defend the regulator's processes.

The Bitcoin miner moved to convert U.S. sites into AI-ready campuses, though analysts say confirmed tenants will be key.

Anthropic CEO’s said the company will not comply with Defense Department demands as the Pentagon weighs whether to label the company a “supply chain risk.”

ICAC officers say AI-generated reports are overwhelming investigators and slowing down cases as Meta disputes the claims.

Police in South Korea didn't follow proper procedures and lost $1.4 million worth of confiscated Bitcoin, according to a local news report.

Buterin has outlined a phased roadmap to replace four vulnerable components of Ethereum's cryptographic architecture.

Starknet revealed a Bitcoin-based asset aimed at enabling people to better maintain their privacy on the Ethereum layer-2 scaling network.

Block said the restructuring will cost up to $500 million and be largely completed by mid-2026, as investors embraced the move.

Lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday protecting crypto software developers from criminal prosecution. Does that mean the crypto market structure bill is falling by the wayside?

Republican and Democrat senators alike pushed back on imprisoned FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's support of the Clarity Act crypto bill.

Morgan Stanley wants to let clients custody and trade Bitcoin—and it's building the tech itself.

Nano Banana 2 brings Pro-level world knowledge at Flash speed, with impressive text handling and subject consistency. But ByteDance's Seedream 5 just showed up to the same fight.

Regulatory clarity failed to rescue structure. With $1.61 lost, XRP’s path may run through $1.21...or lower.

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Crypto is everywhere these days. Not just on exchanges but in the way people pay, […]

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Approximately 9.09 million BTC, or 46% of the Bitcoin supply, is currently sitting at a loss.

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XRP flows into Binance surged sharply, yet price resilience and falling leverage point toward quiet accumulation.

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What once took years on Ethereum now takes weeks, thanks to agentic coding experiments.

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SUI is tightening structurally as volume and momentum align.

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ENA gains as whale accumulation rises and open interest climbs to $110M, signaling growing institutional participation.

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Bitcoin reclaims $67,000 amid geopolitical shock — Relief rally or looming bull trap?

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Jupiter rebounded from $0.14, surging 17% to $0.17 as demand recovered.

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If strong demand does not emerge for PUMP, traders should be prepared to sell into short-term strength.

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Assessing the odds USELESS Coin's price breakout from the ongoing sideways range.

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