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Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton asked a judge to schedule a retrial in October for Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm on two charges where the jury failed to reach a verdict.

Investment advisors were the biggest buyers of the US-based spot Solana ETFs at over $270 million, while hedge fund managers came in next at $186 million.

Sharplink says it will continue to acquire Ether despite a brutal crypto market sell-off last year that led to a $616.2 million paper loss on its ETH holdings. 

“I think the war is very complete, pretty much,” Donald Trump told reporters before posting on his social media platform later that “Death, Fire, and Fury” will reign upon Iran.

Anthropic is the first US company the Pentagon has labeled a risk to the military, with the AI company calling it “unprecedented and unlawful.”

The OCC has granted conditional approvals to several crypto firms since December, including BitGo, Ripple, Paxos, and Crypto.com, while others such as Zerohash have filed applications.

Gondi said only the Sell & Repay smart contract was affected and that it is safe to continue buying, selling, trading and listing NFTs on the platform.

The Zcash token rose 4.1% to $217.80 on news of the $25 million funding round and is now up 9.8% over the last 24 hours.

Bitcoin ETF inflows have turned positive as gold ETFs see record outflows after a historic rally. Is capital beginning to rotate from gold to Bitcoin?

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Historical data shows that Bitcoin typically gains 20% within a month of major spikes in oil prices. Should traders prepare for a rally to $79,000?

The political action committee Fairshake continues to report spending on political candidates from its $193 million war chest, largely funded by crypto interest groups.

The partnership aims to reduce fragmentation in European capital markets by enabling blockchain-based settlement of tokenized securities.

The insurance broker is piloting stablecoin payments for premiums using USDC and PYUSD, testing blockchain settlement rails for faster payments in global insurance markets.

Cynthia Lummis continues to push pro-crypto policies in a market structure bill under consideration in the Senate, even as she prepares to leave Congress in January 2027.

Buyers were undeterred by surging oil prices, pushing Bitcoin near $69,500 and large-cap altcoins close to their overhead resistance levels.

The crypto brokerage said increasing demand across West Africa is driving its expansion as user activity grows across the Sub-Saharan region.

Mining Bitcoin on a desktop in 2026 may sound simple, but is it profitable? Do rising network difficulty and energy costs mean the end of PCs as Bitcoin mining equipment?

Ether's short liquidity may be the next target for bullish traders who have piled into fresh leveraged positions. Is $2,500 the next stop for ETH price?

Swiss crypto bank Amina has joined 21X as a regulated banking participant, linking traditional financial institutions with a blockchain-based market for issuing tokenized securities.

Bitcoin managed to avoid losses suffered by global stock markets over oil supply uncertainty, with a 5% relief bounce from its weekly open level.

About 60% of XRP's circulating supply trades underwater at $1.35, with spot ETF outflows and weak sentiment weighing on market sentiment.

Crypto exchange Bithumb risks a partial business suspension for negligence around money laundering and customer verification practices, according to local media reports.

A new United Nations Development Programme report outlines how blockchain can support public systems.

“A digital money system with transparent, predictable, and ultimately scarce supply... has rising appeal in today’s economy due to fiat currency tail risks," said Grayscale.

The Himalayan kingdom moved another 175 BTC on Monday, continuing a drawdown that has taken its holdings from a peak of roughly 13,000 BTC to under 5,400 in just over a year.

Major altcoins bounced alongside risk assets on Tuesday after the president said U.S. military objectives were "pretty well complete."

BTC rebounded from about $65,000 as crude oil retreated and institutional flows helped stabilize the market.

At a Republican event, the U.S. president delivered a speech that doubled down on recent comments he won't sign anything else until he gets the voting bill.

Shares were up another 9.7% on Monday, bringing them nearly to double over the past month.

It's been a historic 24 hours for crude oil, which soared to $120 per barrel overnight on Iran worries, but has plunged back to just above $80.

Macro strategist Mark Connors says war-driven spending, rising debt and lower interest rates could support bitcoin.

WTI crude oil, which soared nearly 30% to $120 per barrel overnight, has pulled back to $95, easing pressure on risk assets.

The capital will be used to expand development of the Zcash (ZEC) protocol and its privacy-focused self-custodial mobile wallet, Zodl.

The firm used USDC on Ethereum and PayPal USD on Solana for insurance premium payments, testing how stablecoins could reshape settlements.

Bitcoin has its own volatility gauge (BVIV), and that spiked in early February, suggesting crypto markets may have already experienced their panic phase.

The company now holds more than 4.5 million ETH, worth over $9 billion, though it is sitting on a loss of nearly $8 billion.

Internet Computer (ICP), up 1.4% from Friday, was also among the top performers.

Former Snap strategy chief and Credit Suisse banker says crypto sits outside his AI thesis.

Funding will support product expansion, licensing and compliance as the company scales a platform for cross-border stablecoin payments.

The suspension, according to local media reports, would only restrict virtual asset transfers for newly registered users, not affecting existing customer operations.

A congressional report on implementing the Genius Act acknowledges the existence of lawful uses for blockchain privacy tools even as U.S. regulators pursue enforcement cases tied to illicit finance.

The company now holds 738,731 bitcoin purchased for about $56 billion and worth roughly $50 billion at the current price just shy of $68,000.

Bitcoin has outperformed precious metals and U.S. equities since the war in Iran first began, softening sentiment after a rough start to the year.

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Blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs identified links to a Russia-backed influence operation paying agitators in cryptocurrency.

Jack Dorsey has long been Bitcoin-focused. So why is Block building stablecoin support into Cash App?

Prominent privacy coin Zcash (ZEC) has jumped 7% over the last day as the Zcash Open Development Lab announced a $25 million fundraise.

The AI company filed a lawsuit in federal court after the Pentagon blacklisted Claude over restrictions on military use.

Bitcoin broke the descending triangle with a massive candle—then crept right back inside. Today, it's trying again, but the daily chart isn't convincing.

The Ethereum-buying firm attributed its full-year performance to the asset’s volatility.

Coinbase launched regulated crypto futures in 26 European countries, offering perpetual and dated contracts with up to 10x leverage.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has joined the $333,000 fundraising round for Stack BTC alongside Blockchain.com.

Michael Saylor declared the start of a “second century,” following the firm’s 100th Bitcoin purchase last month.

Crypto funds saw $619M weekly inflow as oil spikes triggered late outflows, with experts split on whether Bitcoin can withstand macro pressure.

Bitcoin and other crypto coins are rising as oil's surge cools, Polymarket and Kalshi are reportedly raising at massive valuations, and more.

The price of Ethereum is up 4% over the last day, rebounding after a weekend slump under $2,000 as BitMine reveals its latest ETH buy.

The initiative is geared towards modernizing processes including corporate actions, shareholder engagement and proxy voting.

The platform uses multiple AI agents to generate and optimize game assets as studios increasingly experiment with AI in production.

New wallet research aims to preserve a core feature exchanges use to generate deposit addresses without exposing private keys.

With fewer low-risk yield strategies in crypto, investors are turning to DeFi lending, sending Aave usage to record levels.

The proposal would give exchanges legal cover to temporarily freeze suspicious crypto while investigators move to secure warrants.

Whether Bitcoin’s resilience holds may depend less on battlefield developments than on how energy prices respond in the days ahead.

Vera Report was shaped by AlphaTON CEO Brittany Kaiser’s experiences as a whistleblower, and she hopes it’ll move the needle on fraud.

OpenAI dropped GPT-5.4 two days after GPT-5.3. xAI's Grok 4.20 is still in beta. We ran both through real tasks to find out which one holds up.

With a “box of goodies” and a team of four, the firm is trying to replace payment incumbents with an Ethereum layer-2

As chatbots grow more conversational, some users are forming emotional bonds with AI, raising questions about the future of human–machine intimacy.

Kalshi is facing a class action lawsuit based on its handling of a recent market related to Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The bill establishes Florida-centric consumer protections and safeguards against money laundering

Grammarly's “Expert Review” feature uses AI to give feedback through the lens of noted writers and scholars—some of whom are no longer living.

Binance denied $1.7 billion in Iran sanctions violations and stood behind its compliance operations, in a new letter to Senator Richard Blumenthal.

Nevin Shetty secretly moved $35 million in company funds to his own DeFi platform, before losing nearly all of it in the Terra collapse.

The planned investments represent a sliver of its gold and foreign exchange reserves.

A Polymarket account bearing George Cottrell’s name made multiple geopolitical bets, amid growing scrutiny over prediction markets.

KuCoin must stop offering its services in Dubai, the emirate's crypto regulator said this week, as it is not appropriately licensed.

Bitcoin has fallen 5% in the last day as the U.S. shed 92,000 jobs in February, rattling crypto markets amid growing economic uncertainty.

The institutions continue to pile into crypto and blockchain projects, and end users stand to benefit.

AI agents are widening the gap between banks and blockchain, marking a potential inflection point for DeFi.

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Will DeFi software developers really have legal protections in the U.S?

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Calling a structural low for Bitcoin here might be premature.

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Is Bitcoin repeating its historical cycle pattern once again?

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Oil’s sharp moves during geopolitical tensions are reshaping macro sentiment.

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PIPPIN suffered major capital flight, yet some investors still believe it’s a good buy.

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Bitcoin’s potential for a near-term rally may not be out of the question.

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DEEP breaks its descending channel as rising RSI and short liquidations hint at strengthening bullish pressure.

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WLFI has been trading within a range since November, closing a daily trading session below the low, signaling bearishness.

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XRP is getting bought by whales as it forms bullish back-to-back patterns and ledger activity surges.

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Stablecoins gain traction as payment rails while U.S. policy shifts toward innovation and institutional inflows reshape crypto markets.

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