Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin slides below $70k as energy‑price worries spark $1.8B in liquidations
Bitcoin fell under $70,000 amid heightened energy‑price uncertainty linked to U.S.–Iran tensions. The dip triggered roughly $1.8 billion in crypto liquidations, while institutional investors pulled more than $4.2 billion from digital‑asset positions.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
Luxembourg Financial Services Regulator CSSF Updates Its Position on Crypto-Assets in Investment Funds: What Has Changed Since 2022?
The Luxembourg regulator CSSF issued a revised FAQ on 4 February 2026, fully aligning its crypto‑asset rules with the EU Markets in Crypto‑Assets Regulation (MiCAR) and replacing the term “virtual assets” with “crypto‑assets.” For UCITS, indirect exposure to crypto‑assets remains allowed up to 10 % of NAV, while direct investment stays prohibited; the guidance now explicitly cites MiCAR, adding notification and disclosure duties. AIFs retain permission for direct crypto‑asset investments, with a 10 % NAV cap for retail‑accessible funds, and prior authorisation is only required when exposure exceeds that threshold. The update also overhauls the depositary framework, introducing two custody models and mandatory CSSF notifications, and adds detailed AML/CFT risk‑scoring requirements.
Most PumpFun Traders Lose Money While Team Rakes Millions
🚨SHOCKING 96% OF PUMPFUN TRADERS HAVE MADE LESS THAN $500 A mere 0.22% have made over $10,000, while just two have over $1 million in PNL Meanwhile, the PumpFun team has cashed out between $500–$600 million and launched the PUMP token Over 48%...
Elon Musk's X Hires Crypto-Savvy Design Lead as X Money Payments Push Inches Closer
Elon Musk’s X has appointed Benji Taylor, a veteran of crypto product design, as head of design for both X and its affiliated ventures xAI and SpaceX. Taylor previously founded the self‑custody wallet Family, which was acquired by Aave, and...
Sora Is No Mora
Motley Fool Money hosts Travis Hoy, Lou Whiteman, and Rachel Warren discuss OpenAI's abrupt shutdown of its video‑generation app Sora and the associated video model effort. They note that Sora faced legal pushback over deep‑fake content, high computational costs, and...
Bitcoin Holds $71K as ETF Flows Reverse
Bitcoin hovered around $71,000 on Wednesday, gaining 2% in 24 hours, while the broader crypto market rose 2% to a $2.51 trillion valuation. Spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed sharply, posting $74.5 million net outflows after a day of $167 million inflows, led by Fidelity’s...
Is Risk Appetite Returning to Crypto? | REKT Vision with Mando & Gmoney
In this episode of REKT Vision, host Mando chats with crypto veteran G‑Money about the current market climate, noting that macro headlines—especially the Iran‑Israel conflict and its impact on energy prices—are driving a risk‑on/risk‑off swing that has kept crypto assets...
BitGo Teams with ZKsync to Build Tokenized Deposit Infrastructure to Bring Banks Onchain
BitGo and ZKsync have begun testing a full‑stack solution that lets banks issue and settle tokenized deposits on a permissioned, privacy‑preserving blockchain. The joint platform combines BitGo’s institutional custody services with ZKsync’s Prividium network, aiming to keep funds within existing...
Bitcoin Capitulation Signals Prime Buying Opportunity
The short-term holders of #Bitcoin are in massive losses, a phenomenon called 'Capitulation'. One of the most interesting metrics is that it mimics current market sentiment quite well. The recent crash on #Bitcoin has had a similar impact to the COVID crash...
Abundant – What If the Most Radical Act Is Giving?
In this episode of Brave New Coin, director Donald Griswold discusses his documentary *Abundant*, which explores generosity through the lens of non‑directed kidney donation, and explains why the film will launch on the decentralized streaming platform Stuff.io on March 26....
XRP News: SEC Commodity Clarity and March 27 ETF Deadline Put Pepeto in Focus
The SEC and CFTC officially classified XRP as a digital commodity on March 17, clearing the securities overhang and paving the way for institutional participation. Spot XRP ETFs have already attracted $1.44 billion in inflows, with the final approval deadline set for...
Altcoins Are Wildly Random, Lacking Reliable Structure Now
Most altcoins nuked so hard that they have zero constructive structure right now One will randomly pump 60% for no reason and others will only pump 5-10% then sell back off to the lows Hard to have true confidence in most altcoin...
Binance Tightens Market Making Rules In Wake of Crash Criticism
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, announced stricter market‑making rules after the October 10 crash that erased roughly $19 billion in leveraged bets. The new policy bans revenue‑sharing arrangements between token projects and market makers, prohibits price‑manipulation tactics, and requires projects...
Bitcoin Dip Debate Creates Buy Sign for Defensive Exposure
Bitcoin has held steady between $60,000 and $70,000, hovering near $67,848 despite the geopolitical shock of the Iran war that began in February 2026. This price stability contrasts with broader risk‑asset sell‑offs, prompting bulls to view the dip as a...
New Torg Grabber Infostealer Malware Targets 728 Crypto Wallets
Researchers at Gen Digital have uncovered Torg Grabber, a rapidly evolving infostealer that has harvested data from 850 browser extensions, including 728 cryptocurrency wallets, between December 2025 and February 2026. The malware gains initial access via the ClickFix clipboard‑hijacking technique, then executes...
Blockchain VPPs Pay EV Owners Instantly for Grid Support
Blockchain Virtual Power Plants Pay EV Owners Instantly Plenty of innovation coming to integrate EVs, solar, batteries (DERs) into power grids. Hope some of that innovation finds it way to Canada. https://youtu.be/DZ2baN_z8Sk
Singapore’s Central Bank Pilots XRP Ledger for Cross-Border Trade
Singapore’s Monetary Authority has invited Ripple to join its Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multicurrency initiative, using the XRP Ledger and Ripple’s USD‑linked stablecoin (RLUSD) to settle cross‑border trade. The pilot automates payment release the moment a shipment is verified, eliminating...
Only These 9 Crypto Tokens Are Closer to Their All-Time High than Bitcoin Right Now
Bitcoin is trading about 43% below its all‑time high of $126,198, yet it outperforms the vast majority of the crypto market. After stripping stablecoins and gold‑backed tokens, only nine non‑stable assets sit closer to their peaks than Bitcoin, led by...
Private Stablecoin Platform Payy Network Raises $6 Million Seed Round
Payy Network announced a $6 million seed round led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures and DBA Crypto. The private‑by‑default stablecoin platform uses zero‑knowledge proofs to conceal transaction details, addressing transparency concerns that deter enterprise adoption. Payy’s services, including...
NEAR Protocol Revenue Surges to $80K Daily
$TAO is taking all the spotlight, and I think that $NEAR will easily follow through in the coming months. A year ago, the daily fee generated was $1. Right now, the daily fee generated is averaging $80K. A staggering exponential growth on the...
Invesco Acquires Superstate Tokenized MMF, Marking Trad
BOOM: Invesco to Acquire Superstate's USTB Tokenized MMF Management One of first acquisitions of a crypto-native fund by TradFi asset manager. TradFi now majority of top 10 tokenized MMFs $2.2T asset manager Invesco acquiring management of $USTB ($950M AUM, 5th largest tokenized...
XRP Elliott Wave Analysis
A detailed Elliott Wave analysis shows XRP has completed its third impulse wave, signaling the end of the expansion phase and entry into a late‑stage corrective pattern. The chart indicates a mature wave cycle, with the market poised for a...
Polymarket to Impose Taker Fees on Nearly All Trading Categories
Polymarket will begin charging taker fees on almost every trading category starting March 30, with rates that peak at 1.8 percent for crypto‑related contracts and lower tiers for sports, finance, culture, and other markets. Geopolitics remains the sole fee‑free category. Makers continue...
Coinbase Brings Exchange Data Onchain via Chainlink's DataLink
Coinbase has integrated Chainlink’s DataLink service to publish its premium exchange data on‑chain for the first time, giving DeFi protocols direct access to order‑book, spot and futures data across crypto, metals, energy and equity markets. The integration builds on Coinbase’s...
Has Labour Just Accepted the Case for a Political Donations Cap?
Housing Secretary Steve Reed announced a moratorium on cryptocurrency political donations and a £100,000 (≈ $127,000) annual cap for Britons living abroad. The move follows the Rycroft review, which warned of foreign‑linked dark money and called for stricter donor checks. Britain...
SBI, Sony Back Startale’s $63 Million Push to Expand Japan’s Tokenized Finance Stack
Startale Group closed a $63 million Series A round, secured by SBI Group ($50 million) and Sony Innovation Fund ($13 million). The Singapore‑based firm builds blockchain infrastructure, including the Strium tokenized‑securities ledger, JPYSC and USDSC stablecoins, and a consumer‑facing app. The capital will be...
M1X Global Raises $3m to Scale On-Chain Sovereign Finance
M1X Global, a public‑private partnership with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, announced the public launch of its on‑chain sovereign finance platform and closed an oversubscribed $3 million angel round. The funding, sourced from prominent crypto‑finance figures and the Stellar Development...
Solana Bets on AI Agents: Foundation Says Network Is Becoming Core Infrastructure for ‘Agentic’ Internet
Solana Foundation announced that its blockchain has already processed 15 million on‑chain payments initiated by AI agents, with stablecoins emerging as the default currency for machine‑to‑machine commerce. The foundation argues that this “agentic” internet will shift monetization toward sub‑cent, pay‑per‑use transactions...
Sky-Backed Obex Spreads $1 Billion Across Credit, Energy and AI Assets to Expand Stablecoin Yield
Obex, a Framework Ventures‑backed incubator, is allocating $1 billion to link Sky’s USDS stablecoin with tokenized credit, energy and AI infrastructure assets. The initiative brings together partners such as Maple, USD.ai, Daylight and Centrifuge to create blockchain‑enabled revenue streams beyond traditional...
Bitcoin's MVRV Signals Deep Undervaluation, Prime Buying Zone
#Bitcoin is undervalued relative to its value. Yes, if you look at it from a statistical angle, you could argue that the MVRV score is already extremely undervalued for #Bitcoin. And that provides a tremendous opportunity to accumulate the asset in...
Lending Protocols Must Scrutinize Asset Onboarding and Whitelisting
"Anyone who's running a lending protocol needs to think about the assets you are onboarding and whitelisting." https://t.co/P1vIs3eM4Z
Why Argentina Is Blocking Polymarket Despite Its Global Growth
Argentina’s Buenos Aires court ordered a nationwide block on Polymarket, deeming the crypto‑powered prediction market an unlicensed gambling operation. Regulators applied an “economic substance” test, focusing on users staking real money rather than the platform’s blockchain architecture. The ruling highlighted weak...
Crypto Lacks the Security Standards of Web2 Finance
"Every org that's managing money in Web2 has some security standards In crypto, it's not usually the case." https://t.co/FwY7H6TiKM
Public Allocator Flaw Cost Morpho $5K Hack
"At the time of the hack, the damage in Morpho was $5k. But the 'public allocator' feature, which was supposed to be good, was not." https://t.co/FwY7H6TiKM
Stablecoins, Trust Banks and World Liberty Financial International
World Liberty Financial International (WLFI) introduced USD1, a Treasury‑Bill‑backed stablecoin, after the One Big Beautiful Bill and the GENIUS Act created a federal framework for digital‑asset trust charters. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approved national trust charters...
DeFi Overlooks Basic Opsec While Chasing Exotic Risks
"DeFi spends a lot of time thinking about novel risks (espeically the things that seem impossible to mitigate) But people don't pay enough attention to basic opsec" @tayvano_ https://t.co/FwY7H6TiKM
ZEC Powers Private AI Platform Silo’s Payment Layer
“Why we chose ZEC as the payment layer for Silo, our private AI platform”—https://t.co/UFPqM53FCq https://t.co/wxZxEWbopF
Liminal Custody and Securosys Unveil MPC‑Based HSM Vaults for Enterprise Digital Assets
Liminal Custody and Swiss security firm Securosys announced Liminal HSM Vaults, a hardware security module solution that blends multi‑party computation with FIPS‑certified HSMs. The product targets banks, custodians and large enterprises as digital‑asset AUM is projected to exceed $10 trillion by...
Curators Set Morpho Caps to Zero, Unaware It Fails
The moment curators realized the Resolv hack was happening, they set Morpho supply caps to zero. Morpho's own documentation warns that setting caps to zero doesn't stop the attack. Most curators didn't know that. https://t.co/P1vIs3eM4Z
Fear Overruns Reality: Few Actually Use Sora
Too much irrational fear mongering and not enough understanding of how people were actually using Sora (most weren’t)
SEC and CFTC Issue Landmark Guidance Defining Crypto Asset Securities Status
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission jointly released interpretive guidance that classifies crypto assets into five distinct categories and sets clear rules for when a token is a security. The guidance, effective March 23,...
Whale Shorts Bitcoin, Goes Long Oil Amid War Bets
A whale has been going short $BTC and long Oil. He has opened a $70,500,000 $BTC short and $19,000,000 Oil long. It seems like he is betting on war escalation👀 https://t.co/cRuiqSZnrs
Gold and Silver Rank Among Binance’s Top Traded Assets
Gold and silver rank third and sixth respectively among the six most traded instruments on Binance (XAU in 3rd place, XAG in 6th), according to CryptoQuant data. https://t.co/NDOCCg7GyX
Circle Shares Tumble Amid Rumors of U.S. Stablecoin Yield Limits
Circle's shares fell more than 15% after media reports suggested the U.S. Treasury could restrict yield‑generating stablecoin products. The plunge highlights regulatory risk for stablecoin issuers and investors seeking higher returns on digital assets.
Bitcoin Stalls at $70K as Gold Surges
$BTC stalling near $70K while war rages and gold hits $4,550. "Digital gold" isn't acting like gold. That's a problem. $GLD $SPY https://t.co/Y3KorVRzkP
AI Agents Get Stablecoin Wallets, Fueling Agentic Economy
The two tracks of the Agentic Economy: 🔹 Delegate Economy — humans delegating to agents 🔹 Machine Economy — machines transacting autonomously Coinbase is giving AI agents stablecoin wallets. The primitives are being built right now. Full breakdown 👇 https://t.co/kcWeUzPy7R https://t.co/oyrkNzRW6b
Visa to Bring Privacy-Preserving Payments to Canton Network
Visa announced it will serve as the first payments‑industry Super Validator on the Canton Network, a privacy‑preserving blockchain built for regulated finance. As one of 40 Super Validators, Visa will help banks and financial institutions run secure, on‑chain payment flows...
Investor Recovers Seed Phrase, Unlocks $423M in BTC
Investor Clifton Collins, after 10 years of searching, has finally recovered his seed phrase, which gave him access to 6,000 BTC ($423.5 million). He transferred 500 BTC to the Coinbase exchange. https://t.co/AofZsbOOhE
Whop Treasury Launches, Bringing On‑Chain Earnings to Millions
Whop Treasury is live. Powered by @aave @plasma and @veda. Millions of users can now earn directly onchain directly from @whop. DeFi is supercharging fintechs.
Crypto Card Firm Offers $15k to Suppress Story
A person claiming to represent CinCin, the Russia-focused "no KYC" crypto card service I published a story about on Sunday, offered me $15,000 to delete it. I declined the offer. https://t.co/V8HgNcX2iQ
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF Listed on NYSE, Launch Imminent
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF $MSBT got an official listing announcement from NYSE, that typically means launch imminent.. https://t.co/SDDVyAGfpJ