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29 itemsMarch 1, 2026
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitcoin tops $68,000 after Iran confirms leader killed in U.S., Israel airstrikes
The death of Iran's supreme leader opens the door to regime change, and markets are pricing in a shorter period of tension.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
After Bitcoin ETFs drained $3.8 billion in five weeks it suddenly flipped positive, changnig who controls the next move
For the better part of the last two years, spot Bitcoin ETFs were treated like a one-way door. They took Bitcoin out of keys and operational hassle and turned it into a ticker that fit inside every normal portfolio. Money came in, shares got created, and Bitcoin had a steady, legitimate source of de...
- The BlockScore: 85
Vitalik Buterin lays out a two-part plan to overhaul Ethereum’s execution layer from the ground up
The binary tree proposal is a concrete, in-progress effort, while the VM transition remains more speculative and lacks broad consensus among developers.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Ethereum smart accounts are finally coming 'within a year' — Vitalik Buterin
Removing intermediaries with account abstraction is a “core principle of non-ugly cypherpunk Ethereum,” said Buterin.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Ether, solana, xrp surge up to 10% as majors recover Saturday's war-driven losses
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
6 Polymarket traders net $1M on US-Iran strike, spark insider fears: Report
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.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
SpaceX’s $780 million bitcoin stack now down to about $545 million ahead of IPO filing
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.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin developer hides a 66KB image in a transaction to expose a governance blind spot vulnerable to spam
A Bitcoin developer embedded a 66-kilobyte image inside a single transaction without using OP_RETURN or Taproot. The transaction followed consensus rules. Anyone can verify the bytes using standard node software. Martin Habovštiak didn't do this to make art, but to prove that closing one data doorwa...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin price rebound comes under threat from UN Security Council alarm and Hormuz oil scare
Bitcoin held near $66,000 on Sunday, March 1, after a weekend geopolitical shock tied to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, setting up Monday’s U.S. reopen as the first major liquidity and spot ETF flow test of the rebound. The diplomatic alarm bell rang alongside the price rebound. At an emergency U...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin’s 15% difficulty spike allows one on-chain metric to flip miners from sellers to hoarders in days
Bitcoin difficulty just reset about 15% higher to roughly 144.40T. While this is neither the first nor the last, it is the largest since around 2021. The timing is important because the protocol tightened miner economics while Bitcoin has been chopping around the mid-$60,000s with repeated tests nea...
- The BlockScore: 75
JPMorgan says crypto market structure bill could be approved by mid-year and serve as positive catalyst in second half
Even as crypto sentiment remains weak, JPMorgan analysts see the possible mid-year approval of U.S. market structure legislation as a positive catalyst.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Crypto investment cons now run like call centers and the DOJ $580M haul shows where the money pools
For years, the wrong-number text arrived like clockwork. A friendly mistake, then apologies, small talk, and gradual friendship. Eventually, the investment tip was a “sure thing” on a slick platform showing returns that seemed too good to ignore. Americans watched account balances climb ...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
U.S.-Iran war attracts $600 million bets on Polymarket
The prediction market has spun up over a dozen Iran-related contracts since Saturday's strikes, with the Khamenei removal market alone pulling in $45 million in volume.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bitcoin recovers to $68K following death of Iranian Supreme Leader
Donald Trump described Ayatollah Khamenei as “one of the most evil people in history,” on Truth Social.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Stablecoin yield rewards (likely won't be) banned under OCC proposal: State of Crypto
The OCC's proposal's stablecoin yield procedures are the most ambiguous in that rulemaking plan.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Tokenized gold leads ‘100% of weekend price discovery’ while CME futures are closed
Tokenized gold markets like PAXG and XAUt now handle nearly all gold price discovery when CME futures shut for the weekend.
- DecryptScore: 60
The Legal Strategy Behind Crypto Exchange Backpack's Token-to-Equity Program
Backpack co-founder Can Sun said the exchange's upcoming token-to-equity conversion program threads the needle on securities laws.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin traders eye Iran reactions as oil sparks US 5% inflation forecast
Bitcoin avoided a fresh breakdown around major geopolitical events in the Middle East, with BTC price targets now including $74,000 next.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Bitcoin losing trillions in value hasn't stopped traditional giants' interest in digital assets sector
At the iConnections conference in Miami this week, allocators signaled digital assets are now a core sleeve in alternatives.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin market bottom may be nearing, at least if measured against gold, analyst says
Historically, bitcoin bear markets have lasted 12-13 months, suggesting a potential downturn until late 2026 if priced in USD.
- The BlockScore: 30
Kalshi CEO defends Khamenei market design after backlash, says platform will reimburse all fees
The platform is reimbursing all fees, settling pre-death positions at the last-traded price, and fully refunding post-death positions.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoin undervalued relative to gold signals potential rally: Analyst
Gold has become "overextended" after climbing to more than $5,247 per ounce, according to Jan3 CEO and Bitcoin advocate Samson Mow.
- DecryptScore: 30
You Can Earn Real Bitcoin for Playing This Mining Empire Game—Should You Bother?
Bitcoin Empire on iOS and Android pays out real BTC to players, but is the digital mining grind worth the meager rewards?
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Kalshi founder provides update on Iran's Khamenei market carveout
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.
- DecryptScore: 20
The Best AI Tools That Actually Respect Your Privacy
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
US military used Anthropic in Iran strike despite ban order by Trump: WSJ
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.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Strategy lifts STRC dividend to 11.5% as MSTR extends monthly losing streak to 8
Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the company raised the annual dividend on its widely-followed preferred STRC ("Stretch") series by 25 basis points.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
Strategy boosts monthly STRC preferred dividend to 11.5% for March 2026
The 25-basis-point the latest monthly adjustment of STRC's dividend and comes amid a sharp downturn in the crypto markets and macroeconomic uncertainty.
- CryptoSlateScore: 5
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