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125 itemsMarch 10, 2026
- Decrypt
Quantum Computing Isn't Just Coming for Bitcoin—It Threatens Messaging Apps Too
Experts warn that encrypted chats could face a “harvest now, decrypt later” risk as quantum computing advances.
- CoinDeskScore: 90
Bitcoin climbs to $71,000 as dollar, oil weaken after Trump comments on Iran war
Crypto and risk assets rally as the dollar retreats following comments from Donald Trump suggesting the conflict in Iran may end soon, while bitcoin still faces a broader downtrend.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
US banking lobby considers suing OCC over crypto bank charters: Report
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.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitcoin jumps past $70,000 as war volatility fades
BTC rebounded from about $65,000 as crude oil retreated and institutional flows helped stabilize the market.
- The BlockScore: 85
‘America is now the crypto capital of the world,’ CFTC’s Selig says as digital asset rules take shape
CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the agency is drafting asset taxonomy, DeFi guidance and leveraged trading rules.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
95% of all Bitcoin is now mined — and it’s raising a new question about security
Bitcoin's circulating supply surpassed 20 million coins on March 9, a milestone that places 95% of all BTC that will ever exist into the hands of holders and leaves fewer than 1 million coins still to be mined before the network reaches its hard cap of 21 million. The milestone was reached at block ...
- DecryptScore: 85
Morning Minute: Saylor Buys $1.28B in Bitcoin, Powered by STRC
Michael Saylor’s Strategy just bought $1.28 billion worth of Bitcoin, while Nasdaq is teaming up with Kraken for tokenized stock trading.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Bitcoin hits $71.5K+ local high as analyst sees bears 'stepping in' soon
Bitcoin copied a relief rally in stocks, but concerns focus on downside liquidity and looming 50-day moving average resistance.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
CFTC chair highlights wide crypto agenda, including rules on DeFi, prediction markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief Michael Selig updated his progress on guidance for DeFi developers, crypto derivatives and prediction markets.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Trump says the Iran conflict is “very complete” — oil plunges and Bitcoin snaps back above $70k
Bitcoin climbed back above $70,000 Tuesday as crude oil staged a sharp reversal, easing near-term fears of accelerating inflation and giving digital asset markets room to recover. According to CryptoSlate's data, the largest digital currency jumped over 5% in the last 24 hours, peaking at around $71...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Strategy is paying investors huge yields to keep buying Bitcoin amid 66,231 BTC spending spree
Strategy has found a new gear in its Bitcoin accumulation engine, and its STRC preferred stock equity is doing a growing share of the driving. The company, formerly known as MicroStrategy, held 738,731 BTC as of March 8, up from 672,500 at the end of 2025. This represents an addition of 66,231 coins...
- DecryptScore: 80
Wall Street Banks Weigh Lawsuit Over Crypto Banking Charters
The potential lawsuit adds to existing tension between traditional lenders and crypto firms over access to the U.S. financial system.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Thailand crypto platforms freeze 10K accounts in AML crackdown: Report
Thai crypto operators reportedly froze 10,000 suspected “mule accounts” as new AML checks and transfer delays took effect in a wider anti-fraud push.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Bitcoin’s quantum upgrade path: What BIP-360 changes and what it does not
How BIP-360 reshapes Bitcoin’s quantum defense strategy, what it improves and why it stops short of full post-quantum security.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Republican opposition to CBDC could hold up housing affordability bill
Republicans in the US House of Representatives have threatened the future of an affordable housing bill if it doesn’t include an outright ban on CBDCs.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Vitalik Buterin pushes ‘DVT-Lite’ to make Ethereum validator setup easier
In a post on X, the blockchain's co-founder said the Ethereum Foundation is testing a new method for running validators that could make staking infrastructure significantly easier for institutions holding large amounts of ether.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
U.S. SEC chief Atkins said bond with sister agency CFTC to include joint meetings, exams
The SEC chairman made clear that formal new ties between the U.S. markets regulators will run so deep as to include combined meetings with firms pitching products.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
SEC chair calls for ‘coordinated oversight‘ between US regulators
Paul Atkins said that he had stopped ”duplicative enforcement actions” between the SEC and CFTC, stressing the need for a coordinated approach.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
DeFi lending platform Aave sees a rare $27 million liquidations after a price glitch
The blockchain data flagged shows a spike in liquidations over the past 24 hours. Some observers believe the event may have been linked to a price update in an oracle system that Aave uses to determine the value of collateral.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Zcash devs raise $25M from major VCs months after ECC split
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
NFT lending protocol Gondi says platform secured after $230K exploit
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Wall Street funneled $540M into US Solana ETFs in Q4: Bloomberg
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
US prosecutors seek Roman Storm retrial after mixed verdict
Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton has asked for a date in early October to retry Tornado Cash's Roman Storm on two charges on which a jury previously failed to reach a decision.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
US Bitcoin ETFs add $167M as altcoin funds extend outflows
US Bitcoin ETFs added $167 million in inflows on Monday, while Ether, XRP and Solana funds saw three-day outflows despite a crypto market rebound.
- The BlockScore: 75
Trust Wallet launches automatic Address Poisoning Protection to help prevent increasingly common attack
Cyvers estimates there are more than one million address-poisoning preparations per day on Ethereum, a tactic Trust Wallet said its new feature aims to prevent.
- The BlockScore: 75
Winklevoss twins move $130 million in bitcoin to Gemini as estimated profit tops $1.8 billion: Arkham
The Winklevoss twins moved $130 million in bitcoin to Gemini hot wallets while still holding $764 million worth of BTC, per Arkham.
- DecryptScore: 75
Winklevoss Twins Move $130M in Bitcoin to Gemini Hot Wallets: Arkham
Arkham claimed that the transfers were intended “presumably to sell,” though neither Cameron nor Tyler Winklevoss has commented on the move.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
South Korea sells $21.5M in recovered Bitcoin after custody breach
Authorities sold the recovered Bitcoin in small batches over 11 days to avoid disrupting the market, according to local media reports.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
U.S. requests October retrial for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm
Roman Storm, a Tornado Cash co-founder and developer, has criticized proceedings against him as an attempt “to make writing code a crime.”
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Stablecoin market hits $312B as banks, card networks embrace onchain dollars
As regulation advances and institutions adopt blockchain settlement, stablecoins are expanding beyond crypto trading into payments infrastructure.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
People traded $25B of crypto stock tokens that do not make them stockholders
Nasdaq's latest tokenization push is another attempt to bring stocks onto blockchain rails. Yet the real significance lies more in the structure. Rather than endorsing the offshore model of stock wrappers and synthetic equity exposure, Nasdaq is trying to build a version where the token is the share...
- DecryptScore: 75
Bitcoin Rises as Trump Amplifies Iran Threats, Fed Rate Cut Chances Fall Near Zero
Bitcoin ticked up above $71K on Tuesday as Trump sends mixed messages on Iran, while hopes for a crypto breakout cool amid Fed uncertainty.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
UK government‘s long-term fraud strategy labels crypto as ‘growing risk‘
A policy paper from the UK government's Home Office said that “vulnerabilities remain” in authorities' attempts to fight fraud in emerging payments, including digital assets.
- The BlockScore: 75
The Daily: Winklevoss twins move $130 million in BTC to Gemini, South Korean prosecutors sell seized bitcoin and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
- The BlockScore: 75
TD Cowen says Congress likely getting closer to permanently banning a Fed CBDC
The investment bank says such a move would benefit stablecoin issuers but could also create another obstacle for passing the Clarity Act.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Trump's threat to block Congress over voter-ID law leaves crypto bill on shakier ground
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.
- The BlockScore: 70
US prosecutors seek October 2026 retrial for Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm
The DOJ seeks to retry Storm on money laundering and sanctions charges after a jury failed to reach a verdict during his initial trial.
- DecryptScore: 70
Trump's DOJ Seeks October Retrial for Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm
The DOJ is attempting to retry Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm even as the U.S. Treasury acknowledges mixers may have legitimate uses.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Vitalik Buterin envisions ‘one-click’ Ether staking for institutions
“We want the authority over staking nodes to be highly distributed, and the first step to doing this is to make it easy,” said Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Hyperliquid’s permissionless market hits record $1.2 billion in open positions as oil and equity futures boom
Trading has been driven largely by tokenized futures on equities and commodities such as oil, gold and silver.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Tokenized stocks surpass $1B as Ondo, xStocks dominate sector
Foresight Ventures says regulatory barriers and liquidity advantages are driving consolidation in tokenized equities as the market expands.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
A single crypto trader is sitting on a $194 million bet that bitcoin and ether will keep climbing
Whales on Hyperliquid are piling into leveraged bitcoin and ether longs as BTC rallies to $71K, fueling bets the cryptocurrency will break above $75,000.
- DecryptScore: 70
UK Government’s Fraud Strategy Paints Crypto as ‘Growing Risk’
Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis argued that crypto’s transparency creates a “powerful flywheel” of fraud disruption.
- DecryptScore: 70
Fake Police Officers Held French Couple at Knifepoint in $1M Bitcoin Robbery
The incident is the latest in a spate of “$5 wrench attack” crypto kidnappings that have swept France in recent months.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Canaan stacks Bitcoin, bucking rival miners rush to sell
Bitcoin miner Canaan boosted its BTC and ETH reserves to record levels in February, expanding its Texas operations even as many public mining firms reduce holdings.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin climbs past $71,000 as oil shock fears continue to ease
The International Energy Agency (IEA) on Tuesday said it will convene an extraordinary meeting of its member countries to consider releasing emergency oil reserves.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Jito Foundation acquires and revives SolanaFloor following shutdown over $27 million exploit
The acquisition follows SolanaFloor's shutdown last month due to a $27 million exploit linked to its parent company, Step Finance.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Societe Generale-FORGE launches EURCV stablecoin on Stellar
The French banking group’s digital asset arm expanded its MiCA-compliant euro-backed stablecoin as part of a multichain strategy for regulated digital asset infrastructure.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Crypto hacks fall to $49M in February as attackers shift to phishing scams
Crypto theft slowed sharply last month after a spike in January, but security companies warn that scammers are increasingly exploiting wallet permissions and social engineering tactics.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Ether funding rate flips negative: Are ETH bears back in control?
Bearish Ether derivatives data and slowing network use weigh on ETH price, even as developers plan for faster transactions and more flexible wallet fees.
- The BlockScore: 65
Nasdaq partners with Boerse Stuttgart’s Seturion to advance tokenized settlement in Europe
The partnership is set to connect Nasdaq's European trading venues to Seturion's blockchain-based platform.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Ether treasury firm Bitmine moves $19.5 million in ETH to Coinbase Prime
The largest public ether holder sent two transfers totaling $19.5 million to Coinbase Prime hot wallets on Tuesday, though the moves don't necessarily signal selling.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Strategy logs record STRC equity issuance on Monday, buys estimated 1,420 bitcoin
The company amended its Omnibus Sales Agreement to allow multiple agents to execute sales of the same security outside regular trading hours.
- The BlockScore: 65
Starknet to deploy STRK20 framework enabling privacy-focused stablecoins and other assets
Starknet is developing the STRK20 framework to enable privacy-focused stablecoins and other assets with built-in confidentiality.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
French couple forced to hand over $1M in Bitcoin by criminals posing as police
A French couple was forced to transfer about $1 million in Bitcoin during a fake police home invasion as wrench attacks keep rising, local media reported.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Strategy records biggest STRC issuance day with estimated 1,420 BTC buy
Strategy sold a record amount of STRC, estimated to fund 1,420 Bitcoin purchases in a single day after easing ATM sales restrictions.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Kraken's tokenized stock venue starts points program, hinting at possible ecosystem token
The initiative will reward trading and DeFi use of tokenized stocks as the sector tops $1 billion and gains traction with major exchanges.
- The BlockScore: 65
Armed attackers force French couple to transfer $1 million in bitcoin during home invasion
The attack follows a series of bitcoin-linked kidnappings and extortion attempts in France.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Solana, XRP ETFs take different paths as crypto investors pile in
Solana funds are seeing more institutional demand, while the XRP products are retail investor favorites, according to a Bloomberg report.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Bitcoin orderbook shows imbalance: Will $70K hold?
Bitcoin’s sell-side liquidity reached a two-month high, mirroring a setup seen in January. Should traders prepare for a sell-off?
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Senators try to unlock stalled crypto Clarity Act with compromise on stablecoin yield
As the window narrows to pass a crypto market structure bill this year, lawmakers told bankers at a Washington summit that the final bill won't risk deposits.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
BitGo to custody digital assets for StableX’s $100M stablecoin plan
The collaboration will provide custody and trading infrastructure as StableX builds a $100 million digital asset treasury focused on stablecoins.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Circle shares surge as Bernstein sees upside from stablecoin adoption
Shares of the stablecoin issuer have seemingly decoupled from the broader crypto market, gaining 49% this year and doubling since early February.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Kalshi suffers court loss in Ohio over sports betting lawsuit
The prediction markets platform argued for an injunction against Ohio authorities, claiming that federal commodities laws superseded state laws on sport event contracts.
- DecryptScore: 60
Bitcoin Shows ‘Tentative Signs of Improvement’ as Iran Conflict Fears Wane
Oil’s sharp swing and renewed Bitcoin ETF inflows highlight a fragile rebound as on-chain data suggest crypto market stress may be easing.
- The BlockScore: 60
Blockchain.com expands operations to Ghana in push for African growth
The firm said it saw a 700% growth in brokerage transaction volume in Nigeria since launching there last year.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Bhutan sells $42.5 Million of bitcoin in 2026 as national stack drops 58% from peak
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bhutan moves $11.8M in BTC from its national stash: Arkham
Bhutan has accumulated around 13,000 Bitcoin since launching state-backed mining operations in 2019, primarily fueled by hydroelectric energy.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Blackstone-owned AirTrunk secures record $1.24B loan for Tokyo AI data center
A consortium of 12 banks, led by SMBC, MUFG, Crédit Agricole CIB and Société Générale, arranged the record financing for AirTrunk’s Tokyo data center expansion.
- The BlockScore: 60
South Korean prosecutors sell $21.5 million in seized bitcoin once lost to phishing attack
The officials had lost the seized bitcoin last year in a phishing attack, but the hacker recently returned the assets to their wallet.
- The BlockScore: 60
Bernstein sees 70% upside for Circle as stablecoin adoption expands across payments and AI
Shares of Circle rose nearly 10% to close at $111.84 on Monday, marking their highest level since early November.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Was Ethereum 'ultrasound money' a mistake? ETH down 65% vs. BTC since pivot
Ethereum has failed to remain deflationary since the switch to Proof-of-Stake, as ETH's price has disappointed Ether investors, particularly against Bitcoin.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin price analysis predicts another dip after $72K liquidity sweep
Bitcoin price taps $71,000, with liquidity thin above the spot price and heavy clusters below, setting up a potential sweep of the highs before another dip.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Cardano spent years looking slow. Now that may help it win in crypto’s rule-heavy era
Cardano's recent updates look unremarkable when read one by one: a ratified long-term vision, a stricter constitution, better governance indexing, a formal-verification push, and new treasury guardrails. However, they point to a larger shift when taken together. At the same time, Europe's MiCA regim...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Trust Wallet adds real-time scam address checks for crypto users
Trust Wallet launched address poisoning protection on 32 EVM chains, adding scam address screening as wallet security pressure intensifies.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Jito Foundation acquires SolanaFloor days after platform shutdown
The move to revive Solana ecosystem journalism comes after a $40 million treasury wallet breach at parent Step Finance led to its shuttering.
- DecryptScore: 60
Polymarket, Peter Thiel's Palantir Eye 'Surveillance Models' for Sports Prediction Markets
Polymarket will work with Palantir on developing systems for rooting out insider trading and manipulation in sports prediction markets.
- DecryptScore: 60
Elon Musk's X Money App Nears Public Launch, No Sign of Dogecoin
X Money, Elon Musk's financial "everything app," is getting closer to its public launch, but Dogecoin (DOGE) doesn't have an apparent role.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Why banks are moving beyond single-provider stablecoin payment rails
Insitutions experimenting with stablecoins are shifting from single-vendor pilots to multi-provider infrastructure designed for global reach.
- The BlockScore: 60
How Aviva Investors plans to tokenize its funds on XRP Ledger, with RippleX SVP
RippleX SVP Markus Infanger explains how tokenized funds, institutional DeFi, and blockchain infrastructure could transform global financial markets.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Here's how traders and big buyers stepped in to keep bitcoin steady during the oil shock
Several market participants, including MSTR and OTC traders, kept demand steady, helping BTC stay resilient.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Traders snapped up nearly 600,000 BTC as bitcoin dipped below $70,000, blockchain data show
Glassnode data shows strong demand during bitcoin’s recent correction, with 200,00 BTC purchased over the past two weeks.
- The BlockScore: 55
Bitcoin’s next move is increasingly tied to oil, yields and Fed policy as ETF flows guide market direction, analysts say
Bitcoin's next major move could depend more on oil prices, yields, and Federal Reserve policy than crypto-specific catalysts, per analysts.
- CointelegraphScore: 55
Babylon-Ledger tie-up expands access to Bitcoin Vaults for collateral use
The integration allows Ledger devices to sign BTCVault transactions as Babylon develops infrastructure to use Bitcoin as collateral.
- The BlockScore: 55
Babylon, Ledger partnership targets secure use of bitcoin as DeFi collateral
The partnership aims to make native bitcoin usable as collateral in decentralized finance without giving up self-custody.
- DecryptScore: 55
Hyperliquid Jumps on Margin Upgrade, Oil Trading Frenzy
Hyperliquid's HYPE token spiked as oil perpetuals volume hits $1.4B, with non-crypto markets now dominating its permissionless trading.
- The BlockScore: 55
Goldman Sachs emerges as top XRP ETF holder, alongside wave of ‘super fans’: analysts
XRP has maintained one of the largest and most vocal retail communities in crypto, with millions of holders worldwide.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Circle could rally 60% more on stablecoin adoption, AI agentic finance, Bernstein says
Stablecoins are decoupling from crypto market cycles as they are increasingly used for digital payments, Bernstein analysts said, which bodes well for USDC issuer Circle.
- CointelegraphScore: 55
Bitcoin leads, altcoin indicators drop to intriguing lows: Time for an altseason?
Bitcoin is the frontrunner in the crypto market, while 36% of altcoins trade near their all-time lows. Do altcoin price metrics suggest an altseason is next?
- CoinDeskScore: 50
AI tokens rally after Nvidia open-source agent plan, beat CoinDesk 20
The AI-linked cryptocurrencies moved higher after a report from Wired said Nvidia is planning an open-source platform for autonomous AI agents.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Tron joins Agentic AI Foundation as founder sees future in AI
Tron has joined the Linux Foundation’s Agentic AI Foundation to collaborate on building open infrastructure for agentic AI, joining Circle and JPMorgan.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Hyperliquid's next upgrade to let seasoned traders take bigger bets with less capital
Hyperliquid will introduce portfolio margin for real trading accounts, letting users offset risk across positions and support larger trades with less collateral.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Slumping Strategy and Strive started with buy ratings at B. Riley
The bank said the bitcoin treasury sector’s slump reset valuations, but opened the door for new digital credit financing models that could revive growth.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
CFTC chair backs blockchain-based prediction markets as ‘truth machines’
Michael Selig said blockchain-powered prediction markets could improve price discovery and public information, even as several US states challenge the platforms in court.
- The BlockScore: 50
Benchmark analysts expect Intchains’ stock to more than double, but lower target price
While Intchains provides altcoin mining products, the company has also made an effort to stockpile and stake Ethereum.
- The BlockScore: 50
‘DAOs aren’t dead, they should evolve’: Aave CEO Stani Kulechov pushes for streamlined execution
The remarks follow a recent Aave DAO governance dispute that saw key contributors BGD Labs and ACI step back from the protocol.
- The BlockScore: 50
ABA survey finds consumers support stablecoin yield limits tied to banking risk
Consumers agree by a 6-to-1 margin that stablecoin yield laws “should be cautious and not take any steps that could undermine our existing financial system."
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Investment firm Multicoin bets 'Internet Labor Markets' will drive crypto’s next wave of adoption
According to the firm, the next wave of users that will onboard into crypto will be thanks to networks where users earn crypto by contributing work rather than buying tokens outright.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Stablecoin boom could eat into traditional banks' profits, warn Jefferies analysts
Digital dollar use in payments and crypto markets may slowly pull deposits from banks, forcing lenders to seek pricier funding, a new report by Jeffries finds.
- CoinDeskScore: 45
Pudgy Penguins launches its 'Club Penguin' moment, and the game doesn't feel like crypto at all
Pudgy World went live with 12 towns, plot-based quests, and mini-games in what the team calls "one of the most technically advanced browser-based games ever created." The PENGU token jumped 9% on the news.
- The BlockScore: 45
Polymarket taps Peter Thiel-backed Palantir to develop sports betting AI monitoring tool
The sports betting integrity platform will use Vergence AI engine to help screen for anomalies like manipulation and insider activity in real-time.
- CoinDeskScore: 45
Polymarket and Palantir team to protect integrity of sports betting as prediction markets face key moment
The new monitoring platform aims to detect suspicious trading as prediction markets face scrutiny over insider information.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
AI firm Anthropic sues Trump admin over ‘supply chain risk’ label
Anthropic is the first US company the Pentagon has labeled a risk to the military, with the AI company calling it “unprecedented and unlawful.”
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Ether, solana, XRP jump higher as Trump signals Iran war nearing end
Major altcoins bounced alongside risk assets on Tuesday after the president said U.S. military objectives were "pretty well complete."
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Sharplink reports $735M loss in 2025 as Ethereum dived
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.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Stablecoin market expands, bitcoin rallies as Iran war panic cools
Your day-ahead look for March 10, 2026
- CointelegraphScore: 40
DeFi insurance is the final frontier of onchain finance
DeFi lacks its final primitive. Insurance turns hidden risks into priced, programmable coverage. Programmable insurance with uncorrelated capital creates TVC safety nets.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Sharplink Gaming holds 868,000 ether as price drop drove $734 million loss in 2025
The Nasdaq-listed company raised $3.2 billion in 2025 to buy ether, doubled its ETH per share, but watched unrealized losses eat through the income statement as the token fell 45% from its peak.
- The BlockScore: 40
‘History reveals no evidence’ Congress intended to preempt gambling laws, judge says in Kalshi case
An Ohio judge denied Kalshi's motion for an injunction in a case in which the prediction market platform is suing state gaming authorities.
- DecryptScore: 40
Meta Acquires Moltbook, the Viral Social Network for AI Agents: Report
Moltbook is a Reddit-style platform where AI agents interact with each other, spawning communities—and even a digital religion.
- The BlockScore: 40
Bitwise CIO reiterates bitcoin price could reach $1 million as he compares it to gold
Matt Hougan bitcoin would only need to capture roughly 17% of the global store-of-value market to reach $1 million.
- DecryptScore: 40
Why Bitcoin Is on a Path to $1 Million Per Coin: Bitwise
Bitcoin can hit a price of $1 million per coin even with "reasonably conservative assumptions," Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argued. Here's why.
- CoinDeskScore: 35
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Stellar (XLM) Gains 5.1%, Leading Index Higher
Near Protocol (NEAR), up 3.6% from Monday, was also a top performer.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Oil tumbles, crypto gains as Trump sends mixed signals over Iran war
“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.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
US lawmakers probe Trump family-linked firm over Chinese stock scams
Dominari Securities, tied to Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., is among the brokerages named in the congressional probe.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Anthropic is suing the U.S. government for allegedly blacklisting its AI
The maker of Claude filed suit against multiple federal agencies, arguing it was shut out of government procurement without the legal process required to ban a vendor.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Hyperliquid's HYPE price will hit $150 by August, predicts Arthur Hayes
HYPE technical setup points to an initial breakout toward $50, with growing demand for macro-linked perps adding to the upside case.
- DecryptScore: 30
There's a Benchmark Test That Measures AI 'Bullshit'—Most Models Fail
BullshitBench tests whether AI models can detect nonsensical questions—or if they'll confidently answer them anyway. The results are dire.
- DecryptScore: 30
Trump Meme Coin Down 96% From Peak as President's Approval Ratings Sink
President Trump's official Solana meme coin fell to its lowest price since soon after launch as perceptions of his job performance suffer.
- DecryptScore: 30
Basketball.fun Eyes Base, Marketplace Launches as NBA Star Tristan Thompson Departs
Basketball.fun is processing refunds for those who aren’t willing to wait until the NBA-focused crypto project’s marketplace goes live.
- DecryptScore: 30
Amazon Wins Court Order Blocking Perplexity AI Shopping Agent
The order sides with Amazon’s claim Perplexity accessed password-protected accounts without authorization despite users granting permission.
- CoinDeskScore: 25
Why crypto's privacy problem is a total dealbreaker for mainstream users
Without privacy, the industry is fundamentally mismatched with its audience and stalling mass adoption, argues Gruell.
- DecryptScore: 20
Elon Musk’s Grok Faces UK Backlash After AI Posts Mock Football Tragedies
Liverpool and Manchester United have complained after Grok mocked the Hillsborough and Munich tragedies on Monday.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Nvidia's Huang argues AI creates jobs, not destroys them, in rare official blog post
The Nvidia CEO laid out a five-layer framework for AI infrastructure in his first standalone blog post in months, pushing back against the narrative that AI will destroy jobs.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Crypto shouldn’t “die on the hill” of stablecoin yield, Rick Edelman says
The veteran financial advisor says the banking lobby will likely win the yield-bearing stablecoin debate.