Raw News Items
28 itemsMarch 22, 2026
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Bitcoin crashes to $68,000 as US threatens to “obliterate’ all Iranian power plants
Bitcoin drops after Trump’s Truth Social threat turns ceasefire language into renewed escalation Overnight, Bitcoin dramatically fell 2.8% after President Donald Trump issued a Truth Social post threatening to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened within 48 hours....
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Resolv Labs’ stablecoin depegs as attacker mints millions of tokens
An attacker has exploited the Resolv USR stablecoin to mint 80 million tokens and has reportedly been able to cash out at least $25 million.
- The BlockScore: 85
Resolv’s USR stablecoin depegs after attacker mints 80 million unbacked tokens, extracts roughly $25 million
Analysts traced the flaw to a privileged minting role controlled by a single externally owned account with no mint limits or oracle checks.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
The SEC explains how it's viewing a crypto security: State of Crypto
Joint SEC-CFTC interpretive guidance outlines how the agencies will determine whether a cryptocurrency is a security.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Crypto liquidations near $400M after $68K Bitcoin price dip
Bitcoin fell over the weekend to set up another visit to "unreliable" support, but analysis flagged a new BTC price golden cross.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
CFTC staff clarify expectations on using crypto as collateral
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff has provided answers to frequently asked questions about the agency’s expectations around a crypto collateral pilot.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin drops below $69,200 as Trump gives 48-hour ultimatum on Iran power plants
BTC fell 2.2% as $299 million in liquidations hit crypto markets, with long positions accounting for 85% of the damage.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin miners are losing $19,000 on every BTC produced as difficulty drops 7.8%
The average production cost was sitting at $88,000 per bitcoin in mid-March, according to Checkonchain's difficulty regression model.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Resolv says no assets lost as DeFi protocols respond to USR exploit
USR issuer Resolv Labs says its collateral pool remains intact after an exploit on Sunday that minted 80 million unbacked tokens and drove the US dollar stablecoin as low as $0.14.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Fidelity urges SEC to move further on crypto activity by broker-dealers
The investment giant told the regulator's crypto task force it supports trading tokenized securities on alternative trading systems and tradfi on-chain integration.
- The BlockScore: 75
CoinDCX co-founders arrested by Indian police for alleged fraud deny wrongdoing, blame impersonation scheme: reports
CoinDCX called the report "false" and said the fraud was carried out through a copycat website by impersonators, not through its platform.
- The BlockScore: 75
NYSE exchanges complete industry-wide removal of crypto ETF options caps
The changes mean crypto ETF options are now treated identically to other commodity-based ETF options at every major exchange in the U.S.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Why crypto hacks don’t end and continue even when the money is gone
A crypto hack never ends when the wallet is drained. The theft lands first, fast and visible, and then a slower collapse starts to work through the rest of the project. The token keeps sliding, the treasury shrinks with it, hiring plans get cut back, product deadlines move, partners pull away, and t...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bitcoin risks 50% drop as BTC's positive correlation with US stocks grows
Bitcoin’s 20-week rolling correlation with the S&P 500 has turned positive, a signal that has historically preceded major BTC price declines.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Ethereum faces make-or-break moment in high-stakes balancing act as scaling, quantum and AI pressures mount
While upgrades have improved efficiency and lowered costs, the ecosystem faces deeper structural questions around fragmentation, security, and purpose, even as it continues prioritizing base-layer scaling.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Nevada judge temporarily blocks Kalshi from operating in the state
A Nevada state judge has sided with local authorities to ban Kalshi’s sports, election and entertainment event contracts in the state for 14 days.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Coinbase-backed CoinDCX founders questioned in fraud case: Report
Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX says the fraud complaint is part of a wider impersonation scam, citing more than 1,200 fake sites using its brand.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
XRP falls 3% as breakdown below $1.44 and bitcoin weakness caps recovery
Traders are watching support near $1.40 as repeated failures below $1.60 reinforce broader downtrend.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Gold falters as macro pressures build, bitcoin holds liquidity trend
Rising real rates and inflation risks weigh on gold, while bitcoin continues to consolidate.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
The genius and the danger of STRC: How Strategy’s new funding model bends so it doesn't break
Strategy's STRC has bitcoin a major bitcoin accumulation tool, but analysts warn the risks aren't as clear as the marketing makes them out to be.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Scaramucci says BTC's 4-year cycle still in play, forecasts rise in Q4
Proponents of Bitcoin's four-year cycle theory say the price of BTC typically rises for three of the four years and declines in the final year.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
BTC and gold divergence reflects split between retail and central banks: Analyst
21Shares' macro chief looks at why Bitcoin has held relatively steady since the start of Middle East hostilities, while gold has slipped below $4,500 and key support levels.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
If one trader can force the outcome of a prediction market, it shouldn’t be tradable
By hosting manipulable contracts, prediction markets swap their long-term credibility for short-term engagement.
- DecryptScore: 20
How AI Is Being Used to Clear Court Backlogs in LA
The Los Angeles Superior Court is pilot testing whether Learned Hand’s curated AI can help manage rising workloads.
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
Stagflation: The word of the year for 2026 and why Bitcoiners need to know what it means
One economic word could well define 2026: stagflation. It is an ugly word that describes a regime where prices keep rising while growth loses force, labor weakens, and policymakers run short of easy options. That combination changes the texture of daily life fast. Households feel it in food, fuel, i...
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
Retail was promised fair markets. So why does the house keep winning?
Crypto opened the doors to retail now Wall Street is feasting on it Retail investors were sold a story about market access that was impossible to argue with: trading would be cheaper, information would be easier to find, public blockchains would pull back the curtain, and the old hierarchy that once...
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
White House faces Iran war bill that is worth nearly 3 million Bitcoin
The Pentagon has sent the White House a request for $200 billion in additional funding for the Iran war, a figure that would equal nearly 3 million Bitcoin at current market prices. At Bitcoin’s current price of about $68,600, the request converts to 2,915,451 BTC. That framing does not mean the gov...
- CointelegraphScore: 10
'Hawk Tuah' girl Hailey Welsh says memecoin implosion 'traumatized' her
Welsh warned others to stay away from crypto and said that she still does not understand anything about the sector more than a year later.