Ethereum (ETH) has reclaimed the $2,300 level for the first time since early February, rising more than 12% over the past week despite sustained Middle East war tensions.

OpenAI is pulling back from its broad product strategy and zeroing in on coding tools and business customers, as the company’s top leadership admits the current approach has left it scrambling to keep up with rival Anthropic. Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of applications, told employees at a company-wide meeting last week that senior leaders, including […]

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service, Korea Customs Service, the Credit Finance Association and nine major domestic credit card companies have signed an agreement to share information with each other and track overseas card usage in order to prevent criminal transactions.  There is a special focus on the methods of dealing with dark coins, which are […]

The Arbitrum Foundation has published its sixth annual transparency report, declaring 2025 a landmark year in which traditional financial institutions moved decisively onto its network.  The foundation reported that the total value secured (TVS) on Arbitrum reached $20 billion last year. Stablecoin supply grew 80% year-on-year and reached a peak of $10 billion in October […]

PayPal has pushed its dollar-backed digital coin into 70 countries, a move the company says could make cross-border payments faster and cheaper for people who need it most. But the announcement lands as PayPal deals with a securities lawsuit and a quiet split from Google Wallet in Germany. Starting this month, customers in 70 nations […]

Nvidia has spent the opening stretch of GTC 2026 stacking up partnership announcements across chips, cloud, robotics, telecom, autos, factory software, space, and graphics. The event started on Monday and runs for three days. Speaking to a packed crowd, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he expects purchase orders tied to Blackwell and Vera Rubin to […]

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a no-action position to Phantom, a “first-of-its-kind” relief that the crypto wallet provider says will allow it to offer users regulated derivatives directly. In a letter on Tuesday, the CFTC said it will not pursue enforcement action against Phantom or its relevant personnel for failing to […]

PayPal Holdings, Inc. on Tuesday announced a massive expansion of its dollar-pegged stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD), making it available to users across 70 markets worldwide.

Elon Musk is getting little love from crypto bettors as his court fight with Sam Altman gets closer. On Polymarket, the bet asking, “Will Elon Musk win his case against Sam Altman?” showed 31% for yes and 68.2% for no. Elon had tried to appeal to people by saying this morning on X that:- “By […]

Cardano is testing the $0.30 resistance level after a 20% surge this week brought the token from $0.26 to $0.286. A TD Sequential buy signal appeared on March 14. Whales accumulated over 454 million ADA worth $160 million in two months. Development activity remains strong with over 680 commits pushed across 80 repositories. Analysts at […]

As Chairman Jerome Powell walked into his two-day meeting with colleagues today, he is being pushed into the hardest call of his time at the Federal Reserve, and the reason is right there in front of him. And by that, of course, we mean the US and Israel’s war in Iran, which has plunged the […]

The US stock market kept climbing on Tuesday, even as the war story around Iran stayed right in front of traders. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The Nasdaq Composite gained nearly 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added about 250 points, or 0.5%. Meanwhile, oil prices were up about 2%, with Brent crude back above […]

US-based centralized exchanges are showing a slow, but steady recovery of their market share. US traders may signal a return to exuberance, as the Coinbase premium index is once again in the green.

Mastercard is set to acquire BVNK, a leading provider of stablecoin infrastructure, to advance digital payment services. The definitive agreement, worth $1.8 billion, includes $300 million in contingent payments, Mastercard announced on Tuesday.

New York, NY — March 16, 2026 — Law Blocks AI and Murundi Group today announced a strategic partnership to automate, secure, and accelerate international trade agreements for import-export transactions by deploying Law Blocks AI’s contract automation platform and storing finalized documents on the XDC Blockchain. The collaboration aims to shorten deal cycles, reduce paperwork […]

Three weeks into its battle with the United States and Israel, Iran is exploring a scheme that might change the way the world pays for oil by requesting Chinese yuan in exchange for permitting tankers to cross the Strait of Hormuz. Approximately 80% of international oil transactions have been conducted in US dollars for the […]

Geneva, Switzerland, March 17, 2026 — TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), announced today the launch of the TRON Network support on Reown SDK, an open-source all-in-one SDK for building seamless onchain apps. The integration provides developers with a unified solution […]

Ripple announced a $750 million share buyback on March 14, buying equity from early investors and employees. The move values Ripple the company at $11.3 billion. The same week, on-chain data showed 60% of XRP holders are sitting at a loss, with 3.8 billion tokens flowing into Binance since January in what looks like a […]

ByteDance is under new pressure in the United States after two senators told the company to shut down Seedance 2.0 “immediately.” Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Senator Peter Welch of Vermont said the new AI video model creates clips using real people and well-known characters and raises serious copyright and intellectual property issues. They […]

Bitcoin is once again navigating another crisis by defying the broader risk-off sentiment. History shows a clear pattern: every major crisis – from exchange collapses like Mt.

China’s tech giant Alibaba has launched Wukong, a new AI platform for business users that lets companies control multiple AI agents through one interface and comes with enterprise-grade security infrastructure. According to Alibaba, the new platform is still in an invitation-only testing phase. Alibaba said the agents can take on jobs such as document editing, […]

Ripple (XRP) is easing from its daily high of $1.61, trading above $1.50 at the time of writing on Tuesday. The remittance token had maintained modest gains for four consecutive days, reflecting a broad increase in crypto prices led by Bitcoin (BTC), which touched $76,000 earlier in the day.

Argentina is now part of a growing list of over 30 countries that have shut the door on Polymarket, as the prediction market platform faces heat on several fronts, from suspected data leaks to people placing money on whether world leaders will live or die. A court in Buenos Aires told the national telecoms regulator, […]

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Oil futures hold on as the top active asset on HIP-3. Oil futures for WTI and Brent are now among the top 5 contracts based on commodities.

Bitcoin mining in 2026 is no longer something individuals can realistically pursue. Bitcoin’s network hashrate has surpassed 600 exahashes per second, and modern mining rigs now range from $4,000 to $12,000 per unit — before factoring in electricity, maintenance, and the relentless pressure of rising difficulty. Hash price has fallen to around $28 per petahash […]

The cryptocurrency market has remained relatively robust despite the ongoing war in the Middle East, which has driven Oil prices near $100.

A Russian court has slapped Telegram with another hefty fine over alleged failures in content moderation, ramping up pressure on the popular messenger. The news of the financial penalty comes amid continuing outages in the country and media reports suggesting the full expulsion of the app may have already started. Moscow court fines Telegram another […]

The war in Iran is entering its 18th day and the conflict has now spilled over to neighbouring countries in the Gulf, affecting civilian and economic infrastructure. Yesterday, an Iranian drone struck Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest aviation hub, igniting a fuel tank and suspending air traffic to and from the region. Other instances […]

Bitcoin (BTC) is falling slightly, trading near $74,300 on Tuesday and revisiting the upper boundary of a previously broken sideways channel.