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The price of crypto titan Bitcoin is hovering around $73,000, a clear sign that markets may be moving independently of war news.At the same time, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are aligning their regulatory approach to digital assets. This coordination signals the CLARITY Act could soon pass the […] The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 13 March – XRP, Pi Coin, TRUMP appeared first on Cryptonews.

A dormant crypto whale just bet $7 million on the Trump memecoin after a new Mar-a-Lago gala was announced, sparking a 60% rally for the struggling token.

Wallets linked to the team behind President Donald Trump’s Solana-based TRUMP memecoin sent a large batch of tokens to Binance on March 12, adding a fresh supply overhang to a project that has crashed to an all-time low. On March 12, blockchain data from Arkham Intelligence showed that a BitGo custodial wallet associated with the […] The post Binance data reveals insiders continue to dump TRUMP memecoins as its price hits a record low appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The SEC and CFTC have just signed an agreement that turns months of public harmonization talk into a formal operating framework for crypto, derivatives, and hybrid market products. The agreement covers product definitions, clearing and margin rules, dually registered venues and intermediaries, crypto assets, reporting, examinations, surveillance, and enforcement. SEC Chair Paul Atkins admitted that […] The post The SEC finally admits what caused the mess US crypto was in before Trump took power appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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 $71,164 after slipping below $68,000 earlier in the session. […] The post Trump says the Iran conflict is “very complete” — oil plunges and Bitcoin snaps back above $70k appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Dominari Securities, tied to Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., is among the brokerages named in the congressional probe. US lawmakers have launched an investigation into several Wall Street underwriters, including Dominari Securities, whose parent company is linked to the Trump family, over their role in bringing Chinese companies to US stock markets that were later tied to stock manipulation schemes. On Monday, the House of Representatives Select Committee on China, chaired by Representative John Moolenaar with Rep. Ro Khanna as ranking member, sent letters to three US companies — D. Boral Capital, Dominari Securities and Revere Securities — seeking information about Chinese initial public offerings (IPOs) they helped underwrite. “These scam centers defraud American households through coordinated “ramp-and-dump” stock manipulation schemes involving Chinese shell companies listed on American exchanges, which your firm appears to facilitate,” the lawmakers wrote. Read more

Trump’s newly released National Cyber Strategy outlines federal support for strengthening the security of cryptocurrencies. The post Trump’s National Cyber Strategy Backs Crypto Security in Post-Quantum Era appeared first on Cryptonews.

Mixers, privacy coins and the threat quantum computing could pose to Bitcoin were all points of speculation across the industry following the release of Trump’s Cyber Strategy. Crypto industry executives are combing through US President Donald Trump’s National Cyber Strategy after it was released on Friday, searching for hints about what it could signal for government support of the crypto industry. “Crypto and blockchain are explicitly named as technologies to be 'protected and secured.’ This is a first for any US cybersecurity strategy,” Galaxy Digital’s head of firmwide research Alex Thorn said in an X post on Friday. Crypto and blockchain were mentioned once in the six-page report: Read more

The US Federal Reserve has issued a limited-use master account to Kraken, marking a major pro-crypto shift in policy. Recent events at the US Federal Reserve signal acceptance of digital assets at the highest levels of the country’s monetary system.  Kraken recently became the first crypto exchange to receive a master account at the Federal Reserve. The Fed could also see a new crypto-friendly chair. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday submitted a pro-Bitcoin candidate for the Senate’s consideration. Read more

The post from Eric Trump, tagging his crypto company, came hours after his father claimed banks were holding a market structure bill “hostage.” Eric Trump, son of US President Donald Trump and one of the co-founders of the family-backed crypto business World Liberty Financial, has jumped on the anti-bank messaging that many in the industry are espousing amid disagreements over how to handle stablecoin rewards. In a Wednesday X post, Eric Trump echoed his father, claiming that banks were “desperately targeting” cryptocurrencies and stablecoins as discussions lag on the market structure bill in the US Senate. The post came hours after the president posted a similar message claiming that banks were holding the legislation “hostage.” The issue of stablecoin yield has been dividing many US lawmakers, banking industry representatives, and crypto companies, stymieing the market structure legislation. Eric Trump and many in the crypto industry oppose a ban on stablecoin yield, arguing it would “block any rewards or p...

Anthropic previously secured a $200 million Pentagon contract, and its AI has been used in classified operations, including support for US airstrikes on Iran, the Financial Times reports. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has reportedly reopened negotiations with the US Department of Defense in a last-minute effort to secure continued access to Pentagon contracts as the company faces the possibility of being labeled a supply chain risk by the Trump administration. Amodei has been holding discussions with Emil Michael, the US undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, to finalize terms governing the military’s use of Anthropic’s artificial intelligence models, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. A new agreement would allow the Pentagon to keep using the company’s technology and could prevent a formal designation that would force contractors in the defense supply chain to cut ties with the AI developer, according to the report. Read more

Bitcoin has jumped as well, increasing 7.6% in the last 24 hours, while Ether is up more than 8.3% to trade at $2,132. Crypto-related stocks surged on Wednesday as recent pro-crypto commentary from the US president pushed Bitcoin and the broader crypto market higher. Alongside a rise in the cryptocurrency market, the Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company Strategy spiked by more than 10%. Crypto exchange Coinbase registered a more than 14% gain, while miners Hut 8 clocked 13.89% and American Bitcoin Corp rose 11.65%. Dominick John, an analyst at Zeus Research, told Cointelegraph the promise of clearer regulations on the near horizon could be one of the factors fueling the rally. Read more

The US President makes it official after previously announcing his pick of Kevin Warsh to replace Fed chair Jerome Powell in a Jan. 30 social media post. The US Senate will soon vote on Donald Trump’s nominee to head the US Federal Reserve after the president picked Kevin Warsh, who has previously expressed pro-Bitcoin views, to replace Fed chair Jerome Powell. In a Wednesday notice, the White House said that Trump had sent Warsh’s nomination to the Senate to be chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve for a term of four years, and as a Fed governor for 14 years. The president had previously taken to social media to announce Warsh was his pick to replace Powell, whose term as chair ends in May but may stay on as a Fed governor until 2028. Warsh served as a Fed governor under former US Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama from 2006 to 2011. He went on to become a Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.  Read more

The meeting reportedly happened hours before Donald Trump posted to his social media platform, echoing some of Brian Armstrong's public statements about stablecoin yield. US President Donald Trump reportedly met with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong just hours before issuing a statement criticizing banks for holding a market structure bill “hostage.” According to a Tuesday Politico report, Trump met privately with Armstrong after a group of Coinbase representatives went to the White House. The details of the reported meeting were unclear, but the president posted to his Truth Social channel afterwards, that “the US needs to get Market Structure done, ASAP.” “The banks are hitting record profits, and we are not going to allow them to undermine our powerful Crypto Agenda [...],” said Trump in his Tuesday post. Read more

Ben Delo paid a $10 million fine after pleading guilty to US banking violations in 2022 and was granted a pardon by President Donald Trump in March 2025. BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo pledged 20 million British pounds ($27 million) to the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences (LIMS), ranking among the largest private donations ever made to a United Kingdom research institution outside Oxford and Cambridge, British magazine Times Higher Education reported on Tuesday. The commitment includes $13.3 million upfront and $13.3 million to be released once the Mayfair-based institute matches the amount through additional fundraising, Times Higher Education reported. The gift launches a wider campaign aimed at building an $80 million endowment to secure LIMS’ long-term future, per the report. “I would like to see LIMS winning Fields Medals and Nobel Prizes – they are already doing some world-class things and I want to help,” Delo told the magazine. Read more

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. The US military reportedly used Anthropic during a major air strike on Iran, only hours after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to halt use of the company’s systems. Military commands, including US Central Command (CENTCOM) in the Middle East, used Anthropic’s Claude AI model for operational support, according to people familiar with the matter cited by The Wall Street Journal. The tool has reportedly assisted with intelligence analysis, identifying potential targets and running battlefield simulations. The incident shows how deeply advanced AI systems have become embedded in defense operations. Even as the administration moved to sever ties with the company, Claude remained integrated into military workflows. Read more

President Donald Trump has pulled the United States into military action against Iran, and the first consequence for crypto markets was another wave of selling rather than a rush into Bitcoin as a haven. According to CryptoSlate’s data, BTC price dumped around 7%, erasing some of its weeklong gains to trade as low as $63,000 […] The post Bitcoin just dumped 7% after Trump hit Iran, and the real reason has nothing to do with crypto appeared first on CryptoSlate.

American Bitcoin posted a $59.5 million Q4 loss while its revenue rose and its Bitcoin stack topped 6,000 coins, as peers pivot to AI and sell down treasuries. American Bitcoin Corp. (ABTC) reported a fourth quarter 2025 net loss of $59.5 million, even though its revenue climbed to $78.3 million, up 22% from the third quarter, according to its latest earnings release and 8‑K filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The Trump family‑backed Bitcoin (BTC) miner posted a Q4 gross margin of 53% and said it had “mined Bitcoin at a 53% discount” to spot purchasing. A sizable non‑cash loss on digital assets contributed to a full-year 2025 net loss of $153.2 million, driven in large part by fair‑value markdowns on its Bitcoin holdings.  Read more

US President Donald Trump has influenced cryptocurrency market movements through his policies and speeches declaring ambitious crypto goals. Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump announced a raft of new tariffs in response to a Supreme Court decision that ruled many of his previous tariff hikes unconstitutional. Following news of the tariff hikes, crypto markets tumbled in an all-too-familiar pattern that has plagued the industry since April 2025, when Trump introduced the first spate of aggressive tariffs. Analysts have long noted the downward pressure these tariffs have put on crypto markets. But the US’ 47th president also has the distinct ability to pump markets. Read more

Weeks after giving another $5 million to a pro-Trump PAC, the exchange received lawsuit aid from the CFTC and a bank charter from the Treasury Department.