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The program's main goal is to connect blockchain tech with Mastercard's global payments infrastructure.

The other reason behind BTC's latest volatile session could be linked to the recently released CPI numbers for February.

Wednesday morning's U.S. inflation data was in line with forecasts, and markets continue to price out any chance of a Fed rate cut at either the March or April meetings.

SlowMist introduced a layered security framework for Web3 AI agents as autonomous tools handle more onchain actions and digital assets. Cybersecurity company SlowMist has introduced a five-layer security framework for AI and Web3 agents, pitching it as a way to reduce the growing risks that come with autonomous systems handling onchain actions and digital assets. In a Wednesday blog post, the company said the framework centers on a user’s AI agents and combines governance controls through its AI Development Security Solution, or ADSS, with execution-layer tools including OpenClaw, MistEye Skill, MistTrack Skill and MistAgent. The company said the system is designed to create a closed-loop process of checks before execution, constraints during execution and review afterward. SlowMist’s so-called “digital fortress” aims to defend against risks including prompt injection, supply chain poisoning attacks, data leaks and asset loss due to unauthorized operations or AI agent behavior exploits. It also seeks to reduc...

Strive also added to its bitcoin holdings and boosted the dividend on its own SATA preferred stock.

Investigators say the GainBitcoin case involves about 8,000 investors and losses estimated at roughly 6,606 crore rupees ($790 million). India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Ayush Varshney, co-founder and chief technology officer of Darwin Labs Private Limited, in connection with the long-running GainBitcoin cryptocurrency fraud investigation. According to a Wednesday press release shared via the CBIs official X account, Varshney was detained at Mumbai airport on Monday while attempting to leave India after a Look Out Circular had been issued against him. He was formally arrested and handed over to the CBI on Tuesday. The CBI said Darwin Labs played a central role in building the technological infrastructure used by the alleged scheme, including the GainBitcoin investor platform and associated tools used to manage payments and wallets. Read more

PI bulls took over the initiative as the price exploded higher. PI Network (PI) Price Predictions: Analysis Key support levels: $0.20 Key resistance levels: $0.28 PI Breakout Turns into a Rally Since the breakout from the downtrend in February, PI has entered a sustained rally that saw its price pump by over 80% since its […]

XRP appears to be consolidating before its next major move. Ripple (XRP) Price Predictions: Analysis Key support levels: $1 Key resistance levels: $1.4 XRP is Consolidating Around $1.4 Over the past few weeks, XPR has been moving flat around $1.4, currently acting as key resistance. This price consolidation around this level can be interpreted as […]

Stellar (XLM), down 1.6% from Tuesday, joined Hedera (HBAR) as an underperformer.

The companies will be able to run their products in a controlled environment while regulators monitor risks and compliance.

Some claim that just a quarter of Bitcoin is at risk to quantum computers. But every coin is theoretically vulnerable as soon as it’s spent.

The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England said that the institution remains open to reviewing the proposed rules for pound-denominated stablecoins.

Kalshi's first move outside the United States is not London, not Singapore, not any of the financial centers that have spent years building crypto-friendly regulatory frameworks. It is Brazil, through XP International and its brokerage arm, Clear, offering prediction markets to Brazilian investors as a “new asset class” anchored at launch to economic events such […] The post Kalshi’s Brazil prediction market launch lands in a country already fighting a betting addiction crisis appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Democratic Senator Adam Schiff introduced a bill to ban prediction markets related to war, death and terrorism amid escalating insider trading concerns related to military operations. US Democratic Party Senator Adam Schiff introduced legislation Tuesday that would explicitly bar federally regulated prediction-market platforms from listing contracts tied to war, terrorism, assassination and individual deaths. The bill, called the DEATH BETS Act, would amend the Commodity Exchange Act to make those contracts prohibited for entities overseen by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). In a statement announcing the bill, Schiff said markets that let traders profit from violent events create incentives for the misuse of classified information, threaten national security and encourage violence. He said prediction markets had become a “Wild West” and called for Congress and the CFTC to make clear that such “death bets” are not allowed. Read more

Binance Demands WSJ Retraction Over Sanctions Claims The post Binance WSJ Lawsuit: The Crypto Exchange Sues Wall Street Journal Over ‘Defamatory’ Iran Sanctions Report appeared first on Cryptonews.

The pool is designed for institutional and public company miners, focusing on compliance and regulated infrastructure.

Binance has sued the Wall Street Journal over what it termed "false and defamatory reporting" in a previous story from February.

BTC experienced minor initial volatility after the numbers went out.

Aave Oracle Glitch Triggers $27M in wstETH Liquidations The post Aave Oracle Glitch Causes $27M Liquidations: CAPO Misconfiguration Confirmed appeared first on Cryptonews.

The price of bitcoin was trading at $69,500 following the news, down 1.2% over the past 24 hours.