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Dubbed “Operation Atlantic,“ the effort involves law enforcement agencies from the three countries and is aimed at preventing phishing attacks involving cryptocurrencies. The US Secret Service, UK National Crime Agency, and Canadian authorities have partnered to disrupt fraudulent schemes related to crypto, raise awareness of scams, and recover stolen funds. In a Monday notice, law enforcement agencies from the three countries — including Canada’s Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Securities Commission — said that they had launched “Operation Atlantic,” focusing on identifying people at risk of losing or those who had already lost crypto through “approval phishing” schemes. “Approval phishing and investment scams cost victims millions in financial loss each year,” said Brent Daniels, deputy assistant director for the US Secret Service’s Office of Field Operations. The agencies said they hope to identify and disrupt these scams in near real-time. Read more

Wall Street private-credit funds are slowing the exits as withdrawal pressure builds As Bitcoin climbs and holds above $73,000, several of Wall Street’s biggest private-credit funds have capped, stretched, or halted withdrawals, according to recent filings and reports tied to BlackRock, Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Cliffwater, and Blue Owl. JPMorgan has also marked down some private-credit […] The post Largest private credit funds on Wall Street limit withdrawals as investors rush for the exit while Bitcoin climbs appeared first on CryptoSlate.

BlackRock just dropped $600 million on Bitcoin in a single week signaling confident in Bitcoin price prediction.Bitcoin spot ETFs pulled in $767 million in net inflows from March 9 to March 13, marking the first unbroken 5-day inflow streak for BTC ETFs in all of 2026 according to SosoValue data. BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for $600.1 […] The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: BlackRock Just Bought $600 Million in BTC — What Do They Know? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Institutional flows into Bitcoin and Ethereum surge amid geopolitical tensions and expanding U.S. ETF market.

Bitcoin achieved new six-week highs at the week's first Wall Street open, but analysis stayed risk-off, arguing that the long-term BTC price downtrend was still in place. Bitcoin (BTC) hit $74,600 at Monday’s Wall Street open as US stocks gained on Iran war deescalation signals. Key points: Bitcoin sets another local high near $75,000 after a solid weekly close reclaimed key trend lines. Read more

Publicly traded Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies added more ETH amid its climb to $2,300 for the first time in six weeks.

“The wildest thing about my $1 million prediction is that it's not wild at all,” said the digital asset fund manager's CIO.

Strategy spent $1.57 billion on Bitcoin last week, notching its largest purchase of the year so far amid heightened demand for STRC.

XRP witnessed a second week of capital withdrawal, bucking the trend of broader digital asset gains.

A small pricing error in wstETH collateral caused $27 million in Aave liquidations, highlighting the critical role of price oracles and automated risk systems in DeFi. A temporary 2.85% pricing discrepancy in wstETH collateral triggered about $27 million in liquidations on Aave, showing how even small technical issues can have major financial consequences in automated DeFi lending systems. The liquidation wave occurred because Aave’s system briefly valued wstETH at about 1.19 ETH instead of its market value near 1.23 ETH, making some borrowing positions appear undercollateralized. Price oracles are critical infrastructure in DeFi because they feed external market data to smart contracts, determining collateral values, loan health and when automated liquidations should occur. Read more

Gains came for crypto and stocks as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz appeared to ease slightly, sending oil prices lower.

DOGE might explode to $0.50 if it breaks above a certain level, one analyst claimed.

Solana Eyes $100 as ETF Filings Signal Accumulation The post Solana Eyes Key $100 Resistance as Institutional ETF Demand Signals Accumulation Phase appeared first on Cryptonews.

Iran-linked contracts drove prediction market activity higher as the CFTC opened rulemaking and Democrats moved to ban war and death bets. Prediction market activity has climbed sharply as traders flock to contracts tied to the escalating US-Iran conflict, while Washington moves toward clearer federal rules for event contracts and a legislative push to explicitly bar markets tied to war, terrorism and death. Notional trading volume on Polymarket and Kalshi rose to new all-time highs during the week ending Monday, March 9, to $2.49 billion and $2.85 billion, respectively, according to Token Terminal data. The growing activity has pushed the total notional volume across all prediction markets to $145 billion through 2.8 million unique users, data from Dune shows. While the ongoing conflict drives more activity to these platforms, US regulators are seeking public feedback on new prediction market legislation and weighing a potential ban on war and terrorism-related event contracts. Read more

A symmetrical triangle breakout and an unresolved supply overhang are boosting the case that Ether may go as high as $2,800 in March. Ether (ETH) bulls are eyeing a move back toward $2,800 in March, with at least three indicators showing ETH price potential to rise higher. Key takeaways: Ether’s price jumped by over 9% toward $2,280 on Monday. Read more

The director of “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” told an audience at SXSW that he’s yet to use the technology in his films.

Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) has officially unseated Tether’s USDT in transfer volume for the first time in seven years. The shift marks a defining moment for digital assets, cleanly splitting stablecoin leadership into two distinct categories: total supply and transactional velocity. While Tether remains the undisputed heavyweight in the stablecoin market, USDC has become the […] The post Tether still holds more cash, but Circle’s USDC is now moving more of crypto’s money appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Wall Street broker Bernstein took note of an institutional ownership shift as behind bitcoin's resilience during this latest bout of global turmoil.

Bitcoin’s price surged above $74,400 today, marking a multi-week high and reigniting optimism across the broader cryptocurrency market, as evidenced by the rise in altcoins. The rally came amid renewed buying pressure, a wave of institutional demand, and yet another behemoth purchase by Michael Saylor’s Strategy. Bitcoin Climbs to $74K as Market Momentum Builds BTC […]

Polkadot (DOT), up 8.5% from Friday, joined Ethereum (ETH) as a top performer.