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The AI company filed a lawsuit in federal court after the Pentagon blacklisted Claude over restrictions on military use.

It's been a historic 24 hours for crude oil, which soared to $120 per barrel overnight on Iran worries, but has plunged back to just above $80.

Bitcoin broke the descending triangle with a massive candle—then crept right back inside. Today, it's trying again, but the daily chart isn't convincing.

The Ethereum-buying firm attributed its full-year performance to the asset’s volatility.

Short-term holders are currently facing about 24% unrealized losses.

Cynthia Lummis continues to push pro-crypto policies in a market structure bill under consideration in the Senate, even as she prepares to leave Congress in January 2027. Cynthia Lummis, one of Wyoming’s two US senators, who announced plans to leave the chamber in 2027, has revived a push for a de minimis tax exclusion on small cryptocurrencies transactions as the Senate debates a digital asset market structure bill. In a CNBC interview on Wednesday, Lummis said that the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee were considering a $300 exemption to allow crypto users to better use Bitcoin (BTC) for transactions without paying capital gains taxes. The Wyoming senator’s statement followed her introduction of a standalone bill in July 2025 proposing a de minimis tax exemption for crypto transactions under $300, with a $5,000 limit annually. Read more

Coinbase launched regulated crypto futures in 26 European countries, offering perpetual and dated contracts with up to 10x leverage.

America may reject the name “CBDC” while still building the conditions for CBDC-like control through private dollar infrastructure. Washington has ruled out a retail Federal Reserve digital dollar in legal form. At the same time, the stablecoin regime now taking shape can normalize freeze, block, reject, and temporary hold functions across private dollar tokens and, […] The post Are US stablecoins just CBDCs in disguise? Look closely and the differences start to blur appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Buyers were undeterred by surging oil prices, pushing Bitcoin near $69,500 and large-cap altcoins close to their overhead resistance levels. Key points: Rising oil prices have not hurt crypto sentiment as buyers attempt to push Bitcoin above $69,000 Buyers are attempting to propel several major altcoins above their overhead resistance levels, indicating demand at lower levels. Read more

The crypto brokerage said increasing demand across West Africa is driving its expansion as user activity grows across the Sub-Saharan region. Crypto brokerage company Blockchain.com is expanding into Ghana as part of a broader push to grow its presence across Africa, following rapid user growth in Nigeria over the past year. The company said it plans to offer Ghanaian users access to its trading platform as it builds out regional infrastructure and explores additional African markets. The expansion follows strong growth in Nigeria, where the company launched retail operations last year and reported more than a 700% increase in brokerage transaction volume. According to the company, the most traded assets on its platform in the country have been Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT) and Tron (TRX). Read more

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has joined the $333,000 fundraising round for Stack BTC alongside Blockchain.com.

The trading of tokens on the network will not be impacted, the exchange assured.

Mining Bitcoin on a desktop in 2026 may sound simple, but is it profitable? Do rising network difficulty and energy costs mean the end of PCs as Bitcoin mining equipment? Bitcoin mining began in 2009 as a hobby-friendly activity where users could earn BTC using CPUs and later GPUs. By 2026, the landscape has shifted entirely to industrial-scale operations dominated by specialized ASIC hardware. Modern Bitcoin mining runs at roughly 1 zettahash per second, with network difficulty reaching a record 144.4 trillion in February 2026. This makes it virtually impossible for standard PCs to compete meaningfully. Even when joining mining pools, a home PC’s contribution is so small that payouts amount to negligible fractions of a cent per day, while electricity costs, hardware wear, cooling and fees continue to accumulate. Read more

Bitcoin spent the weekend mostly within a familiar price channel, then slipped lower before recovering as traders reacted to the developing impact of the Iran war. However, while real-world macro events now dictate Bitcoin's movements more than fundamentals or adoption levels, where on the chart it stops to test the waters has not changed. Bitcoin […] The post New Bitcoin indicator reveals we just avoided a major drop — but one level could decide the next breakout appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ether's short liquidity may be the next target for bullish traders who have piled into fresh leveraged positions. Is $2,500 the next stop for ETH price? Ether (ETH) climbed back above $2,000 on Monday as the altcoin’s derivatives market activity intensified across major exchanges. Data shows more than 110,000 Ether flowed into derivatives platforms, while a key leverage indicator surged to new highs.  The activity points to a rapid buildup of speculative positioning, suggesting traders are preparing for increased volatility as ETH attempts to break out of its monthly trading range.  Ether derivatives exchanges recorded a netflow of 110,343 ETH on March 7, the third-largest spike in 2026. A larger move occurred on Feb. 6, when ETH rallied roughly 13% from its yearly low at $1,736.  Read more

Macro strategist Mark Connors says war-driven spending, rising debt and lower interest rates could support bitcoin.

WTI crude oil, which soared nearly 30% to $120 per barrel overnight, has pulled back to $95, easing pressure on risk assets.

Swiss crypto bank Amina has joined 21X as a regulated banking participant, linking traditional financial institutions with a blockchain-based market for issuing tokenized securities. Amina, a Swiss-regulated crypto bank, has joined a blockchain-based settlement platform for tokenized securities operating under the European Union’s DLT pilot regime, marking another step toward integrating digital asset infrastructure with traditional capital markets. The Zug, Switzerland-based company announced Monday that it has become a listing sponsor on the EU-regulated platform 21X, making Amina the venue’s first fully regulated bank participant. Amina said the move will allow it to support companies issuing tokenized securities on 21X through its partnership with Tokeny, a Luxembourg-based company that provides technology for creating and managing tokenized financial assets. Read more

Bitcoin managed to avoid losses suffered by global stock markets over oil supply uncertainty, with a 5% relief bounce from its weekly open level. Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $69,000 at Monday’s Wall Street open with markets in limbo over the Middle East oil crisis. Key points: Bitcoin sees a rebound after dropping below $68,000 for the weekly close. Read more

The capital will be used to expand development of the Zcash (ZEC) protocol and its privacy-focused self-custodial mobile wallet, Zodl.