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The BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB) lets investors earn staking rewards alongside spot ETH exposure.

Bitcoin rebounded as Gulf shipping strikes sent Brent crude past $101, with analysts split on near-term outlook.

Chinese investors defrauded in the Zhimin Qian case are asking the UK High Court to reject a redress plan for 61,000 seized Bitcoin, saying it could deprive them of the assets’ gains. Victims of a Chinese investment fraud are challenging a United Kingdom proposal to compensate them through a Chinese redress scheme, arguing the plan could leave British authorities holding much of the upside from roughly 61,000 Bitcoin seized in a money-laundering investigation. According to the Financial Times, citing court documents, the dispute has moved into the UK High Court as groups representing victims seek to recover funds linked to the cryptocurrency seized by police in London. The Bitcoin (BTC) haul is now worth about 3.2 billion pounds ($4.3 billion) after rising sharply in value since the assets were confiscated. Law firm Candey, which represents about 5,700 victims, said the proposed compensation arrangement may not guarantee fair restitution. The fraud scheme itself reportedly affected more than 128,000 investors...

[PRESS RELEASE – Castries, Saint Lucia, March 12th, 2026] PrimeXBT, a global multi-asset broker and crypto asset service provider, announced the launch of PXTrader 2.0, a major upgrade of its native trading platform that combines crypto with traditional financial markets, giving traders access to more than 350 instruments from a single account. The launch reflects […]

Oil Near $100 Is Stalling Bitcoin's Recovery Above $70K The post Oil Surges Near $100 Stalling Bitcoin Breakout appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin analysts said buyers were regaining control, but reclaiming $78,000 as support was key to reversing the overall downtrend. Market analysts say Bitcoin (BTC) is in a relief rally after its 17% recovery from multi-year lows below $60,000, but the $78,000 level is key to reversing the broader downtrend. Key takeaways: Bitcoin price is up 17% from sub-$60,000 lows as onchain data shows signs of returning demand. Read more

The futures-to-spot ratio has climbed to 5.1, reflecting a structural shift in how the market trades.

Investors allege JPMorgan helped facilitate fund flows in a $328 million crypto Ponzi scheme, while a parallel federal case targets Goliath Ventures’ founder. JPMorgan is facing a lawsuit for allegedly enabling a $328 million crypto Ponzi scheme run by now-defunct Goliath Ventures. Investors on Tuesday filed a proposed class action in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing JPMorgan of ignoring suspicious transactions and allowing Goliath to use its infrastructure to collect investor funds. A separate federal criminal complaint against Goliath CEO Christopher Delgado, however, says investor funds also flowed through a Bank of America account and directly into Coinbase wallets. Read more

VanEck’s Matthew Sigel argued miners are redirecting infrastructure to AI while trading at a discount to traditional data-center peers.

A key technical metric measuring Bitcoin’s value is at its lowest level since the bear market in 2022.

CFTC Chair Michael Selig has said that the agency has authority over prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket and warned it will defend that jurisdiction in court if challenged. The US state of Utah is set to block prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, escalating a growing dispute between state regulators and federal authorities over how the industry should be regulated. On Wednesday, Utah’s HB243 (Gambling Revisions) bill was sent to the governor’s desk after passing the Utah House on Feb. 10 and clearing the Senate on Feb. 27. The bill defines “proposition betting” as gambling. Proposition bets are wagers on individual events within a game, such as how a specific athlete performs or whether a team reaches a certain statistic, rather than the final outcome of the game itself. The goal of the legislation is to prevent companies from offering sports-related prediction or prop betting in Utah, including through platforms that label themselves as prediction markets rather than sportsboo...

South Korea's move to suspend Bithumb over AML failures turns a local compliance case into a market-structure story. Enforcement against the country's second-largest exchange threatens to reroute retail flows, deepen venue concentration, and degrade one of crypto's most-watched regional pricing signals: the kimchi premium. Compliance case hits market plumbing The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit sent […] The post Why Bitcoin’s kimchi premium is on life support after South Korea targets crypto exchange appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Meanwhile, the two top gainers from the largest 100 alts today are HYPE and SKY.

[PRESS RELEASE – Victoria, Seychelles, March 12th, 2026] BYDFi announced the integration of its perpetual futures market data into TradingView, enabling traders to access real-time pricing and crypto market signals directly within TradingView charts. The integration supports more efficient workflows by bringing BYDFi derivatives data into a familiar charting environment used by traders worldwide for […]

Ethereum Scarcity Index Hits 0.67 on Binance Near $2,050 The post Ethereum Scarcity Index Turns Positive as ETH USD Pushed Back Above $2,000 appeared first on Cryptonews.

[PRESS RELEASE – Zurich/Johannesburg, Switzerland/South Africa, March 12th, 2026] Wyden, the global leader in institutional digital asset trading technology, today announced the integration of VALR, the largest crypto exchange in Africa by trade volume, into its market-wide network of liquidity connectors. The partnership marks a significant milestone in Wyden’s strategic growth in South Africa. Through […]

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, March 11th, 2026] FinCEN-registered platform enables seamless connection between Web3 wallets and compliant USD accounts, providing global users with instant access to fiat financial services. EvoCash has officially launched its Web3 financial services platform, offering a Web3 wallet-to-USD account bridge that connects cryptocurrency wallets directly to compliant USD accounts. Registered […]

The spot Ripple (XRP) ETFs have seen several consecutive days of outflows.

Bonk.fun Website Hijacked, Draining User Funds The post Bonk Fun Website Hijacked: Live Exploit Is Draining User Funds appeared first on Cryptonews.

PI has become one of the trendiest tokens today on CoinGecko, but its price has not benefited from the big announcement.