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The Kansas City Fed may term this "Tier 3" access, but Kraken's entry into the vaunted Fed payments system has riled bankers and raised crypto hopes.

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Bitcoin has again failed to hold $71,500, reinforcing the level as a long-term ceiling while global markets shift into a risk-off environment driven by rising oil prices and higher bond yields. The latest rejection came after Bitcoin briefly rose past $73,000, then lost momentum and fell back below $71,500. The move extends a pattern that […] The post Bitcoin fails again at $71,500 as weakening momentum raises risk of a deeper pullback appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A New York federal court barred the crypto trading firm from moving bitcoin tied to Dominion Capital, citing suspended withdrawals and insolvency concerns.

Can ETH make a decisive comeback, or will the bears intercept the move?

Analysts say past periods of deeply negative funding rates on Binance have often been followed by corrective rallies.

The crypto altcoin market is in turmoil as investor sentiment plummets and digital asset prices fail to recover from the October 2025 crash. An estimated 38% of altcoins are now hovering near all-time lows, which is worse than the post-FTX market crash, according to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost. The current market is “unfavorable” for risk-on assets, and the crypto markets are the first to absorb this risk-off posturing, he said, adding: Examples of altcoins, cryptocurrency that typically serves as an alternative to Bitcoin (BTC), include Cardano’s ADA (ADA), which is hovering at about $0.10 above its all-time low of $0.17. Polkadot (DOT) reached an all-time low of $1.13 in February, but is now up 33% from there, and Polygon (POL) is trading at about $0.02 off its all-time low of $0.08.  Read more

ZeroHash wants OCC trust bank status for crypto custody—and Revolut is gunning for a full U.S. banking license.

The Bitcoin miner and data center operator said the financing will support infrastructure tied to high-density computing workloads, including artificial intelligence and HPC. Bitcoin mining and data center company Core Scientific has closed a $500 million loan facility with Morgan Stanley, with the option to expand the financing to as much as $1 billion. According to a company announcement on Thursday, the financing may be used for general corporate purposes tied to building and expanding data center assets, including equipment purchases, real estate acquisition and securing additional power agreements. The company operates large-scale data centers in several US states, including Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, hosting both Bitcoin (BTC) mining equipment and other high-density computing workloads. Read more

John “Lick” Daghita was arrested in a joint FBI-France operation after allegations he siphoned tens of millions of dollars in crypto from government seizure wallets managed by his father’s company.

Israel’s Finance Ministry has put a weekly price tag on the country’s widening war with Iran, estimating that the economy could take a hit of more than 9 billion shekels (equivalent to $2.93 billion) a week if emergency limits on activity remain in place. The estimate links the economic toll to the Home Front Command’s […] The post Israel’s Iran war will soon cost the equivalent of 41,300 Bitcoin every week appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Unleveraged buyers and ETF inflows pushed Bitcoin higher even as geopolitical uncertainty rattled global markets.

Russia, Iran and North Korea expanded their use of stablecoins, hacked funds and state-linked exchanges to move more than $100 billion onchain to evade international sanctions.

The cash flow generated will support the bitcoin miner's expansion into AI and high-performance computing data centers.

Brick-and-mortar retail payments in Swiss Spar stores are enabled through the Cardano blockchain’s integration with DFX.swiss.

BitGo will support the rollout of US dollar-pegged stablecoin SoFiUSD, as US fintechs and banks expand digital dollar infrastructure following new federal legislation. SoFi Technologies has selected digital asset custodian BitGo to support the rollout of its bank-issued stablecoin, the latest sign of growing momentum around federally regulated stablecoins for payments and settlements. Under the partnership, BitGo will provide stablecoin infrastructure services for SoFiUSD, a US dollar-pegged token issued by SoFi Bank, a nationally chartered and insured depository institution, the companies disclosed Thursday.  The arrangement will run through BitGo’s “stablecoin-as-a-service” platform, which will support the issuance of SoFiUSD and help connect the token with payment providers, market participants and cryptocurrency exchanges. Read more

Prediction market traders are becoming more bullish on Bitcoin's near-term price, but they're not as confident on Ethereum.

FBI director Kash Patel posted a photo a handcuffed John Daghita, as well as one of seized items including cash, thumb drives, a phone and devices resembling hardware wallets. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that it had made an arrest related to the theft of more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from the US Marshals Service. In a Thursday X post, FBI Director Kash Patel said that the bureau had arrested John Daghita, the son of Command Services & Support (CMDSS) president Dean Daghita, after he allegedly gained unauthorized access to wallets managed under the federal asset protection program. Patel said the arrest was carried out by the “French Gendarmerie’s premier elite tactical unit” with the FBI on the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean. Patel’s social media post with a photo of a handcuffed Daghita, also included a photo of a suitcase containing cash, several thumb drives, a phone and three devices resembling Trezor hardware wallets. The FBI director did not disclose whether...

[PRESS RELEASE – LODZ, Poland, March 5th, 2026] BTCC, the world’s longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange, today announced that its recently launched TradFi product has surpassed $200 million in cumulative trading volume since going live on February 10, 2026. To celebrate this milestone, BTCC is introducing a zero-fee trading campaign for the XAU and XAG pairs, where […]

John Daghita was publicly accused of the crime by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT in January.