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Cointelegraph.com - 06:17 Mar 09, 2026
Researchers found that some workers using AI in their roles reported a “mental hangover” with a “fog” that caused difficulty focusing. Excessive use and oversight of artificial intelligence tools in the workplace may cause “AI brain fry,” according to researchers from Boston Consulting Group and the University of California. Workers who are using AI tools report that the technology is “intensifying rather than simplifying work,” researchers wrote in the Harvard Business Review on Friday. A study of nearly 1,500 full-time US workers found 14% said they had experienced “mental fatigue that results from excessive use of, interaction with, and/or oversight of AI tools beyond one’s cognitive capacity,” or what the researchers called “AI brain fry.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 23:33 Mar 08, 2026
Bitcoin’s price has now fallen over four consecutive days to $66,272 after initially climbing on the US-Israel strikes on Iran. Bitcoin fell nearly 2% in just 15 minutes on Sunday while oil prices rose almost 20% as the escalating Middle East conflict prompted fears of a major supply shortage in the global energy market. Data from decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid shows oil prices rose from $95 to $113.7 per barrel shortly after US futures markets opened, as Iraq warned that roughly 3 million barrels per day of production could be disrupted due to Iranian threats against tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. It’s the highest price oil has reached since April 2022, a few weeks after Russia commenced its invasion of Ukraine, TradingView data shows. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:31 Mar 08, 2026
Strategy's Bitcoin treasury is valued at over $48.4 billion at the time of this writing, but with a net asset value of less than 1, it's trading at a discount. Michael Saylor, the co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company Strategy, indicated on Sunday that the firm is buying more BTC, as the price hovers near the $66,000 level. “The Second Century Begins,” Saylor said on X, as he shared the Strategy BTC accumulation chart that has become synonymous with impending BTC purchases. Strategy’s most recent BTC purchase occurred during the last week of February, when the company bought 3,015 BTC for more than $204 million, bringing its total holdings to 720,737 BTC, valued at about $48.1 billion using market prices at the time of publication. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:33 Mar 08, 2026
The Pix payment system is credited with driving crypto adoption in Argentina, according to a report from the Lemon crypto application. Banco Central do Brasil said on Friday that it expanded its Pix digital payments system to allow Brazilians living in Argentina to access the service to pay for goods, services and send payments in both countries. The central bank’s instant payments platform is accepted by major crypto platforms and service providers operating in Brazil for fiat onramping, including the Lemon crypto application, Binance Pay, Crypto.Com, the Mercado Bitcoin exchange and the Kraken crypto exchange. Argentina ranks as the number one country for crypto adoption per capita in LATAM, while Brazil ranks as number one in terms of total crypto value received, according to Lemon’s State of the Crypto Industry in Latin America 2025 report. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:14 Mar 08, 2026
"Sinners" star Jordan's odds of winning the Best Actor honors at next week's Academy Awards were only 10% on March 1, hours before he won SAG's top male actor award. Actor Michael B. Jordan overtook Timothée Chalamet on prediction market platform Polymarket as most likely to win “Best Actor” at the 2026 Oscars awards show, with his odds rising by over 4x since March 1. Last week, the “Sinners” star won the best actor award at the Actor Awards, formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, or SAG. A week out from the Academy Awards, Polymarket traders place Jordan’s odds of winning the award at about 47%, while Chalamet is a close second at 45%, Leonardo DiCaprio is at 5%, Wagner Moura has 4% odds and Ethan Hawke has only 1% odds. Chalamet was in the lead until Saturday. Jordan was nominated for an Oscar for his role as twin brothers Smoke and Stack Moore in the 2025 vampire horror film “Sinners.” Chalamet was nominated for his role in “Marty Supreme,” a fictional drama film about a table tennis player. Re... -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:20 Mar 08, 2026
Bitcoin price weakness brought back the risk of cementing its 200-week exponential moving average trend line as new resistance. Bitcoin (BTC) threatened to cement new resistance into Sunday’s weekly close as traders focused on oil and gold. Key points: Bitcoin risks reinforcing its 200-week exponential moving average as new resistance this week. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:25 Mar 08, 2026
Lyn Alden explains why Bitcoin will outperform gold in the coming two or three years, FBI cracks down on major crypto crime: Hodler’s Digest -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:01 Mar 08, 2026
Researchers say the experimental AI agent ROME attempted unauthorized cryptocurrency mining during training after diverting GPU resources and opening an SSH tunnel. A research team behind an autonomous AI agent said that the model unexpectedly attempted to use computing resources for crypto mining during training. In a recent technical report, researchers said ROME, an experimental autonomous AI system designed to complete tasks through interaction with tools, software environments and terminal commands, went rogue and attempted crypto mining on its own. According to the report, the unusual behavior surfaced during reinforcement learning runs, when the team noticed security alerts triggered by outbound traffic from training servers. Firewall logs flagged activity resembling crypto mining operations and attempts to access internal network resources. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:08 Mar 08, 2026
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their second consecutive week of net inflows, ending a five-month outflow streak. US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded their second consecutive week of net inflows, marking the first back-to-back weekly gains in five months. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs attracted roughly $568.45 million in net inflows this week, according to data from SoSoValue. The products also posted positive flows of about $787.31 million the previous week, showing renewed investor appetite after several weeks of sustained outflows. Before the recent turnaround, US spot Bitcoin ETFs endured a prolonged period of investor withdrawals, recording roughly $3.8 billion in cumulative outflows over a five-week streak. The biggest weekly withdrawal during the streak occurred in the week ending Jan. 30, when spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $1.49 billion in net outflows. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:13 Mar 08, 2026
A US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Binance, Changpeng Zhao and Binance.US of helping terrorist groups move crypto funds. Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said centralized crypto exchanges have “zero motive” to assist terrorists after a US court dismissed a lawsuit accusing the exchange of facilitating terrorist financing. In a post on X, Zhao argued that the economics of crypto trading make such activity illogical for exchanges. “There are absolutely zero (0) motive for any CEX to have anything to do with terrorists,” Zhao wrote, adding that such actors are unlikely to generate trading revenue and may only deposit funds briefly before withdrawing them. The comments followed a ruling by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York that dismissed claims brought by hundreds of victims and relatives of victims of terrorist attacks. The lawsuit alleged that Binance, Zhao and Binance.US operator BAM Trading Services helped terrorist groups move funds through cryptocurrency transact... -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:08 Mar 08, 2026
US lawmakers said any ban on issuing a US CBDC must “be permanent,” warning that creating one would be “inherently anti-American.” A group of US lawmakers is uniting to prevent the US central bank from ever issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), warning that proposed legislation only delays it until 2031. “We write to you to express the dire need to prohibit a Central Bank Digital Currency from ever happening in the United States,” US Congressman Michael Cloud wrote in a letter on Friday addressed to House Speaker Mike Johnson and US Senate majority leader John Thune, joined by 28 other members of Congress in support. It follows a proposed amendment to the Federal Reserve Act that would bar the US central bank from issuing a CBDC until 2031. The amendment is part of the 300-page “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act” (HR 6644), which was released on Monday by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 04:55 Mar 08, 2026
On-chain analyst Willy Woo said Bitcoin’s current price range likely hasn’t bottomed yet, warning that the market could see further downside before a true cycle low forms. Bitcoin could experience a short-term rally that catches investors off guard before the broader downtrend resumes, according to on-chain analyst Willy Woo. “Bull trap forming,” Woo said in an X post on Saturday, referring to a fake breakout suggesting that the market is entering a sustained uptrend. He added that it may last “out to [the] end of April.” Woo said his outlook is based on liquidity conditions rather than price levels. “If capital comes back in force with the right type of long-term investors, then I'll happily change my views,” Woo said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:05 Mar 07, 2026
Crypto investor sentiment has been in freefall ever since the October 2025 market crash that kicked off a sustained downturn in digital assets. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index, one of the most widely used gauges of crypto investor sentiment, has fallen back down to “extreme fear” levels after briefly recovering on Wednesday. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index is at 18 at the time of this writing, down from the 20 recorded on Friday, according to CoinMarketCap. 20 signals “fear,” an atmosphere of caution among investors, but an improvement over rock-bottom market sentiment. Sentiment briefly spiked to 25 on Wednesday, but contracted as geopolitical tensions between the US, Israel and Iran continue to erode risk appetite and increase macroeconomic uncertainty among market participants. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:58 Mar 07, 2026
The Treasury's report to the US Congress was commissioned as part of directives under the GENIUS stablecoin regulatory framework. The United States Treasury Department acknowledged the legitimate use of mixers, which obfuscate crypto transfers to preserve user privacy, in its report to Congress on “Innovative Technologies to Counter Illicit Finance Involving Digital Assets.” “As consumers increase their use of digital assets for payments, individuals may want to use mixers to maintain more privacy in their consumer spending habits,” the report said. The Treasury report continued: However, the report also noted the dangers of “darknet” or non-custodial, decentralized mixers. The Treasury said that non-custodial mixers are used for money laundering or shifting illicit funds by cybercriminals, including North Korea-linked hackers. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:04 Mar 07, 2026
The plaintiffs characterized the death carveout in a prediction market for the former Iranian Supreme Leader's ouster as "deceptive." A class action lawsuit has been filed against prediction market Kalshi, alleging that the death carveout in the “Ali Khamenei out as Supreme Leader” market was not properly disclosed to users and that the platform failed to pay out winning trades. The plaintiffs said that the death carveout policy was “not incorporated into the user-facing rules summary,” and was not displayed in a way that would notify a “reasonable consumer” of the policy or its effects. “Defendants, themselves, later acknowledged that their prior disclosures were ‘grammatically ambiguous,’” the lawsuit filing said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:30 Mar 07, 2026
Strategy may raise $300 million via STRC sales, potentially giving Michael Saylor enough proceeds to continue buying Bitcoin throughout 2026. Michael Saylor’s Strategy may purchase more Bitcoin (BTC) in the coming weeks through the proceeds from its STRC stock sales. Key takeaways: Strategy’s STRC preferred stock has become a yield-based funding tool for its Bitcoin purchases. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:01 Mar 07, 2026
Lawmakers are pushing new regulation for prediction markets after suspiciously timed Polymarket bets on US and Israeli strikes on Iran raised insider-trading concerns. Prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket are reportedly exploring new fundraising rounds that could value the companies at around $20 billion each, roughly double their most recent valuations. Both platforms have held preliminary discussions with potential investors about raising fresh capital at the elevated valuation, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The report noted that the negotiations remain at an early stage and may not result in deals or secure the targeted valuation. Kalshi currently operates in the United States and offers markets allowing users to wager on outcomes tied to sports, politics, the economy and cultural events. The company was last valued at about $11 billion in December when it raised $1 billion from investors including Paradigm and Sequoia Capital. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:47 Mar 07, 2026
Stablecoin monthly transaction volume reached a record $1.8 trillion in February, as USDC surprised analysts with 70% of the total volume. Stablecoins have hit an all-time high in monthly transaction volume, as Circle’s USDC (USDC) flipped Tether’s USDt (USDT), new data shows. Key takeaways: Stablecoin monthly transaction volume reached a record $1.8 trillion in February. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:36 Mar 07, 2026
xAI’s Grok drew massive attention on X after delivering profanity-filled roasts of Elon Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu and Keir Starmer following user prompts. xAI’s chatbot Grok has sparked widespread buzz on X after delivering a series of explicit roasts targeting high-profile figures like Elon Musk, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The exchanges began after users prompted Grok to produce “extremely vulgar” roasts of political leaders and public figures. The chatbot responded with profanity-filled insults directed at several well-known individuals. “Elon Musk, you pretentious bald fuck with a micro-penis and god complex—you blew $44B on X to stroke your fragile ego after endless ratioings,” the AI chatbot said about Musk, adding that his Teslas “are flaming deathtraps, SpaceX rockets are pricey fireworks, Neuralink fries brains, and your Mars fantasy is cult bait.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:58 Mar 07, 2026
SB 314 expands Florida’s money services law to cover stablecoins, requiring issuer compliance with existing regulations while banning unlicensed issuance. Florida lawmakers have approved a state-level framework regulating payment stablecoins, moving the legislation to Governor Ron DeSantis’ desk for final approval. In a Friday post on X, Samuel Armes, founder of the Florida Blockchain Business Association, revealed that Senate Bill 314 has cleared the Florida Senate unanimously. The measure is set to become law once signed by DeSantis, which Armes expects within the next month. “It has now passed the Senate and the House, and will be signed by DeSantis within the next 30 days!” he wrote on X. Read more
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