U.S. banking regulators have drawn a clearer line around one of the biggest questions in tokenized finance: does putting a security on blockchain automatically make it harder for banks to hold? For now, the answer looks like no. In fresh guidance released this week, the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the OCC said the U.S. … Read more
The crypto market has no shortage of narratives this month, but one date is still sitting above the rest: March 18. That is when the Federal Reserve will publish its next rate decision after the March 17–18 FOMC meeting, followed by Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference. For crypto traders, this is not really about whether … Read more
Published: March 6, 2026 If you’ve ever looked at a prediction market and thought, “This is just options with better packaging,” Nasdaq is basically agreeing — in public, on paper, to the SEC. Nasdaq MRX has filed a rule change asking for approval to list what it calls Outcome-Related Options (OROs) on the Nasdaq-100 (NDX) … Read more
Ray Dalio has never been subtle about where he stands: gold is the hedge, and bitcoin isn’t a replacement. In a recent appearance on the All-In podcast, Dalio again argued that gold is the “safe money” asset while bitcoin trades more like a risk asset — and he questioned whether central banks will ever treat … Read more
Story Highlights In the recent downtrend, as crypto assets struggle amid war tensions, Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum Co-Founder, has sparked a fresh debate about the future direction of Ethereum after sharing two major concerns that have dominated discussions within the crypto community over the past year. In a detailed social media post, Buterin explained that many … Read more
Crypto didn’t rally this week in isolation. One of the quieter catalysts may have come from Seoul. South Korea’s equity market suffered a brutal, record-setting selloff, and when that kind of local risk trade snaps, money doesn’t always go straight to cash. Sometimes it looks for the next liquid outlet. On Wednesday, the tech-heavy KOSPI … Read more
Bitcoin is back above the $72,000 mark, and this latest move is being supported by a factor the market still watches closely: steady ETF demand. Recent U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF flows remained positive, with another $155 million in net inflows reported for Wednesday, extending a roughly two-week run of net buying. At the same time, … Read more
Source | March 4, 2026 Summary PARIS, March 3 (Reuters) – Outflows from Iranian crypto exchanges spiked in the hours after the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday, two blockchain analytics companies said, although researchers added it was not possible to be certain what was behind the moves. Funds leaving Iranian crypto exchanges jumped sharply … Read more
Source | 03/04/2026 Source: altfins.com At $71,800 and up 12% in a week, Bitcoin is defying geopolitical headwinds. The world’s geopolitical map looks messier than it has in decades. Trade wars are reigniting, monetary systems are being stress-tested, and trust in traditional financial institutions is eroding. And yet, Bitcoin is up 12% this week. 1. Is … Read more
Source | MARCH 2, 2026 QUICK TAKE Global crypto investment products issued by asset managers like BlackRock, Grayscale, Bitwise, and Fidelity pulled in $1 billion in weekly net inflows, breaking a five-week stretch that saw roughly $4 billion exit the asset class, according to CoinShares’ latest weekly report. The shift marks a notable turn after … Read more
