Congress has only weeks left to convince banks on crypto CLARITY Act or risk losing it to midterms
The President-backed effort to set broader rules for US crypto markets is nearing a political deadline in Congress as banks press lawmakers and regulators to block stablecoin companies from offering rewards that resemble interest on deposits. The fight has become one
Bitcoin’s power-law model faces its biggest test yet as ETF flows challenge the curve
Bitcoin’s power law enters a 2026 stress test as Giovanni’s new chart shifts the debate from price targets to regime signals Bitcoin Power Law chart creator Giovanni Santostasi has added a new layer to one of crypto’s most durable valuation models. The
The CFTC is cracking down on the growing insider problem in prediction markets
On Mar. 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a staff advisory telling exchanges to tighten surveillance on event contracts. Simultaneously, the regulator opened a 45-day rulemaking process that asks pointed questions about inside information, manipulation, and whether some markets
Bitcoin price jumped over $71k – but most of the rally isn’t coming from real buyers
Bitcoin entered the weekend hovering near $71,000, well off the previous week's spike above $74,000, but far below the highs it touched at the beginning of the year. On price alone, the market looks pretty composed. However, underneath, its structure looks
Coinbase’s $70B Bitcoin move made it look like investors were selling — but no one actually did
Some of Bitcoin’s most trusted bottom signals rest on the simple assumption that when old coins move, something meaningful has changed. Traders and analysts often interpret that as renewed selling, fresh distribution, or signs that the market hasn't bottomed. That logic
Why Binance suddenly isn’t afraid of negative press anymore
Binance suing the Wall Street Journal is not a new kind of signal, as the exchange has fought what it considered hostile coverage before. However, this time the market may read the move differently. In earlier cycles, a Binance-versus-media clash fit neatly
Bitcoin price faces a crucial weekend test as US growth collapses to 0.7% while inflation stays stubborn
On Mar. 13, the US economy delivered a data dump that landed somewhere between uncomfortable and alarming. The GDP for the 2025 fourth quarter was revised down to 0.7% from an initial estimate of 1.4%, following 4.4% growth in the third
Washington prepares $175B break for big banks — weakening protections against financial crisis
Washington is getting ready to potentially make life easier for the biggest US banks. That can sound pretty abstract if you don't strip it down to the mechanics. Regulators decide how much capital banks must keep to absorb losses and how
Tether’s stablecoin supremacy under threat as USDC closes the gap after market cap explosion
A quiet shift is underway in the stablecoin hierarchy. While Tether’s USDT still dominates the digital dollar market, the gap between the two largest issuers is narrowing as USDC steadily expands its footprint and Tether’s growth shows signs of softening. Additionally,
The latest US inflation report looked like good news — next week may change that
February’s CPI report gave markets a reason to relax. Inflation looked soft enough to keep hopes for rate cuts alive, with consumer prices up 0.3% on the month and 2.4% from a year earlier, while core CPI rose 0.2% in
Bitcoin surges over $72k to outperform gold and stocks since Iran strikes, but one brutal sell wall is looming
Bitcoin has outperformed gold, silver, and major US equity indexes since the US-Israeli attack on Iran began, recovering to over $72,000 even as oil surged above $100 a barrel and traders cut expectations for near-term Federal Reserve easing. According to CryptoSlate
BlackRock’s new product just made Ethereum income impossible to ignore
BlackRock's new staked Ethereum ETF (ETHB) is easy to misunderstand. This is not the first time ETH staking has finally reached exchange-traded products, as Grayscale has already crossed that bridge. What's interesting about the launch is that BlackRock is now standardizing
The Fed is readying to punish banks for holding Bitcoin as US crypto tensions boil over
The next big Bitcoin policy fight may have nothing to do with ETFs or government legislation, but with a dry Federal Reserve capital proposal that most investors will never read. The landscape is simple: will big banks continue to treat Bitcoin
Crypto holders in France are being violently targeted again — and it’s no longer just insiders
A French couple held at knifepoint in their home near Versailles and forced to transfer roughly €900,000 in Bitcoin would normally read like a rare, tragic story. But in France, it now fits a pattern serious enough to rattle the industry,
Miss this warning and you too could lose 99.9% in one swap while Ethereum bots walk away with the rest
A crypto trader lost over $50 million in Aave-wrapped USDT on March 12 after sending a single large order through the DeFi lending protocol's swap interface and clearing a slippage warning on a mobile device. Data from Etherscan shows the wallet
US gets first new oil refinery in 50 years but it will come too late for Bitcoin
President Donald Trump's announcement of the first major new US oil refinery in nearly 50 years arrives as gasoline prices have become a political problem and energy has turned inflationary again. The Brownsville project is being pitched as an industrial revival
White House admits Iran war burned equivalent of half the US Bitcoin reserve in 6 Days
The United States spent in the first six days of its war with Iran an amount equal to nearly half the current market value of the Bitcoin held by the federal government. The administration told lawmakers this week that the war
AI is now “stealing” thousands of jobs a month from humans – but is it as bad as we all feared?
AI pressure points in tech labor are real, and Bitcoin will feel them through macro, not mystique After years of claims that AI will cause chaos in the labor market, sentiment seems to be at an all-time low around AI layoffs,