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Bitcoin crossed back above $70,000 on Monday as traders responded to signals that the US military campaign against Iran might be winding down — pushing the broader crypto market up 3% in 24 hours before a fresh round of war rhetoric from US President Donald Trump complicated the picture.

The gains were tied directly to comments Trump made in a CBS News phone interview, where he suggested Iran had been so thoroughly struck that little remained of its military capability.

Oil prices plunged on the news, dropping from a four-year high of $118 a barrel down to roughly $85 — a 25% slide that eased inflation fears and nudged investors back toward riskier assets like crypto.

Relief Rally Or Just Noise?

Analysts were quick to pump the brakes. Industry observers said the headline comments were hard to take at face value, noting that other members of Trump’s cabinet had described the conflict as still in its opening phase, with US military assets still active in the region.

Crypto would keep tracking other risk assets in the near term, with oil — not any crypto-specific narrative — still calling the shots on macro sentiment.

Market observers said that while the conflict was unlikely to be resolved soon, tradable bounces were possible, and Bitcoin could outperform as a potential store of value during periods of prolonged uncertainty.

Will A Ceasefire Lift Crypto Price?

Others offered a similar read. A genuine ceasefire, they said, could spark a strong rally in digital assets — driven by falling energy prices, reduced inflation pressure, and renewed appetite for risk.

But caution prevailed. Doubts persisted amid mixed signals, with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard publicly dismissing Trump’s remarks as “nonsense” and insisting Tehran, not Washington, would decide when fighting stops.

Trump’s Own Words Muddy The Outlook

The uncertainty deepened when Trump posted on Truth Social hours after the CBS interview, threatening that Iran would be struck “20 times harder” if it moved to block oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz.

At a Republican fundraising event in Florida the same day, he told supporters: “We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough.”

Reports indicate US forces have struck more than 3,000 Iranian targets since operations began. That backdrop — ongoing military activity, contradictory presidential statements, and an adversary refusing to acknowledge defeat — leaves crypto in a holding pattern.

The 3% gain looks more like a reaction to a headline than the start of a sustained move. Until the geopolitical picture clarifies, digital assets appear content to follow oil’s lead rather than forge a path of their own.

Featured image from Mudrex, chart from TradingView

На живущую во Франции супружескую пару напали преступники, переодетые полицейскими. Пострадавшие были вынуждены отдать биткоины на 900 000 евро (около $1 млн).

Speaking at the Economic Club of New York on March 9, Patrick Witt, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, said there is “some bipartisan support” for legislation to codify the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, even if the timing may slip beyond the current Congress.

President Donald Trump signed the executive order creating the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve on March 6, 2025. The order directed the Treasury to set up an office to control the reserve, capitalize it with forfeited bitcoin already held by the government, and keep BTC in the reserve from being sold. It also authorized Treasury and Commerce to develop “budget neutral” strategies for acquiring additional bitcoin without imposing incremental costs on taxpayers.

Bipartisan Support Builds For US Bitcoin Reserve

The order also came with concrete deadlines. Agencies had 30 days, until April 5, 2025, to review whether they could transfer government-held BTC into the reserve and to provide a full accounting of digital assets in their possession. Treasury then had 60 days, until May 5, 2025, to deliver a legal and investment evaluation on how the reserve should be established and managed, including whether further legislation would be needed.

The most substantive official update arrived on July 30, 2025, when the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets said the Treasury had already delivered those considerations to the White House under Section 3(e) of the order and would keep coordinating on “appropriate next steps” to operationalize the reserve. The White House was still publicly describing the reserve as an established policy as recently as January 20, 2026.

One important caveat remains: those deadlines produced internal reporting, not a public accounting of the reserve. In other words, agencies were required to report what they held, and Treasury was required to report back to the White House, but the administration has still not publicly disclosed how many BTC are actually in the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. For the public, that leaves a crucial piece of the story unresolved: the reserve exists on paper and as executive policy, but its confirmed size remains unknown.

That leaves the current status fairly clear, even if not fully transparent. The reserve exists as executive branch policy. The deadlines in the order have long since passed. The Treasury has formally reported back. But a fuller statutory framework still appears to be the next step if the administration wants the reserve locked in beyond executive action alone.

Witt’s remarks are notable because they point to exactly that next stage. “There is also a push to advance other legislation to codify the strategic Bitcoin reserve,” he said. “Whether or not we’re able to get to those in this Congress, there is some bipartisan support for those. So, into the next Congress, a lot of those bills can be marked up potentially in advance and then be taken up in a future either individual vote on those or potentially in a must pass like an NDAA for example.”

At press time, Bitcoin traded at $69,894.

Автор книги о личных финансах Роберт Кийосаки (Robert Kiyosaki) назвал компанию, которая первой обанкротится из-за надвигающегося, по мнению писателя, экономического кризиса.

Despite its disappointing performance over the last bull run, Ethereum has remained a top choice for investors across the crypto sector. Its position as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap makes it one of the first stops for new and old investors. But with the price still trading well below its previous all-time high, the question remains as to whether this is a good time to actually buy Ethereum, and if there will be great returns by the end of the year.

Can Ethereum Cross $3,000 This Year?

The machine learning algorithm at the CoinCodex website gives a breakdown of where the Ethereum price could be each month of the year, taking certain factors into account. Going by the predictions on the website, it seems that the year 2026 is expected to be a rather bullish one for Ethereum. It also answers the question of whether ETH’s price could break $3,000 again this year.

One interesting thing of note is that the predictions show that each month will finish higher than the current price. Besides the month of March, there is no other month in 2026 where the algorithm predicts that the Ethereum price will fall below $2,000 again. Instead, the predictions show possible double-digit increases for the digital asset.

As for when the price could cross $3,000, it suggests that this could happen sometime in May, which is two months from now. After that, the price is expected to fall below $3,000 again, trending around this level till the end of the month.

Taking into account that the highest level for the year is expected to be around $3,673, it would mean an approximately 90% gain on the price if bought from current levels. If holding through to the end of the year, the highest level in December 2026 is expected to reach $2,477. This would mean a 28% return on investment.

Going by the prediction, March would be the best time to get into Ethereum at the lowest prices in 2026. Then the best time to sell would be in May when the price is expected to hit its peak. From June to the end of the year, the price is expected to then trade in a fairly tight range.

Команда разработчиков криптовалюты Zcash, покинувшая компанию Electric Coin Company (ECC) в январе, сообщила о привлечении более $25 млн на развитие приватного кошелька Zodl. В числе инвесторов названы Coinbase Ventures и a16z Crypto.

Финансовая разведка Республики Корея (FIU) направила занимающей второе место по объему торгов в стране криптобирже Bithumb уведомление о приостановке операций на срок до полугода.

Прокуратура США потребовала повторный судебный процесс над сооснователем криптовалютного миксера Tornado Cash Романом Штормом. Ведомство рассчитывает осудить разработчика по обвинению в отмывании денег и нарушении режима санкций.

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has continued its accumulation push with a fresh acquisition involving 17,994 tokens of the cryptocurrency.

Strategy Has Expanded Bitcoin Reserve With New $1.28 Billion Buy

In a new post on X, Strategy chairman Michael Saylor has shared details related to the latest routine Monday Bitcoin acquisition completed by the company. This buy was on the larger side, including a sum of 17,994 BTC. Strategy had to spend an average of $70,946 per token or $1.28 billion in total to assemble this stack.

In 2026 so far, the firm has made only one purchase that has been larger: the 22,305 BTC acquisition from January (worth $2.12 billion at the time). Following this new large addition, Strategy’s holdings have grown to 738,731 BTC, equivalent to nearly 3.7% of all tokens in circulation.

According to the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the purchase was funded using sales of the company’s STRC and MSTR at-the-market (ATM) stock offerings.

Overall, this was the 102nd Bitcoin buy made by Strategy. In total, the treasury company has invested $56.04 billion into the cryptocurrency with these acquisitions.

These massive holdings are currently underwater, however, as the firm’s cost basis sits at $75,862 BTC, putting Strategy’s reserve in about 9% unrealized loss at the current spot price. Despite the underwater status, though, the company has continued to make purchases recently, solidifying its position as the largest public holder of Bitcoin, as the table from BitcoinTreasuries.net shows.

While accumulation from other digital asset treasury companies has fallen off after the bearish shift that the cryptocurrency sector has faced since the last quarter of 2025, another company besides Strategy has also continued to make regular purchases: Bitmine.

Bitmine is the largest Ethereum treasury and only second behind Strategy in overall public digital asset holders ranking. The company’s market standing is despite the fact that it only adopted its ETH treasury strategy in mid-2025.

Recently, the firm has been making regular Monday purchase announcements just like Strategy. According to the latest press release, Bitmine acquired 60,976 ETH over the past week, which is higher than 40,000 to 50,000 ETH average that the company has been hovering around lately. “As the adage goes, nobody ‘rings the bell at the bottom’ and therefore Bitmine’s strategy is to now slightly increase its pace of ETH accumulation,” noted Tom Lee, the company’s chairman.

Following the latest accumulation spree, Bitmine’s holdings have grown to 4,534,563 ETH, which represents a network supply share of 3.76%. The company has set a target of 5% of the Ethereum supply, so at this figure, it is already more than 75% of the way through.

BTC Price

Bitcoin dropped under $66,000 on Sunday, but the asset has since bounced back a bit as it’s now floating around $68,600.

Крипторынок перешел в фазу стабилизации, однако для полноценного возвращения бычьего ралли биткоину необходим приток нового капитала. К такому выводу пришли аналитики ончейн-платформы Glassnode.

Затяжной конфликт между США и Ираном способен привести к росту курса биткоина. Такое мнение высказал руководитель консалтинговой компании по вопросам биткоина Risk Dimensions и бывший топ-менеджер Credit Suisse Марк Коннорс (Mark Connors). По его словам, военные расходы увеличивают бюджетный дефицит, расширяют ликвидность и оказывают давление на доллар.

Сооснователь криптобиржи BitMEX и инвестор Артур Хейс (Arthur Hayes) назвал децентрализованную платформу Hyperliquid лидером криптоиндустрии по доходности, если не учитывать эмитентов стейблкоинов.

US banks may need regulatory clarity more than the crypto industry, a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chief said, arguing they risk falling behind the rest of the world.

Regulatory Uncertainty Could Leave US Banks Behind

On Sunday, Chris Giancarlo, former chairman of the CFTC, discussed the significant policy reversal under the Trump administration that has been driving crypto innovation in the US, including the highly anticipated market structure bill.

In an interview for Scott Melker’s The Wolf Of All Streets podcast, the ex-CFTC chief affirmed that landmark stablecoin legislation enacted last July, the GENIUS Act, was “the appetizer” for crypto regulation, while the market structure bill, also known as the CLARITY Act, represents the main dish but has become the “hard part.”

For context, the CLARITY Act has been stalled for nearly two months after the Senate Banking Committee published its bill draft in mid-January. Multiple policies, including key restrictions for stablecoin issuers, were criticized by crypto leaders, leading to a prolonged fight between banks and the digital assets industry.

Giancarlo affirmed that banks need regulatory clarity more than the crypto industry, arguing that they will be hesitant to invest in new technology without clear rules, and their systems will be superseded.

The banks, however, can’t afford regulatory uncertainty. Their general counselors are telling their boards, you can’t invest billions of dollars in this (…) unless you’ve got regulatory certainty. (…) The banks need this clarity because they need to build this. They need to be in the forefront, not in the rear guard of this innovation.

On the contrary, the crypto industry will continue to build and innovate in other jurisdictions. “They are risk-takers. They’re going to build it here, or they’re going to build it abroad,” the former CFTC chairman asserted.

If the CLARITY Act isn’t passed, Giancarlo believes the leaders of financial regulatory agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and CFTC, will likely establish the necessary rules to oversee the sector.

“They won’t have the support of legislation that makes it work forever or at least into the next presidential cycle, but it’ll make it work for now. Now, does that give the industry the certainty they want? No. And who needs that certainty more than the banks? Crypto doesn’t need it. They were building even under the whip hand of Gary Gensler,” he added.

Are The Odds In Crypto Regulation’s Favor?

Giancarlo emphasized that the digital assets legislation has become a political issue, with Republicans opposing Democrats, and traditional finance (TradFi) opposing decentralized finance (DeFi) and new technologies.

The ex-CFTC chief also noted that the challenges of the regulatory timing, asserting that “If we could not be in a worse time, we’re in an election year.” During this period, politicians’ focus is on the upcoming mid-term elections, he detailed, and “everything that takes place in Washington (…) is all about swaying the voters for the elections.”

Last month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged lawmakers to pass the stalled bill this spring. He acknowledged the efforts of a bipartisan working group to advance the legislation, emphasizing that Democrats are open to collaborating with Republicans.

He also warned that the chances of reaching a deal could crumble if Democrats gain control of the House of Representatives in November, given the Biden administration’s stringent regulations on the industry.

Despite the delay, Giancarlo believes the odds are 60-40 in favor of passing the legislation, arguing that there’s “a lot of good in the bill for all sides” and its importance is recognized by all parties.

“I think there’s a recognition that this is the new architecture of finance and America, our financial institutions are the world’s dominant financial institutions. We need to modernize that. We need to adopt this technology,” he concluded.

Крупнейшие банки США, включая JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs и Citigroup, рассматривают возможность подать иск против Управления контролера денежного обращения США (OCC). По их мнению, новая волна лицензий для криптокомпаний, платежных сервисов и финтех-стартапов может создать риски для финансовой системы и потребителей.

Российский вице-премьер Александр Новак предложил изменить порядок оплаты передачи электроэнергии для майнинговых ферм и дата-центров. С 2027 года объекты мощностью от 670 кВт могут перевести на схему «бери или плати» — исходя из 90% заявленной мощности, а не фактического потребления, сообщило издание «Ъ».

The South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, is facing significant legal and operational challenges following a major system error in February. This resulted in more than $43 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) being distributed to users, prompting scrutiny from regulatory bodies. 

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has preliminarily notified Bithumb of a six-month partial suspension of its business for alleged violations of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations under the Special Financial Transactions Act. 

Bithumb’s Business Operations Under Fire 

According to local media reports, the FIU, part of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), has expressed concerns regarding Bithumb’s interactions with an undeclared overseas virtual asset operator and the exchange’s failure to fulfill KYC obligations. 

The preliminary sanctions include a six-month business suspension and a reprimand for the company’s CEO, Lee Jae-won. Although new members will be unable to transfer digital assets, existing users will still be able to deposit and withdraw both Korean won and cryptocurrency without issue.

Notably, the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit plans to conduct a sanctions review committee meeting later this month to determine the final level of repercussions for Bithumb. 

In response to the notification, a Bithumb representative clarified that this measure is currently a preliminary step, indicating that adjustments to the sanctions could still be made. He noted that the restrictions will only apply to new users’ virtual asset transfers.

‘Ghost Bitcoin Incident’

This latest development follows pressure from lawmakers in South Korea for regulators to take action following the incident on February 6. 

Reports indicate that financial authorities have created an emergency response team, collaborating with the Digital Asset eXchange Alliance (DAXA), a self-regulatory organization representing domestic exchanges. 

This team has begun inspecting asset verification and internal control systems at four other major platforms—Upbit, Coinone, Korbit, and GOPAX. Any deficiencies discovered could be integrated into DAXA’s self-regulatory guidelines, potentially influencing future cryptocurrency legislation in South Korea.

For context, the incident that prompted these measures stemmed from a mistake involving a promotional event at Bithumb, where an employee mistakenly distributed 620,000 Bitcoin, valued at over $40 billion, among 249 users. 

Fortunately, 99% of the distributed BTC was recovered. However, the event raised serious questions about the exchange’s internal controls and ledger management practices. 

Previous regulatory filings indicated that Bithumb only held 175 BTC in its own reserves and less than 50,000 Bitcoin when accounting for both its assets and those held by customers. 

This discrepancy suggests that the exchange’s systems failed to prevent the erroneous transaction, causing irregular distributions that distorted market prices.

As Kim Jiho, a spokesperson for the ruling Democratic Party, remarked, the “ghost Bitcoin incident” exposed not just a simple input error but deeper structural weaknesses within cryptocurrency exchanges’ internal control frameworks. 

Featured image from Shutterstock, chart from TradingView.com 

Министерство финансов США опубликовало отчет для Конгресса, в котором признало, что криптомиксеры могут использоваться не только для незаконных операций, но и для законной защиты финансовой конфиденциальности. Регулятор предложил меры по борьбе с отмыванием денег через такие сервисы.

Бум мемкоинов пришелся на 2024 год. Однако шуточные монеты периодически все еще привлекают внимание. В начале 2026 года бурный рост продемонстрировал мемкоин Siren. Его необычная концепция пришлась по вкусу криптоинвесторам.

Flow Foundation is asking a Seoul court to halt the delisting of FLOW on South Korea’s biggest crypto exchanges.

FLOW Fights Back

In an announcement made on March 8, Flow Foundation and Dapper Labs (a venture‑backed Web3 company best known for creating CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot and other major NFT products) have revealed that they filed a motion with the Seoul Central District Court to suspend the planned termination of FLOW trading on Upbit, Bithumb and Coinone.

Crypto Security Fears

On Dec. 27, Flow suffered a protocol‑level exploit that allowed an attacker to mint roughly 3.9 million duplicate tokens, triggering an emergency halt. Initial recovery proposals included a full chain rollback, which drew pushback from partners over double balances and bridge losses; the team pivoted to an “isolated recovery” that targeted and destroyed only the counterfeit tokens.

Despite no user funds on exchanges were ultimately lost, Korean platforms kept FLOW under heightened scrutiny. Upbit, Bithumb and Coinone announced on Feb. 12 that they would end trading support for FLOW on March 16, citing the December protocol-level exploit.

Security Concerns Are Now Resolved

However, every major global venue, including Binance, Coinbase, Kraken and HTX, have now independently reviewed the incident and fully restored FLOW trading, with Binance even removing its monitoring tag after a joint resolution on March 6. This confirms, according to Flow Foundation and Binance itself, that “all issues related to the security incident have been resolved”.

“A Commitment To Korea”

In Korea, Korbit (one of South Korea’s oldest regulated cryptocurrency exchanges, focused on KRW spot trading for major coins and retail users) conducted its own review, Korbit removed a trading-caution label on Feb. 27, and continues to support unrestricted FLOW trading. Flow Foundation expressed its special gratitude towards his Korean community continued support:

The Foundation recognizes the uncertainty the Korean community has faced since February, and is grateful for the patience and support of Korean holders through this process

The filing of the motion with the Seoul Central District Court is a step that “reflects the responsibility of the Foundation to advocate for the Korean community using every available pathway”, Flow Foundation claims. The Foundation has also assured that it “remains open to constructive conversation with all parties involved”.

Alongside this, The Foundation is pursuing new listings and expands self-custody options for local users while pushing ahead with its consumer DeFi roadmap, including on-chain automation, EVM‑equivalent infrastructure and an enshrined lending protocol, betting that long‑term adoption will outlast short‑term regulatory frictions in one market.

The Growth Of The Flow Ecosystem

While Korea wrestles over FLOW’s listing status, the underlying network is quietly behaving like a top‑tier consumer chain. Disney, the NBA, the NFL and Ticketmaster all continue to build on Flow, together distributing over 100 million NFTs to more than 13 million fans and generating billions in primary and secondary sales.

As Flow’s ecosystem momentum continues to build, the real question for investors watching the Korean injunction drama is whether a localized delisting can truly derail it.

Cover image from ChatGPT, FLOWUSD chart from Tradingview

Three deals last February ate up nearly half of all the money raised in crypto that month. Just three. That single fact tells you more about where crypto funding stands right now than the headline numbers do.

A Shrinking Pool Of Big Bets

According to data from research firm Messari, total crypto fundraising climbed almost 50% in the 12 months ending March 2026 compared to the year before.

But the number of individual deals fell 46% over the same period. Fewer rounds. Bigger checks. The average deal size hit $34 million — a 272% jump from a year earlier. The number of active investors dropped by about a third, down to 3,225.

Those three February standouts were Tether’s $200 million investment into online marketplace Whop, a $75 million Series B for sports prediction platform Novig led by Pantera Capital, and a $70 million Series B for ARQ, a Latin American fintech app built around stablecoins, backed by Sequoia Capital. Together, they accounted for 44% of the close to $800 million raised across the entire month.

It’s been an incredibly tough year for crypto fundraising. Most of the capital has flowed into larger strategic rounds

Outside of @dragonfly_xyz we haven’t seen many big VCs close new rounds (a16z and Paradigm active but not closed)

The industry needs some fresh capital pic.twitter.com/N8N58p6yvt

— Eric Turner (@eric_turner) March 8, 2026

Messari describes the pattern as capital concentration driven by late-stage and strategic mega-rounds. A handful of well-positioned companies are pulling in enormous sums while smaller players scramble for scraps.

Early-stage fundraising, reports say, remains active but scattered. Messari pointed to Interstate’s $1.5 million round, which pulled in more than 15 backers — a mix of firms like Bloccelerate VC and individual angel investors. That kind of fragmented, small-dollar activity is happening in volume. But it exists in a different world from the mega-rounds grabbing the headlines.

The VC Drought No One Is Talking About

Here is the part the headline buries. Messari CEO Eric Turner flagged a problem that goes beyond deal counts: outside of Dragonfly Capital, no major crypto venture firm has recently closed a new fund. Dragonfly closed a $650 million fund with a focus on real-world assets, but it stands largely alone. Turner put it bluntly — the industry needs fresh capital.

Crypto Investors Stay Active As New Funds Decline

That matters because venture funds have a shelf life. Firms raise a fund, deploy it over several years, then raise again. When new fund closes dry up, the money flowing into deals eventually does too.

The 50% year-over-year gain may look strong on paper, but it is being powered by existing pools that are not being replenished at the same rate.

Coinbase Ventures, QUBIC Labs, and Somnia ranked as the three most active crypto investors over the past three months, based on Messari data.

Featured image from KuCoin, chart from TradingView