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- Bitcoin Faces $14 Billion Options Expiry While Middle East Turmoil Mounts Bitcoin’s largest options expiry of the year is colliding with geopolitical volatility that shows no sign of letting up with make or break peace talks uncertain. Roughly $14 billion of Bitcoin options are set to expire Friday, as measured by the number for outstanding contracts, known as open interest. The quarterly rollover — which wipes out close to 40% of open positions on the dominant Deribit exchange — comes amid conflicting signals on the prospect of a halt to the nearly month-long war in the Middle East. The overlap is sharpening a key question for traders: whether the expiry has been artificially muting Bitcoin’s price swings and if its removal will...

- President Trump’s crypto czar is stepping down — and into this new role One of the primary architects of America’s pro-crypto pivot under US President Donald Trump is entering a new role. David Sacks, the prominent venture capitalist, is stepping down as the administration’s so-called crypto and AI czar. The role never existed before and was designated as a special government employee. SGE’s are only expected to perform temporary duties for the legislative or executive branch for no more than 130 days during a 12-month period. He told Bloomberg on Thursday that he had “used up” his allotted time. Now, he’s joining the president’s council of advisors on science and technology. “I think moving forward as co-chair of PCAST, I can now...

Bitcoin is trading near $68,000, holding a relatively narrow range even as a sharp rise in U.S. Treasury yields signaled growing pressure across global markets. The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note climbed to around 4.42% on Thursday, up roughly 46 basis points since late February, data shows. “The current pace of the surge in the US 10Y Note Yield, and US Treasury Yields more broadly, is in line with what we saw in April 2025, during Liberation Day,” The Kobeissi Letter analysts wrote Thursday. “However, this time the backdrop is far more complex, and containing the bond market is not as simple as it may appear,” they added. “This will soon be the market's biggest story.” Such moves in the bond market are often...

- Here’s how memestock maven GameStop is tapping Coinbase and Bitcoin to boost revenue One Bitcoin. That’s GameStop’s entire stash. While most Bitcoin treasuries are in the business of buying and betting on the token’s upside, one company is making a very different move. The video game outlet handed over nearly its entire Bitcoin stash to Coinbase, collecting around $368 million in cash upfront in exchange for capping its gains if the token rallies above $105,000. Structured through covered call options, the trade turns what is typically a high-volatility bet on Bitcoin’s upside into something more akin to a fixed-income strategy. The strategy underscores a deeper reality. GameStop posted a 25% drop in revenue, with...

- Why the industry’s biggest miner just sold $1bn Bitcoin to chase AI The world’s largest Bitcoin miner just became its biggest seller. MARA Holdings sold off 15,133 Bitcoin for $1.1 billion over the past three weeks. Now, it holds 38,689 Bitcoin worth around $2.3 billion. „Our decision to sell a portion of our Bitcoin holdings reflects a strategic capital allocation move designed to strengthen our balance sheet and position the company for long-term growth,“ CEO Fred Thiel said in a statement. He added the move “enhances financial flexibility“ as MARA expands “beyond pure-play Bitcoin mining into digital energy and AI/HPC infrastructure.“ Translation: Mining Bitcoin doesn’t pay anymore. Powering AI does. Another domino MARA...

- Will Dogecoin Ever Reach $1? Part of the appeal of meme coins is that they're usually extremely cheap. Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), the largest meme coin by market cap, costs just $0.09 at the time of this writing. People who buy meme coins sometimes imagine how much their crypto will be worth if the price hits a certain target -- like $1, in Dogecoin's case. But is that even possible? It could theoretically happen, but the odds are extremely slim. Dogecoin's all-time high was $0.74, reached on May 8, 2021. That was the same day Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who had shown interest in Dogecoin and discussed it on social media, appeared on Saturday Night Live. This setup was essentially a scenario where the stars aligned for Dogecoin. Investors...

- David Sacks Leaves White House Crypto Role With Key Legislation Still Unresolved David Sacks is stepping down from his role as the White House’s AI and crypto czar, closing out a short tenure that helped reshape the U.S. government’s approach to digital assets but left several major legislative efforts unfinished. In an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, Sacks said that his time as a special government employee had ended after reaching the 130-day limit. He will remain involved in the administration as co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, where he will advise on a broader set of technology issues. During his time in the White House, Sacks played a central role in shaping the Trump...

- Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), the American investment banking giant, thinks the cryptocurrency prices may have bottomed after months of declines, CNBC reported on March 26. Since the October 2025 crash, crypto-linked stocks have demonstrated “volatile but flattish performance" in the past few weeks, and the crypto price drop “has approximately reached the historical peak to trough average” for this cycle, Goldman analyst James Yaro wrote in a note. Yaro said the valuation of crypto companies is becoming "more attractive," especially for those less exposed directly to crypto prices. The Wall Street giant, founded in 1869, picked three stock opportunities in the crypto sector. Robinhood Markets Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD) is an...

- Key Points: The recent outperformance of Bitcoin (BTC) over gold, especially during the Middle Eastern conflict, has reignited a familiar debate over whether “King Crypto” will eventually replace gold as a safe-haven asset. During the U.S.-Israel-Iran war, Bitcoin fell to as low as $63,000 in the early days, while gold climbed to record highs. On March 2, gold touched $5,414 per ounce. But over the last couple of days, Bitcoin has held above $70,000, although at press time on March 26, it was trading near $68,969, down 2.2% over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, gold traded near $4,439 per ounce, also down 2.2% overnight. But according to Will Rhind, founder and CEO of Granite Shares, it is far too early to draw conclusions. Eric...

- Trump Policy Has Crypto Privacy Developers in a 'Very Bad State', Says Coin Center For over a year now, the White House has made strong efforts to court the crypto industry, rolling out permissive regulations that have turbocharged the sector’s integration with the U.S. economy. But there’s one issue that still keeps some crypto industry leaders up at night, despite the Donald Trump administration’s many promises on the subject: protections for software developers. Last year, the Trump Justice Department made multiple commitments to stop prosecuting the developers of crypto privacy software—the types of tools used to keep crypto transactions anonymous. And yet, months later, federal prosecutors sent two Bitcoin developers to...

- Better Home & Finance, Coinbase to offer mortgage backed by cryptocurrencies Prospective homebuyers who have invested in certain cryptocurrencies will be able to use their holdings as collateral to fund their down payment on a home as part of a new mortgage offering. Real estate services company Better Home & Finance Holding Co. plans to roll out the crypto-backed mortgage sometime in the next three months in a partnership with crypto trading platform Coinbase, the companies said in a press release Thursday. “Better was founded to make homeownership more accessible for all Americans, and this partnership with Coinbase introduces a new pathway to realizing the American Dream for the 52 million Americans who own digital assets,”...

- Bitcoin, Ethereum Slip as Trump Says He's 'Not Desperate' to End Iran War Bitcoin slipped on Thursday alongside U.S. equities as investors weighed conflicting accounts regarding Iran leadership’s willingness to negotiate an end to the conflict in the Middle East. The digital asset recently changed hands around $69,170, a 2.3% decrease over the past day, according to CoinGecko. Bitcoin had dipped closer to $68,000 earlier in the afternoon before ticking back up. Meanwhile, Ethereum had fallen 4.4% to $2,070, while Solana fell 5% to $86. The drops pushed all three cryptocurrencies into negative territory on the week. Mirroring Wall Street declines, the S&P 500 closed 1.7% lower on the day. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell more than 2.3%...

- Elon Musk welcomes crypto veteran to X Elon Musk’s X has hired Benji Taylor, a product designer with over five years of experience in the crypto industry, as the design head at the social media platform. In August 2020, Taylor founded a consumer software studio, Los Feliz Engineering, which the decentralized lending protocol Aave Labs acquired in 2023. Next, he worked as the senior vice president of product and design at Aave Labs from Nov. 2023 to June 2024 and later as the chief product officer until Oct. 2025. Then, he led design at Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 blockchain network. More on X After joining X, Taylor said the first thing on his agenda is to improve everything at the social media platform—a move Musk...

- Venture Firm Founder Offers Bounty to Help Recover $42 Million in Stolen Bitcoin, Crypto Bo Shen, the founder of crypto venture firm Fenbushi, is offering a bounty of 10-20% to any individuals able to help him recover a portion of the $42 million in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins stolen from his personal wallet in 2022. The malicious actor made off with crypto assets now valued around $42 million, highlighted by $38 million in Circle’s dollar-backed stablecoin USDC, but also 1,607 Ethereum, nearly $720,000 in Tether’s stablecoin USDT, and 4.13 Bitcoin. “Three years have passed. The investigation has never stopped,” said Shen in a post on X. “Our team has continued to gather critical evidence and leads. The flow of the stolen...

- Nvidia faces lawsuit over $1 billion in undisclosed crypto mining revenue Nvidia Lawsuit Overview On March 25, a California federal judge certified an investor class in a securities lawsuit against Nvidia Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) and its founder and CEO, Jensen Huang. The lawsuit accuses the company and its CEO of misleading shareholders about its gaming revenue during 2017 and 2018. It specifically focuses on the portion of revenue that came from selling graphics processing units (GPUs) to crypto miners. Founded in 1993, Nvidia is a technology company that became the world's first company to hit $5 trillion in market capitalization last year. With a market cap of $4.26 trillion currently, it is the world's largest company...

- Retail Investors Growing Exposed to Bitcoin Giant Strategy’s STRC Over MSTR, Says CEO Strategy CEO Phong Le signaled on Thursday that retail investors are becoming increasingly interested in the Bitcoin-buying firm’s flagship preferred share relative to its common stock, highlighting who is exposed to the company’s shift in fundraising efforts. Although individuals currently hold approximately 40% of the company’s ordinary shares, Lee noted in a post on X that they presently make up around 80% of those invested in STRC. Strategy started pitching the shares alongside its $2.5 billion debut last year. At a market cap of $5 billion, Lee suggested that STRC’s popularity among retail investors indicates that they “prefer...

- What's the Scoop? Fannie Mae will soon accept its first ever crypto-backed home loans, the result of a collaboration between mortgage company Better Mortgage and crypto exchange Coinbase. This development marks a significant step in integrating cryptocurrency assets into traditional financial and housing markets. By leveraging crypto assets as collateral, more individuals may find opportunities to secure home loans under Fannie Mae's guidelines. This article has been published in yahoo.com via Yahoo News. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/coinbase-debuts-first-fannie-eligible-173002363.html

- Cipher Mining Falls 9%, Bitmine Immersion Drops 6%: Is Bitcoin’s Price Move Punishing Crypto Mining Stocks? Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) is down 9% in Thursday trading, and Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE:BMNR) is falling roughly 6% alongside it. No company-specific news is driving either move; this is a Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) story, through and through. Bitcoin is down about 3.5% over the past 24 hours, trading near $68,900. That might not sound like a dramatic decline for cryptocurrency, but mining stocks don't move dollar-for-dollar with Bitcoin. They amplify it. When the value of the asset miners are paid in drops, their revenue outlook drops with it, and equity markets price that in fast. Adding pressure across the broader...

- Crypto platform Anchorage brings Sun's Tron to US investors NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) - Anchorage Digital, a federally regulated U.S. crypto platform, said on Thursday it would add Justin Sun's Tron blockchain to its network, expanding the venture's access to U.S. investors. The deal with Anchorage marks another regulatory milestone for Sun, who this month reached a $10 million settlement to resolve U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges. Sun and his companies did not admit or deny wrongdoing, the SEC said. San Francisco-based Anchorage is the only federally chartered crypto bank in the United States and provides crypto custody, settlement, and other services for financial firms such as hedge funds, as well as other...

- Popular crypto stock rises after Bitcoin sale of $1.1 billion MARA Holdings (Nasdaq: MARA) is a major crypto company that is the world's largest publicly listed Bitcoin (BTC) miner. Bitcoin mining is the process of using specialized computing hardware to solve complex cryptographic puzzles to verify and add blocks containing BTC transactions to the chain. In return, miners receive rewards in the form of newly minted BTC. MARA is also the world's largest corporate holder of Bitcoin after Michael Saylor's Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR). On March 26, the company announced that it sold 15,133 Bitcoin for approximately $1.1 billion during March 4-25. MARA now holds around 38,689 BTC. It also decided to repurchase $1 billion worth of...