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- UK to Dissolve Crypto Exchange Accused of Aiding Iranian Sanctions Evasion Britain’s company register, Companies House, has moved to dissolve Zedxion Exchange Ltd., a cryptocurrency platform accused of processing funds for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to a notice published on its website. The action follows U.S. sanctions imposed in January by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which designated Zedxion and a related entity, Zedcex, for their alleged role in enabling Iran to evade sanctions and for links to sanctioned financier Babak Zanjani. Companies House said the shutdown was related to “information or a statement in an application for incorporation that is misleading, false or...

- Bitcoin falls below $70K as markets tumble after oil price spike Markets are down in the early morning hours of March 19. The downward sentiment came after WTI oil moved upwards again toward $97 per barrel after further attacks on critical energy infrastructure in the Middle East. Iran carried out missile strikes targeting a facility in Qatar that hosts the world’s largest LNG export plant, part of a broader escalation following an earlier Israeli attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field. U.S. President Donald Trump issued a temporary waiver of the Jones Act, allowing foreign vessels to transport oil and gas between U.S. ports for 60 days to ease domestic shipping costs. Owing to the volatility in oil prices and the subsequent...

- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) dropped after the Federal Reserve's March 18 rate decision. Bitcoin fell roughly 5% to around $70,500 while the XRP price slid from above $1.50 to $1.45. Over $158 million in leveraged longs were liquidated within four hours of the news, and the total crypto market cap fell below $2.5 trillion. The rate hold wasn't a surprise, as markets had a 99% chance of no cut priced in. The real surprise was everything else that happened in the same session. There was a hotter-than-expected inflation reading. Israel struck Iran's largest gas facility, pushing oil back above $97. Then Powell told reporters the Fed hasn't made as much progress on inflation as anticipated. What the Fed Said About Rates...

- Mastercard just super-charged Wall Street’s crypto land grab with $1.8bn BVNK acquisition Mastercard is the latest payments giant to bet heavily on crypto. The $451 billion company added stablecoin infrastructure startup BVNK to its portfolio just as traditional financial players ramp up their adoption of blockchain technology. Market watchers say the move is part of a bigger financial industry land grab where Wall Street giants are vying for dominance. “Everyone wants the orchestrators,” Wyatt Lonergan, general partner at VanEck Ventures, explained. “Why? Because moving between the fiat and stablecoin layer is where the complexity [is], and complexity is where they can extract margin. The goal is to build distribution and whoever...

- 'Extreme Fear' Hits Crypto Markets After Bitcoin Gives Up $75K Spike Crypto market sentiment has shifted back to “Extreme Fear” as Bitcoin has fallen below $70,000, giving up recent gains that some traders hoped signaled a return to greener pastures. The top crypto asset provided traders with a brief spike above $75,000 earlier this week on Monday, but the momentum was short-lived as BTC is trading around $69,340 on Thursday, down around 3% in the last 24 hours of trading after dropping to an intraday low under $69,000. As it trends lower, sentiment has flipped from “Fear” to “Extreme Fear” on Alternative.me’s Crypto Fear and Greed Index, which captures sentiment using a variety of metrics like social media posts, market trading...

- Gold, silver, bitcoin crash as safe-haven luster fades following Fed decision Gold plummeted as much as 6% on Thursday, with the precious metal acting like anything but a safe-haven asset as the Middle East conflict escalates. Investors went risk-off as the prospects of higher inflation lowered the chances investors are placing on Fed rate cuts. Gold futures (GC=F) fell to around $4,600 per ounce, while the broader metals complex was also hammered, with silver (SI=F) and copper (HG=F) dropping 13% and 5%, respectively. Even "digital gold" was battered, with bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropping below $70,000. Strategists note that while geopolitical risk in the Middle East would normally support gold prices, several offsetting forces are at...

- A crypto user accidentally swapped $50m for $37,000. Here’s where the money ended up It’s the stuff of nightmares. Last week, the crypto industry looked on in horror as an unknown trader on the Ethereum blockchain immolated some $50 million by agreeing to an extremely lopsided swap, routed through permissionless decentralised finance apps. Despite on-screen warnings, the trader agreed to convert around $50 million worth of Tether’s USDT stablecoin for 327 Aave tokens, worth just $37,000. “Before confirming the transaction, the user was shown a clear warning on Aave’s interface indicating that the trade carried an extraordinary price impact,” Nikita Ovchinnik, CEO of Barter, a solver on decentralised exchange CoW Swap, told DL...

- Small-Cap Stock Core Scientific Is A Way To Play Crypto And A.I There might be an opportunity for investors with small-cap stock Core Scientific (NASDAQ: $CORZ). Shares of the cryptocurrency miner and artificial intelligence (A.I.) data centre operator have largely been trading sideways this year (up 0.19%). However, the year-to-date performance obscures the fact that CORZ stock is up 85% in the last 12 months and up 363% since the company went public in 2024. The current consolidation in the share price presents an opportunity for investors looking for a company that provides exposure to both crypto and A.I. and has a big growth runway ahead. Core Scientific is an American digital infrastructure company that specializes in A.I...

- Gold, silver, bitcoin crash as safe-haven appeal fades following Fed decision Gold plummeted as much as 6% on Thursday, with the precious metal acting like anything but a safe-haven asset as the Middle East conflict escalates. Investors went risk-off as the prospects of higher inflation lowered the chances investors are placing on Fed rate cuts. Gold futures fell to $4,500 per ounce, while the broader metals complex was also hammered, with silver and copper dropping 13% and 5%, respectively. Even digital gold was battered with bitcoin dropping below $70,000. Strategists note that while geopolitical risk in the Middle East would normally support gold prices, several offsetting forces are at play. Surging oil prices have pushed up...

- Crypto Hacks Cost Companies An Average Of $25 Million: Report Cryptocurrency hacks cost companies an average of $25 million U.S., according to a new report. Immunefi’s 2026 “State of Onchain Security” report says the crypto industry continues to grapple with persistent vulnerabilities and faces new and growing threats from hackers. Indeed, the number of cyberattacks on cryptocurrency companies worldwide continues to increase. In 2024 and 2025, 191 publicly disclosed crypto hacks drained a total of $4.67 billion U.S., bringing the five-year total to $11.9 billion U.S. across 425 hacks. The report states that the median hack costs companies $2.2 million U.S. However, the average loss remains far higher at $24.5 million U.S., as...

- Avalanche says the best crypto products won’t feel like crypto For years, crypto companies wanted consumers to know exactly which chain they were using. The network itself was the product. According to John Nahas, chief business officer at Ava Labs, that mindset is changing. During a recent interview, Nahas said Avalanche increasingly is positioning itself as infrastructure for businesses, not as a consumer brand fighting for attention. A new infrastructure layer for business That can mean helping a fintech move money faster, giving a rewards platform new ways to program assets, or letting a company build a product that works more efficiently behind the scenes. In all of those cases, Nahas said, the blockchain should not be the...

- Strive Jumps Past Tesla In Bitcoin Holdings Bitcoin treasury company Strive (NASDAQ: $ASST) said Thursday that its total BTC holdings hit 13,628 Bitcoin, pulling ahead of Tesla which currently sits at 11,509 BTC. The Texas-based firm, which disclosed its holdings as part of the company's fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 financial results, is now registering a total value of $960 million in BTC holdings. Strive noted in the release that it achieved a Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC) Yield of 22.2% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and a quarter-to-date yield of 13.8%. On the earnings side, the company reported a GAAP net loss of $393.6 million for the period ending December 31, 2025, largely driven by $194.5 million in unrealized losses on...

- Citigroup quietly trims most crypto stocks, except one surprise pick After lowering its 12-month price targets for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), Citigroup (NYSE: C) lowered the stock price targets on several cryptocurrency companies on March 19. Founded as the City Bank of New York in June 1812, Citigroup is the third-largest banking institution in the United States by assets. Citing the delay over the progress on the CLARITY Act, the bank recently lowered the Bitcoin forecast from $143,000 to $112,000 and the Ether forecast from $4,304 to $3,175. Now, the Wall Street bank has trimmed price targets on stocks of multiple crypto companies. MicroStrategy stock price target cut by 20% Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), formerly...

- For five years, the single biggest question hanging over XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) was whether the SEC considered it a security. On March 17, the SEC put an end to the regulatory scuffle by putting XRP on the same footing as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH): a digital commodity. The classification officially confirms that XRP is not a security. The SEC and CFTC issued the framework jointly, naming XRP among 16 crypto assets. The label carries real weight for the XRP price as it changes how exchanges list XRP, how institutions are allowed to hold it, and how the SEC reviews the next batch of XRP ETF applications. Most Americans drastically underestimate how much they need to retire and overestimate how prepared they are. But...

- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) have all experienced significant price drops from their 2025 highs. As the market eyes a recovery, investors are curious about which of these cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin, XRP, or Ethereum—is the optimal choice for investment in the coming years. To ensure an unbiased perspective, we consulted ChatGPT to determine the best crypto for investment in 2026 among these three. ChatGPT not only selected a winner but also ranked all three, assigning each a probability of yielding the highest returns from current price levels. Why ChatGPT Picked Bitcoin as the Best Crypto for 2026 ChatGPT ranked Bitcoin at the top with an anticipated return of 42% from current levels...

- Nigel Farage Cameo Videos Exploited to Promote Pump and Dump Crypto Scams Nigel Farage has been unknowingly shilling crypto pump and dump schemes. And it only cost scammers £72 a video. Fraudsters exploited his Cameo profile to purchase personalized clips where Farage read scripts packed with crypto slogans. “To the moon.” “HODL.” Token names dropped in casually. All repurposed as official endorsements for obscure cryptocurrencies that have since collapsed to zero. Farage charges around £72 per video. He appeared to read the scripts without verifying what he was actually promoting. Retail investors got lured in. The tokens dumped. The Reform UK leader had no idea he was the marketing engine the whole time. Key Takeaways: The...

- [XRP Crypto Treasury Firm Evernorth Files S-4 for $1 Billion SPAC Deal] Evernorth filed its Form S-4 with the SEC on Wednesday, formalizing a merger with SPAC Armada Acquisition Corp. II. The deal is expected to generate over $1 billion in gross proceeds. The merged entity, Evernorth Holdings Inc., projects holding at least 473 million XRP at launch, funded through Ripple contributions and open-market purchases using merger proceeds. Key Takeaways Evernorth Deal Mechanics: Beyond Passive Holding Evernorth is not just buying and hoarding XRP like MicroStrategy does with Bitcoin. The plan involves active yield generation through lending markets, liquidity provisioning, and validator operations on the XRP Ledger. They are also...

- Bitcoin Dips Under $70K as Stocks Tumble on Hawkish Fed Hold—What’s Next? Crypto and stocks plunged following the two-day policy meeting, where the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady. The Fed's decision to keep rates unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75%, combined with escalating Middle East tensions and inflation risks, sent Bitcoin tumbling by over 4% to an intraday low of $69,537, according to CoinGecko data. The Nikkei, gold, and the S&P 500 fell nearly 3.2%, 3%, and 1%, respectively, in response to the FOMC. Though oil prices spiked by more than 2% initially, the gains were eventually undone, with the asset trading down 1% since the policy meeting. As a result, investor confidence has taken a hit. That is...

- When a major conflict or war breaks out, many investors respond by running toward hard assets like gold or land—anything that can't be conjured from thin air by a government with urgent bills to pay. Thus, you might expect that the U.S. conflict with Iran would have crypto insiders scrambling to load up on scarce assets like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). But not Arthur Hayes, a famous crypto investor and the co-founder of the BitMEX crypto exchange, who said on the Coin Stories podcast on March 10 that he would not put even a single dollar into the coin right now. He also claimed that the widespread idea that war is favorable for Bitcoin is inaccurate. So what exactly is it that's stopping him from buying the coin here, if not the attack...

- The Algorand Foundation has cut 25% of its workforce, sending a sharp signal to holders that the bear market’s chill is far from over. This isn’t just corporate restructuring; it is a defensive maneuver to preserve runway as the ALGO token languishes near historic lows. For investors, the question now is singular and urgent: Is this a sign of a lean, disciplined survival strategy, or a distress signal from a shrinking ecosystem? The answer lies in whether the Foundation can defend the $0.088 level, the last line of defense before price discovery turns ugly and the chart revisits the March lows of $0.082. ALGO is trading at $0.0892, down -5.5% on the day, after yesterday’s FOMC meetings kept interest rates as they are, wiping out...