The "HODL" playbook that defined publicly traded Bitcoin miners through 2024 and into 2025 is dead.
When U.S. and Israeli strikes hit Iranian targets on February 28, 2026, the response wasn't just military. Within minutes, outflows from Iranian cryptocurrency exchanges surged by 700%. Within 48 hours, over $10.3 million had moved. Iran's war was playing out on the blockchain.
Spot crypto exchange-traded funds recorded broad outflows on March 6 as institutional demand weakened alongside a wider pullback in digital assets.
Jack Mallers' Bitcoin payments company Strike has obtained a BitLicense and Money Transmitter License from the New York State Department of Financial Services, clearing the path to offer its complete product lineup to New York residents and businesses.
A prediction making the rounds in crypto circles right now is bold enough to stop the scroll: Bitcoin at $500,000 before the year is out.
Kazakhstan's National Bank has carved out a portfolio of up to $350 million from its gold and foreign exchange reserves - now totaling $69.4 billion - for investment in cryptocurrency-linked instruments.
In mid-2025, TMTG deployed roughly $2 billion to build what it called a "Bitcoin Treasury," acquiring approximately 11,500 BTC at an average price somewhere between $115,000 and $118,000 per coin.
Vancouver's experiment with a municipal Bitcoin reserve is effectively over before it began.
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded a sharp reversal on March 5, posting $227.9 million in net outflows after a strong inflow day earlier in the week.
The total crypto market capitalization slipping to about $2.41 trillion as investors locked in profits following recent gains.
Morgan Stanley submitted an amended S-1 filing on March 4, 2026 for the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust - making it the first major U.S. bank to pursue a proprietary, branded spot Bitcoin ETF.
Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and chief investment officer of Maelstrom, issued a blunt warning on March 5: Bitcoin has not broken free from the gravitational pull of US software stocks, and the recent bounce toward $74,000 may not be the turning point bulls are hoping for.



