New York, United States, 3rd March 2026, Chainwire
Ripple has overhauled its payments platform into a single end-to-end system capable of handling both traditional fiat currencies and digital stablecoins - a move that puts it in direct competition with the fragmented stack of legacy financial infrastructure.
Nasdaq is stepping further into the fast-growing world of outcome-based trading. Nasdaq MRX, a subsidiary of Nasdaq Inc., has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking approval to list a new type of product known as Outcome-Related Options, or OROs.
Riot Platforms has agreed to pay $20 million in cash to SBI Crypto, bringing an end to a high-profile legal battle tied to a failed 2021 bitcoin mining hosting deal.
Ondo Global Markets has become the first issuer to admit digital securities for trading under the regulatory framework of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), marking a milestone in the convergence of tokenized assets and established financial oversight.
BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo has pledged £20 million ($27 million) to the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences, marking one of the largest private donations to a British research institution outside Oxford and Cambridge.
Jan van Eck, chief executive of investment management firm VanEck, told CNBC's Power Lunch on Monday that Bitcoin is in the process of bottoming out - though he stopped well short of declaring a full recovery, framing 2026 as the bear phase of a well-worn four-year cycle.
Core Scientific has officially confirmed what the market had been watching unfold for months: the Texas-based company sold roughly 1,900 BTC in January for $175 million, averaging around $92,100 per coin.
A former Los Angeles Police Department officer was found guilty Monday of kidnapping and robbery after he and a crew of accomplices impersonated police officers to steal $350,000 in Bitcoin from a 17-year-old in a Koreatown high-rise.
The Bank of Japan will begin experimenting with blockchain technology to settle bank reserves, marking one of its clearest steps yet toward integrating distributed ledger infrastructure into the core of the country’s financial system.
Dubai, UAE, 3rd March 2026, Chainwire
Digital-asset exchange-traded funds drew renewed inflows at the start of March, even as major tokens consolidated following Bitcoin’s brief move toward the $70,000 level.



