The U.S.-Israel strike campaign against Iran that began on February 28 sent Brent crude past $100 a barrel and froze tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
A new report from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime has revealed a growing link between illegal gold mining in the Amazon Basin and cryptocurrency payments.
Pi Network's long-anticipated entry into regulated U.S. markets became official on March 13, as Kraken enabled spot trading for PI/USD.
HSBC and a Standard Chartered-led joint venture are positioned to be among the first recipients of Hong Kong licences under the city's new stablecoin regulatory framework
The latest data on cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows suggests that institutional appetite for digital assets is stabilizing after a volatile start to the year.
The global cryptocurrency market showed modest strength in the latest session, with total market capitalization rising to approximately $2.43 trillion, marking a 2.39% increase over the past day.
The U.S. Senate has drawn a hard line on the digital dollar. With an 89-10 vote, lawmakers passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - a sweeping bipartisan housing package that buried within its text a significant financial policy decision: a temporary prohibition on the Federal Reserve issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency, effective through December 31, 2030.
On Wednesday, prosecutors from the Southern District of New York formally asked a judge to throw out SBF's latest bid for a new trial, calling his legal arguments "incoherent" and, in one pointed word choice, "fanciful."
Metaplanet Inc. announced the launch of Metaplanet Ventures K.K., a wholly-owned subsidiary that will deploy ¥4 billion (approximately $27 million) over the next three years.
Banking giant JPMorgan Chase is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the firm of helping process hundreds of millions of dollars tied to an alleged cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme.
The crypto bear market has a habit of separating projects that are actually building from those that were riding price momentum. On Solana, the latest development activity rankings from Santiment tell a clear story: a handful of projects are putting in serious work on GitHub while the broader market sorts itself out.
The iShares Staked Ethereum Trust begins trading on March 12, offering investors both price exposure and staking rewards — while a tiered fee waiver structure positions BlackRock aggressively against competing Ethereum products.



