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Bitcoin volatility could explode in April as SEC reviews the market behind ETF leverage

On Apr. 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission will host a public roundtable on listed options market structure covering quote-driven competition, customer experience, and growth. This is standard regulatory fare, except that Bitcoin exposure is...

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The $3 trillion private credit boom is starting to crack — and Bitcoin could feel it first

Blue Owl Capital’s OBDC II fund permanently halted redemptions in February. The firm replaced quarterly tenders with return-of-capital distributions funded by loan repayments and asset sales, committing to return roughly 30% of net asset value...

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America may finally bring Bitcoin’s largest trading market back home, shifting $85B in crypto liquidity

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig wants to bring perpetual futures home, and it could happen as early as next month, according to his latest statement. In January remarks titled “Limitless: Onshoring True Perpetual Derivatives,” he laid...

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Bitcoin breaks $72k as South Korea’s stock market crashes 18% in biggest drop since 2008

The South Korean stock market (KOSPI) closed near 5,094 after falling 12.06% in a single session today. The index had already fallen 7.24% the prior session, taking the two-day slide to roughly 18.4% on a...

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Tether gets a Big Four auditor — but its $189B USDT stablecoin still isn’t included

Tether has landed a Big Four accounting firm’s name on a reserve report tied to its US strategy. On Feb. 27, Deloitte issued an independent accountant’s report on Anchorage Digital Bank’s “USAT Reserve Report,” an...

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Bitcoin reclaims $72k and a massive short squeeze could be brewing

Bitcoin rose above $70,000 today for the first time since early February, extending a rebound that is starting to look less like a brief relief rally and more like a market trying to reverse momentum...

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$BANK Sale Begins on Solana, Targeting Poker Staking Market

Switzerland-registered FANtium AG launched $BANK on Solana today, with a public sale via Metaplex Spotlight. The token is designed to give holders liquid on-chain exposure to a professionally managed poker bankroll. The sale window runs...

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Kraken got fed up of waiting on TradFi so it built its own bank to access the Fed — and it just worked

Kraken has cleared a regulatory hurdle that crypto firms have chased for years: direct access to the Federal Reserve’s core payments infrastructure. On March 4, the exchange said its Wyoming-chartered bank, Kraken Financial, has been...

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Bitcoin hit $74k — but losing $70k could send it back toward $60k

Bitcoin slid to $63,030 after US-Israel strikes on Iran triggered a risk-off cascade across markets. From there, BTC rallied to $74,000 intraday on Mar. 4, a roughly 17% rebound. As of press time, Bitcoin trades...

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Crypto platform aims to let retail investors buy IPO shares at the same price as Wall Street insiders

Most people only see IPOs after the price resets at the open. Institutional investors and select clients receive allocations at the offering price, while everyone else waits for the exchange to start trading and buys...

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Bitcoin investors may not need altcoins to diversify if tokenized stocks move on-chain

Crypto promised diversification beyond Bitcoin. For years, the pitch was simple: spread risk across blockchains, decentralized applications, and layer-1 protocols. In practice, that diversification often collapsed when Bitcoin stumbled. Ethereum, Solana, and other major altcoins...

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Ripple quietly appears inside Wall Street’s stock-clearing system as it expands XRP payments platform

Ripple is sharpening its argument that it can help institutions move value across traditional rails, stablecoins, and blockchain networks. On March 2, DTCC’s National Securities Clearing Corporation updated its MPID directory to add Ripple-owned “Hidden...

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Uniswap wins again in New York court as judge draws new line on DeFi liability

A federal judge in New York dismissed fraud claims against Uniswap for the second time this month, and the decision carries implications far beyond the cryptocurrency industry. At stake: whether platforms that provide neutral infrastructure...

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Hyperliquid gold perps front-ran CME after Iran strikes and the Monday gap exposed a new weekend leader

On Feb. 28, coordinated strikes hit Iranian nuclear facilities while most benchmark commodity markets sat dark. Traditional gold futures on CME’s COMEX exchange wouldn’t reopen until Sunday evening Central Time, leaving a 48-hour window where...

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White House stablecoin deadline slips as Hoskinson warns CLARITY Act could push US crypto founders offshore

Washington’s push for a federal crypto rulebook reignited a long-running industry debate over what “regulatory clarity” actually delivers and who it helps. At the center of the debate is H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market...

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XRP rewrites the playbook for altcoin ETF approvals to surge in late 2026 after a wave of futures listings

XRP served as the proof of concept in an assembly manual for altcoin ETFs. In a Mar. 2 post, Bitnomial argued that the real crypto-ETF shift isn’t the SEC’s faster timelines, but that regulated futures...

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Second top US Bitcoin miner authorizes sale of entire BTC stash as MARA eyes $3.8 billion liquidity option

MARA Holdings may be poised to test the current BTC treasury meta. Major miners have been accumulating BTC as a strategic treasury rather than treating it as working capital. A shift could have implications that...

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Bitcoin’s $85 billion derivatives engine may move onshore as CFTC eyes April approval

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig wants to bring perpetual futures home, and it could happen as early as next month, according to his latest statement. In January remarks titled “Limitless: Onshoring True Perpetual Derivatives,” he laid...

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