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Bitcoin outpaced major U.S. stock indexes on Tuesday, rising as investors weighed the prospect of broader military conflict in Iran.

The legislation passed a vote of 84–6, signaling broad support for changes to both housing policy and digital money rules.

American Bitcoin Adds 11,298 Miners, Grows 3 EH/s The post Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin Company Adds 11,298 Mining Machines, Expands by 3 EH/s appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto markets are attempting to stabilize after weeks of choppy price action, and price prediction for Solana is calling for higher prices again.Bitcoin has found footing above key short-term levels, and that broader recovery is spilling over into high-beta names like Solana.SOL is now trying to shift from pure reaction mode into something more constructive.Solana […] The post Solana Price Prediction: SOL Just Reclaimed a Critical Level — Is $100 Back in Play? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ether reserves held on exchanges fell to a new multi-year low as ETH price struggles to trade above $2,000. Will the supply crunch benefit bulls or bears? The balance of Ether (ETH) held on exchanges has slid to a multiyear low, with more than 31 million ETH leaving centralized exchanges in February, marking the largest monthly withdrawal since November.  While the ETH price remained near $2,000, derivatives data shows a split between small buyers and larger sellers, raising the question of how the price may respond if demand becomes uniform across both retail and whale wallets.  Crypto analyst Arab Chain said that more than 31.6 million ETH left major exchanges in February, the highest monthly outflow since November. Binance led with roughly 14.45 million ETH withdrawn, nearly half of the total. OKX followed with about 3.83 million ETH, and Kraken recorded close to 1.04 million ETH. Read more

Eric Halem faces life in prison on kidnapping and robbery charges after stealing $350,000 in crypto from a teenager during a home invasion.

Crypto has been bleeding. Bitcoin slid toward the $60,000 zone. Altcoins followed. Sentiment at its worst and bearish price prediction everywhere.Right on cue, a billion dollar asset manager stepped in and said what most retail traders are afraid to think: this might be the opportunity.In its latest market commentary, Grayscale argued that the recent drawdown […] The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Billion-Dollar Asset Manager Signals Explosive Opportunity After Market Drop appeared first on Cryptonews.

XRP futures OI slid to $203M, a 70% drop since October, echoing April 2025 levels that preceded a major rally.

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 macro risk had nowhere obvious to express itself. Except it did: on venues that never close. By the time COMEX […] The post Hyperliquid gold perps front-ran CME after Iran strikes and the Monday gap exposed a new weekend leader appeared first on CryptoSlate.

SoFi will enable Mastercard issuers to settle card transactions in its cash-backed SoFiUSD stablecoin across the global payments network. SoFi Technologies has partnered with Mastercard to enable settlement in its dollar-backed stablecoin, SoFiUSD, across Mastercard’s global payments network, allowing issuers and acquirers to settle card transactions using a bank-issued digital dollar. Under the agreement, SoFi Bank N.A. plans to settle its own Mastercard credit and debit transactions in SoFiUSD, while SoFi’s payments technology platform Galileo will give client banks and card issuers the option to use the stablecoin for transaction settlement across the number two processor’s network. The company said SoFiUSD is the first stablecoin issued by a US nationally chartered and insured deposit bank on a public, permissionless blockchain and would allow transactions to be settled 24 hours a day, seven days a week across Mastercard’s network. Read more

In its latest report, the global standard setter FATF said stablecoins now account for the bulk of illicit crypto activity and pose growing risks through peer-to-peer transfers.

The stock has risen about 20% since the U.S. strikes on Iran over the weekend.

Core Scientific unveiled plans to reduce its Bitcoin holdings significantly as its data center buildout continues ramping up.

Most exchange tokens don’t get talked about until they’ve already made their move. WBT, the native coin of European crypto exchange WhiteBIT, is a textbook example. It spent the better part of 2023 trading under $6 with almost zero mainstream attention. Now it sits above $50, ranks inside the top 15 by market cap, and […] The post WBT Did a Quiet 15X While Everyone Was Watching Meme Coins appeared first on Cryptonews.

Polosukhin argues that AI will become the primary interface layer for everything online, including crypto, abstracting away wallets, explorers and transaction hashes.

The conflict centered on a proposal to fund product development and expansion, which ACI opposed due to concerns over self-voting and lack of transparency.

The move stands in stark contrast to the company's peers, many of whom are moving away from or totally abandoning the business of bitcoin mining.

Bermuda’s onchain economy plan prioritizes pilots, stablecoins and regulation over forced crypto adoption. Here’s why testing comes first. When Bermuda announces its ambition to become the world’s first fully onchain national economy with support from Circle and Coinbase, you could picture a dramatic, quick overhaul. However, that is not the case. To be a fully onchain economy, Bermuda has not taken a hard route, which might involve instantly building government services and pushing merchants to accept digital payments. Instead, the island is following a cautious path of well-thought-out, regulated innovation in finance. Read more

The BOJ is testing blockchain settlement for reserves and exploring tokenized central bank money as it prepares to decide in 2026 whether to issue a retail digital yen.

In a Monday SEC filing, the US Bitcoin miner said it would consider selling some of the coins on its balance sheet, depending on market conditions. US-based cryptocurrency miner MARA Holdings made waves after a regulatory filing signaled that the company could change its HODL strategy.  In a Monday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), MARA said it was open to selling some of its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings “from time to time” depending on market conditions and its investment priorities. According to the miner, it adjusted its strategy to allow for BTC sales in 2026, while Bitcoin sales generated from mining at the company have been permitted since 2025. MARA’s strategy shift comes as many crypto mining companies are pivoting some of their infrastructure into artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) amid increasing BTC difficulty and associated costs. On Monday, Riot reported a net loss of $663 million for 2025 in part due to the value of its Bitcoin holdings, while ...