Michael B. Jordan Pulls Ahead of Timothée Chalamet in Oscars’ Polymarket

Actor Michael B. Jordan overtook Timothée Chalamet on prediction market platform Polymarket as most likely to win “Best Actor” at the 2026 Oscars awards show, with his odds rising by over 4x since March 1. Last week, the “Sinners” star won the best actor award at the Actor Awards, formerly known as the Screen Actors…

US Lawmakers Demand ‘Permanent’ CBDC Block

A group of US lawmakers is uniting to prevent the US central bank from ever issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), warning that proposed legislation only delays it until 2031. “We write to you to express the dire need to prohibit a Central Bank Digital Currency from ever happening in the United States,” US Congressman…

Bitcoin Is a Buy at $60,000 if Macro Forces BTC Lower, Says Trader

Bitcoin (BTC) threatened to cement new resistance into Sunday’s weekly close as traders focused on oil and gold. Key points: Bitcoin risks reinforcing its 200-week exponential moving average as new resistance this week. Price remains unable to flip the key trend line back to support as breakouts fail. Oil and gold are seen as the…

US Treasury Says ‘Lawful’ Crypto Users Have Valid Reasons To Use Mixers

The Treasury’s report to the US Congress was commissioned as part of directives under the GENIUS stablecoin regulatory framework. The United States Treasury Department acknowledged the legitimate use of mixers, which obfuscate crypto transfers to preserve user privacy, in its report to Congress on “Innovative Technologies to Counter Illicit Finance Involving Digital Assets.”  “As consumers…

Bitcoin dip may not be over as whales sell into retail buying — a bearish signal

The smart money allocating to bitcoin bought the panic last week. Then it sold the rally to everyone else. Whales holding between 10 and 10,000 bitcoin accumulated heavily between Feb. 23 and March 3, when bitcoin was trading between $62,900 and $69,600, according to Santiment. That window covered the worst of the Iran war sell-off…

US Court Dismisses Binance, CZ Terrorism Financing Lawsuit

Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said centralized crypto exchanges have “zero motive” to assist terrorists after a US court dismissed a lawsuit accusing the exchange of facilitating terrorist financing. In a post on X, Zhao argued that the economics of crypto trading make such activity illogical for exchanges. “There are absolutely zero (0) motive…

Bitcoin Sell-off To $65K Likely As Traders Run From Global Risks

Key takeaways: Bitcoin faced pressure as rising oil prices and weak US data sparked risk-off sentiment and drove investors to gold. A redemption spike in private credit funds from BlackRock and Blackstone signaled growing anxiety among retail investors. Bitcoin (BTC) saw a 7% correction between Thursday and Friday following a failed attempt to reclaim the…

Fed Says Tokenized Securities Under Same Capital Rules

US regulators have clarified that tokenized securities will receive the same capital treatment as their traditional counterparts, saying the rules are “technology neutral.”  The Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said on Thursday that they would treat traditional and tokenized securities the same under bank…

Bitcoin Lost $70K Again: Here’s Why

Bitcoin (BTC) slipped back into its monthly trading range under $70,000 after dropping 5% over the past two days.  Market data points to resistance near the $70,000 level, with onchain flows, futures data and weakening spot volumes signaling renewed selling pressure that limits BTC’s ability to hold this week’s range highs.  Bitcoin four-hour chart. Source:…

Coinbase (COIN) says new U.S. tax-reporting rules for crypto are cluttered, confusing

Cryptocurrency trading giant Coinbase (COIN) said new U.S. tax reporting requirements are overly onerous for many crypto holders and add unnecessary clutter to the country’s taxation system. While the idea is that taxable activity on crypto should be reported in the same way as with equities, for example, the rules require reporting transactions in stablecoins…