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Bond markets, not oil alone, may decide Bitcoin’s fate this weekThe market is still treating oil as the center of the current macro shock.Market conditions after this weekend point somewhere else. Oil is the spark, bond markets are the channel, and Bitcoin is trading inside that channel as the week begins.That is the setup now facing investors.The geopolitical shock still carries weight. Crude can reshape inflation expectations, complicate central-bank decisions, and hit risk sentiment in a single move. The bigger issue, however, is what that energy shock is doing to sovereign debt markets at a moment when investors were already…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our new daily news show covering all of the top stories in 5 minutes or less, downloadable on Apple Pod or Spotify.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors soar after Trump announces 5-day postponement of Iran strikes; BTC at $70k Congress to introduce bipartisan bill banning sports betting on prediction markets Senators reach agreement on Clarity Act yield dispute in major hurdle cleared Hyperliquid sees over $100M in volume on S&P 500 index Gemini sued by…

Bitcoin climbed back above $70,000 after President Donald Trump said the United States had held “productive conversations” with Iran and would postpone planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days.In a March 23 post on Truth Social, Trump wrote in capital letters:“BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD, SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ONGOING MEETINGS AND…

In brief DeFi platform Resolv Labs’ USR stablecoin depegged and crashed more than 70% following an exploit Sunday. An attacker exploited the USR stablecoin contract using a compromised key, and minted 80 million tokens. The hacker cashed out some $25 million through various DeFi protocols. Resolv Labs’ USR stablecoin has depegged from the U.S. dollar and crashed more than 70% after an attacker exploited its contract to mint 80 million uncollateralized tokens.According to a tweet from the DeFi platform, the attack leveraged a “compromised private key” to mint $80 million worth of uncollateralized USR. A post-mortem from blockchain forensics firm…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Data shows the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index has dropped back deep into the extreme fear zone, signaling an effective reset of the market mood. Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index Is Again Pointing To ‘Extreme Fear’ The “Fear & Greed Index” refers to an indicator created by Alternative that tracks the average sentiment present among traders in the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency markets. The metric determines the investor mentality using the data of five factors: volatility, trading volume, market cap dominance, social media sentiment, and Google Trends.…

The crypto industry finally got the clear lines it spent years demanding from Washington.Six days after the SEC and CFTC unveiled their new crypto framework, the policy is now moving into the formal publication process through the Federal Register, giving the market a clearer sense of what this week’s regulatory reset actually is and what it still is not.On Mar. 17, the SEC and CFTC said most crypto assets are not securities, drew a formal taxonomy, and handed staking, airdrops, mining, and wrapped tokens more breathing room than the market has seen in years.However, the new framework is an interpretive…

In brief House lawmakers will examine tokenization as key market players push ahead with early efforts to bring securities on-chain. The hearing will feature Wall Street, market infrastructure, and crypto industry witnesses. Observers expect the hearing to offer an early read on Congress’s approach as harder legal issues remain open. The House Financial Services Committee will examine tokenization on Wednesday as exchanges, market operators, and regulators push ahead with early efforts to bring stocks, bonds, and other securities products onto blockchain-based rails.Committee materials show a narrower focus for Wednesday’s hearing, however. One bill would require a joint SEC-CFTC study of…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Even though there have been a number of positive developments surrounding Ripple, the XRP price has not seen any meaningful recovery during this time. This is no surprise given the fact that Bitcoin continues to struggle and altcoins are suffering as a result. Even now, coming out of the weekend, it seems that the XRP price decline is far from over. A major support level has been broken, and the altcoin is now being threatened by the most recent move. Why XRP Price Could Crash Further Crypto…

In brief CoinDCX said the FIR against its co-founders is “false” and part of a “conspiracy” involving impersonators using its brand to defraud investors. The exchange warned that “CoinDCX is being targeted by fraudsters,” adding that it has reported over 1,212 fake websites mimicking its platform. A victim alleges losses totaling $76,000 after being lured into a fake crypto investment scheme that promised 10–12% returns. Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX on Sunday dismissed fraud allegations tied to a police investigation, saying the case stems from impersonators posing as its founders and misusing its brand to defraud investors.The response follows a report…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Her lawyer puts the total losses from the botched HAWK token launch at roughly $200,000 — a figure that, in the world of crypto, barely registers. But for Hailey Welsh, better known online as the “Hawk Tuah Girl,” the fallout from that December 2024 disaster was anything but small. Hawk Tuah: Death Threats And Silence Followed The Crash Welsh told YouTube channel Channel 5 that she went into hiding for months after the token’s collapse, driven there by a wave of death threats and public anger. “I’m…

In brief Oil prices are climbing back toward $100 a barrel as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz escalate. Bitcoin remains range-bound after months of deleveraging earlier this year. Analysts say this week’s flash PMI data could shape expectations for interest rates and risk assets. Bitcoin has fallen over the past week, but its declines have been less severe than the broader equity drawdown since the Iran conflict began on February 28.The world’s largest crypto traded around $68,000 on Sunday, down roughly 2% over the past 24 hours and about 6% over the past seven days, according to CoinGecko data. The…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure One ship paid $2 million just to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. That single data point tells you everything about the state of the world’s most critical oil corridor right now. Ships Sit Idle As Clock Runs Out US President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum Saturday, threatening to destroy Iranian power plants if free passage through the Strait of Hormuz is not restored by Monday night. The warning — posted on Truth Social — came as maritime data showed tanker transits through the strait have…

A crypto hack never ends when the wallet is drained. The theft lands first, fast and visible, and then a slower collapse starts to work through the rest of the project.The token keeps sliding, the treasury shrinks with it, hiring plans get cut back, product deadlines move, partners pull away, and the company that was supposed to recover spends months fighting for credibility instead of building.That’s the picture Immunefi’s new “State of Onchain Security 2026” report paints. Its argument is simple enough for any market, crypto or otherwise: the initial loss is only one part of the damage.The much bigger…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure XRP is exhibiting a large-scale technical formation on its monthly chart that has drawn significant attention. Egrag Crypto, a widely followed XRP analyst on X, has identified a macro W pattern developing across years of price history.  This is a structure that, if it plays out in full, has a 25% to 35% chance of carrying the XRP price to a target of $22. The pattern structure has a higher chance of bullish continuation, but only if key levels continue to hold in the short term. Macro…