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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure CNBC reported on Friday that a tentative agreement between banking and cryptocurrency industry representatives could be announced later today, potentially clearing a path for the long-stalled crypto market-structure legislation known as the CLARITY Act.  Lawmakers Near Agreement On Crypto Bill The network’s coverage, citing industry insiders and Capitol Hill chatter, said lawmakers in the Senate Banking Committee may have reached a compromise and are now positioned to schedule a markup and vote; the Agriculture Committee already completed a procedural vote in January. According to the CNBC piece,…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Scammers have already hit more than 700 crypto wallets — some holding over a million dollars in stablecoins — with a phishing scheme disguised as a federal law enforcement action. A Scam Built On Fear The operation targets users of the Tron blockchain. Criminals mint a token with the FBI’s name attached, then airdrop it into wallets with a message warning recipients that their accounts are flagged for investigation. From there, victims are told to complete an anti-money laundering check on an outside website or face a…

In brief The White House proposed federal AI standards while preserving key state enforcement powers. The framework aims to avoid creating a new AI regulator, relying instead on existing agencies and courts. The plan also focuses on child safety, free speech, infrastructure, and copyright disputes. The White House on Friday released a sweeping national policy framework for artificial intelligence, outlining recommendations to Congress that would set national standards for AI while relying on existing federal agencies—rather than creating a new regulator.The proposal comes as states move ahead with their own AI laws, which the Trump administration has criticized as a…

In brief OpenAI is reportedly consolidating fragmented products into a single “superapp” to regain focus and execution speed. Pressure from rival Anthropic and enterprise losses force a strategic pivot toward unified, agentic AI workflows. ChatGPT would evolve into a desktop productivity hub beyond chat, if the reported plan comes to fruition. OpenAI is done pretending it can juggle many things at once.The company is merging ChatGPT, its Codex coding tool, and the Atlas web browser into a single desktop app—one that executives are calling a “superapp.” Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s chief of applications and the former CEO of Instacart, reportedly laid…

Your gas bill just became a Bitcoin storyFresh March data tied one household pressure point to one market trade. The preliminary survey from the University of Michigan put consumer sentiment at 55.5, the lowest reading of 2026, and said gasoline prices had exerted the most immediate impact felt by consumers.The same release showed one-year inflation expectations at 3.4%, above 2024 levels. A day earlier, Freddie Mac data cited by the report showed the average US 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.22%, the highest in more than three months.Then spot Bitcoin ETFs logged another day of net redemptions, with flows…

In brief Kalshi has raised $1 billion in a new funding round led by Coatue Management, valuing the prediction market at $22 billion. The raise doubles Kalshi’s valuation from its December round, which was led by Paradigm and included Ark Invest, Andreessen Horowitz, and Sequoia. Rival Polymarket was valued at $9 billion in October 2025 following a $2 billion investment from Intercontinental Exchange. Prediction market giant Kalshi has raised a $1 billion round and, with it, clinched a $22 billion valuation, a person familiar with the matter told Decrypt. The news was originally reported by The Wall Street Journal.The deal…

In brief Eightco invested another $40 million in ChatGPT firm, OpenAI. The company now has $90 million in total investment into OpenAI, representing around 30% of its holdings. Shares of Eightco (ORBS) are down slightly on the day, but have fallen nearly 93% in the last six months. Publicly traded AI and blockchain firm Eightco Holdings (ORBS) has upped its investment in leading artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, making an additional $40 million investment in the firm behind popular chatbot ChatGPT. The investment brings its total backing to $90 million in the firm led by co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, accounting for…

Bitcoin’s real macro risk right now is more discreet than simply watching the price of oil. Behind the scenes, a Fed liquidity cushion is nearly gone, and it can quickly become a headwind for Bitcoin’s attempt to avoid a deep crypto winter.On March 19, usage of the Federal Reserve’s overnight reverse repo facility stood at just $0.637 billion. Separately, the Fed’s weekly balance-sheet release for March 18 showed total assets at $6.656 trillion, reserve balances at $2.999 trillion, and the Treasury General Account at $875.833 billion.As a result, one of the market’s easiest shock absorbers has shrunk to almost nothing.For…

In brief While Bank of America economists still view rate cuts as the most likely path, they outlined how surging energy costs could force the Federal Reserve to hike. Beyond oil, rising shipping costs for fertilizer and aluminum threaten to spark broader price pressures in the U.S. economy, they noted. Experts warned that a surprise rate hike would initially pressure crypto and stocks, but the digital asset could later thrive as currency debasement hedge like gold. U.S. President Donald Trump is putting intense pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower its benchmark interest rate. But as his war in Iran…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin’s quantum risk is real, but the network is not sleepwalking into it. That is the core conclusion of a March 19 research note from Galaxy Digital, which argues that while a sufficiently powerful quantum computer could one day threaten exposed Bitcoin wallets, developers are already doing substantial work on mitigation and migration. Will Owens, a research analyst at Galaxy, frames the current debate as more polarized than the underlying facts justify. On one side are those who argue quantum computing is still decades away. On the…

Bitcoin price held near the $70,000 level today as geopolitical risks tied to the conflict involving Iran shifted and macro expectations weighed on broader risk markets, while derivatives data and on-chain metrics pointed to a market in consolidation rather than capitulation. The bitcoin price hovered around $70,500 in early Friday trading, following a pullback from a recent high near $76,000.  The move came as energy markets surged and inflation concerns returned to the forefront, limiting upside across risk assets. Despite the pressure, Bitcoin price has shown relative stability compared with commodities and equities during the same period. Research from VanEck…

Bitcoin investors are buying protection around $50,000 even as the flagship digital asset holds near $70,000 and has recently outperformed gold, the S&P 500, and the US dollar during the ongoing Iran war.According to CryptoSlate’s data, Bitcoin was trading at about $70,688 at press time, which means hedging around the $50,000 level means investors are guarding against a roughly $20,000 drawdown, even as the spot price remains firm.The contrast has become one of the clearest signals in the market. Spot Bitcoin has shown resilience through the first phase of the conflict, but the derivatives market still shows traders paying for downside…

In brief Altcoin volumes on Binance have dropped from roughly $40 billion to $7.7 billion over the past four months. Experts say tighter monetary conditions and macro uncertainty keep traders anchored to Bitcoin. An “alt season” like 2021 is unlikely, with capital rotating only to narrow, thesis-driven plays, Decrypt was told. Altcoins continue to see declining volume and interest as crypto market volatility remains localized to a select few tokens.Total altcoin spot trading volume has seen a dramatic collapse since October 2025. Binance, which recorded $40 to $50 billion in volume during that period, has dropped 80% to 85% to $7.7…