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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The price of Bitcoin seemed to have broken into a fresh rally after making a run towards $75,000 during the week. However, the premier cryptocurrency has been on a steady decline since hitting a new one-month high around $74,000. According to a prominent blockchain firm, this decline may not be over yet for the price of BTC.  Whales Offload 66% Of BTC Purchase After $74K High In a Friday report, Santiment revealed that the price of Bitcoin could even fall lower from its current level due to…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure In a positive development for the crypto industry, the Florida State Senate has passed a bill to create a regulatory framework for stablecoins at the state level. This move comes amid the struggles to enact a broader crypto market structure bill in the United States. Florida Creates Stablecoin Framework With New Bill In a Friday, March 7 post on X, Samuel Armes, founder of the Florida Blockchain Business Association web3 advocacy group, announced that a bill establishing a regulatory framework for stablecoins has passed the state legislature.…

Log in to Coinbase next tax season, and your tax documents might no longer arrive by mail.Under a new IRS proposal, crypto exchanges could be required to file Form 1099-DA electronically. This form reports digital asset trades, and could refuse to do business with customers who decline to provide it.The comment period closes May 5, and if finalized, the rule would shift crypto tax reporting from the mailbox to the platform.This is not a tax cut or a rollback of reporting requirements. Brokers still send identical information to the IRS regardless of how they deliver forms to customers. The proposal…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum is facing renewed scrutiny after Culper Research released a sharply critical report outlining its bearish stance on the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. The reporter argues that the key aspects of the ETH ecosystem and long-term narrative may be weaker than widely believed, prompting the firm to disclose that it has taken a short position against the asset. Culper Research Outlines Key Risks Facing Ethereum’s Ecosystem Investment research firm Culper Research has released a critical report, revealing it has taken a short position on Ethereum. The…

A large volume of US commercial real estate (CRE) debt is rolling into a very different market from the one that produced it.The Mortgage Bankers Association says $875 billion of commercial and multifamily mortgages are scheduled to mature in 2026, equal to 17% of the roughly $5 trillion of outstanding balances it tracks.While that’s below the $957 billion that was due in 2025, it’s still a massive refinancing event landing in a world where borrowing costs are far higher than they were when many of these loans were made. Related ReadingReal estate’s quiet crash: your home is worth less than…

The following is a guest post and guest post from Thomas Pratter, Founder and CEO at Renesis.Liquid crypto funds are having a moment. The number of actively managed vehicles keeps growing, DeFi strategies are gaining legitimacy, and regulatory clarity is slowly catching up. Institutional allocators are paying closer attention than ever.But behind the optimism sits a less glamorous truth: most fund managers are still running their operations on duct tape.The Spreadsheet ProblemAsk any emerging fund manager how they track their portfolio across five exchanges, three chains, and a handful of DeFi protocols. The honest answer is usually some combination of…

Headlines about Bitcoin ETF outflows often mix two things: Bitcoin’s price move and actual share redemptions.If BTC drops, ETF AUM drops in dollars even if nobody sells a single share. That mark-to-market drop gets read as money leaving, and it can look like an institutional exit when the wrapper’s Bitcoin holdings and shares outstanding barely move.To understand whether investors are actually leaving, you have to separate the USD thermometer from the BTC and share-count thermometer. Related ReadingForget CPI and ETFs — oil prices may now be the biggest signal for BitcoinBitcoin’s macro tell right now isn’t a CPI print or…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure In their latest post on CryptoQuant, XWIN Research Japan explores how developing affairs in the United States could affect the trajectory of Bitcoin and other risk assets in the near-term. According to the education institute, concerns of a potential stagflation period have begun to come up, which could potentially boost or mar Bitcoin’s growth. Unemployment Rate Rises To 4% As Inflation Builds Up For context, stagflation is a rare economic condition that combines two concerning events at the same time: high inflation and high unemployment. In their…

In brief Colossus is attempting to bypass Visa and Mastercard by building its own sovereign credit card rail using an Ethereum layer-2 network. The company is leveraging its interpretation of the GENIUS Act to operate without the traditional KYC or AML requirements. The startup’s launch follows the total collapse of UnCash, which was shut down by a “corporate guillotine.” Joseph Delong’s desk looks less like a developer’s workstation these days and more like an electronics repair shop, littered with technology that crypto was pioneered to replace.That’s because the veteran Ethereum developer and former SushiSwap CTO has accumulated what he describes…

When crude starts leading the headlines, crypto people tend to ask the wrong questions, like what it is that oil actually does to Bitcoin.While it’s the simplest and easiest way to explain what you don’t know, it’s a pretty bad question. A better one is what oil actually does to the cost of money, because Bitcoin is now trading like a live chart of liquidity expectations.Oil is one of the fastest ways to force that repricing, especially when the move comes from geopolitics and shipping risks rather than a slow increase in demand for BTC.That’s basically the backdrop right now.…

In brief The #QuitGPT backlash erupted after OpenAI’s Pentagon AI deal, triggering mass ChatGPT deletions and a surge of users switching to Claude. Canceling ChatGPT does not erase your data from OpenAI’s server. This step-by-step guide shows how to permanently delete your OpenAI account without giving away your data. On the evening of February 27, Sam Altman posted a brief announcement on X. OpenAI had signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of War to deploy its AI models on classified military networks—hours after Anthropic refused the same terms and was stripped of its Pentagon contract for declining to permit…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Binance has formally responded to US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) following a congressional letter in which the lawmaker cited media reports alleging the company enabled large-scale violations of US and international sanctions involving Iran.  In an open letter published Friday, Binance rejected the claims and accused the senator of relying on what it described as false and defamatory reporting. Binance Denies Enabling Iranian Money Laundering Senator Blumenthal’s inquiry referenced articles published in February 2026 by The New York Times, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal.  Those reports,…

In brief Nairobi-based contractors reviewed intimate footage captured by Meta’s smart glasses. Meta says content may be filtered before human review to protect privacy. UK regulators are seeking information on Meta’s data protection practices. A Nairobi-based data firm said it has reviewed sensitive footage captured by Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses after the tech giant tapped the Kenyan company for AI training offshore.“In some videos, you can see someone going to the toilet, or getting undressed,” an unnamed source told reporters last week. “I don’t think they know, because if they knew, they wouldn’t be recording.”The claims come from a joint…

In brief A small but growing online subculture treats AI chatbots as romantic partners or companions. Some users report grief when AI systems change or disappear after updates or shutdowns. Researchers say anthropomorphism and constant conversational feedback help explain why people form attachments to AI. Artificial intelligence chatbots are becoming companions, confidants, and in some cases romantic partners for a growing number of users.As AI systems grow more conversational and responsive, some people say the relationships feel real enough that losing the AI can trigger grief similar to a breakup or death.A former family therapist, Anina Lampret, says she understands…

In brief Bitcoin is up about 6.8% in 24 hours to $72,800, though it remains about 42% below its October all-time high following a months-long downturn. Nearly $700 million flowed into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs across Monday and Tuesday, reversing four months of steady outflows, according to BTC Markets. Analysts are hopeful developments including Kraken’s access to Federal Reserve payment rails and renewed legislative momentum in Congress could signal a structural turning point for crypto. Bitcoin’s latest rebound is prompting investors to reassess the forces shaping the crypto market, as policy momentum in Washington and rising geopolitical tensions converge with…

In brief Seven major tech companies signed a White House pledge to pay for energy tied to AI data centers. Companies agreed to build or buy a new electricity supply and fund grid upgrades for their facilities. The move comes amid growing concern that AI infrastructure could strain power grids and raise energy costs. Seven of the leading companies behind the AI boom have agreed to pay for the electricity it requires.On Wednesday, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI signed the White House’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge, committing to cover the cost of electricity generation and grid upgrades needed…

In brief A Nanaimo resident lost C$5,000 in a crypto job scam before a second scheme emerged. Fraudsters posed as a lawyer claiming to have located $60,000 in crypto “profits.” Victim data is reused because those targets already showed vulnerability, Decrypt was told. Canadian police warned Wednesday that fraudsters are using the Royal Canadian Mounted Police logo in crypto recovery schemes targeting victims who already lost funds in earlier fraud.The warning follows a case in Nanaimo, British Columbia, where a resident who had already lost money in a crypto job scam was later contacted by someone claiming they could help…