Crypto Breaking News

Trump-linked American Bitcoin is expanding its mining operations with the purchase of 11,298 new ASIC machines expected to boost its hashing capacity by about 3.05 exahash per second.

A new competition is emerging to build payment infrastructure for AI agents, with Bitcoin’s Lightning-based L402 protocol facing off against Coinbase-backed x402 built on Ethereum-based stablecoin systems.

Ethereum traded near $1,939 on March 8, remaining below the key $2,000 psychological level as technical indicators across multiple timeframes signalled fading upward momentum.

West Texas Intermediate crude jumped to $115 per barrel on the decentralised derivatives platform Hyperliquid over the weekend as escalating Middle East conflict and sudden production cuts shook energy markets.

President Donald Trump has declared he will refuse to sign any legislation until Congress passes the SAVE America Act, adding new uncertainty to the stalled Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act.

The White House has for the first time identified cryptocurrency and blockchain networks as systems requiring national protection in a newly released seven-page cybersecurity policy document.

Iran named the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as its new supreme leader as Tehran kept up its attacks on several countries on the ninth day of the war in the Middle East. Bloomberg's Wendy Benjaminson reports.

Puck News Washington correspondent Abby Livingston and Bloomberg Opinion's senior executive editor Tim O'Brien join David Gura and Christina Ruffini on "Bloomberg This Weekend" to discuss the implications for US foreign policy and the political dynamics surrounding Trump's approach to Iran. Description of video corrected to fix titles of show guests. (edited)

Senator Mike Rounds, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, joins "Bloomberg This Weekend" and addresses questions regarding the US military engagement with Iran nine days into the conflict.

The explosion of AI investment is triggering a nationwide data center building boom and an urgent need for skilled construction workers. Electricians, HVAC specialists and welders are in record demand as companies race to build faster and at massive scale. But retirements, demographic shifts and decades of stagnant productivity in construction are straining the labor pipeline. Higher wages, bonuses, trade school enrollment and prefabrication technology are helping but the question remains: can the workforce keep up with AI's rapid expansion?

Senator Mike Rounds, a member of the Armed Services Committee, addresses concerns regarding the bombing of a girls' elementary school in Iran at the onset of the conflict on "Bloomberg This Weekend" with David Gura and Christina Ruffini.

The Forecast Newsletter on Bloomberg.com: Spend your Sunday thinking about what's ahead with predictions and analysis from around the world. Journalist and author Philip Delves Broughton joins Bloomberg's David Gura and Christina Ruffini to examine the parallels between the current Middle East war driven energy shock and the 1973 Yom Kippur crisis.