Vitalik Buterin has shifted the Ethereum scaling debate back to the protocol’s base layer, arguing that deep architectural bottlenecks in the state tree and virtual machine now pose greater long-term constraints than Layer 2 rollups.
Polymarket recorded $478 million in single-day notional trading volume as geopolitical tensions escalated following coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
Capital Markets Authority ordered a two-day suspension of trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Dubai Financial Market for March 2–3 after Iranian strikes targeted major regional ports and oil tankers.
Bitcoin has vaporised more than US$800 billion in its latest crash and sucked US$1 trillion out of the broader crypto market.
With nearly US$2 trillion in market value and rising allocations from Wall Street firms, ETFs, pension funds, and insurers, Bitcoin is increasingly woven into traditional finance.
The 2026 Golden Globes will be remembered for two things: the films that won and the moment the crypto betting platform "Polymarket" ticker became as ubiquitous as the champagne.
For the first time in award show history, a blockchain-based prediction market was the "exclusive prediction market partner" of a major Hollywood broadcast.
Trump used his Davos speech to tout US economic dominance, promote crypto, and revive his push for Greenland.
Bitcoin is holding above $92,000, but weak ETF flows and macro uncertainty are testing traders’ confidence in a market bottom.
December’s CPI landed exactly at 2.7%, with a slightly cooler core print giving markets mild relief but no big Fed pivot.
Rising tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are raising the risk of an oil supply shock that could tighten global liquidity and trigger a fresh Bitcoin selloff.
US lawmakers have called on the Treasury Department and the Department of Justice to investigate Binance over allegations that $1.7 billion in crypto transfers were linked to Iran-connected entities.
Former Mt. Gox chief executive Mark Karpelès has proposed a rare hard fork of Bitcoin to recover 79,956 BTC lost in the exchange’s 2011 breach and return them to creditors.