Brazil’s central bank has expanded its Pix instant payments system to Argentina, allowing Brazilians living there to use the service for payments, transfers and purchases across both countries.
Michael B. Jordan has become the favourite to win Best Actor at the 2026 Academy Awards on prediction market platform Polymarket after his odds surged more than fourfold since early March.
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.
A former chief financial officer in Washington has been sentenced to two years in prison after secretly diverting $35 million from his employer into risky cryptocurrency investments.
Bitcoin dropped below the key $70,000 level on Friday as geopolitical tensions and weak economic data from the United States triggered a sharp market sell-off.
Colombia is moving closer to formal regulation of the cryptocurrency sector as the Central Bank of Colombia completes a draft framework aimed at governing digital asset activities.
Publicly listed cryptocurrency mining companies have begun selling large portions of their bitcoin holdings as financial pressure across the sector continues to mount.
