Japan has always been quick to adopt blockchain. Today, the Bank of Japan has launched a new blockchain settlement sandbox to test moving central bank reserve money on-chain. While no network has been officially chosen, Japan’s deep ties with Ripple and the XRP Ledger (XRPL) are drawing attention across global financial markets. BOJ Tests On-Chain …
Your day-ahead look for March 3, 2026
Bitcoin acted as a good shock absorber for this time global chaos war-like event. It briefly dipped to $63000 after the U.S.-Israel-Iran attack, but had a quick rebound near $67,000 on Feb 28. While indicators in mid-term paint a neutral to bearish continuation trend, the BTC Onchain data indicate a bullish approach of large and …
Another Solana meme coin tied to a world leader just blew up, and not in the way its creators hoped. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has publicly denied any connection to SANAE TOKEN, a Solana-based meme coin that briefly surged to a $27.72 million market cap before collapsing to around $6 million. Japan PM Issues …
Risk assets fell across the board Tuesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened to a near two-month high following renewed military escalation in Iran, pressuring the crypto market.
District Judge says that due to the protocol’s decentralized nature, the identities of the scam token issuers are basically unknown, leaving plaintiffs with no identifiable defendant.
While many in the industry were waiting for the Crypto Clarity Act to pass, a new debate has started around it. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson warned that the bill could have classified XRP as a security at launch. He also criticized Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse for supporting the bill. Hoskinson believes the proposal could harm …
Crypto markets enter March 2026 facing a mix of policy decisions, economic signals, and industry events that could shape the next phase of the cycle. A video published by FireHustle describes the month as unusually active. At the same time, new data from CryptoQuant shows that large parts of the market remain under pressure. Five …
Japan’s prime minister says she has no knowledge of or involvement in a Solana-based meme token that briefly reached a $27.7 million market cap before tumbling.
Nearly 4 out of 10 altcoins are now trading near their all-time lows. CryptoQuant author Darkfost dropped the data, and the numbers are hard to ignore. At 38%, this is the largest altcoin regression observed during this entire cycle, surpassing even the aftermath of FTX’s collapse in 2022, when the metric hit 37.8%. In April …
The report is a third-party attestation, which provides a snapshot of reserves at a specific point in time, rather than a full audit of the company's finances.
Today, the Korean stock market crashed sharply by 7.24% after reopening from a long weekend. This is one of the worst day carsh korean market has seen in 19 months. This crash came into effect following the strike on Iran by the U.S. and israel joinlty. Stock markets across Asia, Europe, and the U.S. turned …
Risk off sentiment builds ahead of Tuesday’s open, with investors moving into the dollar and watching energy markets amid ongoing Middle East tensions.
Bitcoin miner Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ) is getting ready to offload virtually its entire Bitcoin stash. And the timing is interesting. In its annual report filed Monday, the company revealed it expects to sell the majority of its 2,537 BTC holdings during Q1 2026. The proceeds will go straight into funding its AI compute colocation …
Developer layer aims to stitch together wallets, swaps and data feeds for autonomous bots.
CORZ still holds under 1,000 BTC but look to "remain opportunistic" moving forward.
Ripple has just taken a major step toward bridging traditional finance and crypto, and even Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz thinks it’s significant. Reacting to a newly surfaced DTCC notice, Schwartz simply wrote that the development “seems important.” The notice confirms that Ripple’s prime brokerage arm has officially integrated with Wall Street’s core clearing infrastructure, …
Out of a fixed maximum supply of 21 million coins, more than 95% of all bitcoin that will ever exist is now in circulation.
The escalating US-Israel-Iran conflict is now spilling into monetary policy expectations. Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the situation makes the Federal Reserve’s job significantly more complicated, especially when it comes to rate cuts. “I think the recent Iran situation puts the Fed even more on hold, more reluctant to cut rates than they …
Iran’s cryptocurrency market saw a sharp shock after recent U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, which targeted Tehran, killing its supreme leader. This sent shockwaves through local exchanges as trading volume fell nearly 80% in just two days. Within hours, millions of dollars in digital assets moved out of the country. While the fighting was military, the financial impact …
March 3, 2026 07:08:27 UTC Crypto Market Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP Price Surge Bitcoin and the broader crypto market remain in a cautious phase as BTC continues to trade within the $62,000–$63,000 range over the past few days. The market is showing signs of risk, with Bitcoin struggling to hold momentum toward the key …
After a sharp sell-off tied to escalating tensions in the Middle East, the crypto market has bounced hard. Bitcoin surged back toward $70,000, Ethereum reclaimed $2,065, and total market cap climbed above $2.38 trillion. The Dow Jones slipped just 140 points, while the Nasdaq 100 erased earlier losses and turned positive. Oil also failed to …
U.S. BTC ETFs added $458 million, suggesting institutional buyers are absorbing the weekend shock that briefly sent BTC to $63,000.
SoftBank-backed fintech giant PayPay is pressing ahead with a U.S. initial public offering that could value the company at up to $13.4 billion. As per reports, the Japanese digital payments leader plans to sell nearly 55 million American depositary shares priced between $17 and $20, aiming to raise around $1.1 billion at the top end. …
Private execution layer aims to curb MEV and front-running as the token extends 40% weekly rally despite modest onchain earnings.
Tom Lee, the co-founder, Managing Partner, and Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, has predicted a market-wide revival, which he says will take place this March. “I think March is going to be a turnaround month for the better.” In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Lee identified 2026 as a bullish year, with …
The Senate Banking Committee's bipartisan "ROAD to Housing Act" includes a provision banning the Fed from issuing a CBDC before 2031.
The Nasdaq-bound payments firm backed by SoftBank targets a valuation above $10 billion.
Ethereum plans on implementing Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS) and Fork-Choice-Enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL) within this year’s Glamsterdam and Hegota upgrades. Both aim to uphold network decentralization and scalability while increasing speed, privacy, and security. PBS will roll out first with the Glamsterdam fork scheduled for the first half of this year. The feature will further separate …