We’re At War With Iran. The Strait of Hormuz is disrupted. Chips rallied 5%. Bitcoin ripped past $73K. And nonfarm payrolls drop Friday. THE RUNDOWN WAR › U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran are now in their fourth day. Iran partially closed the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for...

Western Union is moving deeper into blockchain payments with a new stablecoin initiative tied to the Solana network. The company has partnered with Crossmint to support the rollout of USDPT, a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin that will operate on the Solana…...

US spot crypto ETFs saw broad-based inflows across Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana products. US-listed spot crypto ETFs recorded another strong session of net inflows, with products tied to Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL) all attracting fresh capital. According…...

Journalist and crypto commentator Paul Barron argues Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP) is next in line for Federal Reserve master account access after Kraken secured approval, but critics point out Kraken applied in 2020 while Ripple applied in 2025, suggesting years-long wait. The Kraken Precedent Kraken Financial received approval from the...

Wall Street is tokenizing everything — and the crypto market is cheering. But buried inside the fine print of every institutional product is a compliance architecture that enforces KYC at the wallet level, gives administrators the power to freeze your assets, and quietly replaces permissionless finance with permissioned finance...

OKB token price jumped sharply after Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, announced a strategic investment in OKB issuer OKX. OKB (OKB) surged from about $77.29 to an intraday high of $117.60 following the announcement.…...

Stockholm, 5th of March 2026 – Virtune today announces the completion of the monthly rebalancing for the Virtune Crypto Top 10 Index ETP, listed on Nasdaq Stockholm for both the SEK-denominated (ISIN code SE0020052207, ticker name VIR10SEK) and the EUR-denominated (ISIN code SE0020052215, ticker name VIR10EUR) ETP. In addition...

XRP’s price remained flat today, March, continuing the consolidation phase that began in February. However, ongoing inflows into exchange-traded funds and declining exchange supply suggest that a rebound may be on the horizon. Ripple (XRP), one of the top cryptocurrencies,…...

Poland’s strategy to use gold-linked profits for defense funding highlights a shift towards financial sovereignty, impacting EU relations and central bank independence. The post Poland’s central bank chief floats using gold-linked profits for $47B defense fund appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

This Thursday, we examine Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Hyperliquid in greater detail. Ethereum (ETH) With $2,000 support secured, Ethereum has a good shot at testing the $2,400 resistance in the near future. This also allowed the price to close the week with a 2% gain. The current...