SEC proposal could remove crypto from OTC reporting requirements
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has put forward a proposal which, according to SEC commissioner Hester Peirce, could help clear up years of confusion around how a key broker-dealer rule applies across markets. On Monday, the SEC proposed an…...
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Bitcoin Surges to Six-Week High as Bulls Eye $80K
Bitcoin prices tapped $76,000 on Coinbase in early trading on Tuesday morning, according to TradingView. It is the highest the asset has traded since the Feb. 6 crash. Bitcoin did it. It just closed the daily candle above the $74,500 April 2025 low, said analyst ‘Sykodelic’ on Tuesday. “To...
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Bitcoin Bet Deepens As Metaplanet Raises $255 Million For Future Purchases
Metaplanet’s market-to-net-asset value stood at about 1.11x on Monday, a level that put the company above the threshold needed to make a novel class of warrants exercisable. Data shows the firm held 35,102 BTC, and executives say the fresh capital will be used to keep buying Bitcoin as it...
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Playnance Launches GCOIN Staking as Community Locks Over 250M Tokens Within Hours
[PRESS RELEASE – Tel Aviv, Israel, March 16th, 2026] Playnance, the Web3 infrastructure company behind the growing GCOIN ecosystem, has announced the launch of GCOIN Staking, a new mechanism designed to strengthen long-term participation in the platform’s expanding Web3 entertainment economy. The program is now live on PlayW3, the...
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WhiteBIT Expands into Africa – Joins Ghana’s Crypto Regulatory Sandbox
[PRESS RELEASE – Vilnius, Lithuania, March 16th, 2026] WhiteBIT, the largest European exchange by traffic, has announced its selection as one of 11 companies invited to participate in Ghana’s pioneering crypto regulatory sandbox. The sandbox, launched by the Ghana Securities and Exchange Commission in collaboration with the Bank of...
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Bitcoin’s derivatives-led rally is already unraveling. Prices are back below $75,000
Bitcoin briefly surged to a six-week high above $75,000 before quickly retreating, underscoring the fragility of the latest rally....
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New Global Task Force Formed To Disrupt Crypto Scams, US Secret Service Leads
The US Secret Service announced a new international initiative aimed at combating crypto scams. In a press release issued on Monday, it was revealed that this week, law enforcement agencies from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada are collaborating on what they called “Operation Atlantic.” This joint...
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Eightco Stock Is Trending Overnight After Popping 34% On Monday — What’s Going On With With Ethereum Hodler ORBS?
Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ORBS) shares rose 1.58% in after-hours trading on Monday, extending a sharp intraday rally. The stock is also trending overnight. What’s Possibly Driving ORBS? This spike coincided with a rise in Ethereum’s (CRYPTO: ETH), which forms 19% of Eightco’s $134.56 million cryptocurrency treasury, according to CoinGecko....
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Argentina blocks access to Polymarket after early bets on February inflation
Argentina’s ban on Polymarket may hinder access to global prediction markets, impacting financial transparency and innovation in the region. The post Argentina blocks access to Polymarket after early bets on February inflation appeared first on Crypto Briefing....
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Bitcoin Survives 68 Cable Failures With Near-Zero Price Impact, Study Finds
Almost nine out of 10 underwater internet cable failures over the past decade caused little to no disruption to the Bitcoin network, according to new academic research. Random Failures Vs. Targeted Cuts The study, published in February by researchers Wenbin Wu and Alexander Neumueller of the Cambridge Centre for...
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