John Crawford

Prediction market activity has climbed sharply as traders flock to contracts tied to the escalating US-Iran conflict, while Washington moves toward clearer federal rules for event contracts and a legislative push to explicitly bar markets tied to war, terrorism and death. Notional trading volume on Polymarket and Kalshi rose to new all-time highs during the

Ether (ETH) bulls are eyeing a move back toward $2,800 in March, with at least three indicators showing ETH price potential to rise higher. Key takeaways: Ether’s price jumped by over 9% toward $2,280 on Monday. Multiple indicators, including a symmetrical triangle, hint at an extended price rally toward $2,800. Ether invalidates a bearish chart

South Korea has fined crypto exchange Bithumb 36.8 billion won (about $24.5 million) and imposed a six-month partial business suspension after finding widespread violations of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules, according to a Yonhap News Agency report.  According to Yonhap, regulators identified about 6.65 million violations during an AML inspection, including failures related to customer identity

Metaplanet said Monday it raised $255 million in a private placement and launched a new warrant structure to fund additional Bitcoin purchases. Metaplanet raised about $255 million from institutional investors through a private placement of new shares, according to the company. The private placement priced new shares at a 2% premium, paired with fixed-strike warrants

Opinion by: Neil Staunton, CEO and co-founder of Superset Crypto is one of the most innovative corners of finance. New protocols launch every week. New market designs are constantly tested, and experimentation moves fast. But innovation alone can’t build financial systems that institutions can rely on. There’s a reason traditional finance is deliberately boring. It

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin, continued aggressively stacking Bitcoin last week, bringing the company’s total reserves to above 760,000 BTC. Strategy acquired 22,337 Bitcoin (BTC) for $1.57 billion last week, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. The purchase ranks among the five largest Bitcoin acquisitions

Hana Financial Group, one of South Korea’s largest financial conglomerates, has partnered with Standard Chartered on finance and digital assets. On Sunday, Hana Financial said it signed a business agreement with the United Kingdom’s Standard Chartered Group (SC Group) for cooperation in global financial business and digital asset fields, Yonhap News reported. The agreement covers

DUBAI, UAE, March 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As digital asset markets face renewed volatility and investor sentiment turns cautious, Bybit  and Tether , the largest company in the digital asset industry today, announced an expanded collaboration centered on tokenized gold, launching the joint “Golden Season” initiative with more than $1 million in gold-backed rewards. The program

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US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded their second consecutive week of net inflows, marking the first back-to-back weekly gains in five months. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs attracted roughly $568.45 million in net inflows this week, according to data from SoSoValue. The products also posted positive flows of about $787.31 million the previous week, showing renewed