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Polymarket and Kalshi have drawn more than $200 million in wagers on Iran conflict outcomes in 2026, but a series of controversies — from bets on downed pilots to suspected insider trading netting nearly $1 million — has triggered congressional action and raised existential questions about the industry's ethical boundaries.
Ripple launches Digital Asset Accounts and Unified Treasury features, allowing corporate finance teams to manage XRP and RLUSD alongside traditional fiat currencies within a single treasury management system.
The world's largest derivatives exchange will run Bitcoin and Ether futures around the clock on Globex, eliminating weekend gaps that have long frustrated institutional traders.
The Michael Saylor-led firm resumes weekly purchases after a rare pause, bringing cumulative spend to $58 billion as it targets one million Bitcoin by year-end.
The Department of Labor's proposed rule creates a fiduciary safe harbour for plan managers who complete a defined prudent evaluation process before adding cryptocurrency and alternative assets to retirement plans, potentially unlocking the largest pool of retail capital in the world for digital asset investment.
The world's largest asset manager has filed an amended S-1 with the SEC for a covered-call Bitcoin ETF that would generate income by writing options on its flagship IBIT holdings, signalling a new phase in institutional crypto product development.
Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion Technologies now holds nearly 4% of all ether in circulation after another 71,000 ETH weekly purchase, even as other corporate treasuries pause accumulation amid falling prices.
CoinShares' Q1 2026 mining report reveals that production costs have surged to $80,000 per bitcoin while hash prices hit five-year lows, accelerating a historic pivot toward AI infrastructure that could see listed miners derive the majority of revenue from artificial intelligence by year-end.
Jack Dorsey's Block launches a five-day, $1 million Bitcoin giveaway through Cash App and Bitkey, reviving the faucet concept that introduced thousands to crypto in 2010.
Ant Group's blockchain arm unveils a platform enabling autonomous AI agents to hold assets, settle payments in USDC, and transact without human intervention — betting on a $3-5 trillion agent economy.
The $12 trillion brokerage confirms a June 2026 launch of direct spot BTC and ETH trading, intensifying competition with crypto-native exchanges.
Prediction market platform Kalshi has appointed Democratic strategist Stephanie Cutter as a policy adviser, balancing its earlier hire of Donald Trump Jr., as the industry faces simultaneous legal challenges from US states and the federal government.
By March 2026, Strategy accounted for approximately 76% of all Bitcoin held by publicly traded companies as other corporate treasury programs paused or reversed.
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) held 762,099 Bitcoin valued at $57.69 billion on March 22, 2026, near break-even on its average cost basis as prices recovered.
Stablecoin market capitalization reached $319 billion by mid-March 2026, driven by institutional adoption and the GENIUS Act framework.
Bitcoin dropped more than 5% below $65,000 on February 23 as Trump announced a 15% global tariff rate, triggering $2.56 billion in liquidations across crypto markets.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced record weekly net outflows in late February 2026, marking the first sustained selling since their launch in January 2024.
Stifel Financial published a research note on February 5, 2026, predicting Bitcoin could fall to $38,000 amid macro headwinds and forced selling.
Grayscale Research published a 2026 outlook report predicting institutional participation in crypto would accelerate through regulatory clarity and tokenization.
AllianceBernstein's research division predicted on January 7, 2026, that tokenization of real-world assets will drive a supercycle in crypto adoption.
