Bitcoin, Ethereum, altcoin, DeFi, and exchange coverage — prices, moves, and what drove them.
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A sophisticated attacker exploited Solana's durable nonce feature to hijack governance controls at Drift Protocol, draining $285 million in assets in under 12 minutes before bridging funds to Ethereum.
A new Bank of Canada staff paper examines Aave V3's revenue model, margin trading behaviour, and liquidation dynamics, concluding that decentralised lending works but carries systemic risks that regulators should watch closely.
The Ethereum Foundation deposited 45,034 ETH into the Beacon Chain deposit contract on Thursday, bringing its total staked position to approximately 69,500 ETH and within reach of its stated 70,000 ETH goal.
Bitcoin fell 22% in Q1 2026 from $94,000 to $73,000, underperforming the S&P 500's 8% decline and marking one of the worst quarterly showings in recent years.
The SEC faced a March 27, 2026, deadline for final decisions on 91 pending cryptocurrency ETF applications covering 24 different tokens.
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.
Ethereum fell to approximately $2,200 in mid-March 2026, down 35% from January, as Layer 2 platforms captured transaction volume and fee revenue from the mainnet.
Stablecoin market capitalization reached $319 billion by mid-March 2026, driven by institutional adoption and the GENIUS Act framework.
Foundry USA pool mined the 20 millionth Bitcoin on March 10, 2026, leaving only 1 million BTC remaining to be mined over approximately 114 years.
Solana fell below $80 in early March 2026, down 70% from its October 2025 peak of $260, as meme coin speculation collapsed and network activity contracted.
The crypto market shed $1 trillion in value across February 2026 as tariff shocks, tech stock collapse, record liquidations, and geopolitical tensions converged.
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.
The US Treasury Department added newly seized Bitcoin from criminal proceedings to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve in February 2026.
Stifel Financial published a research note on February 5, 2026, predicting Bitcoin could fall to $38,000 amid macro headwinds and forced selling.
Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange, entered the top 10 derivatives platforms by volume in Q1 2026, competing alongside Binance.
Kraken Financial became the first digital asset bank to receive a Federal Reserve master account from the Kansas City Fed, granting direct access to Fedwire.
Texas launched its state cryptocurrency reserve in December 2025 with a $5 million initial Bitcoin purchase, becoming the first US state to fund such a reserve.
REX-Osprey launched the first US-listed spot ETFs for Dogecoin and XRP in December 2025, accelerating institutional access to alternative cryptocurrencies.
