Markets
Markets

72% of subsea cables need to fail to impact Bitcoin, study shows

The past 11 years have shown that Bitcoin has been resilient to random intercontinental subsea internet cable failures, but could…
Mar 16, 2026
Markets

Embattled crypto lender BlockFills files for bankruptcy in US

BlockFills has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US after suspending deposits and withdrawals last month, citing poor crypto…
Mar 16, 2026
Markets

Traders Flip Senate Control Bet as Democrats Overtake Republicans on Kalshi, Polymarket

Prediction markets tracking Senate control have swung sharply in recent weeks as traders reassess political risk amid escalating tensions in…
Mar 16, 2026
DeFi

Aave to launch 'Aave Shield' after $50M token swap mishap

In a post-mortem of the incident, Aave clarified it was not slippage, but an illiquid market that caused the trader…
Mar 16, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin Advances as Oil Jumps Toward $100 on Further Middle East Strikes

Markets steadied after a volatile weekend, even as oil rose, as traders weighed U.S. strikes on Iranian targets. Read Full…
Mar 16, 2026
Markets

CLARITY Act risks handing crypto to centralized players: Gnosis exec

The legislation assumes that all crypto activity must pass through financial intermediaries licensed by the US government, warns Gnosis co-founder.…
Mar 15, 2026
Markets

$700M in Iran war bets and $1.2M in suspicious profits push Washington toward prediction-market crackdown

Polymarket and Kalshi are trying to raise money at valuations that put them in the top tier of consumer-fintech names,…
Mar 15, 2026
DeFi

Venus Protocol exploited for $3.7M through supply cap manipulation: On-chain analysis

A threat actor bypassed Venus Protocol’s supply caps using Thena tokens to borrow multiple assets in what analysts suspect was…
Mar 15, 2026
Markets

Coinbase’s $70B Bitcoin move made it look like investors were selling — but no one actually did

Some of Bitcoin’s most trusted bottom signals rest on the simple assumption that when old coins move, something meaningful has…
Mar 15, 2026
Institutional

Bitcoin set for best week since September 2025 as correlation with tech stocks weakens

Bitcoin is outperforming equities and gold since the Middle East conflict began, as institutional inflows return while broader market sentiment…
Mar 15, 2026