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MARA’s AI expansion takes center stage ahead of Q1 earnings
Investors look beyond bitcoin volatility towards long term AI infrastructure and data center revenue opportunities.

Bitcoin, Nasdaq investors are celebrating, while U.S. consumers turn gloomy.
Here's what the widening Wall Street–Main Street divide is telling us about the state of the economy.

Bitcoin (BTC) mining pools with 75% of hashrate back open standard for block construction
Foundry, AntPool, F2Pool, SpiderPool, and MARA Pool are among seven pools joining the Stratum V2 working group, putting nearly three-quarters of global bitcoin hashrate behind a protocol that returns block construction decisions to individual miners.

Ripple-linked XRP spikes 2.5%, beating bitcoin and ether, in breakout above $1.45
Sharp move through resistance came with one of the biggest volume spikes in weeks, though profit-taking quickly emerged near session highs.

A bitcoin whale that went silent in 2013 moves $40 million in BTC
A long-dormant whale woke up Sunday, moving millions worth of bitcoin on-chain. here's is what it means for BTC.

Agentic commerce will run on crypto rails, PayPal and Google reps tell Consensus Miami
Senior figures from PayPal and Google Cloud said open payment protocols, machine-readable merchant catalogs and multi-party crypto custody are needed to scale agentic commerce.

The NFT market was 'oversold' and prices fell too far, says Yuga Labs’ new CEO
BAYC floor prices have doubled in a month as traders rotate back into speculative crypto bets, reviving hopes of a broader NFT recovery.

Trump Media’s Q1 loss widens to $406 million on bitcoin, CRO markdowns
The loss was primarily driven by $244 million in unrealized losses on cryptocurrency holdings and an additional $108.2 million investment loss.

Sports betting should be regulated as a financial product, not gambling, aspiring prediction market provider says
Novig CEO Jacob Fortinsky said his company will transition to a federal Designated Contract Market framework this summer to launch in all 50 states, while 57 Maiden's Adam Mastrelli said he was banned from two major sportsbooks within two months for being “sharp."

It might be too late for bitcoin’s quantum migration, Project Eleven report argues
The quantum computing advent does not only threaten blockchains, it also poses huge risks to banking systems, military communications, digital identities and more, Project Eleven’s report warns.

Crypto industry cheers Senate Clarity Act markup date as market structure push resumes
The bill's progress follows talks on jurisdiction, consumer/developer protections, and stablecoin rewards, with crypto firms backing a yield compromise.

Emerging-market users are treating crypto exchanges like banking apps, Binance says
One point three billion adults lack financial services, 4.7 billion lack credit, and 1.4 billion savers in low-income nations earn no deposit interest, Binance said.

Swiss central bank bitcoin reserve push fails over signature shortfall
The initiative sought to amend Switzerland's constitution, requiring the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold BTC alongside gold and foreign-currency reserves.

Soon, traders will be able to bet on bitcoin volatility, not just price, on CME
CME Group plans to launch bitcoin volatility futures on June 1 pending regulatory approval bringing a easy way to bet on the degree of price swings.

How DeFi is changing the financial landscape for Latin Americans
DeFi is quietly shifting from niche crypto experiment to a legitimate financial tool across the region, explains Serrano.

Crypto wallets are being rebuilt for AI agents, Trust Wallet and Mesh executives say at Consensus Miami
Trust Wallet CEO Felix Fan and Mesh CTO Arjun Mukherjee said AI agents are creating a new role for crypto wallets.

BlackRock deepens tokenization push with new onchain fund offerings
The world's largest asset manager filed paperwork to expand its tokenized fund lineup as real-world assets grow 200% year over year.

LayerZero says it ‘made a mistake’ in $292 Million Kelp exploit
After initially framing the exploit as a developer configuration failure, LayerZero said it “owns” the decision to let its own verifier secure high-value transfers in a vulnerable setup.

Judge clears path for Aave to move $71 million in ETH linked to North Korea hack
Judge Margaret Garnett allowed frozen exploit funds on Arbitrum to move to Aave, but the legal freeze follows the assets as terrorism plaintiffs continue their claim.

Senate Banking Committee plans to hold Clarity Act hearing on Thursday
The Senate Banking Committee announced it would hold its markup hearing for the Clarity Act on March 14.

Coinbase (COIN) bounces 10%, Solana, LINK, SUI outperform as bitcoin (BTC) holds $80K
Tokenization and digital asset-infrastructure stocks climbed as SEC Chair Paul Atkins signaled support for onchain finance rules.

AI agents fueled a frenzy of startup building at the Consensus Miami EasyA hackathon
Nearly 1,000 developers competed at the venue, from ecosystems like Base, Solana, and others arriving from companies like Microsoft and Google, most racing to build products around the theme of AI agents.

