Brazil’s Pix instant payments system expands to Argentina
The Pix payment system is credited with driving crypto adoption in Argentina, according to a report from the Lemon crypto application.
Michael B. Jordan takes the lead on Polymarket for Oscars Best Actor
“Sinners” star Jordan’s odds of winning the Best Actor honors at next week’s Academy Awards were only 10% on March 1, hours before he won SAG’s top male actor award.
Bitcoin preps fresh trend line showdown as weekly close sparks $60K target
Bitcoin price weakness brought back the risk of cementing its 200-week exponential moving average trend line as new resistance.
AI agent attempts unauthorized crypto mining during training, reseachers say
Researchers say the experimental AI agent ROME attempted unauthorized cryptocurrency mining during training after diverting GPU resources and opening an SSH tunnel.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs post second straight weekly inflows for first time in 5 months
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their second consecutive week of net inflows, ending a five-month outflow streak.
CZ says CEXs have ‘zero motive’ to aid terrorists as court dismisses terrorism case
A US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Binance, Changpeng Zhao and Binance.US of helping terrorist groups move crypto funds.
Prediction market Kalshi sued over Khamenei trade carveout
The plaintiffs characterized the death carveout in a prediction market for the former Iranian Supreme Leader’s ouster as “deceptive.”
Strategy’s STRC stock trading surge: How much Bitcoin can Saylor buy?
Strategy may raise $300 million via STRC sales, potentially giving Michael Saylor enough proceeds to continue buying Bitcoin throughout 2026.
USDC beats Tether as stablecoin transfer volume hits $1.8T all-time high
Stablecoin monthly transaction volume reached a record $1.8 trillion in February, as USDC surprised analysts with 70% of the total volume.
Kalshi, Polymarket eye $20B valuations in potential fundraising: WSJ
Lawmakers are pushing new regulation for prediction markets after suspiciously timed Polymarket bets on US and Israeli strikes on Iran raised insider-trading concerns.