Technology
Regulation
CLARITY Act deadline in weeks could kill stablecoin earnings and push money into Bitcoin
A Senate breakthrough on CLARITY could formalize a US market structure in which Bitcoin becomes the clearest institutional winner.
Taxes
Congress proposes removal of widely used Bitcoin tax loophole and giving it to regulated stablecoins
The new Digital Asset PARITY Act draft would extend wash-sale rules to digital assets while shielding certain regulated payment stablecoins from routine gain-or-loss recognition.
Macro
Bitcoin drops as Rubio privately signals Iran war may last weeks, locking in high oil prices
Rubio reportedly told G7 ministers privately that the war with Iran could continue another 2-4 weeks, a timeline that threatens to keep oil elevated and risk assets under pressure.
Derivatives
Bitcoin price just collapsed because the macro selloff collided with a $14 billion options expiry this morning
Roughly $14.1B in Bitcoin options and $2.2B in Ethereum options expired on Friday, Mar. 27. History suggests more volatility around expiry.
Regulation
New Coinbase CLARITY Act standoff over stablecoin reward is now holding up rules for the entire US crypto market
The Senate’s crypto bill is stuck in a noisy fight over stablecoin rewards, but its real impact would be much broader.
Hacks
Hackers sneak crypto wallet-stealing code into a popular AI tool that runs every time
Compromised LiteLLM versions 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 stole SSH keys, cloud creds, Kubernetes secrets, env vars, and crypto wallet material.
Quantum
As quantum ‘Q-Day’ jumps to 2029, Ethereum faces a new fight over what to do with coins left in old wallets
The Ethereum Foundation’s post-quantum roadmap argues that the real danger is a years-long struggle over how to move user wallets.
Mining
Bitcoin miners start funding pivot to AI with debt while selling BTC to stay liquid
CoinShares’ latest mining report suggests the biggest shift is that stressed miners are selling coins, stronger operators are pivoting into AI, and listed mining stocks are becoming less pure Bitcoin proxies than many investors assume.
Mining
A rare Bitcoin reorg just showed why six confirmations may not guarantee a final payment
A rare two-block reorg and the rise of a dominant mining pool are reviving the question of how “irreversible” is a Bitcoin payment.
Politics
Why crypto is now too embedded in US markets for regulators to keep making it up as they go
The CFTC’s new Innovation Task Force is less about one agency reshuffle than a bigger reality: crypto is now too politically sensitive and financially embedded for US regulators to keep improvising.
Culture
Tether seeks first full audit as new financial rails risk leaving some stablecoins behind
As Wall Street moves toward longer trading hours, tokenized assets and always-on settlement, the old Tether ambiguity gets harder to carry.
Community
Bitcoin’s sudden node surge may be one actor posing as thousands
Jameson Lopp says a sudden wave of BIP-110 signaling nodes may be inflating visible support for a controversial anti-spam proposal.
