Technology
Regulation
Trump-backed WLFI is selling $5 million access while pitching finance for everyone
Super Nodes must lock 50 million WLFI for 180 days, then get prioritized partnership talks and heavier governance power.
Regulation
The CFTC says prediction markets have an insider trading problem
After listings exploded from about five a year to thousands, the CFTC is warning exchanges to catch manipulation before it hits headlines.
Analysis
Bitcoin price faces a crucial weekend test as US growth collapses to 0.7% while inflation stays stubborn
The data looked shaky even before the oil shock, and Powell now has to explain what breaks first.
Legal
Why Binance suddenly isn’t afraid of negative press anymore
Binance says the Feb. 23 Iran probe story misstated about $1 billion in transfers and ignored corrections.
Crime
Crypto holders in France are being violently targeted again — and it’s no longer just insiders
Once the target pool expands beyond executives, the security playbook shifts to delays, multisig, secrecy, and physical protection.
Banking
The Fed is readying to punish banks for holding Bitcoin as US crypto tensions boil over
Basel’s thresholds and punitive risk weights can make direct Bitcoin exposure prohibitively expensive even when it’s legally permitted.
ETF
BlackRock’s new product just made Ethereum income impossible to ignore
BlackRock may have just reopened the case for earning yield in crypto, reframing ETH as yield plus price exposure.
Macro
US gets first new oil refinery in 50 years but it will come too late for Bitcoin
Groundbreaking is slated for Q2 2026, so any real fuel supply arrives years after today’s inflationary pump shock.
Exchanges
Why Bitcoin’s kimchi premium is on life support after South Korea targets crypto exchange
FIU’s proposed six month partial ban targets new user transfers, but the bigger shock may be price discovery shifting to Upbit.
Regulation
Kalshi’s Brazil prediction market launch lands in a country already fighting a betting addiction crisis
The product is macro first, but Brazil’s crackdown playbook was built for mass retail behavior.
AI
Can crypto protect us against the growing web of economic AI agents?
AI agents can talk, use tools, and pay — But crypto wants to control the escrow moment.
Legal
Prosecutors push to put crypto founder back in court after Washington already reversed policy
Investors may be spreading the “regulatory relief” narrative onto privacy infrastructure that DOJ and Treasury still target.
