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03/03/2026 07:55 AM VanEck CEO Declares Bitcoin Bottom Formation as BTC Hovers Around $68K
VanEck CEO Jan van Eck identifies Bitcoin bottom formation near $68K as ETFs see $458M inflows. BTC up 7.6% weekly despite geopolitical tensions.
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03/03/2026 07:50 AM Vitalik Buterin Unveils Ethereum’s Block Building Roadmap Ahead of Glamsterdam Protocol Upgrade
TLDR: Ethereum’s ePBS lets proposers tap a free, permissionless builder market without fueling staking centralization. Big FOCIL assigns transaction subsets by sender address, cutting duplication while boosting censorship resistance. Encrypted mempools hide transaction data until block finalization, eliminating frontrunning and sandwich attack windows. The kohaku initiative is expected to add pluggable network-layer privacy support for [...]
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03/02/2026 09:14 PM Solana Mobile Stack Goes Global as OEM Push Begins at MWC 2026
TLDR: Solana Mobile shipped 200,000+ devices across Saga and Seeker, generating over $5B in onchain volume. The SMS stack integrates with Visa, Stripe, PayPal, and Western Union on Solana’s live financial rails. Stablecoin volume on blockchains hit $27.6T in 2024, surpassing combined Visa and Mastercard totals. Over 75,000 users claimed SKR at launch; 46% staked [...]
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03/02/2026 08:56 PM Peter Schiff Mocks Michael Saylor After Strategy Adds 3,015 New BTC
TLDR Peter Schiff reacted to Michael Saylor’s latest Bitcoin purchase with a sarcastic congratulatory message. Michael Saylor announced that Strategy acquired 3,015 Bitcoin for about $204.1 million. Strategy’s total Bitcoin holdings reached 720,737 Bitcoin after the new acquisition. Peter Schiff argued that Saylor continued to average down a losing trade during market volatility. Schiff claimed [...]
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03/02/2026 08:45 PM Seized Crypto Lapses Push South Korea to Enforce Tighter National Controls
TLDR South Korea launched a nationwide audit to strengthen controls over seized crypto assets. The Finance Ministry and financial regulators reviewed storage methods and internal access procedures. Officials aimed to identify weak practices and introduce stronger technical safeguards. Police in Gangnam lost 22 BTC after giving custody to an external firm without private key control. [...]
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03/02/2026 08:37 PM xAI Moves to Retire $3B Debt Early as Musk Advances the Planned SpaceX IPO
TLDR xAI plans to repay $3 billion in high-yield bonds earlier than expected to reduce debt before major corporate steps. The company will redeem the bonds at $117 on the, which reflects recent price movement. Early repayment may trigger penalty costs because the bonds were expected to remain outstanding for two years. Musk merged xAI [...]
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03/02/2026 08:23 PM cbBTC Arrives on Monad Through Chainlink CCIP, Opening New DeFi Use Cases
TLDR Chainlink enabled the transfer of Coinbase’s cbBTC to Monad through its CCIP system. The integration opened new access to Bitcoin-backed liquidity for developers building on the Monad Foundation network. Early adopters such as Curvance and Neverland prepared markets built around cbBTC on Monad. Coinbase confirmed that cbBTC remains backed 1:1 by Bitcoin held in [...]
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03/02/2026 07:57 PM Draft bill in Turkey Seeks 10% Crypto Tax and Tighter Oversight of Exchanges
TLDR Turkey proposed a new bill that introduces a 10% tax on cryptocurrency income and gains. Lawmakers stated that platforms must withhold the tax on a quarterly basis for all users. The bill allows the president to adjust the withholding rate between 0% and 20%. Service providers would pay a 0.03% transaction tax on every [...]
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03/02/2026 07:48 PM BTC Hits $70K With Steady Flows as Bitcoin Holders Remain Calm in a Tense Climate
TLDR Bitcoin moved near $70,000 while holders showed no panic during rising Middle East tensions. Short-term holder loss transfers dropped to a 2- week low as selling pressure eased. Realized losses fell to 3,700 BTC even as geopolitical risks increased across the region. BTC derivatives showed reduced risk as Binance open interest declined by 25 [...]
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03/02/2026 07:33 PM Riot Stock Climbs Before Earnings as Traders Track a Growing Risk Pattern
TLDR Riot stock increased on Monday as the crypto market strengthened and traders prepared for earnings. The share price reached $16.50 after recovering from an intraday low of $15.45. Analysts expected Riot’s quarterly revenue to rise by 10 percent to $158 million. The company previously reported $180 million in third-quarter revenue driven by mining operations. [...]
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