Day: March 13, 2026

Bitcoin Outperforms Macro Assets in Iran Conflict as $72,000 Returns

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Bitcoin (BTC) hit eight-day highs into Friday’s Wall Street open as markets awaited key US inflation cues. Key points: Bitcoin shows resilience despite macro market uncertainty with another push beyond $72,000. Key US inflation data increased the chances of risk-asset volatility to come. BTC price gains outperform macro assets since the start of the Iran conflict. Trump demands Fed rate cut ahead of PCE print Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD climbing past $72,000 on Bitstamp for the first time since March 5. BTC/USD four-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin avoided a…

Historically Accurate Macro Signal Hints at a Bitcoin Price Bottom

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Bitcoin (BTC) may approach a market bottom, with a macro model tied to the US and China’s benchmark 10-year bond yields hinting at a potential rally toward $100,000 in the months ahead. Key takeaways: Bitcoin whales show signs of accumulation that were seen near the 2023 market low. BTC holds key long-term support while “oversold,” increasing the chance of a recovery. History rhymes? BTC flashes ‘precise’ bullish cross The model, shared by analyst AO, applies a Stochastic RSI oscillator to the product of US10Y and CN10Y. When overlaid with Bitcoin’s…

Hackers Claim They Leaked Swedish E-Government Source Code

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A threat actor has claimed to have leaked source code and other sensitive material tied to Sweden’s e-government platform, prompting an investigation by Swedish authorities and an incident response by CGI Sverige. Cybersecurity accounts on X and local media reported Thursday that a threat actor calling itself ByteToBreach had published material it said came from CGI Sverige, the Swedish subsidiary of global IT giant CGI Group, and Sweden’s e-government infrastructure, according to local news outlet Aftonbladet. CGI told Aftonbladet its cybersecurity team discovered an incident involving two internal test servers…

Alibaba Backs MetaComp to Expand Stablecoin Payment Network

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Singapore-based MetaComp said Friday it completed a new funding round backed by Alibaba, as the company expands its stablecoin payment infrastructure. MetaComp completed a Pre-A+ round backed by Alibaba, bringing the cumulative total to $35 million across two rounds in three months, according to the announcement. The latest round also featured the European early-stage venture capital investor Spark Venture, with Beijing-based 100Summit Partners serving as exclusive financial adviser. MetaComp previously announced closing a $22 million Pre-A funding round in December 2025 from investors including Eastern Bell Capital, Noah, Sky9 Capital,…

Vitalik Buterin Questions AI Strategy of Group He Funded

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said Friday that he is no longer closely aligned with the Future of Life Institute, a group that received SHIB tokens from him in 2021.  Buterin said the institute originally pitched him a broad roadmap for reducing existential risks, including those tied to artificial intelligence, biology and nuclear threats, along with wider pro-peace and pro-epistemics initiatives. He said that helped motivate the Shiba Inu (SHIB) donation. Buterin said the institute later moved toward cultural and political advocacy around AI risks, an approach he described as materially…

Bitcoin Miners Need AI, Yield Strategies to Survive

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Many Bitcoin miners are struggling to turn a profit this market cycle due to diminishing returns, so they may need to pivot to artificial intelligence hosting or put their holdings to work to generate yields, says market maker Wintermute. Wintermute said in a blog post on Thursday that Bitcoin (BTC) miners have spent years building large-scale power infrastructure in low-cost energy markets, and they now find themselves “sitting on exactly what the AI industry needs most urgently and cannot easily replicate.” It said that Bitcoin mining is a “structurally rigid…

Bitcoiner Group to Fight Bitcoin’s Treatment as ‘Toxic Asset’

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The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) says it will push the US Federal Reserve to change how Bitcoin is treated, as the central bank is set to issue rules on how banks should implement international guidelines for asset risk weighting. “BPI will be reviewing this proposal closely and submitting a public comment to ensure that US regulators get Bitcoin’s treatment right,” Bitcoin Policy Institute managing director Conner Brown said in an X post on Wednesday.  It comes just a day after the Fed announced it will issue a proposal for public…

Solana (SOL) Upside Awakens — Will Bulls Finally Hit $100?

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Solana started a fresh increase above the $88 zone. SOL price is now consolidating near $90 and might aim for more gains above the $92 zone. SOL price started a fresh upward move above the $85 and $88 levels against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $88 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There was a break above a key contracting triangle with resistance at $87 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could extend gains if it clears the…

Eightco Lands $125M in Funding from Bitmine and ARK

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The fresh capital from Kraken’s parent company, Ark Invest, and Bitmine has backed Eightco’s new bets on OpenAI and MrBeast Shares in Eightco Holdings (ORBS) jumped 12% on Thursday after it raised $125 million to back its bets in blockchain and artificial intelligence. Eightco said on Wednesday that crypto treasury firm Bitmine led the funding with $75 million, while Ark Invest and Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, each chipped in $25 million apiece. The company added that Bitmine chairman Tom Lee would join Eightco’s board and Ark…

Democrats Promise to Oversee Reported DOJ Probe Into Binance

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A group of Democratic senators say they will oversee a reported Justice Department investigation into possible Iran-related sanctions violations on the crypto exchange Binance. Senators Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren and Ruben Gallego said in a joint statement on Thursday that they “will conduct oversight to ensure the Department of Justice conducts a serious investigation into Binance and holds the company accountable for any wrongdoing.” The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter, that the Justice Department was investigating Iran’s possible use of Binance to…