Author: Oguz Ozdemir
Key takeaways:Bitcoin shows resilience by decoupling from traditional equities and gold despite increasing US dollar strength.Institutional demand for Bitcoin remains robust, as evidenced by the $1.5 billion in recent ETF net inflows in seven days.Bitcoin (BTC) successfully defended the $68,000 level on Tuesday despite a 1% decline in the Nasdaq 100 Index and a 3.6% drop in gold prices. Although Bitcoin initially decoupled from traditional markets, traders remain concerned as the US dollar strengthened against other major fiat currencies, even as the United States risks a prolonged war with Iran. US Dollar Index (left) vs. Bitcoin/USD (right). Source: TradingViewThe US…
A Los Angeles County jury has found former Los Angeles Police Department officer Eric Halem guilty of kidnapping and bitcoin robbery in a 2024 home invasion that targeted a teenage cryptocurrency holder. The verdict followed a two-week trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, where prosecutors argued that Halem, 38, and three alleged accomplices posed as police officers to gain entry to a high-rise apartment in Koreatown. Once inside, they restrained a 17-year-old and his girlfriend and stole a hard drive containing private keys to roughly $350,000 in bitcoin. The victim, who testified under his first name, Daniel, told jurors…
CFTC chairman Michael Selig plans to enable US-listed crypto perpetual futures within weeks. Summary CFTC chair Michael Selig told attendees the agency aims to clear regulatory obstacles and launch “genuine professional” crypto perpetual futures in the US within about 4 weeks. The move is part of “Project Crypto,” a joint SEC–CFTC initiative that includes new guidance for DeFi, prediction markets, and tokenized collateral frameworks. BTC and major altcoins saw modest intraday gains while derivatives traders priced in potential onshoring of volume from offshore venues, with expectations for higher regulated futures open interest. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is…
Altcoins have endured a prolonged structural decline since the peak of the 2021 bull cycle. While Bitcoin has managed to preserve portions of its macro uptrend, most alternative tokens have printed persistent lower highs and lower lows across multiple timeframes. For many projects, what began as a cyclical correction has evolved into a multi-year erosion of capital, liquidity, and investor confidence. Related Reading Recent data shared by analyst Darkfost underscores the severity of the situation: approximately 38% of altcoins are now trading near their all-time lows. This figure exceeds the stress levels observed in the immediate aftermath of the FTX…
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has signed legislation allowing bitcoin and cryptocurrency investments in the state’s public retirement and savings plans, opening the door for state employees to gain exposure to digital assets through self-directed accounts. The measure, House Bill 1042, requires Indiana’s public retirement boards, deferred compensation committees, and annuity savings programs to offer self-directed brokerage accounts that include at least one cryptocurrency investment option by July 1, 2027. The accounts will allow participants to allocate a portion of their retirement savings to bitcoin, crypto assets, or crypto-linked exchange-traded funds, subject to investment guidelines and oversight established by plan administrators.…
In brief Colombia’s Supreme Court rejected a cassation appeal after AI detectors flagged it as machine-generated. Lawyers ran the ruling through the same tools and found it also appeared AI-written. Experts and studies showed AI-detection software produced unreliable and inconsistent results. The Supreme Court of Colombia denied a cassation appeal, arguing that it was generated by AI. But the same tool the court used to determine the appeal’s purported AI origins said that its own ruling also received generative help.Is it a double standard by the court, or faulty tools at play?“Faced with a well-founded suspicion that the brief submitted…
War is burning across the Middle East. Oil prices are climbing. Stock markets in Asia have taken a hit. And yet, Bitcoin is still standing above $66,000 — a fact that has caught the attention of analysts keeping a close eye on the market. Related Reading Calm Where There Should Be Panic The group most closely watched during moments of market stress is what analysts call short-term holders — people who bought Bitcoin recently and are most likely to sell fast when things go wrong. Based on reports from on-chain data platform CryptoQuant, that group has stayed unusually quiet. When…
Stafford Masie, executive chairman of Africa Bitcoin Corporation, said Tuesday that Bitcoin functions as everyday money in parts of Africa rather than primarily as a store of value.Speaking to Natalie Brunell on the Coin Stories podcast on Tuesday, Masie said the framing of Bitcoin (BTC) differs sharply across regions. “Where I come from, Bitcoin is money,” he told Brunell, adding that in some circular economies in Africa, merchants “won’t accept dollars — they accept satoshis.”While investors in developed markets often emphasize its role as an inflation hedge, he described communities where satoshis circulate directly in local economies. He also pointed…
In brief X’s product head, Nikita Bier, said creators posting undisclosed AI-generated war videos will lose access to the platform’s revenue-sharing program for 90 days. The policy targets AI-generated footage that could mislead users during wartime. Researchers and governments have warned that deepfakes could spread propaganda and misinformation online. Elon Musk’s social media platform X said it will suspend creators from its revenue-sharing program if they post AI-generated videos depicting armed conflict without clearly disclosing that the footage was created using artificial intelligence.In a post on Tuesday, X’s head of product Nikita Bier said the company is revising its Creator…
Alvin Lang Mar 03, 2026 23:24 GitHub rolls out worldwide community events for Copilot training as the AI coding assistant reaches 20 million developers and drives 40% revenue growth. GitHub is taking its AI coding assistant to the streets. The Microsoft subsidiary announced GitHub Copilot Dev Days on March 3, a global series of hands-on community events kicking off this month as the platform crosses 20 million active developers.The timing isn’t accidental. GitHub’s revenue reportedly jumped 40% year-over-year, with Copilot adoption driving much of that growth. Now the company wants to convert casual…