The White House has released President Trump's latest cyber strategy, designating cryptocurrency and blockchain as strategic technologies within U.S. critical infrastructure. The framework sets out six policy pillars focused on securing networks, protecting technological leadership, and building a skilled cyber workforce, while aiming to safeguard crypto systems and support innovation.

On March 6, 2026, former Washington CFO Nevin Shetty received a two-year federal prison sentence for secretly diverting $35 million in company funds into a DeFi investment tied to his side project HighTower Treasury. The crypto strategy, launched after he learned his job would be terminated in April 2022, collapsed during the 2022 downturn, nearly wiping out the entire investment and forcing layoffs of about 60 employees. Shetty was also ordered to pay $35,000,100 in restitution and will face three years of supervised release with restrictions on future corporate officer roles.

On 7 March 2026, London-based Archax, the first FCA-regulated digital asset exchange in the UK, integrated Cardano's ADA into its institutional trading and custody platform. The move strengthens Cardano's role in real-world asset tokenization and follows network growth that lifted its DeFi total value locked to $450M by March 2025, while ADA trades near $0.27 amid cautious market sentiment and wide-ranging 2026 price projections.

On March 7, 2026, prediction market operator Kalshi was sued in a U.S. federal court over a disputed market tied to the tenure of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with plaintiffs seeking $54 million. The platform declined to settle bets placed on Khamenei leaving office before March 1, 2026, after he was killed in U.S.-Israeli military strikes, citing a controversial "death carveout" clause. Investors claim the terms were clear and binary, while Kalshi's CEO has defended the decision and offered to refund trading fees.

As of March 2026, the Nifty 50 trades near its long-term valuation range, while the Nifty Midcap 100 is priced well above its five- and ten-year average price-to-earnings ratios. Supporters highlight steady earnings and revenue growth along with India’s premium to other emerging markets, whereas skeptics warn that mid- and small-cap gains may not be matched by fundamentals and see better risk-reward in large-cap stocks.

On March 7, 2026, the White House announced that the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation will extend up to $20 billion in reinsurance to ships operating in the Persian Gulf to stabilise energy markets. The move follows an 81% plunge in Strait of Hormuz traffic and around 200 stranded tankers after major marine insurers halted coverage, while the facility will add to the DFC's existing $205 billion statutory risk exposure.

xAI’s chatbot Grok attracted major attention on X after users prompted it to generate extremely vulgar roasts of Elon Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu and Keir Starmer. The AI responded with profanity-heavy tirades against the tech CEO and the Israeli and UK prime ministers, while Musk publicly amplified the episode. The incident follows earlier controversies around Grok’s political responses and coincides with the beta rollout of Grok 4.20.

Prediction platform Kalshi is facing a class action filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California over how it settled a market on whether Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would leave office by March 1. Plaintiffs say a "death carveout" rule applied after reports of Khamenei's death on Feb. 28 led to partial payouts based on the final traded price instead of the full $1 per winning contract, while Kalshi argues the clause was meant to stop users from profiting directly from a person's death and later reimbursed fees and net losses.