Bitcoin slipped beneath $67,000 and hovered near $66,800, down about 2% over 24 hours, after US‑Israel strikes on Iran roiled markets. Oil spiked (Brent up as much as 13%), gold extended gains, and US stock futures fell. BTC briefly hit around $63,255 Saturday before rebounding above $68,000; ETH dropped roughly 10% before stabilizing near $1,950.

X removed cryptocurrency and gambling from its prohibited industries for Paid Partnerships, enabling creators to monetize crypto posts with a "Paid Partnership" label. According to DeFi Ignas, the ban had been in place since at least June 2024 and still appeared on the policy page on Feb. 16. Nikita Bier unveiled disclosure labels on March 1, 2026.

Strategy has raised the annualized dividend on its STRC preferred stock from 11.25% to 11.50% for March 2026, with the next monthly payout set for March 31. The move comes as STRC continues to trade around its $100 par value, while Strategy’s common shares and Bitcoin have both fallen sharply, pressuring the firm’s broader capital strategy. The company is increasingly leaning on perpetual preferred offerings to fund ongoing Bitcoin purchases despite a significant drawdown in the crypto market.

Alchemy has launched a self-service payment system that lets autonomous AI agents maintain on-chain wallets and purchase compute credits with USDC on Base. Using the x402 payment standard and HTTP 402 responses, agents auto-top up balances without human intervention. Developer accounts can start with as little as $1 in USDC.

Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès has published a Bitcoin hard fork proposal that would redirect 79,956 BTC tied to the exchange’s historic hack to a recovery address without the original private key. The coins, worth over $5.2 billion at current prices, would be placed under trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi’s control, but the idea has drawn strong backlash from users concerned about Bitcoin’s immutability.

At the World Strategy Forum 2026, Citi outlined plans to introduce an institutional Bitcoin custody service later in 2026, integrating BTC into its existing banking infrastructure. The model is designed for clients to hold BTC alongside securities and cash and submit instructions via familiar channels such as SWIFT and APIs.

GD Culture Group said on Wednesday that its board authorized potential Bitcoin sales from the corporate treasury to fund a $100 million share repurchase plan, first announced in February. According to Google Finance, GDC shares rose more than 24% to close at $4.13, while the company remains one of the largest public holders with 7,500 BTC.

Chainlink's price is trading below key short- and medium-term moving averages, with sellers currently holding the advantage as the market compresses toward the $7.92 support level. If this area breaks, the price could slide toward lower liquidity near $7, $5 and $4.9, while a reclaim of $9.09 might reopen upside targets around $11.98 and $12.39.

Standard Chartered's latest report reiterates its view that the stablecoin market could expand to $2 trillion by the end of 2028, up from roughly $300 billion today. The bank lowered its estimate for additional U.S. Treasury bill demand from stablecoin issuers to $800 billion–$1 trillion by 2028 and also cut its 2026 Bitcoin price target from $150,000 to $100,000.