California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday that immediately prohibits state officials and gubernatorial appointees from using non-public information to profit on prediction market platforms or to help others do so. In Washington, lawmakers introduced the PREDICT Act earlier this week to bar members of Congress, federal officials and their families from trading certain political and government-related event contracts, with penalties including forfeiting profits and an added 10% fine.

Bitcoin slid more than 6% over the past 24 hours to $65,703, with BTC at $66,023 at press time, as over $102 million in positions were liquidated. Network participation also weakened, with active addresses falling from 938,609 on August 8, 2025, to 655,908 on March 25, 2026. Peter Brandt's chart levels keep attention on the $65,000 area, with $49,000 highlighted as a potential downside target if weekly support fails.

On March 27, 2026, David Sacks stepped down as the White House AI and Crypto Czar after reaching the role's 130-day limit, and moved to co-chair PCAST with Michael Kratsios. Unfinished items include the CLARITY Act's Senate path and the operational future of a strategic Bitcoin reserve created by executive order. Bitcoin traded around $66,000, down roughly 4% over the past 24 hours, as broader macro and geopolitical factors also weighed on sentiment.

Bitcoin slipped to around $67,500, two days after topping $72,000, as miners moved 5,450 BTC (about $373 million) to centralized exchanges on 26 March. The flow marked a six-day high and adds to short-term downside risk while traders focus on an ascending support that has sparked five rallies since 6 February 2026.

Iran rejected a U.S.-brokered 15-point ceasefire framework, helping lift Brent crude above $108 per barrel and weighing on global equities. The proposal was sent via Pakistani intermediaries on or around March 24, while President Trump said he would pause energy-plant destruction for 10 days until Monday, April 6, 2026 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time. By Friday afternoon, Brent traded near $104–$106 after the spike, WTI neared $95, and U.S. indexes were sharply lower.

GameStop disclosed that it pledged 4,709 of its 4,710 Bitcoin to Coinbase as collateral for an over-the-counter covered call strategy, rather than selling the holdings. The options carried strike prices of $105,000 to $110,000 per BTC and ran through March 27, 2026, with Bitcoin around $66,000–$67,000 at the time described. The filing also reported a $0.7 million options liability and a $2.3 million unrealized gain, while reclassifying the collateralized BTC into a $368.3 million digital asset receivable as of January 31, 2026.

Ripple said it is deploying AI tools throughout the XRP Ledger development lifecycle to surface vulnerabilities earlier and improve reliability, including an AI-supported red team that has found more than 10 bugs. In derivatives, XRP open interest on Binance rose 14.8% over 24 hours to its highest level since early March, even as long liquidations hit over $2.5 million on March 18, around $2.45 million on March 21, and about $2.15 million on March 26.

Bitcoin and Ethereum have stayed in a tight range for more than 50 days, but derivatives positioning accelerated in the third week of March. On March 16, combined BTC and ETH perpetual-futures open interest rose to about $30 billion, the highest level since late January. The move included BTC open interest at $23 billion and ETH nearing $16 billion, alongside a weekly surge concentrated on Binance.