Category: Bitcoin News

Shipping Firms Quietly Pay Iran Millions to Navigate Hormuz Corridor – Bitcoin News

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$2 Million Toll? Sources Say Iran Is Quietly Monetizing Strait of Hormuz Access Iran has ostensibly begun extracting transit fees from some commercial ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, according to people familiar with the matter cited in a recent Bloomberg report, as the Middle East conflict enters its fourth week. The payments, reportedly reaching as high as $2 million per voyage, are being handled on an ad hoc basis and arranged quietly, with no clear standardized system in place. The news follows reports from last week that Iran…

First Breakthrough in $378 Million Bitcoin Seizure – Bitcoin News

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From Fishing Rods to Riches: Ireland Recovers $32M in ‘Lost’ Bitcoin from 2019 Case On Tuesday, The Irish Times reported that Irish investigators achieved a massive technical breakthrough by gaining access to a dormant wallet containing 500 BTC, valued at roughly $32 million (€30 million). This single victory marks the first successful entry into a hoard of 6,000 bitcoin seized from former beekeeper turned cannabis mogul Clifton Collins back in 2019. For years, the CAB sat on a digital goldmine they simply couldn’t touch. Collins, showing a penchant for old-school…

SEC Chief Reinforces Crypto Framework With Clearer Token Classification Boundaries – Regulation Bitcoin News

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SEC Redefines Crypto Oversight Boundaries Improving regulatory clarity for digital assets remained a central theme as Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul S. Atkins reinforced the agency’s evolving approach during remarks at the Digital Asset Summit on March 24 in New York. The framework he discussed focuses on defining when tokens fall within federal securities laws through a refined interpretation of the Howey test developed jointly with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Industry participants have long struggled to determine when crypto assets fall within securities laws, a challenge the…

Defining a New Standard for Digital Native Retirement Accounts – Branded Spotlight Bitcoin News

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Crypto.com, a leader in the global digital asset ecosystem, has launched Crypto.com IRAs — a pioneering retirement investment account platform. Crypto.com IRAs are designed to integrate digital assets, equities, and tax-advantaged growth into an integrated platform. Crypto.com IRAs are the next era in retirement planning, providing the first crypto-native solution for Crypto.com App users to manage a diversified portfolio of digital assets, stocks, and ETFs within a tax-advantaged structure. Supporting both Roth and traditional IRA structures, the platform is engineered to offer users maximum flexibility and capital efficiency. Launch highlights…

Bitcoin Slips Below $69K as Conflicting US-Iran Reports Trigger Geopolitical Whiplash – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

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Mixed Signals Trigger Mid-Morning Slide Bitcoin reversed course Tuesday, briefly dipping below the $69,000 mark as geopolitical whiplash from conflicting U.S.-Iran talks rattled risk assets. After hitting an intraday peak of $71,382, the leading cryptocurrency struggled to sustain its upward momentum, though it initially managed to defend the $71,000 threshold. The primary catalyst for the mid-morning shift was a stark divergence in diplomatic narratives. While President Donald Trump claimed “major points of agreement” in ongoing talks, Tehran countered by dismissing the reports as psychological warfare. By 9 a.m. EST, bitcoin…

Tether Engages Big Four for First Full Audit – Crypto News Bitcoin News

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New Transparency Push for Tether With Major Financial Audit Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, has announced plans to undergo its first full independent financial audit by a Big Four accounting firm. The move marks a major step for a company that has long faced scrutiny over its reserves and transparency. According to the announcement, the audit will cover Tether’s full financial statements. This includes its mix of digital assets, traditional reserves, and tokenized liabilities. With USDT’s market value now above $184 billion and more than 550 million…

Circle Stock Drops 20% as Clarity Act Yield Rules and Tether Audit Shakes Performance – Bitcoin News

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CRCL Faces Double Blow From U.S. Policy Draft and Rival Audit News Circle Internet Financial (NYSE: CRCL) saw its shares tumble roughly 20% intraday on March 24, 2026, sliding from early highs near $125 to lows around $101 in what marked its steepest decline since going public in June 2025. Heavy trading volume accompanied the drop, with more than 30 million shares changing hands as the stock hovered between $102 and $108 by mid-afternoon EDT, depending on the data source. The sell-off wiped out a chunk of the company’s recent…

Stablecoin Rewards Hit a Wall in Senate’s CLARITY Act Draft, Leaving Industry Guessing – Bitcoin News

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CLARITY Act Compromise Limits Stablecoin Earnings, Leaves Gray Areas The revised Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, unveiled to industry participants in a closed-door Capitol Hill session on Monday, allegedly bans passive yield on stablecoin balances while permitting rewards tied to user activity such as trading or payments. That distinction sounds neat on paper, but early reactions suggest the execution may be anything but. According to reporting from Crypto America journalist and host, Eleanor Terrett, sources familiar with the draft said the “proposal would prohibit platforms from offering yield ‘directly or…

RHEA Finance Integrates TRON, Delivering Chain Abstracted Cross-Chain Liquidity – Press release Bitcoin News

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PRESS RELEASE. British Virgin Islands, March 24, 2026 — RHEA Finance, a cross-chain decentralized exchange and lending protocol built on NEAR’s intent-based architecture, today announced its integration with the TRON network. The integration brings chain abstracted liquidity to one of the world’s most active blockchain ecosystems, enabling TRON users to trade, lend, and borrow across multiple chains without requiring users to directly interact with bridges, additional wallets, or awareness of underlying chain mechanics. Powered by NEAR Intents and NEAR Chain Signatures, the integration allows TRON users to express financial intents,…

Professor Jiang’s Bitcoin conspiracy taps into war and empire angst

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Viral “predictive historian” Jiang recasts Bitcoin as a CIA war‑surveillance tool and hinge of U.S. imperial decline, mixing sharp geopolitical reads with conspiratorial leaps. Summary Viral “predictive historian” ties Bitcoin to U.S. imperial decline and a coming monetary reset Jiang claims BTC is a Pentagon/CIA surveillance weapon even as markets treat it as digital gold Critics say his “predictive history” blends accurate war calls with speculative crypto conspiracies Beijing-based teacher Jiang Xueqin, the self-styled “predictive historian” who shot to fame for forecasting Donald Trump’s return to the White House and…