Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

According to ChainCatcher, based on CoinMarketCap data, the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization performed as follows: The top five gainers are River (RIVER), up 22.48% at $17.67; NEAR Protocol (NEAR), up 4.7% at $1.35; XDC Network (XDC), up 4.07% at $0.03451; Mantle (MNT), up 2.97% at ...

Odaily Planet Daily report: At an event in Washington, CFTC Chairman Mike Selig stated that the agency is working to allow genuine professional perpetual contracts to operate within the United States within the next month, with an announcement expected soon. Selig noted that previous regulatory poli...

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has responded to claims that Ripple supports crypto regulations designed to shield XRP while sidelining smaller projects. The debate resurfaced after Charles Hoskinson criticized Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse for backing the Clarity Act despite its flaws. Specifical...

According to Coinglass data, the total cryptocurrency market liquidations over the past 24 hours reached $399 million, with long positions liquidated for $258 million and short positions liquidated for $141 million. BTC liquidations amounted to $155 million, while ETH liquidations reached $90.76 m...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Crypto perpetual futures have largely developed offshore because of the U.S. reluctance to pursue industry regulations, said U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig, and his agency will soon provide guidance on how that business should be handled.Such derivat...

Bitcoin long-term holders have added BTC tokens worth billions of dollars in the past few weeks despite the persistent downtrend.These Bitcoin whales have been busy in the past 30 days, leveraging the dip to stack more sats. While retail traders panicked and selling pressure increased, long-term hol...

Bitcoin miners are increasingly moving away from holding bitcoin on their balance sheets by selling more BTC to fund new identities as players in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. What started as holding onto bitcoin at all costs, or HODLing, is becoming a thing of the past for most publi...

The firm bought BTC as prices retreated from highs and repurchased 782,408 shares below net asset value.ProCap plans continued share buybacks while NAV discounts persist, within regulatory limits.The strategy mirrors broader corporate treasury accumulation amid extended crypto market weakness.Anthon...

Ethereum thrives with staking rewards, Layer 2 upgrades, and a large developer ecosystem.Solana offers high-speed transactions and growing institutional adoption, boosting long-term growth potential.Ripple enables fast, low-cost international payments with increasing regulatory clarity and real-worl...

BlockBeats report: On March 3, over the past four years, Tether has collaborated with the city of Lugano to promote the acceptance of BTC and USDT payments by more than 400 local merchants through Plan ₿, integrating digital assets into everyday commerce and advancing real-world payments. With Tethe...

According to official announcements, Tether and the city of Lugano, Switzerland, have launched Phase Two (2026–2030) of Plan ₿, committing up to CHF 5 million to support expertise development, infrastructure advancement, applied research, and training. The initiative will be built around five pil...

ChainCatcher reports that Joe Burnett, Strive’s Senior Vice President of Bitcoin Strategy, posted that AI-driven deflation could force central banks to adopt more accommodative policies, pushing Bitcoin to $11 million per coin by 2036, with a market capitalization of $2.3 quadrillion. This forecast...

Odaily Planet Daily report: According to data from msx.com, at the opening of U.S. equities markets, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.26%, the Nasdaq Composite fell 2.16%, and the S&P 500 fell 2.03%. The cryptocurrency sector followed suit with declines: MicroStrategy (MSTR) dropped 6.16%, So...

United States-based neobank SoFi and Mastercard announced a strategic partnership to use the bank’s stablecoin, SoFiUSD, in Mastercard's global payments network. Per a press release today, March 3, SoFiUSD will be integrated as a settlement option across Mastercard’s network, and is expected to simp...

ChainCatcher reports that Solid Intel stated Australia has granted a license for a "regulated digital dollar" on the XRP Ledger, enabling banks to conduct on-chain transactions using compliant Australian dollar stablecoins. Relevant information shows that the Australian dollar stablecoin AUDD, issue...