Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Bitrefill has disclosed details of a cyberattack on 1 March 2026, revealing that attackers drained funds from its hot wallets and accessed parts of its internal infrastructure. The company said its investigation identified multiple similarities with past operations linked to the Lazarus Group. Howev...

Arizona prosecutors have filed charges against prediction market operator Kalshi, alleging the company ran an unlicensed gambling operation and accepted illegal election wagers within the state.Prediction Market Kalshi Charged in Arizona for Sports and Election BettingArizona Attorney General Kris ...

TL;DR:Stacks deployed the SIP-034 upgrade on its mainnet, increasing effective network capacity for certain DeFi applications by up to 30 times.The upgrade changes the block processing limit mechanism, allowing only the exhausted dimension to reset instead of all of them simultaneously.The STX token...

TL;DRTreehouse and AVAX One formed a strategic partnership, with AVAX One deploying more than 800,000 AVAX into Treehouse’s Avalanche-native tAVAX strategy.Treehouse says tAVAX is part of its tAsset framework, designed to give institutions transparent, rules-based and scalable onchain yield infrastr...

Spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded another negative net outflow session on Monday, March 16.Specifically, XRP ETFs were $5.98 million in the red, all thanks to the 21Shares XRP ETF (TOXR), which was the only financial product of its kind to post any kind of movement on the day, according...

Bitcoin has again come under sharp criticism after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson questioned its legitimacy. His remarks, shared in a March 13, 2026, post on X, reignited debate over whether the world’s largest cryptocurrency is fundamentally sound or structurally flawed.Bitcoin Under Fire: ...

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed criminal charges against Kalshi Tuesday, charging the prediction markets platform with operating an unlicensed gambling business and offering election wagering in the state, actions she said violated the state's laws.Mayes charged KalshiEx LLC and Kalshi Tra...

The cryptocurrency market has posted an evident upswing over the past several days, with Cardano’s ADA following the green wave.Its price surged 8% on a weekly basis, while some analysts believe a more substantial pump may be in the making.The Necessary ConditionAccording to the popular market obser...

BlockBeats report: On March 18, the crypto e-commerce platform Bitrefill released an incident report stating that the company suffered a cyberattack on March 1, 2026. The investigation found that the attack method, malware, and on-chain fund movements closely resemble those used by the North Korean ...

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Bitcoin payment service Bitrefill disclosed on X that it suffered a cyberattack on March 1, 2026, resulting in a customer data breach. The attack originated from a compromised employee laptop, allowing attackers to access certain databases and cryptocurrency wallets....

ChainCatcher report: Bitcoin payment service Bitrefill disclosed on X that it suffered a cyberattack on March 1, 2026, resulting in a customer data breach. The attack originated from a compromised employee laptop, allowing attackers to access certain databases and cryptocurrency wallets. Investigati...

Odaily Planet Daily reports: The whale "Set 10 Big Goals First" posted a bearish outlook on X and simultaneously opened a short position on the BTCUSDT perpetual contract, holding approximately 28.47 BTC with 5x leverage.This position currently has an unrealized profit of approximately $506, a retur...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] has issued a no-action position to Phantom Technologies Inc., indicating that the agency will not recommend enforcement action against the firm for certain activities tied to its self-custodial wallet software.The decision, announced on 17 March 2...

ChainCatcher report, according to Cointelegraph, World, an identity network co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has launched AgentKit—a developer toolkit that enables AI agents to prove their association with verified, unique humans via World ID when interacting with websites and online services. ...

BlockBeats news: On March 18, according to official announcements, the smart trading terminal Derivio has completed a $6 million funding round, with top investors including YZi Labs participating.Derivio is building the first full-stack trading terminal designed specifically for the age of artificia...