Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

ChainCatcher report: According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a smart money address that previously profited over $98.18 million from ETH swing trading deposited 330 cbBTC (approximately $24.36 million) into Coinbase at an average price of $73,841.19 one hour ago, resulting in an estimated loss o...

According to independent staking service provider Figment, iShares Ethereum Staking Trust ETF (ETHB), managed by BlackRock, officially began trading on Nasdaq on March 12, marking BlackRock’s first ETF product to offer staking rewards. Figment has been selected to provide the validator infrastructur...

As per Announcement, KuCoin Futures will launch the GFGUSDT-Margined Perpetual Contract on March 16, 2026 at 13:20 UTC, offering 1-20x leverage. The contract features a funding fee settlement frequency of every four hours, a capped funding rate of +2.00% / -2.00%, and a contract size of 10 GFG per c...

As per Announcement, KuCoin Futures will launch the BPUSDT USDT-Margined Perpetual Contract on March 16, 2026 at 13:30 UTC. The contract offers up to 5x leverage, with a funding rate of +0.005% during pre-market trading and ±2.00% afterward. The contract size is 10 ROBOT, with a tick size of ...

PANews, March 16: According to PR Newswire, fintech company Ironlight Group, specializing in tokenized securities infrastructure, has announced the completion of a $21 million Series A funding round. The round was led by several Wall Street and financial services executives, including former TD Bank...

Odaily Planet Daily reports that sources say OpenAI is in advanced talks with TPG, Bain Capital, Advent, and Brookfield to form a joint venture for distributing AI products. The sources also indicate that private equity firms may commit $4 billion in equity to the $10 billion joint venture. OpenAI p...

According to PR Newswire, Ethereum treasury company Bitmine (NYSE AMERICAN: BMNR) has made an additional $80 million investment in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) to support Eightco’s $50 million acquisition of OpenAI equity.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that cryptocurrency researcher Stacy Muur posted on X that 14 of the top 20 traders by profit on Polymarket are bots. Building dedicated infrastructure for prediction market platforms for AI agents is likely a multi-billion-dollar opportunity.

PANews, March 16: PancakeSwap has launched its first interactive AI-agent world, "Pancake Town," allowing users to interact directly with PancakeSwap’s AI agent through their browser—no installation or additional setup required. This AI tool leverages PancakeSwap’s AI Skills, including Swap Planner,...

Odaily Planet Daily reports: Cryptocurrency journalist Eleanor Terrett posted on X that the cryptocurrency tax roundtable, which was postponed last month due to snow, has been rescheduled for today at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Despite tornado weather in Washington, D.C. today, the event is still proce...

ChainCatcher report, according to SoSoValue data, as of 8:30 AM Eastern Time on March 16, 2026, the total net weekly purchase of Bitcoin by global public companies (excluding mining companies) amounted to $1.57 billion, representing a 22.7% increase from the previous week. Strategy (formerly MicroS...

Odaily Planet Daily reports: Tokenized securities infrastructure developer Ironlight Group has announced the completion of a $21 million Series A funding round, with participation from Greg Braca, former President and CEO of TD Bank, the Sei Development Foundation, Laidlaw Private Equity, and others...

BlockBeats news: On March 16, cryptocurrency journalist Eleanor Terrett said that the cryptocurrency tax roundtable, which was postponed last month due to snowfall, has been rescheduled for today at 4:00 PM Eastern Time.This event will be co-hosted by Senator Steve Daines, Senator Cynthia Lummis, an...

BlockBeats news: On March 16, analysts at the research and brokerage firm Bernstein stated in a report that Bitcoin is developing a more resilient ownership structure as institutional funds flow in through ETFs and corporate treasury strategies reshape the market.The analyst team led by Gautam Chhug...

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to SoSoValue data, as of 8:30 AM Eastern Time on March 16, 2026, the total net weekly purchase of Bitcoin by global publicly traded companies (excluding mining companies) amounted to $1.57 billion, representing a 22.7% increase from the previous week.Strategy (...