Bitcoin (BTC) is relatively undervalued compared to gold and the global money supply, which could signal a price reversal, according to Samson Mow, the CEO of Bitcoin technology company Jan3. “Bitcoin is about 24%-66% below its trend relative to gold’s market cap or global money supply, while gold is overextended,” Mow said in a Saturday …
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TLDR: EIP-7864 proposes replacing Ethereum’s hexary keccak tree with a binary structure, cutting Merkle branch size by 75%. Blake3 and Poseidon hash functions could accelerate Ethereum’s proving efficiency by up to 100x over the current keccak setup. Replacing the EVM with RISC-V would reduce a ZK prover translation layer, cutting the protocol’s proving bottleneck by …
Strategy chairman Michael Saylor said in a social media post on Sunday that the largest Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company is raising the dividend on its STRC preferred stock, also known as “Stretch,” to 11.50% for March 2026, from the previous 11.25%. STRC is perpetual, meaning the company is not obligated to buy back the stock …
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Bitcoin (BTC) ignored geopolitical volatility on Sunday as traders waited for markets’ Iran reaction. Key points: Bitcoin coils around $67,000 as the dust settles on a wild weekend in the Middle East. TradFi market reactions are in focus, with BTC price action avoiding major volatility. Oil price concerns compound as Iran seeks to close the …
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Gold pricing shifts onto blockchain networks once US futures markets close for the weekend, according to Iggy Ioppe, former chief investment officer at Credit Suisse and now chief investment officer (CIO) at liquidity infrastructure firm Theo. CME gold futures stop trading at 5:00 pm ET on Friday and reopen at 6:00 pm ET on Sunday. …
The US military reportedly used Anthropic during a major air strike on Iran, only hours after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to halt use of the company’s systems. Military commands, including US Central Command (CENTCOM) in the Middle East, used Anthropic’s Claude AI model for operational support, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Starknet has introduced strkBTC, a new wrapped bitcoin asset that enables users to shield their balances and transaction history using zero-knowledge proofs. Announced on February 26, 2026, strkBTC is a native Starknet asset designed to solve bitcoin’s “transparency problem.” While bitcoin is a global store of value, its public ledger exposes every transaction and balance …
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Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, a bill to criminalize crypto-linked foreign currency tax evasion surges in Brazil, El Salvador finalizes its Bitcoin Diploma 2.0 educational program, and Engie mulls adding bitcoin mining to its operations in Brazil. Bill …
Moonpay and the universal stablecoin platform M0 have introduced PYUSDx, a framework that allows developers to launch their own branded stablecoins backed by Paypal USD (PYUSD). Announced on February 27, 2026, PYUSDx is designed to eliminate the months of technical and regulatory overhead usually required to bring a new stablecoin to market. By using PYUSD—issued …
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According to a report by Lemon, an Argentina-based crypto exchange, Latin America increased its crypto user base at a rapid pace in 2025, growing adoption three times faster than the U.S. In total, the region’s users grew by almost by 20%, with Brazil leading in volumes and Argentina in active users. Lemon: Latin America Keeps …
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Alchemy has launched a new “agentic” gateway that allows artificial intelligence (AI) agents to independently purchase compute credits and access blockchain data without any human intervention. Announced on February 26, 2026, the update introduces a programmatic payment flow using x402, an open-source payment standard developed by Coinbase. This protocol revives the dormant “402 Payment Required” …
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Washington’s newest crypto-fraud crackdown is starting to put real numbers on a shadowy ecosystem that has quietly drained innocent people’s savings for years. Federal prosecutors say the money trail is finally being cut off – and the amount seized is staggering. DOJ Strike Force Says ‘Pig Butchering’ Networks Are Losing Access to Their Crypto War …
Six Polymarket traders earned roughly $1 million after accurately betting that the United States would strike Iran before the end of February, triggering insider trading suspicions. The six wallets were all created in February and placed nearly all of their activity on contracts predicting the timing of a potential US attack, Bloomberg reported, citing data …
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TLDR: A developer built an Ethereum 2030-aligned client prototype with 700,000 lines of code in two weeks using AI. Vitalik Buterin rebuilt his blog software in one hour using a 20B-parameter model running on his laptop. AI is accelerating formal verification efforts within the Lean Ethereum project, boosting protocol security. Buterin says bug-free code, once …
Bitcoin prices have recovered from their dip following the US-Israeli air strikes on Iran and reports of the death of the Iranian Supreme Leader. Bitcoin (BTC) prices reached $68,200 in early trading on Sunday morning on Coinbase, according to TradingView. The asset has now recovered all losses from its dip to $63,000 on Saturday, adding …
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