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Bitcoin briefly surged to nearly $74,000 before pulling back toward $71,000 as reports of escalating U.S. military actions in the Middle East pressured risk assets. Meanwhile, address poisoning attacks are rising on Ethereum, Sky has slashed buybacks to strengthen stablecoin reserves, and TOKEN2049 has postponed its Dubai event amid regional uncertainty affecting safety, travel, and logistics.
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News Roundup
Artificial Intelligence
Palantir and NVIDIA to Deliver Sovereign AI Operating System Reference Architecture (Financial Times)
Nvidia Drops Nemotron 3 Super Amid $26 Billion Open-Model AI Bet (Decrypt)
BNB Chain Leads by Number of On-Chain AI Agents (The Defiant)
CoinFello Enables AI Agents to Transact via MetaMask Without Private Keys (The Defiant)
Google's New AI Tool Predicts Flash Floods in Advance (Decrypt)
Story Protocol Developer PIP Labs Cuts Staff, Leans Into AI (Decrypt)
Musk Reshuffles xAI Leadership as AI Coding Efforts Lag (Financial Times)
Adobe CEO Narayen to Step Down as AI Reshapes Tech Industry (Decrypt)
Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance
Fed Outlines Proposed Basel III Update to Streamline Bank Capital Rules (FRB)
Chinese Banks Ramp Up Lending to Tech as Beijing Pushes AI Strategy (Reuters)
Hong Kong May Grant First Stablecoin Licenses to HSBC and Standard Chartered (The Block)
Tether Expands Influence as Stablecoin Giant Targets U.S. Market (Bloomberg)
Sky Cuts Buybacks 87% to Strengthen Stablecoin Reserves (DL News)
Ripple’s $50B Valuation Sparks Transparency Questions (DL News)
DeFi Protocol Ammalgam Launches on Mainnet With Strategy Vaults (The Block)
Exchanges
Binance Accounts Linked to $1B in Transfers to Iran-Related Entities (Fortune)
Coinbase Adds Billions (BILL) to Listing Roadmap (Coinbase Markets)
Binance Flags Eight Tokens With Monitoring Tag (Binance)
Exchange-Traded Funds
BlackRock’s Staked Ethereum ETF Logs $15.5M Trading Volume on Debut (Cointelegraph)
On Mar. 12, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $53.87 million in net inflows.
U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs saw $115.85 million in net inflows on Mar. 12.
On Mar. 12, U.S. XRP spot ETFs posted $6.08 million in net outflows.
U.S. Solana spot ETFs logged $3.92 million in net inflows on Mar. 12.
Infrastructure
Address Poisoning Attacks Are Rising on Ethereum (Etherscan)
The Ethereum Foundation Published a 38-page EF Mandate (The Defiant)
Markets
Trader Loses Nearly $50M in Failed AAVE Swap Due to Extreme Slippage (The Defiant)
Bitcoin Hits Weekly High as Crypto Demand Offsets Market Turmoil (Decrypt)
U.S. Q4 2025 Real GDP QoQ: 0.7%, Exp. 1.5 %, Prev. 1.4% (BEA)
U.S. January PCE Price Index MoM: 0.3%, Exp. 0.3%, Prev. 0.4% (BEA)
U.S. January PCE Price Index YoY: 2.8%, Exp. 2.9%, Prev. 2.9% (BEA)
U.S. January Core PCE Price Index MoM: 0.4%, Exp. 0.4%, Prev. 0.4% (BEA)
U.S. January Core PCE Price Index YoY: 3.1%, Exp. 3.1%, Prev. 3.0% (BEA)
Bitcoin Tops $73K as Geopolitical Turmoil Hits Global Markets (Bitcoin Magazine)
Trump Meme Coin, Render and Pi See Double-Digit Rallies as Bitcoin Rises (Decrypt)
Bitcoin Faces ‘Narrative Vacuum’ as Market Awaits New Catalyst (Cointelegraph)
Ethereum Long-Term Holders Stay Confident Despite Market Volatility (Cointelegraph)
Kalshi Adds Cash App Pay for Prediction Market Trading (Kalshi)
USDC Overtakes USDT in Adjusted Volume Year-to-Date (The Block)
Bitcoin Quickly Drops 3.5% After Middle East Escalation (CoinDesk)
Meme Coins
Mining
Oil Shock Likely to Impact Bitcoin Miners via Price, Not Energy Costs (The Block)
Non-Fungible Tokens
POAP Enters Maintenance Mode After Seven Years (The Defiant)
Politics & Regulation
Bitcoin Tax Debate Draws In Brian Armstrong and Jack Dorsey (DL News)
SEC Committee Urges Regulators to Avoid Granting Blanket Innovation Exemptions for Tokenized Equities (SEC)
Sen. Thune Says the Clarity Act Unlikely to Advance Before April (The Block)
Democratic Senators Pledge Oversight of Reported DOJ Probe Into Binance (Cointelegraph)
U.S. Sanctions Network Laundering $800M in Crypto for North Korea (CoinDesk)
Vitalik Buterin Questions AI Safety Group’s Political Shift After $500M SHIB Donation (The Block)
State of Play: The Bitcoin De Minimis Tax Exemption (Bitcoin Policy Institute)
Crypto Lobby Spends $271M Ahead of 2026 U.S. Midterm Elections (DL News)
Venture Capital
MetaComp Raises $35M to Build Asia’s Web2.5 Payments and Wealth Platform (MetaComp)
Other News
Report Links USDT to Illicit Amazon Gold Trade (Decrypt)
Authorities Freeze $3.5M in Crypto And Disrupt ‘SocksEscort’ Proxy Network (Decrypt)
TOKEN2049 Dubai Postponed to 2027 Over Security Concerns (The Block)
Chinese Victims Challenge UK Plan Over $4.3B Bitcoin Seizure (Cointelegraph)
Check This Out!
Historical data shows Bitcoin often delivers stronger 60-day returns than stocks and gold following major geopolitical or economic events. During the 2026 Iran conflict so far, Bitcoin has risen about 14%, while the S&P 500 and gold have both declined.
Source: River
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Source: Crypto Tea
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