British opposition leader Nigel Farage has established himself as a leading crypto advocate by investing $288,000 in Stack BTC Plc, a bitcoin treasury firm chaired by former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.

Cboe Global Markets is bringing Wall Street’s favorite volatility playbook to bitcoin, announcing plans to launch a new index designed to track the market’s expected price swings using options tied to the popular Ishares Bitcoin Trust ETF.

On Monday, with bitcoin changing hands at $68,600 a coin, the Royal Government of Bhutan quietly nudged 175 bitcoin—about $12 million—across the ledger. Bhutan’s latest maneuver follows its previous transfer in mid-February 2026.

Anthropic has taken the extraordinary step of suing the U.S. government after the Pentagon labeled the artificial intelligence (AI) firm a “supply chain risk to national security,” igniting a legal clash that could reshape how Washington controls artificial intelligence vendors working with the military.

Bitcoin rallied at the start of the week, reaching an intraday high of $69,497 despite broader market declines driven by rising oil prices, now exceeding $100 per barrel.

U.S. stocks slid Monday afternoon as rising tensions in the Middle East rattled markets and sent energy prices climbing, pushing investors toward caution and leaving most major indexes in the red.

The Trump Family-linked World Liberty Financial is reportedly gaining strong support for a proposal that could alter voting power significantly.

Onchain data indicates that the Bitcoin network has now recorded the mining of its 20th million bitcoin, leaving fewer than one million coins still waiting to be brought into existence.

Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) delivered a mixed but largely positive performance during the week of March 2–6. Bitcoin, ether, and solana funds finished with net inflows, while XRP ETFs ended the week slightly in the red.

The Japanese stock market experienced historic volatility on March 9, with the Nikkei 225 plunging over 4,200 points at its lowest, ultimately closing down 2,892.12 points (or 5.2%), marking the third-largest point drop in history.

Strategy is rapidly expanding its bitcoin treasury, deploying nearly $1.3 billion raised through equity sales to accumulate more BTC while tightening its capital markets machinery—deepening one of the most aggressive corporate accumulation strategies in global markets.

Bitcoin traded at $67,618 on March 9, 2026, with a market capitalization of $1.35 trillion and 24 hour trading volume of $44.47 billion. Price action remained contained within a $65,726 to $68,354 intraday range as technical indicators across multiple timeframes continued to signal a broadly neutral market structure.

Bitcoin’s bounce to the mid $70,000s had traders eyeing a bullish comeback, but one veteran on-chain analyst is urging caution, warning that the market may be flashing the kind of false-start signal that burns latecomers.

According to a recent report, the two heavyweight prediction markets, Polymarket and Kalshi, are said to be chatting with prospective backers about fresh fundraising rounds. Current figures place Kalshi’s valuation near $11 billion and Polymarket’s around $9 billion, and if capital does come calling, each company is eyeing a lofty $20 billion post-money valuation.

Oil markets spiked past $100 as Operation Epic Fury rattled global energy flows, with Donald J. Trump arguing the surge is a temporary price tied to eliminating Iran’s nuclear threat and restoring long-term stability.